This declining Israel, this country without a constitution, this state in transition to theocracy, the "Middle East's only democracy" that opposed democratic elections in Egypt, is the same Israel that U.S. Republicans and Democrats alike must court and seek favor with if they are to be perceived as "serious" on foreign policy, not to mention to secure the American Jewish vote?
No way.
Former Knesset speaker Avraham Burg implores U.S. Jews not to unquestioningly support Israel's decline, but rather to save Israel from itself.
Meanwhile, U.S. politicians should not have to act as if Israel is the same country it was even 10 years ago. Israel, an American client-state, has become politically deformed as a result of unconditional U.S. support in the face of increasing diplomatic isolation and declining comity with its neighbors.
By Avraham Burg
August 4, 2012 | New York Times
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