When certain prominent Jewish community leaders in the diaspora denounce Israel’s coalition government, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as an “existential threat” to the nation, which then, in their view, risks becoming “incompatible with Jewish values”, it says more about those speakers than about Israel.
Some individuals — even Jews, such as Rabbi Charley Baginsky and Rabbi Josh Levy — who claim that criticism of Israel’s government is a “Jewish obligation,” which, from their perspective, does not amount to “an act of disloyalty.” No one, of course, ever criticizes Israel; they must find that so disappointing.
