Ezra Klein Peddles Old Progressive Disdain for Israel as New

Since 1897 when Theodor Herzl convened the first Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, Jews have divided over the significance of a Jewish nation-state in the Jewish people's ancestral homeland. Seldom, however, have American progressive Jews showed so little sympathy for the challenges that Israel faces as they have in the 21st century or delivered themselves of such illiberal judgments in condemning Israel as they have in the aftermath of Iran-backed Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, massacres.