"When I enter a synagogue, I am no longer sure who will extend their hand and who will look away, confesses Beinart in the Note To My Former Friend that opens the book."
"How does someone like me, who still considers himself a Jewish loyalist, end up being cursed on the street by people who believe Jewish loyalty requires my excommunication?"
"Yes of course, I've lost friendships and that is hard, but it is nothing in comparison with people's suffering over the destruction of their homes, the loss of their families, and hunger."
"My opinions make it more difficult for me in my community, but that's nothing compared to the problems of the Palestinians, of many Jews, and even Americans in the Trump era."
Peter Beinart condemns Israeli government cruelty against Palestinians and links global protests, including Jewish-led demonstrations, to demands for Palestinian rights. He asserts that persistent narratives of Israeli victimhood have been used to justify supremacy framed as protection. He reports personal consequences, including cold receptions in synagogues and lost friendships, while emphasizing that these costs pale compared with Palestinian suffering: destroyed homes, lost family members, and hunger. He situates his critique within broader tensions among Jews and Americans and invokes an analogy to South Africa to clarify historical and moral parallels.
Read at english.elpais.com
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