> I would put (3) differently: it's both the resonance between the U.S.
> and Israel as the products of settler migration, and the lack of
> resonance between the U.S. and the Palestinian population in terms of
> their welcome to immigrating Jews. Think of it: People fleeing cruel,
> oppressive, anti-Semitic Europe--the Dreyfus Affair, Kishinev, et
> cetera--come to America, where they are welcomed and become an
> important part of the task of civilization. Others fleeing cruel,
> oppressive, anti-Semitic Europe come to Palestine, where they are
> scorned, attacked, told that they will be pushed into the sea--and
> then for good measure all the other Arab countries decide to expel
> their Jewish populations as well.
>
> It's both that the Palestinians are another group of natives to be
> civilized and assimilated if possible and pushed out if not, and also
> that the Palestinians have committed the historical sin (in American
> eyes) of failing to welcome distressed people fleeing cruel,
> oppressive, anti-semitic Europe.
>
> Both parts are there...
This is despicable anti-Semitism. The Jews who came to America did not arrive declaring their will to take over the country, expel the native inhabitants and dispossess them of their land.
Seth