Zionism and the left, from Arendt to Chomsky
Barry Finger reviews Susie Linfield’s book The Lions’ Den, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2019 “How has it come to this?” asks Susie Linfield. “How has ‘Zionist,’ sometimes shortened to the disparaging ‘Zio,’ become the dirtiest word to the international Left—akin, say to racist, pedophile or rapist?… “How is it that signs proclaiming ‘We Are All Hezbollah’ are brandished at supposedly left-wing demonstrations in London and New York? This is not the lunatic fringe. On the contrary: a highly respected American academic has praised Hezbollah and Hamas as ‘progressive’ social...