Eyeless in Gaza

When will America's Jews--and by America's Jews I mean its majority of secular, non- or semi-observant Jews, not its rapidly-growing minority of religious fundamentalists, or its even smaller but extremely well-funded micro-minority of political neo-conservatives and professional Zionists--recognize that the separation of church and state is what has assured their safety in the US thus far? Of course there are anti-Semites in the world (among them many of Israel's staunchest Evangelical supporters--and a handful of regular commentators at this very tiny, insignificant blog). And yes, it goes without saying that millions of Arabs (and most Gazans) would welcome the destruction of the Jewish state. But its existence (and its devolution into an apartheid fascist pariah state) has provided neither an antidote for anti-Semitism nor a safe-haven from it. The horrors in Gaza aren't an anomaly--they're the naked face of an imperialist ethno-state.I don't know what goes on in the heads of American Jews whose Zionism comes from their religion or their right wing political agenda. But the rest of us should be appalled at what's being done in our names in the Middle East--and terrified at the erosion of church/state separation at home.