Missing the point

Zionism or Jewish continuity.

Thank God there is an Israel and that over half the world’s Jews live in this Jewish state. The Diaspora is self-liquidating and there isn’t a damned thing Israel can do about it.

Yes, there is a Jewish future, but only here. That’s why we exist. J.J. GROSS Jerusalem

Gil Troy claims that right-wingers should not have supported the idiotic banana republic law barring boycott activists because it makes Israel look undemocratic. The implication is that the right-wingers are also idiotic. Here is my take on his statement.

I think that Israeli citizens who support or are active in the BDS movement should be charged with treason. In addition, Jewish non-Israelis should themselves be boycotted, divested and sanctioned.

I guess that makes me an undemocratic idiot in Prof. Troy’s eyes. YIGAL HOROWITZ Beersheba

Caroline B. Glick’s “Leaving the big tent” (Column One, April 4) is very interesting. However, it seems she misses the point on the confusion among American Jews in their understanding of the Israeli side: It doesn’t matter what we do – it matters what we say!

In the past, we had governments that talked in a peace-seeking manner. Now we have a government that speaks arrogantly and in fiery language. This is not helpful in capturing American Jewish sympathy.

As long as Benjamin Netanyahu is prime minister, this will continue. We cannot expect the support of these Jews.

Remember the incitement that prevailed prior to prime minister Yitzhak Rabin’s murder? R. NACHT Haifa