American domestic issues: Social security, housing and Israel

Noam Sheizaf By Noam Sheizaf February 10, 2012 | Edit

A perceptive comment from the Director of B’Tselem USA, the clever Uri Zaki (as posted on his Facebook page):

If anyone needed proof of how much “Pro-Israel” (=we don’t care about the actual Israel, but the religious-conservative concept of “Israel”) became a pure US domestic issue, here is what a Romney adviser told the Washington Post about the campaign: “Romney intends to continue his heavy focus on the economy .. and to try to demonstrate his command of facts and policy on issues such as Social Security, Israel, housing and the environment”…

 

Noam Sheizaf

Noam Sheizaf is an independent journalist and editor. He was the founding executive director and editor-in-chief of +972 Magazine. Prior to joining +972, he worked for Tel Aviv’s Ha-ir local paper, Ynet, and the Maariv daily, where his last position was deputy editor of the weekend magazine. He is currently working on a number of documentary films.