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    1. Alex Kane‏Verified account @alexbkane 21 Apr 2018

      Alex Kane Retweeted Jeet Heer

      You can find soft critiques of Israel a la Portman. See Thomas Friedman and Roger Cohen. What you won't find are people who don't see the problem as one man--Netanyahu--but who see the problem of an entire system that privileges Jews over Palestinianshttps://twitter.com/heerjeet/status/987545371613147136?s=21 …

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      Jeet HeerVerified account @HeerJeet
      Speaking of diversity of opinion, how often does Natalie Portman-style criticism of Israel (let along a more robust argument for Palestinian rights) make it into the mainstream media? https://twitter.com/YousefMunayyer/status/987505994895953921 …
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    2. Jafpro 🔥‏ @Jafpro_16 21 Apr 2018
      Replying to @alexbkane

      Portman went further than Friedman et al. She made a connection between Israel's treatment of Palestinians and the Nazis treatment of Jews (not that there is an equivalence but there are similar ethical issues) cc @HeerJeetpic.twitter.com/utNXxgm1VH

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Apr 2018
      Replying to @Jafpro_16 @alexbkane

      Yep. She's gone far above Friedman and Cohen.

      7:04 PM - 21 Apr 2018
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        2. Alex Kane‏Verified account @alexbkane 21 Apr 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @Jafpro_16

          I don't read that line as saying there are equivalent moral issues between Israel's occupation and Nazi Germany--and if most people did there'd be a huge uproar.

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        3. Jafpro 🔥‏ @Jafpro_16 22 Apr 2018
          Replying to @alexbkane @HeerJeet

          "mistreatment of those from *today's* atrocities" In the sentence immediately preceding it she was talking about the Holocaust. Seems like she was trying to connect the two in some way to me.

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        1. Alex Kane‏Verified account @alexbkane 21 Apr 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @Jafpro_16

          She is saying a) Israel as a Jewish state is justified because of the Holocaust and that b) Jewish values don't align with occupation and/or mistreatment of African refugees. Really don't see the Nazi Germany comparison

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        1. Alex Kane‏Verified account @alexbkane 21 Apr 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @Jafpro_16

          And I strongly disagree. Portman can't bring herself to say the word Palestinian. Cohen just wrote a column denouncing Israel's use of force in Gaza

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