Why I Pick on Israel

by | Apr 4, 2024

Why I Pick on Israel

by | Apr 4, 2024

People close to me ask why I criticize Israel while ignoring the other bad governments in the world. (I guess they don’t count the U.S. government as bad.) I have many reasons, but here’s a big one: no other government (besides the U.S. government) claims to act in my name. I object to that. (For the record, years ago I declared my exit from the disparate worldwide collection of people that Israel presumptuously claims to speak for.)

Sheldon Richman

Sheldon Richman

Sheldon Richman is the executive editor of The Libertarian Institute and a contributing editor at Antiwar.com. He is the former senior editor at the Cato Institute and Institute for Humane Studies; former editor of The Freeman, published by the Foundation for Economic Education; and former vice president at the Future of Freedom Foundation. His latest books are Coming to Palestine and What Social Animals Owe to Each Other.

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