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... I get the distinct impression that AIPAC et al are not just far to the right of most American Jews, they're also far to the right of most people in Israel. That is, people are painted as anti-Israel/anti-semitic for suggesting things that most Israelis support.
It reminds me, vaguely, of the old-school Irish-American Catholics in Boston, who seem to be more strictly defined by what they see as their Irish Catholic background than most Catholics in Ireland. (Witness the harsh battles a few years ago against GLBT Irish-American groups in the Boston St. Patrick's Day Parade, despite the fact that such groups were welcome in those parades in Ireland.)
