The Quiet War Over Saying Israel

There is a quiet war going on. You will not see it on a battlefield. You feel it in rooms that go cold when the word “Israel” is spoken. You see it in emails that never get answered. You hear it in the careful sentences of good people who have learned to protect themselves first.

I learned the rules of this war in Washington. Smart, moral colleagues would lower their voices when the subject turned to Israel. The goal was safety. “Let’s not make this about Israel,” someone would say, and relief would spread across the table. The meeting moved on.

Read the rest in my piece in Times of Israel. Link in the first comment.