FTA: For all this to happen because the United States, the great hope of Enlightenment values, politically and economically props up a gang of foreign God experts is not just wrong, but nuts. That’s what Omar and Tlaib need to concentrate on, without getting lost down the rabbit hole of what does or doesn’t motivate their opponents.

I suppose it’s possible to characterize the apartheid charge, which even former President Jimmy Carter has endorsed, as anti-Semitic. Some Israel defenders are trying to do that already—but it’s a much tougher sell. A rational debate about whether Israel does or does not practice apartheid is a debate Israel’s defenders will lose. That’s why they’re so desperate to hush it up.