In a moment when support for Israel is slipping a bit in Congress, this Israel-right-or-wrong group proposes a new category of antisemitism in hopes of persuading Progressives to alter their agenda to accommodate pro-Israel Jewish Americans.

It’s called “Progressive Except Palestine.”

by Kathryn Shihadah

"Israel has enjoyed almost total dominance on Capitol Hill for years, receiving a minimum of $10.5 million in aid per day, no strings attached.

But times are changing.

The last few years have seen a small – but growing – coalition of Congress members (currently all on the left) who question the wisdom of supporting a state that consistently violates international laws and uses American aid to perpetuate occupation and state violence against the Palestinians among them.

Israel partisans in the United States have gone into overdrive in an effort to rescue the so-called Jewish State from this “progressive” thinking.

Of course, Israel has no intention of changing its policies toward Palestinians – so it’s the Progressives that will have to change.

Enter the Reut Group, a pro-Israel think tank that explores new ways to “tackle critical challenges facing the State of Israel, Israeli society, and the Jewish world.”

The Reut Group published a policy paper on March 15, identifying just what it is about the Progressive movement that needs to change so that Israel partisans will be comfortable."