Dershowitz's last blog on the Jerusalem Post website was on March 7th, when he wrote a piece entitled "Let's have a real apartheid education week." Since then he has remained shtumm.
Surprise, surprise?
Not a word about Joe Biden's visit to Israel or Netanyahu's recent trip to the USA. Nothing about how Bibi was treated, persona non grata, at The Whitehouse.
Dershowitz assured the sceptics that Israel would be safe in Obama's hands. The Democrats were going to support Israel, and US Jews could sleep soundly knowing, that a vote for Obama would not undermine Israel's security.
Like Obama, Dershowitz opposes Israeli settlements. But I wonder whether his campaigning for The Democrats will become increasingly untenable, as the majority of world Jewry, start to realize that Obama's administration is, an extremely confused and reluctant "friend" of the State of Israel.
"Why I Support Israel and Obama" by Alan Dershowitz October 2008
" But I also prefer Obama to McCain on the issue of Israel. How can I say that if I have just acknowledged that on the issues they both seem to support Israel to an equal degree? The reason is because I think it is better for Israel to have a liberal supporter in the White House than to have a conservative supporter in the oval office. Obama's views on Israel will have greater impact on young people, on Europe, on the media and on others who tend to identify with the liberal perspective. Although I believe that centrists liberals in general tend to support Israel, I acknowledge that support from the left seems to be weakening as support from the right strengthens. The election of Barack Obama -- a liberal supporter of Israel -- will enhance Israel's position among wavering liberals.
As I travel around university campuses both in the United States and abroad, I see radical academics trying to present Israel as the darling of the right and anathema to the left. As a liberal supporter of Israel, I try to combat that false image. Nothing could help more in this important effort to shore up liberal support for Israel than the election of a liberal president who strongly supports Israel and who is admired by liberals throughout the world. That is among the important reasons why I support Barack Obama for president."
