Rick

The leadership getting rich with blood money is part of any real Marxist system. But only the oppressor/oppressed madness explains the behavior towards Israel. Antisemitism is some of it, but I think these days the antisemites require fortification with the view that Israel is the rich oppressor and the Palestinians are the poor oppressed.

It is ironic that so many Jews are also attracted to that model, although most avoid applying it to Israel.

That model is pernicuous – it appeals to envy if one views onesself as oppressed, and an a vicarious version when applied to others. It allows an easy analysis of any situation – just identify the oppressor and the rest falls into place. It prescribes any manner of nasty solutions (tax the rich, kill the rich, pass resolutions against the “oppressors”). It seems as deeply embedded in the American (and other) left as Freud’s silly theories.