"If you're prejudiced against Israel, then, you're against the Jews. This doesn't mean criticizing Israel and its policies is forbidden. However, very little of what we hear about Israel has to do with lucid criticism."

I'm reminded of another quote, which I've posted before: "As far as criticism is concerned, we don't resent that, unless it is absolutely biased - as it usually is." John Vorster, Prime Minuster of South Africa in Apartheid times.

If it's really true that for Fiamma Nirenstein "very little of what we hear about Israel has to do with lucid criticism" I think she must be reading the wrong critics. There's been a great deal of lucid, factual and cogent criticism of Israel published, much of it by Israelis and Jews.