Some thoughts on the "Israel Lobby"

1. We have already made mention of Norman Finkelstein's artificial 'scholarly consensus' on 1948, created by only mentioning the scholars who support his view and ignoring those who disagree with him. Lately, Eric Alterman has recently pulled the same shtick, mentioning only the virulent op-ed attacks on the "Israel Lobby", and ignoring the many scholarly rebuttals that make mincemeat of the paper's "scholarly" pretentions. One wonders why folks do stuff like this...
2. The most well-remembered self-defense of antisemites is that "some of my best friends are Jews". Now this has been replaced by anti-Zionists with "BUT we support the right of Israel to exist". To demonstrate the absurdity of this statement I have made a song, modeled on Dayennu (If you're interested, you could use this as a party game where you match lines with various anti-Zionists. I have added some of my own matches):

   We compare only Jews/Israelis to Nazis on the slightest pretext, BUT we support the right of Israel to exist. (Finkelstein)

   We deny both Zionism and the state of Israel any moral validity, BUT we support the right of Israel to exist. (Finkelstein)

   We swallow wholesale every libel ever made against the Jewish state uncritically, BUT we support the right of Israel to exist. (Walt+ Mearsheimer)

   We support, excuse or 'understand' all attacks against the country and its citizens, BUT we support the right of Israel to exist.

   We deny that the Jews have the right to self-determination as a nation, or that they even are a nation, BUT we support the right of Israel to exist.

   We believe against all contrary evidence that Israel is the sole, or one of the main causes of danger to world peace, BUT we support the right of Israel to exist.

   We support the Right of Return for Palestinian Refugees, which would demographically overwhelm the state and eliminate its raison d'etre, BUT we support the right of Israel to exist. (This is especially egregious) (Again Finkelstein...fill in others here)

   I'm sure I could add others, but I don't have the energy for it now.