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ereignty over any part of their ancient 
homeland.
That brings us back to what the 
president and his supporters are or are 
not guilty of doing.
Unlike the Palestinian leadership, 
Trump has condemned acts of terror-
ism. Yes, he should be more careful 
about his words and avoid anything 
that might be construed as a green 
light to extremists. In those instances 
where he has allowed his critics to con-
strue his words in that manner, he has 
hurt his own cause, as well as lowered 
the tone of our politics.
But there is a difference between 
that and direct or indirect support for 
extremist murderers or white nation-
alism. For liberal rabbis and others 
to claim that opposition to illegal 
immigration or support for enforcing 
the law is tantamount to racism or 
support for murder is outrageous. And 
to extend their condemnation to the 
nearly half of the country that supports 

Trump and his policies is to commit 
the same mistake that Hillary Clinton 
made in 2016 when she helped seal her 
defeat by calling political opponents 
“deplorables.
”
The president needs to do better 
and to try to raise us up rather than 
consistently lower us into the political 
gutter. The same admonition should 
be directed at many of his opponents, 
who are just as guilty of extreme 
rhetoric in which they have invoked, 
among other things, the Holocaust and 
even concentration camps to describe 
honest differences of opinion on con-
tentious issues.
And we should also thank Tapper 
for his lame analogy, which reminded 
us there is a difference 
between irre-
sponsible speech and incitement to 
murder. ■

Jonathan S. Tobin is editor in chief of JNS—

Jewish News Syndicate. 

all, is a great experience, and I am 
happy I was able to participate in it.

— Rachel Kapen

West Bloomfield

July 25 Cover
The cover of the July 25 Jewish 
News was disturbing to me. People 
were protesting the present immi-
gration policies with World War 
II emotions. President Trump 
announced a border crisis two years 
ago, but the Democratic House of 
Representatives said he was making 

this up and wouldn’
t do anything to 
correct the bad policies. I agree with 
the protesters; we need new immi-
gration legislation, but I don’
t want 
to live in a country without borders 
or laws.

— Doreen Lichtman

Orchard Lake

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