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Betty Mensh and Alan Freeman, Professors of Law at the State University of New York at Buffalo, wrote in the recent issue of Tikkun, "This ("We are not a minority') attitude is just another version of the assimilationist ploy that has been all too fateful for the Jews in the past...the vice of assimilation is that it is always superficial and fragile. Wouldn't it be better to abandon such a foolish enterprise, to give up on false security in order to regain dignity and self-respect...
Though many Jews outside Israel endorse the occupation, others fear it might eventually harm Israel's standing in the West. Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun, a liberal American Jewish magazine, is among those who note that much U.S. support for Israel is based on the perception that the country embodies the best of American moral values. "The long-term survival of the state of Israel dictates that it cease to occupy the West Bank," says Lerner. Otherwise, he warns, "the view of Israel as a moral country will be dramatically undermined in the years ahead...