To speak of the Israeli left is like speaking of humane apartheid

"And the left? In this spiritual context no left - which can only exist in a discourse of equality - can have air to breathe. So when the ethos "shut your mouth because we'll punish you" rules everywhere, Peace Now was bound to disappear and be reduced to paid ads in the newspaper, with no foot soldiers. Meretz was bound to evaporate, and Labor's doves were bound to crumble. This left insisted on clinging to the consensus, treating the conflict with the Palestinians as a war in defense of the state rather than as a massive policing of an occupied nation with tanks and F-16s."