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Nothing
succeeds like success, and the State of Israel’s success in a range of fields
has created more goodwill for the Jewish people than at any time in history,
and also more enmity. The world’s strivers see Israel as an example, and the
world’s sulkers view Israel as a humiliating reminder of their misery.
Joseph Dana argued in a March 25 opinion article
on this site that “political Zionism raises the risk of anti-Semitism.” That is
true only to the extent that success breeds envy. Success also elicits
admiration, though, and Israel is admired by ambitious and upwardly mobile
people around the world. On balance, political Zionism has brought about far
more philo-Semitism than anti-Semitism.
Half
a million tourists visited Israel in December 2018, twice the number of the
previous December. South Korean high-school
students are adopting traditional Jewish learning techniques.
Books about Jewish success are best-sellers in China.
Chinese students are applying to Israeli universities; 200 now attend
the University of Haifa compared with just 20 in 2013, and nearly 200 are
enrolled at the Technion, Israel’s elite science university.
Retired
Israeli ambassador Yoram Ettinger wrote
in January that 2018 was “a banner year for Israel diplomacy,” marked by the
move of America’s embassy to Jerusalem, soon to be followed by Brazil.
“Netanyahu’s
breakthrough diplomatic travels in 2018 included an official visit to the
Arabian Gulf Sultanate of Oman, where he held talks with Sultan Qaboos Bin
Said…. Also significant was Chadian President Idriss Déby’s historic visit to
Israel, with Netanyahu planning to visit the Central African country next year,
at which time the two nations expected to declare a renewal of diplomatic ties.
“Other
landmark meetings strengthening economic ties with leaders from China, Japan
and India. Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan visited Israel, as did Japanese
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Netanyahu met with his Indian counterpart Narendra
Modi in Delhi, leading to a joint declaration of the ‘dawn of a new era’ in
bilateral relations.”
In
related developments, British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt last
week announced that the United Kingdom would vote against many anti-Israel
resolutions at the United Nations rather than abstaining, as in the past.
And Hungary opened
a trade mission in Jerusalem, the first de facto recognition of the Israeli
capital by a European Community member state.
By
any objective gauge of success, the State of Israel is uniquely successful.
Most
remarkably, Israel is the only industrial country with a fertility rate above
break-even. Israeli Jewish women have three children on average (2.5 children
excluding the very religious). In practical terms, that means that Israel’s
population of young people will be equal to that of Germany and Japan by the
end of this present century if current fertility trends persist.
Asia’s
fascination with Israel has more to do with material success than religion, to
be sure, but Asians’ philo-Semitism has something in common with that of the
evangelicals: Nothing succeeds like success. Asian strivers will continue to
admire Israel and emulate its path to success, while sulkers in various failed
states will continue to nurse their grudge against Israeli success.
As an American Jew, I see the matter differently than
Joseph Dana. I am grateful that Israel enjoys the admiration of striving
Asians, and am resigned to the fact that Israel will be hated by sulkers like
Representative Omer and Mr Dana himself.
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