People who dislike Israel should not conflate it with American Jews -just as people should not conflate the PRC with Chinese Americans or ISIS with American Muslims.
And (not but) synagogues should not say "We stand with Israel" because it encourages that conflation. It makes congregants less safe but, more importantly, given what Israel is doing, it's morally indefensible.
It's like a Russian Orthodox church saying "We stand with Russia" after the invasion of Ukraine. https://peterbeinart.substack.com/p/lessons-from-the-michigan-synagogue
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