It's shocking how little of this conversation (whether it be on news sites or on Twitter) is actually about AIPAC's influence.
Yeah somebody's plan is working great.
I agree.of course the Jewish community should be listened to, but the unfortunate political and cultural reality of even liberal Zionism (coming from that background myself) is such that, for the foreseeable future, there will always be people who levy accusations of antisemitism in bad faith, and there will always be people who subjectively experience legitimate criticism of Israel as an attack on their identities as Jews. they can't be allowed to maintain total control of the debate
there is no way to have a full and open debate about Israel without also having a full and open debate about what criticism of Israel does and doesn't constitute antisemitism, because that's where a lot of the battle lines have been drawn