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From my essay that a lot of liberal Zionists are complaining about: "as Arabs we had long ago observed that if you play out the string, or let the string play out on its own, then these supposedly apolitical cultural productions always end up justifying Israel, as do their producers."

Yeah, you make a good point. I used to stew about all the prominent academics who opposed BDS before they didn't. A dear friend told me to just take the W (in our own middle-aged vernacular, obviously) and consider it a job well done. I'll do the same with your POV here.