Editing Andrew Sullivan (section)

====Israel====
Sullivan has said that he has "always been a [[Zionist]]",<ref>A. Sullivan, [http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/05/mr-netanyahu-expects.html Mr Netanyahu "Expects"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523131119/http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/05/mr-netanyahu-expects.html |date=23 May 2011 }}, 20 May 2011.</ref> but his views of Israel have become more critical over time. In February 2009, he wrote that he could no longer take the [[Neoconservatism|neoconservative]] position on Israel seriously.<ref>Andrew Sullivan,[http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/02/a-false-premise.html "A False Premise"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129212936/http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/02/a-false-premise.html |date=29 January 2011 }}, Sullivan's Daily Dish, 5 February 2009.</ref>

In January 2010, Sullivan blogged that he was "moving toward" the idea of "a direct American military imposition" of a [[two-state solution]] to the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict|Israeli-Palestinian conflict]], with [[NATO]] troops enforcing "the borders of the new states of Palestine and Israel". He wrote, "I too am sick of the Israelis. [...] I'm sick of having a great power like the US being dictated to."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/01/sick-of-the-israelis-and-the-palestinians.html|title=Sick|date=6 January 2010|access-date=7 January 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100109011639/http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/01/sick-of-the-israelis-and-the-palestinians.html| archive-date= 9 January 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> His post was criticised by Noah Pollak of ''[[Commentary Magazine|Commentary]]'', who called it "crazy", "heady stuff" based on "hubris".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2010/01/06/andrew-sullivan-its-time-to-invade-israel/|date=6 January 2010|access-date=7 January 2010|title=Andrew Sullivan: It's Time to Invade Israel|first=Noah|last=Pollak|publisher=[[Commentary Magazine|Commentary]]|archive-date=9 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609185403/http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2010/01/06/andrew-sullivan-its-time-to-invade-israel/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In February 2010, [[Leon Wieseltier]] suggested in ''[[The New Republic]]'' that Sullivan, a former friend and colleague, had a "venomous hostility toward Israel and Jews" and was "either a bigot, or just moronically insensitive" toward the Jewish people.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Leon|last=Wieseltier|authorlink=Leon Wieseltier|url=http://www.tnr.com/article/something-much-darker|title=Something Much Darker. Andrew Sullivan has a serious problem|magazine=[[The New Republic]]|date=8 February 2010|access-date=12 February 2010|archive-date=12 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212101748/http://www.tnr.com/article/something-much-darker|url-status=live}}</ref> Sullivan rejected the accusation and was defended by some writers, while others at least partly supported Wieseltier.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/19-Pundits-on-the-Sullivan-Wieseltier-Debate-2500|title=19 Pundits on the Sullivan-Wieseltier Debate|website=[[The Atlantic]]|date=11 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212230749/http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/19-Pundits-on-the-Sullivan-Wieseltier-Debate-2500 |archive-date=12 February 2010 }}</ref>

In March 2019, Sullivan wrote in ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine that while he strongly supported the right of a Jewish state to exist, he felt that U.S. Representative [[Ilhan Omar]]'s [[Ilhan Omar#Remarks on AIPAC and American support for Israel|comments about the influence of the pro-Israel lobby]] were largely correct. He said, "it is simply a fact that the Israel lobby uses money, passion, and persuasion to warp this country's foreign policy in favor of another country—out of all proportion to what Israel can do for the US."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/03/how-should-we-talk-about-the-israel-lobbys-power.html|title=How Should We Talk About the Israel Lobby's Power?|last=Sullivan|first=Andrew|date=March 8, 2019|website=[[Intelligencer (website)|Intelligencer]]|language=en|access-date=2019-03-08|archive-date=10 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190310074700/http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/03/how-should-we-talk-about-the-israel-lobbys-power.html|url-status=live}}</ref>