Israel Derangement Syndrome

alternative Israel derangement syndrome

1. derogatoryinformaluncountableA notional disease which causes someone to behave irrationally due to having negative views of Israel.

   [Article title:] Israel derangement syndrome envelops the far left: Six examples

   2016 January 26, David Bernstein, “Israel derangement syndrome envelops the far left: Six examples”, in The Washington Post (The Volokh Conspiracy section), Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2016

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   Something has been wrong here for a very long time, and now it is inescapable. Until the discourse is rescued from the victims of Israel Derangement Syndrome, Israel and America will slowly be drawn into wars they cannot ultimately win, lose every other ally they ever had, and embolden and fortify the very Islamist forces we are seeking to defuse and defeat.

   [2010 June 4, “Israel Derangement Syndrome”, in James Bennet, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2014

   They would be horrified by what has become of the party. It's too bad that Trump Derangement Syndrome has mutated into Israel Derangement Syndrome.

   2026 April 30, Judith Levine, “Democrats’ Israel Derangement Syndrome”, in The Wall Street Journal (Letters section), New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 May 2026

   "Israel Derangement Syndrome" is presented like a real illness, complete with a fictional treatment center, the Clarity Center, and patients who describe "recovering." The "symptoms" are a list of ways people criticize Israel and its supporters — bringing up the conflict unprompted, refusing to see any other issue in the world as important, being unable to acknowledge nuance. The "cure," according to the ad, is just reading more and checking your sources. It ends with a rapid-fire list of side effects: "reading past the headline, a sudden interest in Middle East history, and a constant urge to touch grass."

   2026 August 20, Benyamin Cohen, “Do you suffer from 'Israel Derangement Syndrome'? This ad says there's a cure”, in The Forward, New York, N.Y.: The Forward Association, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2026