The Taboo Against Criticizing Israel Is Quietly Collapsing

A long-standing norm of U.S. politics is on its way out.

"Armored Corps Operate Near the Gaza Border" by Israel Defense Forces is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 Copy

During his ill-fated bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, former Vermont governor and current pharmaceutical lobbyist Howard Dean once offered an illustrative example of the pathologies of U.S. politics.

On a September day in 2003, Dean tol…