“Emails can be very short and sweet…”
If you call that ‘maintaining connection’, then fine.
” Why can’t we focus on the topic?”
Yes, political grandstanding is wrong when done by anyone.
Like I said above, Zionism, as an ideology, is basically dead. But don’t tell that to the anti-zionists. They need something to rally about.
“what do you guys say about the fact that the same Israel that purports itself to be the Jewish state…”
I’d rather call it a state full of Jews. The state uses the other appellation when politically expedient (including political grandstanding).