Yesterday, under pressure from her fellow House Republicans, the Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene distanced herself from some of the outré conspiracy theories that she has touted during her time in public life—including her claims that the September 11 attack on the Pentagon did not occur and her devotion to QAnon. She said nothing about her suggestion in a 2018 speech that the U.S. government was responsible for the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001, nor about the video she shared on her Facebook page that blames “Zionist supremacists” for seeking to undermine Europe by flooding it with Muslim immigrants. Her apologia didn’t stop the House of Representatives from taking the extraordinary step of removing her from committee assignments, a measure for which eleven Republican congressmen voted.

Writing on Wednesday, Jonathan Tobin argued that a Republican party that tolerates Taylor Greene is not one where Jews can find a political home. “How,” Tobin asked, “do [Jewish Republicans] stay in a party that is willing to wink at someone who has, among other things, claimed that space lasers directed by someone at the Rothschilds’ bank were responsible for California wildfires?” He added:

Tolerance of a sort for Taylor Greene may be just one more sign of the impact of tribal-war politics. Many Republicans will answer all criticism of her with [tu-quoque arguments] in which the sins of the Democrats will be used to excuse those committed by the GOP. That’s especially discouraging since should Taylor Greene retain her committee assignments and avoid being expelled, she will—as was the case with [the anti-Semitic Democratic congresswoman Ilhan] Omar, . . . wind up having far more influence and publicity than any normal freshman legislator would have.

The impact of [the Republican establishment’s continued indulgence of Taylor Greene] will be devastating to Jewish Republicans, especially after they expended so much effort assailing Democrats over their toleration for supporters of the movement to boycott Israel.

[Worst of all], just as Omar has helped legitimize one form of prejudice against Jews, Taylor Greene’s continued presence as a member in good standing of the GOP caucus will do the same for a particularly toxic variety of right-wing extremists. That’s the sort of thing that no amount of . . . partisanship can excuse.

Taking stock of the events of the last year, including the recent battering Israel has dealt Hizballah, Ben-Dror Yemini believes it is time for the Jewish state to take an even more significant step:

The Iranian axis of evil has attacked Israel from Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, Iran, and Syria—and a significant part of the world has aligned with the dark and murderous forces. A year in which even the leaders of countries expected to lead the free world, who should oppose the axis of evil, are imposing arms embargoes on Israel.

With or without the U.S., Israel must destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities. . . . Because if this regime is not eliminated, if it gains the capability, if it [obtains] nuclear weapons, it will destroy Israel. It will commit genocide on millions. Oil prices will rise? Let them rise. Our lives are more important.

The Middle East needs peace and rehabilitation. They will not come so long as the ayatollahs rule Iran. Tens of millions of Iranians, Lebanese, Iraqis, Yemenis, and Palestinians are the primary victims of the Iranian regime, which brings destruction, hunger, devastation, and bloodshed. It’s not clear if the U.S. can afford to abandon them. It is clear that Israel cannot abandon itself. It is possible that an action by Israel, alone, will exact a high price. But any price today will be lower than the price Israel will pay in the future.