Source: Reason
by Stephanie Slade
“When the Israeli political philosopher Yoram Hazony appeared on The Ezra Klein Show in August, he worked hard to distance himself and his National Conservatism Conferences from the din of racist and antisemitic voices on parts of the American right. … ‘Blood and soil is literally a Nazi term …. We are not interested in a nationalism of blood.’ Yet on the first day of this year’s National Conservatism Conference (‘NatCon 5’) in Washington, D.C., Hazony gave a speech that didn’t just fail to clarify which elements of the extreme right should not be counted as natcons in good standing; it seemed explicitly to carve out space within the movement for those with antisemitic views. ‘Nobody ever said that to be a good natcon you have to love Jews,’ Hazony, who is Jewish, said. ‘Go take a look at our statement of principles. It’s not a requirement.'” (09/08/25)