This opinion article argues that US synagogues should not host property events involving land in the occupied Palestinian territories. It contends that doing so risks conflating Judaism with Israeli settlement activity, exposing religious institutions to political conflict and lending legitimacy to transactions the author considers unlawful.

The argument is framed around real-estate fairs that market homes or land in Israel and the West Bank to North American buyers. The author’s central concern is that Israeli settlements in occupied territory are widely regarded as illegal under international law, and that protests against such events should be understood as opposition to settlement expansion rather than to Jewish worship or identity.