Norway: Should you criticize friends when they turn against you?

This isn't antisemitic in itself, it's just sad.

An opinion article at MIFF, a Norwegian pro-Israel site, advises against criticizing pro-Israel parties when they take anti-Israel steps.  Case in point, when the Norwegian Minister of Finance Siv Jensen,  head of the Israel-friendly Progress Party, boycotts Israeli firms.

The author, Odd Myrland, reasons as follows: If you criticize them, Israel's friends in Parliament and in the government might get tired of it all.  Why on earth should they work for somebody who criticizes them regardless of what they do?  As the headline points out, Jews should realize that there's "bad", but there's also "worse" and "worst".

The same reasoning is used by Italian Jews when they turn a blind eye to Berlusconi's anti-Semitic remarks.

He might not be the best, but there's far worse.

This is the same reasoning used by the US when they pressure Israel: We're your friends.  If you don't do what we say, there's far worse out there.  As Secretary of State Kerry said, Israel might face international boycotts and who knows what else.

That is the sad state of affairs of Jews today.  We need to choose between 'bad' and 'worse'.