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Israeli founding father and first prime minister David Ben-Gurion declares independence beneath a portrait of Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, at the Tel Aviv Museum (today, Independence Hall) on May 14, 1948. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
The legacy of the ‘nakba’ and lies about Israel
Progressive college students have come to believe that in 1948, Israel enacted a policy of ethnic cleansing and forcibly expelled 750,000 Palestinians in order to ensure a Jewish supermajority and make room for Jewish immigration.
Matt Stein
June 13, 2019
Parrish Hall on the campus of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. Credit: Ugen64 via Wikimedia Commons.
BDS at Swarthmore: A shameful display of anti-Semitism and bullying
The effect of this rhetoric is that it is driving away students who hold Israel as part of their identities, Jewish or otherwise.
Matt Stein
March 11, 2019