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Matt Stein

Israeli founding father and first prime minister David Ben-Gurion declares independence beneath a large portrait of Theodor Herzl, founder of modern Zionism. 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 at the center of the Swarthmore College campus. 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

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