No, Half of Israeli Jews Don’t Favor Mass Expulsions of Arabs
Misrepresenting a misleading question.
March 10, 2016
No, Half of Israeli Jews Don’t Favor Mass Expulsions of Arabs
Misrepresenting a misleading question.
Since the Pew foundation released the results of a major survey of Israeli public opinion, many reporters have made much of the purported datum that roughly one in two Israeli Jews favors driving out the country’s Arabs. But as Nathan Jeffay explains, a double error is at play here: the Pew researchers asked a poorly formulated question that could mean several different things in Hebrew (as also in English), and the media ignored these ambiguities:
March 10, 2016
How Trade with Israel Helps America
A mutually beneficial relationship.
At Oberlin, Safe Spaces for All But Jews
Only one prejudice is not subject to condemnation.
Venice Celebrates Five Centuries of Jewish Life
And commemorates the establishment of the first ghetto.
Why Don’t More American Jews Learn Hebrew?
The usual excuses don’t hold up.