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January 15, 2020

When Academic Organizations Condemn Israel, They Send an Unambiguous Message to Potential Jewish Members

A small victory at the American Historical Association.

At the annual conference of the American Historical Association—the major professional organization for academic historians—two resolutions condemning Israel were defeated. This is the fourth time since 2015 that the same group of historians has put forward such resolutions. While the resolutions have always lost, the voting margin shrank somewhat this year. Jeffrey Herf comments on the unreality of the propaganda put forward by supporters:

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