Summary
A headnote to the DePaul Palestine exhibit had asserted that "in 1948 [Palestinian] statehood was lost to Israeli occupation." That straightforward claim ought to elicit an easy "true or false" response -- but not from DePaul professors Warren Schultz and Daniel Goffman.
"I said 'no, [the assertion] is not accurate' because I think you can prove with evidence from 1948 that the statement, in and of itself without any context, is not accurate," Mr. Goffman told Newsline. "But that's so deceptive in terms of what the statement says to the community."Could one look forward to reading that while a Jewish world-conspiracy may not ever have actually existed, it "does reflect ... a view of at least some" people, and to simply say it is "not accurate" is "so deceptive in terms of what the statement says to the community" of believers in the veracity of the Protocols?See the full content of this document
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Depaul's Predicament
The choice: Stop -- or stop justifying -- anti-Israel sentiment
DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS, CHICAGO'S DePaul University, the largest Catholic institution of its kind in America, has been careening towards securing a reputation as a safe haven for promoters of anti-Israel sentiment on campus.Three separate, unrelated dev...See the full content of this document
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