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When teaching diaspora Jews about occupation gets ‘too political’

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Published: 23 September 2017

Last updated: 4 March 2024

KAREN ISAACS WAS ON HER WAY to her sister’s wedding in Toronto when Israel’s most-watched news program ran a primetime item accusing her and her partner of sending diaspora Jews into violent confrontations with IDF soldiers in the West Bank. Channel 2 openly based the segment almost entirely on information provided to it by radical right-wing group Ad Kan.
FULL STORY What happens when teaching diaspora Jews about occupation gets 'too political' (972)

Photo: Achvat Amim leader Karen Isaacs speaks at a Combatants for Peace event in Beit Jala, West Bank (Rami Ben-Ari)
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