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June 10, 2005       Share:    

Source: http://www.jcpa.org/phas/phas-fishman-f04.htm

Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.: A Battleground for Israel's Legitimacy

(Jewish Political Studies Review) Joel Fishman - In spring 2004, a group of pro-Palestinian radicals initiated a proposal that would have twinned Rafah in Gaza with Madison, Wisconsin. This initiative was significant because only a few American cities have adopted Palestinian towns. Its acceptance would have meant a victory for the Palestinian Authority and its supporters by advancing their long-term objective of delegitimizing the State of Israel and by creating a climate congenial to politically correct anti-Semitism. Because the local Jewish community and unaffiliated Jews, some belonging to the "soft Left," acted effectively, the city council did not adopt the proposal.

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