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When Israel Is Wrong

Christians shouldn't be afraid to say so

Adam Simms | Murray Polner

From 1973 to 1990, the two of us edited Present Tense, a Jewish, liberal, dovish magazine published by the American Jewish Committee. On the surface, little has changed since those years when Americans, including Washington’s foreign-policy elite, lent support to Israel because of the Holocaust and the cold war, while saying to Israelis and Palestinians, "you’re b (...)


 

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Adam Simms was senior editor of Present Tense magazine, published from 1973-90 by the American Jewish Committee.

about the writer

Murray Polner was editor of Present Tense magazine, published from 1973-90 by the American Jewish Committee.

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