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In Israel, calls for genocide have migrated from the margins to the mainstream

  • Written by Tamir Sorek, Liberal Arts Professor of Middle East History, Penn State
imageA Palestinian woman cries while sitting on the rubble of her home, which was destroyed in an Israeli strike on March 18, 2025.Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images

Thirty years ago in Israel, advocating for genocide could land you in prison.

In April 1994, an Israeli rabbi named Ido Alba published an article that read, in part, “In war, as long as...

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