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Self Censorship On Israel-Palestine
May 24, 2011 · Mustapha Hamoui
Andrew Exum on why he avoids discussing the Israeli-Palestinian issue on his blog:
Any young scholar who wants to do policy-relevant work on Israel or the Palestinians needs their head examined. In the discourse, at least, you’re either a gun-toting, jack-booted Zionist pig or an Islamist suicide-bombing anti-Semite. And sometimes both at the same time. No thanks.
It’s a crazy crazy place where moderates and objective observers won’t go..