{"id":2574,"date":"2021-01-14T16:14:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T21:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utj.org\/viewpoints\/?p=2574"},"modified":"2021-01-14T16:14:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T21:14:47","slug":"obamas-memoir-misleads-on-israels-history-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utj.org\/viewpoints\/2021\/01\/obamas-memoir-misleads-on-israels-history-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama’s Memoir Misleads on Israel’s History. Here’s why."},"content":{"rendered":"

In their article in Delaware Online<\/a>, Rabbi Michael Beals and UTJ Viewpoints Contributor Rabbi Steven Saks discuss President Barack Obama\u2019s bestseller, “A Promised Land<\/a>,” and its portrayal of the Arab-Israeli conflict.<\/p>\n

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As the Biden administration will eventually tackle Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking, basing it on a foundation of accurate background information is essential. In the spirit of pursuing peace, we provide these important corrections to chapter 25 of President Barack Obama\u2019s bestseller, “A Promised Land,” addressing Israel.<\/p>\n

This response is\u00a0not<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0being written from a partisan point of view. The aim is simply to correct important inaccuracies which should be troubling to all, regardless of where one stands on the political spectrum.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Read more at www.delawareonline.com\/story\/opinion\/2021\/01\/10\/obamas-memoir-misleads-israels-history-heres-why\/6601951002\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

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As the Biden administration will eventually tackle Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking, basing it on a foundation of accurate background information is essential. In the spirit of pursuing peace, we provide these important corrections to chapter 25 of President Barack Obama\u2019s bestseller, “A Promised Land,” addressing Israel.<\/p>\n

This response is\u00a0not\u00a0being written from a partisan point of view. The aim is simply to correct important inaccuracies which should be troubling to all, regardless of where one stands on the political spectrum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,78,127],"tags":[],"coauthors":[125],"class_list":["post-2574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-israel","category-modern-judaism","category-politics"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t