Those of us who are familiar with the history of the Israel/Palestine debate and attempts to censor voices from one side or the other will know that one of the most notorious episodes occurred at the Oxford Union debate on the issue in 1964 between Lebanese writer Edward Atiyah (putting the pro-Palestinian case) and UK Labour MP Maurice …
Those of us who are familiar with the history of the Israel/Palestine debate and attempts to censor voices from one side or the other will know that one of the most notorious episodes occurred at the Oxford Union debate on the issue in 1964 between Lebanese writer Edward Atiyah (putting the pro-Palestinian case) and UK Labour MP Maurice Edelman (putting the pro-Israel case). Atiyah was shouted down as an alleged Nazi by the finest young minds in the United Kingdom, and in his efforts to make himself heard he suffered a fatal heart attack. The episode is described by Fred Halliday.
Those of us who are familiar with the history of the Israel/Palestine debate and attempts to censor voices from one side or the other will know that one of the most notorious episodes occurred at the Oxford Union debate on the issue in 1964 between Lebanese writer Edward Atiyah (putting the pro-Palestinian case) and UK Labour MP Maurice Edelman (putting the pro-Israel case). Atiyah was shouted down as an alleged Nazi by the finest young minds in the United Kingdom, and in his efforts to make himself heard he suffered a fatal heart attack. The episode is described by Fred Halliday.
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