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Bertrand Russell on Israel and Palestine (1917-1970)
Philosopher Bertrand Russell was a supporter of Israel but took an interest in Palestinian issues and worked with Israeli leftists, leading to his final statement of February 1970. This Zoom conference will be presented by John Lenz (a classicist from Drew University) and Thom Weidlich (an independent scholar), both of whom are active members in the Bertrand Russell Society. They will discuss their upcoming book chapter, which traces Russell’s views on Israel and the Palestinians.
Bertrand Russell was a prominent philosopher and a major figure in the peace movement. (He was the coauthor of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto, which warned that nuclear weapons posed an existential threat to humanity and encouraged people to find peaceful solutions to conflicts.)
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