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Conrad Black: Call for Canada to Recognize Palestinian Statehood Is Both Ridiculous and Wrongheaded

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Conrad Black: Call for Canada to Recognize Palestinian Statehood Is Both Ridiculous and Wrongheaded
The flags of Spain, Ireland, and Norway are displayed on the City Hall building in the West Bank city of Ramallah, after the three countries announced this week that they would recognize a Palestinian statehood, on May 24, 2024. Mahmoud Illean/AP Photo
Conrad Black
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The stampede in many Western countries to champion the Palestinian cause has been a thoroughly nauseating spectacle of misdirected righteousness, faddishness, and racist bigotry.

Conrad Black
Conrad Black
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Conrad Black has been one of Canada’s most prominent financiers for 40 years and was one of the leading newspaper publishers in the world. He’s the author of authoritative biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, and, most recently, “Donald J. Trump: A President Like No Other,” which has been republished in updated form. Follow Conrad Black with Bill Bennett and Victor Davis Hanson on their podcast Scholars and Sense.