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Sorry, Amnesty: I am a Zionist. Let me tell you what that means

Amnesty was once on the right side of history. How did the group let itself fall so far?

 Peter Benenson, the British lawyer who founded Amnesty International in 1961, rekindles the original candle on the movement’s 20th anniversary outside St Martin in the Fields Church in London.
Peter Benenson, the British lawyer who founded Amnesty International in 1961, rekindles the original candle on the movement’s 20th anniversary outside St Martin in the Fields Church in London.
(photo credit: Amnesty International/Wikipedia)
ByMARK CHARENDOFF
MAY 19, 2022 11:44
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