The Message, a new book by award-winning author Ta-Nehisi Coates, includes a contentious essay about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Coates concluded that the dispute isn’t complicated. It’s a simple matter of right and wrong—and Israel is wrong. Coates never mentioned in his book that Israel is surrounded by nations seeking to eradicate it and is constantly … Continued

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