Distorting History.

• Author: Derkatch, Maxine
• Position: LETTER

I bought the April/May issue of your magazine; it was the first time I'd seen it. I was seduced by your cover art; even the cashier at Barnes & Noble admired the "Dump Trump Now" sentiment.

I enjoyed reading the various articles, and learned a lot in the process. However, I must take issue with the sidebar "Borderland Lessons from Palestine" to Dennis [Florin]. Bernstein's article "Borderland Resistance." He states that "Palestine has been violently and illegally occupied since 1948." Full stop: I understand that he has a problem with Israeli settlements. The state of Israel was LAWFULLY, NOT ILLEGALLY, created by United Nations resolution. For Bernstein to state otherwise, and for his opinion to be flatly...