FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sunday, May 6, 2018
Contact: Louise Bruce, 202-440-0744
ISRAEL PRIZE LAUREATE SUPPORTS COCKBURN, REFUTES ALLEGATIONS
In response to unfounded attacks by the Republicans regarding Leslie Cockburn’s 1991 book on the military and intelligence relationship between the US and Israel, Israel Prize Laureate Professor Irad Malkin made the following statement.
"I wrote at length about Dangerous Liaison for Ha'aretz and to call Leslie Cockburn an anti-Semite is outrageous,” said Professor Irad Malkin.
"Leslie is honored to have the support of Professor Irad Malkin, who knows first-hand of Leslie’s career dedicated to speaking truth to power and standing up to racism, anti-Semitism, and corporate special interests that take advantage of every day people,” said Louise Bruce, Cockburn’s Deputy Campaign Manager. “In contrast, her opponent Tom Garrett put out the welcome mat for white nationalists, racists and Neo-Nazis who turned Charlottesville into a battleground. Garrett’s simply not qualified to be passing out judgements on others."
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