When a Venerable Historian Compared Israelis to Nazis

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

In 1961, a young Israeli diplomat named Yaacov Herzog challenged the venerable British historian Arnold Toynbee to a debate about Israel's legitimacy.

What happened next was remarkable.

When a Venerable Historian Compared Israelis to Nazis, a Young Diplomat Challenged Him to a Debate

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It’s a familiar chain of events: A prominent scholar and public intellectual visits an elite college campus to speak to students.