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Our Youth Have Been Taught Lies about Israel, Hamas
(New York Post) Mark Penn and Andrew Stein - Young people have never been this far removed from reality - affected by social media and political currents that have sold them pure propaganda. While Americans aged 65 and up support Israel over Hamas by 95% to 5%, those aged 18-24 support Israel by the thinnest of margins, 55% to 45% in the latest Harvard CAPS-Harris poll. Our schools have failed to teach our young people even the most basic facts. 44% of 18-24-year-olds believe Israel is not a democracy, and 41% say Israel does not allow Arabs to vote in elections. 41% think Hamas rules democratically and is not authoritarian. 45% think Hamas allows gay people to live together openly, and 51% believe Hamas respects the rights of religious and ethnic minorities. Yet Hamas' charter explicitly advocates the eradication of Jews and Hamas has executed suspected homosexuals. And no, Jews are not colonizers, and Israel is not an apartheid country - it is the Jewish homeland dating back thousands of years, and Jews are a multiracial group themselves. Mark Penn, a pollster and adviser to Bill and Hillary Clinton, is chairman of the Harris Poll. Andrew Stein served as New York City Council president.