Daniel Patrick Moynihan, four-term senator and ambassador, once said, “You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not to your own facts.” Unfortunately these words ring too true in last month’s article, “Israel’s Choice: Dead End or Two-State,” by Priom Islam. In his article, although some of his conclusions are correct, Islam engages in misleading and […]
Author: Jacob Kessler
Jacob Kessler is a sophomore and Macaulay Honors student at Hunter College, majoring in Political Science, and Chinese and minoring in Arabic. He hails from Long Island, where he has lived for almost his entire life. He is the Founder and co-President of the Hunter Zionist Alliance. Jacob has interned for Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and worked on Congressman Steve Israel’s campaign in 2012. Recently, he completed an internship at the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations, where he worked on economic, social, and environmental development issues. Jacob is interested in learning about different countries' cultures, religions and languages, and hopes to one day have a profession which enables him to explore these interests further. He is a fellow with the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, and a member of Hunter College's Roosevelt Institute chapter.