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Why does J Street’s Jeremy Ben-Ami keep sending me emails asking me to punch myself?

Ah, I get into the text and I see he wants me to understand that defunding UNESCO is like punching yourself:

Ron —

For the past couple of days, I’ve been searching for the best image to capture what the United States is doing by defunding the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in retaliation for admitting Palestine as a member.

Try this: it’s like telling someone you’re so mad at them that you’re going to punch yourself in the nose.

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