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Birthright Is Booming This Year. Here’s How the Israeli Propaganda Trip Works. (theintercept.com)

submitted 11 months ago by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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Every year, Jewish American college students are offered a 10-day, all-expenses-paid trip to Israel with the Birthright Foundation. The closely curated tours take them across the country, from swimming in the Dead Sea to visiting the graves of soldiers who died fighting in Gaza, all accompanied by their peers in the Israeli military.

This summer marks the 25th anniversary of the program — and despite Israel’s ongoing bombing, starvation, and shooting of Palestinians in Gaza, it’s touted to be the biggest cohort yet. Thirty-thousand students, aged 18 to 26, are slated to travel to Israel for free this summer, with the cost of their $5,000 trip underwritten by the nonprofit organization.

A study published in May by Brandeis University and funded by Birthright found that last year’s cohort are “much more connected to Israel, and much more likely to identify with the political right.” Birthright participants were also “more likely to provide a counterargument to claims that Israel is committing genocide” after the trip.

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[–] Hafty@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

My little brother went on Birthright when he was 16. One of his friends (from Boca Raton, FL) was so brainwashed he went back a few years later and joined the Israel military. I never went because I was scared of going to a war zone.