We invited Professor Ilan Pappé of Exeter University to speak in Cleveland. We did so because thus far the debate over Israel in the region’s college communities has been too one-sided—dominated by former Israeli generals, Washington think tank lobbyists, and others regurgitating Israeli state perspectives. We asked the City Club to host Pappé for similar reasons. We hope the visit will show that the driving force behind the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is neither religious (