How about this anecdote: Several years ago, my alma mater (a major state university in the midwest) issued a press release, proudly listing the high number of international students on campus, plus the nations represented. Naturally, there were plenty of students from the Asian Subcontinent and East Asia, no surprise at a place with major technical academic programs, particuarly at the grad school level.
Still, what surprised me (and remember, this was an official university press release) was "Palestine" listed as a nation of origin. I offered a comment in reply via Email: "Maybe you should ask the Prime Minister of Israel what he thinks of that reference to Palestine."
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