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Newsweek Reporter Calls Reporting on Israel and Jewish Organizations a 'Third Rail'

The term 'third rail' refers to the deadly electrified rail on urban trains, implying that Israel-related issues are untouchable for American media

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A national politics correspondent for Newsweek, Nina Burleigh, tweeted that Israeli- and Jewish-linked organizations — along with Israel itself — are on “the third rail of American journalism.”

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