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Matthew S. Gordon

Matthew S. Gordon, a graduate student in Middle East Studies at Columbia University, was coordinator of the Question 5 campaign.

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Cambridge Voters Challenge US Policy

Voters achieved an historic victory in Cambridge and a section of Somerville, Massachusetts, on November 8, 1988. By a margin of 53 to 47 percent they endorsed Question 5, a non-binding public policy question that called on elected officials to work towards a just settlement of the Palestinian-Israe

Matthew S. Gordon • 4 min read