Original sentence: The giving of this name is often taken as a controversial political act,  marking the parents as being left-leaning and supporters of reconciliation with the Palestinians and Arab World, and is frowned upon by many, including nationalists and the religious.The story of Hagar's expulsion to the desert has acquired some political connotations in modern Israel, being taken up as a symbol of the massive fleeing of Palestinians during  the 1948 Israeli War of Independence, being depicted as such by some Israeli writers and artists.This modern movement, however, does not take into account the long history of mass expulsions, forced conversions, torture, and confiscation of property by Christians, Muslims, Arabs, and others
Edited sentence: The giving of this name is often taken as a controversial political act,  marking the parents as being left-leaning and supporters of reconciliation with the Palestinians and Arab World, and is frowned upon by nationalists and the religious.The story of Hagar's expulsion to the desert has acquired some political connotations in modern Israel, being taken up as a symbol of the massive expulsion of Palestinians during  the 1948 Israeli War of Independence, being depicted as such by some Israeli writers and artists