Yeah … No. This all happened after Israel fought the entire Arab world as the self proclaimed champion of Judaism. It’s not surprising they wanted to leave countries that viewed them as possible foreign agents. But very few were burned out of their homes and forced to leave. The entire narrative of Jews leaving the Arab world has been politicized specifically to downplay what Israel did to the Palestinians.
So when Israel displaces many Palestinians, it is an Issue but when Arab countries do the same to Jews, it is suddenly politicized. There were several situations (let’s say libya) where hundreds of jewish homes were burned.
If so few were forced to leave, why are there so few Jews in Iran, Libya and many other Arab countries?
If you justify the expelling of Jewish population from Arab countries, you can easily justify expelling many palestinians. In the end, the Arab countries started the war, so expelling 700k foreign agents is fully justified… Suddenly it sounds so absurd.
Just to add: Arab countries also expelled roughly 900k jews in 20th century.
So whilst Israel’s actions weren’t right, many Arab countries did literally the same, so they are the last ones that can blame Israel for that.
Yeah … No. This all happened after Israel fought the entire Arab world as the self proclaimed champion of Judaism. It’s not surprising they wanted to leave countries that viewed them as possible foreign agents. But very few were burned out of their homes and forced to leave. The entire narrative of Jews leaving the Arab world has been politicized specifically to downplay what Israel did to the Palestinians.
So when Israel displaces many Palestinians, it is an Issue but when Arab countries do the same to Jews, it is suddenly politicized. There were several situations (let’s say libya) where hundreds of jewish homes were burned.
If so few were forced to leave, why are there so few Jews in Iran, Libya and many other Arab countries?
If you justify the expelling of Jewish population from Arab countries, you can easily justify expelling many palestinians. In the end, the Arab countries started the war, so expelling 700k foreign agents is fully justified… Suddenly it sounds so absurd.
No it’s an issue when you try to create false equivalents.
I think it is quite comparable when states displace a certain group of people.