tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post7207627845305106759..comments2024-03-14T02:22:26.957+00:00Comments on Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries: 'Shadow in Baghdad' 'too violent for children'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-66000620081707456422015-12-03T14:49:40.543+00:002015-12-03T14:49:40.543+00:00A response to E Davidson:
This is not simply an &q...A response to E Davidson:<br />This is not simply an "Ashkenazi" position. After all, the traditional culture of the Ashkenazim is generally overlooked in the media and other cultural institutions in Israel.<br /><br />And Mizrahim and Sefardim who were what are called "leftists" in Israel typically did not oppose this neglect, especially not neglect of the history of the oppression of Jews in Arab lands. Why was this so? The "left" camp in Israel, which can also be called the anti-national camp, has been obsessively chasing the will-o'-the-wisp of a negotiated peace with the Arabs for many many years. So nothing could be done or should be done, in the "left's" view, that would discourage or deter the Arabs from negotiating a peace accord with Israel. Furthermore, the Israeli "Left" was influenced by the anti-Israel, pro-Arab climate of the world "left." Therefore, in order to stay in step with their supposed or hoped for ideological allies, or even co-thinkers, they adopted the world's "left's" pro-Arab views. The Israeli communists (PaKaP) had been habitually pro-Arab back in the 1930s, since that was the Comintern and USSR position. The Communists especially, for the most part, did not change their anti-Zionist views after the establishment of the State of Israel, although the USSR and Communists elsewhere had supported Israeli independence at the time.Eliyahu m'Tsiyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07973268399414290195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-32186884672419041492015-12-03T11:28:38.211+00:002015-12-03T11:28:38.211+00:00I believe that part of the reason for this attitud...I believe that part of the reason for this attitude is that the Israeli government and its agencies have for many years been heeding the advice of people like Noam Leshem who told them categorically to cover up the entire story of what happened to Jews in Arab lands in the 20th century. See, for example: https://edgar1981.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/jewish-naqba.htmlConfronting antisemitism and Israel hatredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15194461954508969242noreply@blogger.com