Mouin Rabbani
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had been discussed and proposed, but never resolved. And again, I think, you know, Jewish fears about what would have happened- A second Holocaust, that's what we're talking about.
had been discussed and proposed, but never resolved. And again, I think, you know, Jewish fears about what would have happened- A second Holocaust, that's what we're talking about.
That may well have been the Jewish fear. It was an unfounded Jewish fear. It was unfounded? Of course it was unfounded.
That may well have been the Jewish fear. It was an unfounded Jewish fear. It was unfounded? Of course it was unfounded.
That may well have been the Jewish fear. It was an unfounded Jewish fear. It was unfounded? Of course it was unfounded.
You really think that the Palestinians, had they won the war, were going to import ovens and crematoria from Germany?
You really think that the Palestinians, had they won the war, were going to import ovens and crematoria from Germany?
You really think that the Palestinians, had they won the war, were going to import ovens and crematoria from Germany?
I don't think it would be... I wouldn't say there were always pogroms in every Arab state. I think there was flight of... Arab Jews for multiple reasons, in some cases for precisely the reasons you say. If you look at the Jewish community in Algeria, for example, their flight had virtually nothing to do with the Arab-Israeli conflict.
I don't think it would be... I wouldn't say there were always pogroms in every Arab state. I think there was flight of... Arab Jews for multiple reasons, in some cases for precisely the reasons you say. If you look at the Jewish community in Algeria, for example, their flight had virtually nothing to do with the Arab-Israeli conflict.
I don't think it would be... I wouldn't say there were always pogroms in every Arab state. I think there was flight of... Arab Jews for multiple reasons, in some cases for precisely the reasons you say. If you look at the Jewish community in Algeria, for example, their flight had virtually nothing to do with the Arab-Israeli conflict.
The issue of Algerian Jews was that the French gave them citizenship during their colonial rule of Algeria, and they increasingly became identified with French rule. And when Algeria became independent and all the French ended up leaving, out of fear or out of disappointment or out of whatever, the Jews were identified as French rather than Algerian.
The issue of Algerian Jews was that the French gave them citizenship during their colonial rule of Algeria, and they increasingly became identified with French rule. And when Algeria became independent and all the French ended up leaving, out of fear or out of disappointment or out of whatever, the Jews were identified as French rather than Algerian.
The issue of Algerian Jews was that the French gave them citizenship during their colonial rule of Algeria, and they increasingly became identified with French rule. And when Algeria became independent and all the French ended up leaving, out of fear or out of disappointment or out of whatever, the Jews were identified as French rather than Algerian.
I'm not denying any of that history.
I'm not denying any of that history.
I'm not denying any of that history.
Look, without getting into the details, I think we can both agree that ultimately a clear majority of Arab Jews who believe that after having lived in these countries for centuries, if not millennia, came to the unfortunate conclusion that their situation had become untenable.
Look, without getting into the details, I think we can both agree that ultimately a clear majority of Arab Jews who believe that after having lived in these countries for centuries, if not millennia, came to the unfortunate conclusion that their situation had become untenable.
Look, without getting into the details, I think we can both agree that ultimately a clear majority of Arab Jews who believe that after having lived in these countries for centuries, if not millennia, came to the unfortunate conclusion that their situation had become untenable.