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Source: https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Liberal-Jews-and-their-anti-democratic-anti-liberal-critique-of-Israel-609309

Mizrahi Jews View the Palestinian Front

(Jerusalem Post) Daniel Gordis - On the Palestinian front, what Mizrahi Jews in Israel (descendants of Jews from Middle Eastern and North African communities) essentially have to say is: "We are actually the children and grandchildren of Jews who were forced out of their countries by that culture. Forgive us if we don't share your instinctive benevolence, but we are the ones who actually know that culture, and we believe that their hatred for us is far more powerful than any instinct for peace might be." We have to acknowledge that we cannot both insist that Israel make concessions for peace now and respect the intellectual independence of Mizrahi Jews. The writer is senior vice president at Shalem College in Jerusalem.

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