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Lebanese Iraqi Researcher Presents the Arab Case for Israel
(Israel Hayom) Or Shaked - Lebanese Iraqi researcher Hussain Abdul-Hussain, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, has written The Arab Case for Israel, a scathing indictment of the Arab culture of rejection. He calls for full and unconditional peace with Israel. Abdul-Hussain, from a Shiite family, said, "I was taught, like every other kid, that Israel must disappear because that's the right thing to do, and I believed it." While a reporter for the Daily Star in Beirut, he began learning Hebrew to understand what he heard on Israeli radio stations. "When I was able to listen to Israelis speaking among themselves in their native tongue, I discovered that everything they had taught us - that these Jews, when they huddled together, they're scheming to kill every Arab kid and Lebanese kid - was not true." In his book, he argues that peace with Israel is an Arab interest. "Even if you think Israel has caused you injustice, moving on is much better for your future, for the future of your children and grandchildren," and many in the Arab world quietly support him.