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Israel/Palestine

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aranthus

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Sat May 25, 2019, 01:55 PM May 2019

No, Israel isn't a country of privileged and powerful white Europeans [View all]

"Only about 30% of Israeli Jews are Ashkenazi, or the descendants of European Jews. I am baffled as to why mainstream media and politicians around the world ignore or misrepresent these facts and the Mizrahi story. Perhaps it’s because our history shatters a stereotype about the identity of my country and my people."


https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-mazzig-mizrahi-jews-israel-20190520-story.html

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