The idea that this terrible destruction being wrought will result in some clear eyed space for a positive change seems like an abstraction. The reality is more likely to consist of a lot of very traumatised people, both adults and children. Displacement, occupation, fragmentation. I quote from elsewhere. These have been the results of previous wars in Israel and Palestine.
Very good. This blindness to Arab agency seems to me to have meant that Arab territorial gains in the 20th century have gone completely unnoticed.
In a greater area than the Ottoman Empire (excluding Turkey and Israel) there are now Arab countries, and an Arab League.
As European empires disintegrated more countries became regarded as Arab.
Was Egypt regarded as Arab in the nineteenth century? I don’t think it was.
Not sure that Syria was, either.
The idea of Arab Empire is scoffed at because they’re less technologically sophisticated, but does that matter when it comes to Empire? Not really. The Byzantines and Persians were more sophisticated than the Arab warriors of the seventh century, I have no doubt.
But is there a culture of free speech or even respect for diverging opinions on which Arabs will rely to get them through this “soul-searching” season?
Amazing analysis and so true. The eternal scapegoat. Israel. How convenient.
The idea that this terrible destruction being wrought will result in some clear eyed space for a positive change seems like an abstraction. The reality is more likely to consist of a lot of very traumatised people, both adults and children. Displacement, occupation, fragmentation. I quote from elsewhere. These have been the results of previous wars in Israel and Palestine.
Yes H
Now if we can just get them never ending hatred of Jews to stop.
Vilifying Jews and Arabs serves no one, with exception of those who wish to profit off of this hate.
Very good. This blindness to Arab agency seems to me to have meant that Arab territorial gains in the 20th century have gone completely unnoticed.
In a greater area than the Ottoman Empire (excluding Turkey and Israel) there are now Arab countries, and an Arab League.
As European empires disintegrated more countries became regarded as Arab.
Was Egypt regarded as Arab in the nineteenth century? I don’t think it was.
Not sure that Syria was, either.
The idea of Arab Empire is scoffed at because they’re less technologically sophisticated, but does that matter when it comes to Empire? Not really. The Byzantines and Persians were more sophisticated than the Arab warriors of the seventh century, I have no doubt.
But is there a culture of free speech or even respect for diverging opinions on which Arabs will rely to get them through this “soul-searching” season?
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