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July 30, 2019

Israel Is in the Middle East, Israelis Are Middle Easterners, and Don’t You Forget It

Israel as “part of the continuum of Judaism in the Muslim world.”

Why does Israeli Judaism not resemble our Judaism, ask American or European Jews? Why are Israelis so different in their politics, in their culture? Well, replies the noted journalist and author Matti Friedman in an interview with the Times of Israel, it’s because Israelis live in the Middle East, and “without understanding the Middle Easternness of this country, you can’t get anywhere.”

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