For Many in Egypt, Israel Remains the Enemy
Remembering the “October War.”
November 12, 2020
The facts about the removal of a Bedouin encampment.
Last week, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar accused the Jewish state of “a grave crime” and a “violation of international law,” and implied that the U.S. by supporting it was “bankrolling ethnic cleansing.” She cited as evidence a report that a recent IDF operation had “demolished the homes of nearly 80 Palestinian Bedouins.” But both the original report and Omar’s framing of it misrepresent the facts. Adam Levick¸ analyzing a similar story that appeared in the Guardian, sets the record straight:
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The facts about the removal of a Bedouin encampment.
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It could have belonged to the mysterious Geshurites.