'Iraq had no Jewish problem': As an Arab Jew, Israel made me feel inferior | Avi Shlaim | Real Talk
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'Iraq didn't have a Jewish problem.'
Avi Shlaim is one of the most celebrated historians on Israel-Palestine. The Oxford Emeritus Professor was born into an Arab Jewish family in Baghdad, Iraq.
At five years old, his family moved to Israel, where he felt he was treated as a second-class Israeli due to his Arab background.
In this @MEErealtalk interview, Avi sits down with Mohamed Hashem to speak about his life story, growing up as an Arab Jew inside Israel, his journey from Zionist to 'fierce' anti-Zionism, and why he now believes the two-state solution was never even born.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:56 Baghdad's Jewish community
20:10 Leaving Iraq
24:10 His mother: the book's real hero
32:33 The unravelling of his Zionist views
42:30 Begin & the Israeli right
56:13 "Two-state solution was never born"
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'Iraq had no Jewish problem': As an Arab Jew, Israel made me feel inferior | Avi Shlaim | Real Talk
Middle East Eye
101,237 views
'Iraq didn't have a Jewish problem.'
Avi Shlaim is one of the most celebrated historians on Israel-Palestine. The Oxford Emeritus Professor was born into an Arab Jewish family in Baghdad, Iraq.
At five years old, his family moved to Israel, where he felt he was treated as a second-class Israeli due to his Arab background.
In this @MEErealtalk interview, Avi sits down with Mohamed Hashem to speak about his life story, growing up as an Arab Jew inside Israel, his journey from Zionist to 'fierce' anti-Zionism, and why he now believes the two-state solution was never even born.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:56 Baghdad's Jewish community
20:10 Leaving Iraq
24:10 His mother: the book's real hero
32:33 The unravelling of his Zionist views
42:30 Begin & the Israeli right
56:13 "Two-state solution was never born"
Support stories that matter. Join this channel to get access to perks:
@middleeasteye
Catch previous episodes of MEE LIVE, our biweekly news programme exploring the stories shaping our world through breaking coverage, expert analysis, and hard-hitting interviews.
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