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Shmarya
@shmarya.bsky.social
Democracy, human rights, separation of religion from state, history of Judaism, Ethiopian Jews, refugees, asylum, Israel, Palestine, ultra-Orthodox Judaism, crime, child protection, Long Covid, ADHD, trauma, songwriting, art, short fiction, history of food
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…been a massive antisemite, Palestinians would have had a state in the West Bank, Gaza and a bit of what became Israel in the 1930s but he revolted instead. Palestinians got another chance at that state in 1947 but they rejected it and launched a war against the Jews and British again.…
…Jews waited a few months in hopes that Arab moderates would opt for peace. They didn’t. Neither did the surrounding mostly new Arab states. So in May the Jews declared their independence and named their state Israel. The surrounding Arab armies attacked the next day, pledging genocide.…
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Shmarya
@shmarya.bsky.social
Democracy, human rights, separation of religion from state, history of Judaism, Ethiopian Jews, refugees, asylum, Israel, Palestine, ultra-Orthodox Judaism, crime, child protection, Long Covid, ADHD, trauma, songwriting, art, short fiction, history of food
158 followers181 following3.5k posts