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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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…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.…
… But Israel fought them off. The UN recognized Israel as did the US and many other countries. The West Bank was occupied by Jordan who illegally annexed it and Egypt occupied Gaza. The Palestinians didn’t demand a state and neither Jordan or Egypt offered them one. That was how things stood until…
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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