Comments on: Putin is not forever http://samsonblinded.org/blog/putin-is-not-forever.htm A Machiavellian Perspective on the Middle East Conflict Sat, 19 May 2012 18:30:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: real http://samsonblinded.org/blog/putin-is-not-forever.htm/comment-page-1#comment-72723 real Fri, 07 Dec 2007 03:18:13 +0000 http://samsonblinded.org/blog/putin-is-not-forever.htm#comment-72723 some of your premises are false. arabs didn't simply tolerate jews before the 1920s. the jews who lived in arab lands and in israel before then will tell you all about islamic persecution, dhimmi status etc. jews from arab culture better understand how to deal with the arabs but that doesn't mean the arabs would tolerate jews more if they were more "arabized". there are aspects of euro mentality that have hurt the jews. but this is more an aspect of assimilated thinking and secularism. you would do well to read "from time immemorial" by joan peters and 'israel, echo of eternity" by heschel. some of your premises are false. arabs didn’t simply tolerate jews before the 1920s. the jews who lived in arab lands and in israel before then will tell you all about islamic persecution, dhimmi status etc.

jews from arab culture better understand how to deal with the arabs but that doesn’t mean the arabs would tolerate jews more if they were more “arabized”.

there are aspects of euro mentality that have hurt the jews. but this is more an aspect of assimilated thinking and secularism.

you would do well to read “from time immemorial” by joan peters and ‘israel, echo of eternity” by heschel.

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