Matt Williams
1 min readJan 10, 2024

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You seem to be focusing entirely on anti-Semitism as the motives here, glossing over the actual history of conflict since 1947-48. The support of Muslim majority nations - NOT just Iran and Turkey - certainly has more to do with oppression and expulsion than ethnicity and religion.

Arabs and Jews enjoyed relative peace and coexistence until 1917, when the British declared Palestine a Jewish homeland, breaking their promise to the Arab nations to recognize their independence from the Turkey. But even then, the conflict did not begin until 1947, as the creation of Israel resulted in the expulsion of 1 million Palestinians - 700,000 in 1947-48 and another 300,000 in 1967.

It also involved widespread “cleansing” where entire villages or portions thereof were murdered to send a message and make way for Jewish settlers. And the occupation of Gaza and the West Bank led to settlements and military rule.

Millions of Palestinian refugees live today in neighbouring Arab countries who want to go home. But most Arab nations have curtailed aid and erected border fences because they’ve chosen to normalize relations with Israel. And blaming Arabs for not doing enough is mighty dubious when it is Israel created the refugee problem.

This is about control, plain and simple, and the notion that Israelis are entitled to the land they occupied. Using anti-Semitism to deflect from what are human rights abuses and crimes under international law is desperate act.

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Matt Williams
Matt Williams

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