Jew Oughta Know

96. Israel 1948-1967: The Events of Wadi Salib

07.13.2020 - By Jason HarrisPlay

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The police shot an unarmed member of a discriminated group, riots followed, and a social change movement spread throughout the country. Not the United States in 2020, but Israel in 1959. In the ongoing miracle that was Israel, the Mizrahi — Jews from the Middle East and North Africa — were falling behind. It exposed a fault line in relations between “two Israels.”

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