Zionist FAQs: Myths about Jewish refugees from Arab countries

On the eve of Passover, the Jerusalem Post runs a review of a new book by Iraqi Jewish author Sasson Somekh. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=1&cid=1208356974201&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

As the issue of the Palestine refugees heats up (Let's heat it up!), Zionist opposition is based on 2 foundations:

1. blatant racism-militarism: 'They lost the war. They pay the price. No way 'Jews' and 'Arabs' can coexist as equals and

2. phoney equitable fairness: 'A million Palestinians left voluntarily. Israel absorbed a million Arab Jewish refugees. We're even.

The entire Zionist basis for the emigration of the Arab Jews is undermined by the phoney equity-fairness argument. (Ask MK Ran Cohen of Meretz how and why he came to Israel . Ask MK Binyamin 'Fuad' Ben-Eliezer how and why he came to Israel .) The blatant racist-militarist argument is undermined by historical truth and memoirs that describe the lives of Jews in Arab lands, and the turnabout caused by the formation of the colonial-settler state in Palestine.

Who better to counteract Zionist propaganda lies than the outstanding spokespersons of the Arab Jews, first and foremost their world-renowned authors. Sasson Somekh is discussed in the JPost review, above. Information about Sami Michael and Shimon Ballas is below:

Sami Michael: http://www.ithl.org.il/author_info.asp?id=174

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Michael

http://ontheface.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2006/8/11/2222100.html

Shimon Ballas:

http://www.ithl.org.il/author_info.asp?id=30

http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/article.php?lab=AtHome