Arabs, not Jews, are the real colonizers in the Middle East - opinion By ALIZA PILICHOWSKI

AN OLD map presents Europe in the shape of a queen holding scepter and orb, with Portugal as her crown, Spain as her face, France as her belowthe- neck area, lower Germany and Denmark as her left arm, Italy as her right arm (with Sicily as orb), and the rest of central and eastern Europe as the dres

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J Post : Arabic language, customs, and identity became dominant through centuries of settlement, taxation pressures on non-converts, and social incentives that encouraged assimilation.The accusation is as relentless as it is absurd: Israel, the Jewish state, stands accused of being a colonialist outpost in the heart of the Middle East.

Critics on campuses, in international forums, and across much of the media paint a picture of European Zionist invaders displacing an indigenous population, imposing foreign rule on ancient Arab lands. This narrative flips history on its head, ignoring millennia of Jewish connection to the Land of Israel while whitewashing the true architects of regional domination. 

It is time to ask the core question plainly: Who are the colonizers? The answer reveals a legacy of conquest and cultural erasure that reshaped the entire Middle East and North Africa, and one that continues to target the Jewish homeland today.

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