(JEWISH GROUP) Speaking Middle East: Highlighting Mizrahi Jewish identity in peace-building efforts
The Middle East has long been a region of complex relationships and political tensions, with the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict at its center.
While much of the global discourse about peace in the region has focused on the ideological and territorial disputes between Israel and its neighbors, one critical aspect of the region’s history and contemporary reality has often been overlooked: the historical, cultural, and social role of Jews as part of the Middle Eastern landscape
In an effort to address this oversight, a new initiative, “Medabrim Mizrah Tichon” (Speaking Middle East), aims to shift the conversation and bring a new lens to conflict resolution and peace-building by highlighting the Mizrahi Jewish experience and identity.
This initiative seeks to redefine the way Israel and its people are perceived in the broader Middle East, focusing on the rich heritage and indigenousness of Mizrahi Jews to the region, who are believed to make up 40%-50% of the Jews in Israel nowadays.
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