Chosen People, Unchosen Allies: Israel’s Manipulation of MENA “Minorities” & Lebanon’s Maronites

It has become common for people to assert that Israel strategically engages with ethnic or religious minorities across the Middle East as a way of managing, fragmenting, or containing the Arab-Muslim political majority. Contemporary discussions often point to Israeli outreach toward Kurds or, more recently, toward the Druze in southern Syria. The underlying question is […] The post Chosen People, Unchosen Allies: Israel’s Manipulation of MENA “Minorities” & Lebanon’s Maronites appeared first on Muslim Skeptic.

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Chosen People, Unchosen Allies: Israel’s Manipulation of MENA “Minorities” & Lebanon’s Maronites

It has become common for people to assert that Israel strategically engages with ethnic or religious minorities across the Middle East as a way of managing, fragmenting, or containing the Arab-Muslim political majority. Contemporary discussions often point to Israeli outreach toward Kurds or, more recently, toward the Druze in southern Syria. The underlying question is […]

The post Chosen People, Unchosen Allies: Israel’s Manipulation of MENA “Minorities” & Lebanon’s Maronites appeared first on Muslim Skeptic.

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