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During online discussion Guardian Middle East editor trivialises ethnic cleansing of Jewish communities from Arab world, fails to connect their experience with fears of minority groups.
The Guardian’s Middle East editor, Ian Black, recently participated in an online discussion where he answered reader’s questions about the Arab Spring. ‘The state of the Arab spring: Q&A with Ian Black’ contained brief answers on a variety of issues. One of these, submitted by contributor ‘zamalek’, addresses the issue of minorities in the region – including the experiences of Middle Eastern Jews:
‘What future do you see for minorities post-the Arab Spring?
‘It is too late to save the Jews who have virtually been ‘ethnically cleansed’ from Arab lands, but are things going to get better or worse for the Christians, eg Copts?’The issue of the Jewish communities that used to exist in the Middle East is one that is rarely discussed in the media. Black began his answer as follows:
‘Interesting question: it’s hard to imagine a Jewish renaissance in the Arab world without a settlement of the Palestinian question. Christians in Egypt are certainly worried about the rise of Islamists, but the Muslim Brotherhood has been going out of its way to be reassuring on this point. Salafi groups are a source of greater concern and have featured in several bad cases of sectarian violence – notably in the Cairo neighbourhood of Imbaba in May. Many have warned of the risks of manipulation by shadowy pro-Mubarak forces.’