| ID | 182900 |
| Title Proper | Sweden’s Assyrian community and its attitude towards Israel and Jews |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Ben-Dror, Elad ; Goncharenko, Ivan |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article examines attitudes within Sweden’s Assyrian community towards Israel, based on responses to a Swedish-language questionnaire distributed via the community’s electronic mailing list. The emergent picture is one of strong sympathy for the Jewish state, seen by respondents as a shining example of national self-determination based on the ingathering of the exiles – a dream nurtured by the world-dispersed small Assyrian nation. In addition, due to their deep animosity towards Turkey and the Arab states on account of their centuries-long persecution of the Assyrians, Swedish Assyrians tend to favour Israel in its feud with the Palestinians. |
| `In' analytical Note | Israel Affairs Vol. 27, No.6; Dec 2021: p.1223-1238 |
| Journal Source | Israel Affairs Vol: 27 No 6 |
| Key Words | Iraq ; Turkey ; Sweden ; Genocide ; Israe ; Palestinian-Israeli Conflict ; Assyrians |