Quotation from David
Ben Gurion “We are in duty bound to fight against the spirit of the Levant” — Oct. 5 1965

Interviewed by Robert Moskin of Look Magazine, Ben Gurion expresses his absolute contempt for the Mizrahi Jews.

Author : Thematics :
" ...those [Jews] from Morocco had no education. Their customs are those of Arabs. They love their wives, but they beat them. Maybe in the third generation something will appear from the Oriental Jew that is a little different. But I don’t see it yet. The Moroccan Jew took a lot from the Moroccan Arabs and I don’t see much we can learn from the Moroccan Arabs.. The culture of Morocco I would not like to have here. And I don't see what contribution present [Jewish] Persians have to make ... We do not want Israelis to become Arabs. We are in duty bound to fight against the spirit of the Levant, which corrupts individuals and societies, and preserve the authentic Jewish values as they crystallized in the [European| Diaspora. "

Partial quote: Joseph Massad, The persistence of the Palestinian Question , Taylor and Francis, 2006, p.61.
Partial quote and source :
The Silenced History of the IDF's 'Mizrahi Problem'
Lien 

Sammy Smooha, Israel, Pluralism and Conflict , Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1978, pp. 86-88.

Quote and partial translation : Lucas Catherine, Israël, la dernière colonie ? EPO, 2003, p. 103.

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