Saqr Abu Fakhr

Saqr Abu Fakhr (صقر أبو فخر) is an Arab writer living in Lebanon who is the Assistant Editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies.

He is the author of the article "Seven Prejudices about the Jews" published in Al-Hayat newspaper (November 12, 13, 14 1997). He criticized ignorance, narrow-mindedness, and denial prevalent in the Arab world, and described Arab thought regarding the Jews and the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict as full of misconceptions and myths. He examined seven common subjects of Arab myths about Israel:^[1]

• That Judaism is not a monotheistic religion.
• That the blood libel and the matzah of Zion stories are true.
• That the Israeli flag represents the goal of the borders of Israel be from the Nile to the Euphrates
• That The Protocols of the Elders of Zion is true.
• That there is a Zionist Jewish conspiracy and that Jews wield hidden power
• That there is a unique Jewish ingenuity.
• That there is an all-powerful Zionist "Jewish lobby" in the United States.

References

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1. ^ Tel Aviv University Article

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