Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1223-1238 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Israel Affairs |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2021 |
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Keywords
- Assyrians
- Iraq
- Israel
- Palestinian-Israeli conflict
- Sweden
- Turkey
- genocide
