Reply #43: I didn't say it was all down to "Zionist incitement"-although some of that clearly did happen

[Ken Burch]

A variety of factors were clearly involved. If we can rule out the idea that it was all due to that, we must equally rule out the idea that every Arab/Muslim country suddenly decided to deliberately drive out its entire Jewish population, even though they knew that said population in most countries had never had anything whatsoever to do with Zionism.

It's absurd to assume that every other country in the region just suddenly, for no logical reason, decided to get in touch with its inner moustache-twirling villain.

We can also assume that the Palestinians themselves would never have wanted the Mizrahi to be forced out of their homes either, and thus can't be held responsible for that event's occurrence.