Why Aren’t the Arabs the ‘Colonizers’?

A history of conquest and cultural imperialism is ignored.

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Hamas fighters take part in a military parade in the central Gaza Strip, July 19, 2023.

Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters

The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem sits atop the site of the Second Temple, the central place for Jewish worship before its destruction during the Roman siege of Jerusalem in 70 C.E.

One wonders if any of the people braying about the alleged “settler colonialism” of Israel ever wonder how Al-Aqsa got there.

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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