*none of this applies to palestinians* so if you& #39;re actually doing the work as an anti-zionist + applying a racialised aspects of antisemitism towards mizrahim and african jews you can save a lot of time and exhaustion by not asking dumb questions that events in history addressed

want examples? gonna give them to u neway. "why don& #39;t jews who are arabs identify as arab, why does the term mizrahi exist?"
when pan-arab nationalism, and the arab-jewish exodus made it very clear who was considered an arab and zionism made it very clear who was considered a jew

"why are israeli mizrahi jews zionist when zionism also oppresses them?"
conformity as survival (recognising this is NOT removing complicity),

reactionary response to arab-nationalism/govs that exploited ethno-religious tensions, declared them enemies of the state and exiled.

and lastly, just like any other people; mizrahim have individual agency. and deserve self-determination thus childish jabs at claiming a "new identity" (identity changes over time) removes that. and creates infantilization that is literally rooted in how they are racialised.

if you want further reading: & #39;zionism from the standpoint of its jewish victims& #39; by ella shohat. & #39;when were arabs& #39; by massoud hayoun. & #39;the jewish refugees from arab countries: an examination of human rights and human rights violation of iraqi jews& #39; by carole basri