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Arab Diplomat to Norway: Palestinian Movement About Destroying Israel, NOT About Humanitarian Considerations

Israeli Christian envoy serving as deputy Israeli ambassador to Norway tells it straight when he acknowledges today’s politicized Palestinian cause is really a weapon against Israel.

By Israel Today Staff

 

George Deek is a Christian Arab from the ancient Mediterranean city of Jaffa. He is also deputy to Israeli Druze poet and academic Naim Araidi, who currently serves as Israel’s ambassador to Norway.

George Deek deputy Israeli ambassador to Norway

Late last month, Deek addressed a gathering hosted by the Norwegian group “With Israel for Peace.” He delivered what some in that country are calling “the best speech an Israeli diplomat ever made.”

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Israeli Arab envoy to Norway calls for disbanding idea of ‘Nakba’ that stifles closure

 

Watch: Deputy Ambassador George Deek says, “To me it seems the Nakba has been transformed from a humanitarian issue to a political one, to perpetuate the current situation…. It is time to put the hatred and alienation behind us.”

By Shlomo Cesana

 

Israeli Deputy Ambassador to Norway George Deek is a Christian Arab has called on disbanding the notion of the Nakba, or “Catastrophe,” as many Arab nations refer to Israel’s establishment in 1948.

Israeli Deputy Ambassador to Norway George Deek – Photo: George Deek

Deek, the son of refugees from Jaffa, has lectured throughout Europe on his family’s history, and has called on others who left or were deported from Jaffa after 1948 to let go of the Nakba concept.

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