Comments on: Nadia Abu El Haj: yet more on ‘political fabrication’ http://blog.greycat.org/2007/10/27/nadia-abu-el-haj-yet-more-on-political-fabrication/ news and things from greycat.org Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:13:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Noga http://blog.greycat.org/2007/10/27/nadia-abu-el-haj-yet-more-on-political-fabrication/#comment-102 Noga Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:43:03 +0000 http://blog.greycat.org/2007/10/27/nadia-abu-el-haj-yet-more-on-political-fabrication/#comment-102 "In other words, the modern Jewish/Israeli belief in ancient Israelite origins is not understood as pure political fabrication." I wish I could be as sceptical as you are about the intent of this sentence by el-Haj. I read it as a very straightforward observation. What it means is that Israeli society has been collectively and intentionally indoctrinated with a belief which is a pure political fabrication, and therefore the society is totally unaware of being duped by what amounts to a conspiracy between the government and the scientists who explore Jewish history in Israel. “In other words, the modern Jewish/Israeli belief in ancient Israelite origins is not understood as pure political fabrication.”

I wish I could be as sceptical as you are about the intent of this sentence by el-Haj. I read it as a very straightforward observation. What it means is that Israeli society has been collectively and intentionally indoctrinated with a belief which is a pure political fabrication, and therefore the society is totally unaware of being duped by what amounts to a conspiracy between the government and the scientists who explore Jewish history in Israel.

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