"The veteran Zionist leadership regarded Jews arriving from Arab and Muslim countries as inferior, and wasn’t afraid to show its contempt. Upon arriving in Israel, many Arab Jews were sprayed with DDT, in a purposeful humiliation ritual. Zionists thought these Jews needed to be de-Arabised.
Authorities broke down large extended families into nuclear families, and made sure young children were educated only in Hebrew and indoctrinated into believing in the valour of the Israeli state, while deliberately keeping Arab Jews on the margins of society. Many of those who arrived, no matter what job they did in their home country, were resettled in poor border towns, next to the neighbouring Arab states, and, due to lack of options, were forced to take unskilled jobs. To be recognised as an equal by the European Jews who made up the Israeli elite, it was obvious one had to disavow one’s Arab past wholly and utterly. This aggressive project has, in large part, succeeded. Today Arab Jews form one of the largest voting blocs for right-wing parties in Israel, and are often the most vociferous advocates for violence against Palestinians. They have proven themselves as the most unyielding partisans of Zionism – even if they still haven’t achieved equality."