Algerian Jews were caught between European and Muslim worlds

Evidence

One of the most pernicious maneuvers of colonialism in Algeria was and remains the division between Jews and Moslems… . The Jews have been in Algeria for more than two thousand years; they are thus an integral part of the Algerian people… . Moslems and Jews, children of the same earth, must not fall into the trap of provocation. Rather, they must make a common front against it, not letting themselves be duped by those who, not so long ago, were offhandedly contemplating the total extermination of the Jews as a salutary step in the evolution of humanity. — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 517 (#expands, via linked claim)

The menace was thinly veiled, with pressures leading to uncharacteristic divisions among the Jewish community. Members of the intelligentsia and of the left-wing parties joined forces with the F.L.N., while the commercial bourgeoisie either strove for neutrality or supported Algérie française. Even families were tragically riven; in the Lévy family of Algiers, the father would later be assassinated by the O.A.S. as a F.L.N. sympathiser, while his son was killed by the F.L.N. on suspicion of belonging to the O.A.S. Thus there was never any such thing as a united front, or collective policy, established by the Jews of Algeria; nevertheless, when the day of reckoning came, they were all to be lumped into the same boat — a boat that was never to return to Algeria. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1262 (#expands, via linked claim)

Alongside the two large categories of Jewish tradespeople and civil servants, there is the great majority, a floating, highly Arabized mass having only a poor knowledge of French, considering itself by tradition and sometimes by dress as authentic “natives.” This mass represents three-fourths of the Algerian Jewish population. They are in the Algerian territory the homologues of the Tunisian Jews of the Moroccan Djerba or the mellah. For these Jews, there is no problem: they are Algerians. — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 502 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Racist colonial hierarchy led some Jews to humiliate Algerians to gain standing.; Colonialism deliberately fostered division between Algerian Jews and Moslems — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 517; Three-quarters of Algerian Jews were Arabized natives who considered themselves Algerians — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 502 (+1 more)

Related

• Algeria expelled its century-old Jewish community despite their F.L.N. sympathies (similarity 0.90)
• Colonialism deliberately fostered division between Algerian Jews and Moslems (similarity 0.90)
• Three-quarters of Algerian Jews were Arabized natives who considered themselves Algerians (similarity 0.88)
• Algeria’s Jewish community was fatally divided and then wholly expelled regardless (similarity 0.88)
• Pro-FLN Algerian Jews were expelled alongside the pieds noirs (similarity 0.87)
• Racist colonial hierarchy led some Jews to humiliate Algerians to gain standing. (similarity 0.85)
• Fanon asserted that Jews were not categorically aligned with colonialism (similarity 0.84)
• Algeria split between Europeanised coast and Muslim-populated mountain interior (similarity 0.82)
• Colonial racism led some humiliated Jews to identify with their humiliators against Algerians (similarity 0.81)
• Algerian Jews publicly repudiated French nationality to join the independence struggle (similarity 0.80)
• Fanon finds solidarity with Jews through shared racialized suffering (similarity 0.80)
• Algerian Jews joined the F.L.N. as spies against French rule (similarity 0.80)
• Algerian Jews joined the F.L.N. as double agents against France. (similarity 0.79)
• The F.L.N. coerced Algeria’s Jews through terrorism and economic sanctions (similarity 0.79)
• Colonial divide-and-rule pitted Kabyles against Arabs in Algeria (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Colonialism deliberately fostered division between Algerian Jews and Moslems #expands (0.70) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 517
• Algeria’s Jewish community was fatally divided and then wholly expelled regardless #expands (0.65) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1262
• Three-quarters of Algerian Jews were Arabized natives who considered themselves Algerians #qualifies (0.60) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 502