Israeli state formation and Palestinian expulsion reshaped Mizrahanut’s conception of the Orient

Evidence

Herein lies the value of such contributions as that of Gil Eyal, who convincingly argues that in the case of Mizrahanut (see chapter 4) a shift in its conceptions of the Orient occurred only after the establishment of the state of Israel and the expulsion of the Palestinians, a shift—tellingly characterized as “disenchantment”—having to do with state formation. — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 841