Dissident Voice on the origins of Ashkenazi Jewry

I sometimes link to items in the Dissident Voice, a blog-like self-styled "radical newsletter" that currently features a contribution from Cindy Sheehan. Recently it has been running a multi-part series called "Defining Israeli Zionist Racism," written by Dissident Voice "co-editor" Kim Peterson and a collaborator named B.J. Sabri. Part 12 addresses the topic of Jews who became refugess from Arab countries following the founding of Israel. According to Peterson (who "enjoys scuba diving, working out, and advancing the struggle for a world based on principles of peaceful and equitable sharing and respect for the environment and life") and Sabri

the total number of Arabs of Jewish faith from Egypt, Syria, Libya, etc. that Britain (again with the complicity of Arab rulers under its control) managed to send to OCCUPIED PALESTINE so the newly formed Zionist state would not collapse because of lack of population, could not have exceeded at best the 200,000. Any number beyond this is falsification.

We also learn that

the expulsion of Arabs of Jewish faith including a genuine minuscule minority of descendents from the ancient Hebrews (not to be mixed with European converts to Judaism), did not happen automatically, but was, again, engineered by Britain, France, and the United States.

Where do all these unsourced Arthur Koestler-like assertions about the origins of Ashkenazi Jewry come from?

Crossposted on Soccer Dad

Tags: Dissident Voice, Jews, Mizrachi Jews, Israel, Palestinians