Professor Avi Shlaim on being born into an Arab Jewish community

Before Israel was created in 1948, a third of Baghdad’s residents were Jewish. In the following years, war, propaganda and foreign conspiracy would push the majority of them to leave. Watch our interview with Israeli historian Avi Shlaim on The Big Picture podcast: Middle East Eye Website: Follow us on TikTok: @middleeasteye Follow us on Instagram: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Twitter: