The Great Replacement Theory Comes to Israel: Gadi Eisenkot and the 'Mizrahi Tragedy'
haaretz.com
An Israeli general's "Mizrahi Tragedy" framing borrows the far-right Great Replacement playbook — but does transplanting that theory into Israeli politics illuminate or distort?
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Theory Briefing
- Gadi Eisenkot, a prominent Israeli figure, reportedly adapted the Great Replacement theory into a local "Mizrahi Tragedy" narrative, alarming the article's author.
- The Great Replacement theory — originally an extremist European far-right framework — claims a dominant group is being deliberately displaced by another.
- Transplanting a fringe extremist theory into mainstream Israeli political discourse raises questions about how dangerous ideas gain legitimacy through repackaging.
- The Mizrahi community's historical grievances in Israel give the adapted narrative emotional traction, making the theory harder to dismiss outright.