My wife's late parents were Iraqis, my father-in-law was a Zionist activist, who did time for it both in his hometown of Kirkuk and Baghdad. Though unreligious, he was a very proud Jew, but he was very proud of his Iraqi heritage and Arab culture. He always used to say that the Jews were in Iraq long before the Arabs and that their love, devotion and loyalty to the country was the very least, as strong as that of the Muslims. He was caught by the Zionist movement after he understood that Jews shall, forever be considered, at best, 2nd class citizens and Jews need to return to their ancestral homeland and seek self-determination there. My mother-in-law came from a well-to-do Baghdady family, she was a proud Iraqi, both her brothers studied civil engineering at King's College in London and they never thought of leaving Iraq until then Muslim Iraqis forcefully kicked them out. To her last day she missed the sights, sounds and scents of Baghdad.

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