YYA> How did those countries, where Jews had lived for over 2,000 years, become hostile to Jews in the first place? Not that antisemitism didn�t exist before, but there was no urgent need to flee until a very specific point in history�
We touched on that before. In 1950, I might have agreed with you, probably would have said same myself. But look now at last 80 years of Arab world. This was not all zionist fault. They all went through socialist and islamist dictatorships, all non-Muslims either emigrated or worse, everything not agreeing with regimes tortured and killed en masse. This is all sounds abstract to us, but imagine ISIS taking charge of Aleppo Jewish community; Saddam prosecuting Baghdad Jews; Syrian Jews searching opened prisons in Damascus looking for long-gone relatives.
See, as in Europe, arguably questionable actions lead to saving millions of Jews. I don’t know what the theological explanation is, why Hashem used these kelim to save the Jews, but facts are clear.