Hmm, in my reading of history there were Jews living in Palestine who were also Arabs at the same time. Then a bunch of other Jews of a variety of other ethnicities were herded into Palestine under duress.
Were these newcomers allowed to speak the languages they had spoken since birth, or publish books and newspapers in those languages? No, they had to speak Hebrew!
Hmm, in my reading of history there were Jews living in Palestine who were also Arabs at the same time. Then a bunch of other Jews of a variety of other ethnicities were herded into Palestine under duress.
Were these newcomers allowed to speak the languages they had spoken since birth, or publish books and newspapers in those languages? No, they had to speak Hebrew!