▁" the ▁most ▁liberal ▁mult icult ural ▁yet ▁hom ogen ous ▁city ▁in ▁Israel ". ▁ ▁O de h ▁has ▁also ▁expressed ▁strong ▁support ▁for ▁increasing ▁recognition ▁of ▁M iz ra hi ▁culture ▁and ▁Arab ▁Jewish ▁history ▁in ▁official ▁Isra eli ▁and ▁Palest in ian ▁disc ourses ; ▁in ▁a ▁widely ▁c ited ▁speech ▁to ▁the ▁K ness et ▁pl enum ▁in ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁M K ▁O de h ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁State ▁of ▁Israel ▁has ▁system atically ▁disc rimin ated ▁against ▁and ▁suppress ed ▁the ▁culture ▁of ▁Jews ▁who ▁imm igr ated ▁to ▁Israel ▁from ▁Arab ▁and ▁Muslim ▁lands ▁( who ▁make ▁up ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁Isra eli ▁population ) ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁feed ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁a ▁natural ▁separation ▁between ▁Jews ▁and ▁Arab s . ▁He ▁also ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁large ▁role ▁played ▁by ▁Jews ▁in ▁forming ▁historical ▁and ▁modern ▁Arab ▁culture ▁( including ▁famous ▁Jews ▁such ▁as ▁Rab bi ▁David ▁B uz ag lo , ▁who ▁wrote ▁Jewish ▁religious ▁poetry ▁primarily ▁in ▁Arab ic , ▁and ▁famous ▁Jews ▁who ▁were ▁popular ▁in ▁the ▁Arab ▁world ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 2 0 th ▁century , ▁such ▁as ▁Le ila ▁M our ad ), ▁has ▁been ▁forgotten ▁by ▁Jews ▁and ▁Arab s ▁al ike ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁ide ological ▁elements ▁of ▁the ▁Arab – Is ra eli ▁conflict , ▁and ▁the ▁desire ▁by ▁Israel ' s ▁el ite ▁to ▁port ray ▁a ▁Western ▁image ▁of ▁Jews ▁and ▁of ▁the ▁country . ▁O de h ▁called ▁upon