As far as Jewish and Israeli studies in the East, outside of Israel, is concerned, it began to develop as an academic discipline from the 20th century onwards and gained momentum after the establishment of the State of Israel, but it is still not so well-developed as in the West.
From the perspective of history and sociology of knowledge, Muslim East has more advantages in comparison with non-Muslim East, as far as Jewish and Israeli studies are concerned, because Muslim scholars paid serio ...