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In reply to the discussion: Jews Do Not ‘Occupy’ Their Own Homeland [View all]aranthus
(3,400 posts)50. True, you can't go by language alone,
        but it is a very good indicator. Language is how culture is communicated, and culture shapes language. The case of Latin actually proves my point. Even though other cultures have been layered over the top to create French, Spanish, Italian, etc., the Latin root remains after more than a thousand years. Likewise, you don't have to look that deep into modern Jewish culture to find ancient Hebrew elements, such as the marriage ceremony. Yiddish and Ladino both have elements of Hebrew in them. My point is that Jewishness maintains substantial elements of ancient Hebrew (Canaanite) culture). Does Palestinianism?
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        There was a lot of Arab immigration into Palestine.  Ever heard of Robert Kennedy?
        shira
        Oct 2016
        #32
      
        
        William Ziff's 1937 Rape of Palestine shows mass immigration during British occupation....
        shira
        Nov 2016
        #38
      
        
        You've learned what?  You're still a fan of the discredited admitted revisionist Pappe.
        shira
        Nov 2016
        #60
      
        
        There are already people who have lived for generations on the land.  Most of them are not jewish.
        pennylane100
        Oct 2016
        #15
      
        
        Does every ethnicity/nationality have a claim to the land where they lived 2,000-odd years ago?
        malchickiwick
        Oct 2016
        #9
      
        
        Not at all. Do you advocate acknowledging those rights only selectively? n/t
        malchickiwick
        Oct 2016
        #14
      
        
        Don't the Palestinians also have indigenous rights? Palestinians = Philistines,
        malchickiwick
        Nov 2016
        #33
      
        
        No one is arguing they don't, only that the Jews aren't thieves, colonists, occupiers. N/T
        shira
        Nov 2016
        #37
      
        
        If you're worried about discrimination then you should oppose racist efforts to deny Jews' rights...
        shira
        Nov 2016
        #67
      
        
        As to everyone living in their ancestral homeland, Palestinians in Gaza, W.Bank, Jordan....
        shira
        Nov 2016
        #68
      
        
        But Tich, you ethnically discriminate all the time, not wanting Jews in the W.Bank....
        shira
        Nov 2016
        #79
      
        
        Well they do, but that's off the table b/c as Jews they're not allowed to live there....
        shira
        Nov 2016
        #83
      
        
        the history of the israelites make it very clear how they came to "own" judea  nt
        msongs
        Oct 2016
        #17
      
  