1 Jew's View on Arabs

[Yehiel]

[Vorpal]

[Yehiel]

I dont understand

[Maleficent]

Hmm, at the beginning of the video it specifically says "what she thinks of Muslims" but then she goes on to use the word "Arabs" moreso than the word "Muslims" throughout the video. The guy asking the questions and talking to her is identified as Afghan, not Arab. Anyway, this gives the impression that "Arab" and "Muslim" are interchangeable(which is definitely quite understandable considering Islam was born in Arabia) but there's also the important facts that the majority of the Muslim population worldwide is not even from the Arab World and there are plenty of first-language Arab-speakers of Non-Muslim background. There's also the obvious problem exemplified in the video that Israelis have the tendency to use the words "Arab" and "Palestinian" interchangeably(emphasis on using the word "Arab" very commonly and almost never calling them "Palestinian") as if to be more subliminal condescending dialogue to insinuate that Palestinians are Peninsular-Arab invaders to the Holy Land and aren't actually indigenous to the Holy Land.

Anyway, I do really enjoy this particular video series "Ask a Palestinian/Ask an Israeli" and I do think it's great to see discussions about them here on these anthropology forums.

[Yehiel]

Hmm, at the beginning of the video it specifically says "what she thinks of Muslims" but then she goes on to use the word "Arabs" moreso than the word "Muslims" throughout the video. The guy asking the questions and talking to her is identified as Afghan, not Arab. Anyway, this gives the impression that "Arab" and "Muslim" are interchangeable(which is definitely quite understandable considering Islam was born in Arabia) but there's also the important facts that the majority of the Muslim population worldwide is not even from the Arab World and there are plenty of first-language Arab-speakers of Non-Muslim background. There's also the obvious problem exemplified in the video that Israelis have the tendency to use the words "Arab" and "Palestinian" interchangeably(emphasis on using the word "Arab" very commonly and almost never calling them "Palestinian") as if to be more subliminal condescending dialogue to insinuate that Palestinians are Peninsular-Arab invaders to the Holy Land and aren't actually indigenous to the Holy Land.

Anyway, I do really enjoy this particular video series "Ask a Palestinian/Ask an Israeli" and I do think it's great to see discussions about them here on these anthropology forums.

Well Israel is in the Middle East so i think it is appropriate to use it interchangeably but if talking on a world wide scale no. & They are just referred to as Arabs because thats what they were always called until recently. Palestinians themselves identify as Arab. Palestinian means invader anyway so both words are implying they are invaders.

[Maleficent]

Well Israel is in the Middle East so i think it is appropriate to use it interchangeably but if talking on a world wide scale no. & They are just referred to as Arabs because thats what they were always called until recently. Palestinians themselves identify as Arab. Palestinian means invader anyway so both words are implying they are invaders.

People talk about Palestinians calling themselves "Southern Syrians" and whatnot before modern times, but I and neither does anyone I know personally have ever heard of this, especially outside the Internet.

Palestine derives from Philistine(which Palestinians most definitely are not, that whole subject is a whole other conversation, anyway). Last time I checked Philistine does NOT mean invader, it's just a name of an ancient Mediterranean-Islander people.

Your tone simply isn't working.

[Yehiel]

People talk about Palestinians calling themselves "Southern Syrians" and whatnot before modern times, but I and neither does anyone I know personally have ever heard of this, especially outside the Internet.

Palestine derives from Philistine(which Palestinians most definitely are not, that whole subject is a whole other conversation, anyway). Last time I checked Philistine does NOT mean invader, it's just a name of an ancient Mediterranean-Islander people.

Your tone simply isn't working.

Yes it derives from Philistine wich derives from the word Peleshet which means invader.. Thats exactly what the Philistine's were, invaders from the sea

[Smaug]

Interesting, no matter where you are in the world, girls just will speak fast.

[Cleitus]

The Jews are the problem.

[Yehiel]

Interesting, no matter where you are in the world, girls just will speak fast.

What do you mean?