1 Jew's View on Arabs

[Colonel Frank Grimes]

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.

Is this kid for real?

I'm offended by this woman wasting valuable work time chit chatting when she should be working. Her boss doesn't pay her to yap and her co-workers are forced to pick up the slack.

[Smaug]

What do you mean?

Uh? That she speaks fast.

[Yehiel]

Is this kid for real?

I'm offended by this woman wasting valuable work time chit chatting when she should be working. Her boss doesn't pay her to yap and her co-workers are forced to pick up the slack.

Yes i am for real

[Yehiel]

Uh? That she speaks fast.

I thought it was something else (dont know the literary term for it)

[Smaug]

I thought it was something else (dont know the literary term for it)

No. It'a just a girl being a girl.

[Maleficent]

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

I'm aware that Philistine and Peleshet are the same thing. Peleshet was just the name of that particular group of people's ethnicity. I don't see how a name of an ethnicity can literally translate to "invader" in another language. And even if so, this doesn't mean in any way that Palestinians themselves are "invaders"(and you know it).

[Yehiel]

I'm aware that Philistine and Peleshet are the same thing. Peleshet was just the name of that particular group of people's ethnicity. I don't see how a name of an ethnicity can literally translate to "invader" in another language. And even if so, this doesn't mean in any way that Palestinians themselves are "invaders"(and you know it).

I know im just saying, that both terms imply they are invaders, because they inherited the name of the Philistines, which where invaders from the sea lol and Arab also implies they aren't native. I know most of them are native im not arguing against that, not to get you confused.

[Colonel Frank Grimes]

I know im just saying, that both terms imply they are invaders, because they inherited the name of the Philistines, which where invaders from the sea lol and Arab also implies they aren't native. I know most of them are native im not arguing against that, not to get you confused.

They didn't call themselves Philistines. That's the name the Hebrews gave them. You know of the Hebrews, right? The people who supposedly invaded and conquered the land of Canaan. Although some argue they were natives of the area who just happened to expand and conquer the rest.

If we are to take the Bible seriously as a historical text we can say Israeli/Hebrew/Jew implies invader.

[Yehiel]

They didn't call themselves Philistines. That's the name the Hebrews gave them. You know of the Hebrews, right? The people who supposedly invaded and conquered the land of Canaan. Although some argue they were natives of the area who just happened to expand and conquer the rest.

If we are to take the Bible seriously as a historical text we can say Israeli/Hebrew/Jew implies invader.

Im talking about the actual word, it is Egyptian/Hebrew for invader. Because the Philistines were invaders. We are invaders to

[Longbowman]

They didn't call themselves Philistines. That's the name the Hebrews gave them. You know of the Hebrews, right? The people who supposedly invaded and conquered the land of Canaan. Although some argue they were natives of the area who just happened to expand and conquer the rest.

If we are to take the Bible seriously as a historical text we can say Israeli/Hebrew/Jew implies invader.

I don't think the Bible would have made up an invasion story.

Most people are 'invaders' of course; all Yehiel is saying is that the ethnonym 'Palestinian' derives from a Hebrew root meaning 'invader.' Don't get so aggressive. All names mean something. The Turkish word for Greeks means 'Romans,' one common French slang term for the English means 'the God-damns' (a reference to English swearing and blasphemy); so on and so forth. It is clear Yehiel agrees that the Palestinians are not invaders, he is merely commenting on etymology. There is no need to blow your stack.