The most European West Asian country

[Hamilcar]

Stop shifting your stance. You claimed there were no irreligious similarities between a Polish Jew and a Moroccan Jew. No: Hebrew, foods eaten in irreligious context, and music with no mention of God do not link to Judaism.

It's a secular state for the most part in practice (though this is not enshrined in law, and in fact religious restrictions on Shabbat and Marriage are imposed on all Jews), debatable whether it's "European".

Phonology is not the only thing that defines a language. Anyway, I'm glad you agree with me that Ashkenazi Hebrew is the most authentic as Samaritan Hebrew similarly lost all its pharyngeals lol.

What's your point ? You agreed that the average israeli doesn't look like the average levantine, you agreed that Israel shares no similarities culturally with its neighbours and you agreed that you're not similar to ancient hebrews. That's enough. Thanks.

[Area51Defender]

I would put Cyprus, Georgia, and Armenia over Israel, Turkey, and Lebanon anytime. It is hard being Christian in a region dominated by Jews and Muslims.

[ModernMaskil]

hahaha sure now a pashtun can pass at the same time in Thailand and Philippines It doesn't make sense stop it pls.

more than only one year and yes I remembered you.

I doubt you had multiple of each group tell you that (if it happened at all) and the differences between a Filipino and a Pashtun are not comparable to a Greek and a Levantine.

Either way, the point I was making was if multiple natives of a place say you pass, you've (assuming you have functional judgement) no reason to disbelieve them. Romanians have said the same about me in their own country -- the point is not to prove I'm a Levantine archetype.

[ModernMaskil]

What's your point ? You agreed that the average israeli doesn't look like the average levantine, you agreed that Israel shares no similarities culturally with its neighbours and you agreed that you're not similar to ancient hebrews. That's enough. Thanks.

I agreed on the first point (though you ignore the caveat to warp my point), I did not agree on the latter two.

[Bender1999]

Lol

Israel is the most European country in Westasia, and besides of Cyprus(geographically Asia, sociopolitically Europe) no one of this countries are European regarding culture. By genetics Israel then Turkey, northern Caucasus. By appearance the same.

[Area51Defender]

Lol

Israel is the most European country in Westasia, and besides of Cyprus(geographically Asia, sociopolitically Europe) no one of this countries are European regarding culture. By genetics Israel then Turkey, northern Caucasus. By appearance the same.

How is Israel more European than Georgia and Armenia?

[Bender1999]

How is Israel more European than Georgia and Armenia?

A big amount of Israelis are European Jews. They are an important group , lets forget European, for worlds culture and science. Georgians and Armenians, now everyone will kill me, have a typical Westasian/Caucasus culture, habits and mentality. An European wouldnt feel very alien anywhere in Israel(besides of Arab settlements), but go to Caucasus and tell me how European this place was. At least Israelis have an European mentality which no one in this region have, because of that they dont kill each other for example.

Edit: no offense to anyone, but i read here a lot of bullshit.

[FinalFlash]

A big amount of Israelis are European Jews. They are an important group , lets forget European, for worlds culture and science. Georgians and Armenians, now everyone will kill me, have a typical Westasian/Caucasus culture, habits and mentality. An European wouldnt feel very alien anywhere in Israel(besides of Arab settlements), but go to Caucasus and tell me how European this place was. At least Israelis have an European mentality which no one in this region have, because of that they dont kill each other for example.

Edit: no offense to anyone, but i read here a lot of bullshit.

Now that you mentioned it, I'm actually curious to know if any European members here have visited some of these countries. It would be nice to know their experiences.

[Bender1999]

Now that you mentioned it, I'm actually curious to know if any European members here have visited some of these countries. It would be nice to know their experiences.

Because of that some claim nonsense. As a Turk, it wouldn’t be very different world if i would visit Armenia, if we forget the conflict between them. And as German i wouldn’t feel foreign in Israel. Yes, they created a Jewish-culture based country but this culture has a lot of European traces.

[ModernMaskil]

Now that you mentioned it, I'm actually curious to know if any European members here have visited some of these countries. It would be nice to know their experiences.

Obviously I'm native born, but my dads goy British friends visited here and were mostly enamoured with all the Christian significance, they didn't seem to feel particularly culture shocked. That being said they stayed with us and only ever had to speak English so we could translate for them when necessary, might have been different were they coming on their own.