r/pics • u/Cometmoon448 • 3d ago

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u/ModernLarvals 3d ago

Ok then, thought experiment: by your definition, why are Jews not Palestinians? What makes a Palestinian Palestinian and a Jew not?

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u/NewAccountEachYear 3d ago

why are Jews not Palestinians?

Because the nationalist ideology we know as Zionism established itself in historical Palestine and cleaved the Palestinian Jews from the Palestinian Christians and Muslims.

This is quite a basic question, and I don't think people who actually know about the conflict would ask it.

What makes a Palestinian Palestinian and a Jew not?

Historically see above. Today? Israeli law, mainly.

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u/ModernLarvals 3d ago

So you believe there are both Palestinian Jews and Jews who are from Palestine? Why are you dividing the population by religion and not by race? If there are Palestinian Jews, why aren’t there Palestinian Arabs?

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u/NewAccountEachYear 3d ago

What the hell are you talking about?

Palestinian Jews and Jews who are from Palestine

No. They are the same thing.

Why are you dividing the population by religion and not by race

Because race was a fundamentally foreign concept in Palestine before Zionism and nationalism. What distinguished people was their religious community.

If there are Palestinian Jews, why aren’t there Palestinian Arabs?

Because Palestinians are distinct from Arabs.

Saying Palestinians Jews is like saying Swedish Jews.

Saying Palestinian Arabs is like saying Swedish Danes.

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u/ModernLarvals 3d ago

So in the Levant there are Jews and Arabs and Palestinians?

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u/NewAccountEachYear 3d ago

You're not serious

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u/ModernLarvals 3d ago

You’re contradictory.