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1. Trouble with the word "antisemitism"

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Fri May 3, 2024, 07:36 PM

May 2024

The word connotes unfavorable attitude against Semitic people. By definition Semites are people who speak Arabic languages and Hebrew.
Palestinians speak Arabic and are Semites. Antisemitism would therefore include Palestinians as well as Hebrew speakers or Jews. A broad class of people are Semites. Why do Jews only declare that they suffer from "antisemitism"? Should not Palestinians declare that they suffer from "antisemitism"?

The House recently passed a bill narrowly defining "antisemitism". Their definition should never become law.

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