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Re:Israel passes law denying naturalization to Palestinian s... by irrational on Friday March 11, 2022 @08:39AM (#30639715)
This is so annoying. It’s not rocket science to understand that Arabic is a language and you are only an Arab if your cultural language is Arabic.

Not all Arabs are Muslims and not all Muslims are Arabs.

It’s like saying that all who speak English are Christians. And all who are Christians speak English.

Re:Israel passes law denying naturalization to Palestinian s... by sarchertech on Friday March 11, 2022 @08:56AM (#30639919)
There are also many Arabic speaking Christians who don’t consider themselves to be Arabs culturally, and who definitely reject the label “Arab”.
Re:Israel passes law denying naturalization to Palestinian s... by DecentAI on Friday March 11, 2022 @12:35PM (#30643125)
They can choose to label themselves however they see fit, however under the guise of israeli law they are no different and are treated the same way as "Arab muslims" which speaks to the enormity of the racist jewish laws.
Re:Israel passes law denying naturalization to Palestinian s... by sarchertech on Friday March 11, 2022 @05:12PM (#30646663)
Most of the people I’m referring to aren’t in Israel, so Israeli law isn’t really relevant.
Re:Israel passes law denying naturalization to Palestinian s... by unmole on Friday March 11, 2022 @09:31AM (#30640357)
What do they call themselves?
Re:Israel passes law denying naturalization to Palestinian s... by btilly on Friday March 11, 2022 @09:37AM (#30640426)
The ones that I have known best called themselves "Armenians".
Re:Israel passes law denying naturalization to Palestinian s... by HideousKojima on Friday March 11, 2022 @09:44AM (#30640491)
In Egypt they're called Copts.
Re:Israel passes law denying naturalization to Palestinian s... by vincentmarle on Friday March 11, 2022 @09:44AM (#30640496)
Lebanese?
Re:Israel passes law denying naturalization to Palestinian s... by captainmuon on Friday March 11, 2022 @09:00AM (#30639967)
(Too deep so I can't reply to sibling...)

And there are Arabic speaking Muslims who don't consider themselves Arabs (e.g. in north Africa), as well as Arabic speaking christians who are Arabs (e.g. in Iraq).

Re:Israel passes law denying naturalization to Palestinian s... by airstrike on Friday March 11, 2022 @09:24AM (#30640264)
Click on the permalink and then you can reply to infinity ;-)
Re:Israel passes law denying naturalization to Palestinian s... by nix23 on Friday March 11, 2022 @09:01AM (#30639979)
Just imagine your from Africa and everyone in the Media talks about "Africa" as if Morocco and for example Tanzania can be compared ;)
Re:Israel passes law denying naturalization to Palestinian s... by lastofthemojito on Friday March 11, 2022 @09:36AM (#30640411)
Happens with everyplace. Like when college kids go on their first overseas trip to Spain and come back talking about how "people in Europe" eat dinner late or are less prudish or whatever. As if Barcelona is just like Tallinn and Zagreb.
Re:Israel passes law denying naturalization to Palestinian s... by hammock on Friday March 11, 2022 @09:38AM (#30640432)
You're not wrong. At the same time, there was/is a long period in history (centuries?) where "Christian" used as a general moniker that was more nationalist than religious. "The Christian world" etc.
Re:Israel passes law denying naturalization to Palestinian s... by simiones on Friday March 11, 2022 @11:39AM (#30642132)
Similarly, not all Christians in Israel or Ghaza are Arabs (though the vast majority are). I didn't want to list all somewhat significant ethnic minorities, so I thought Arab (Muslim, Christian, Druze, etc) + (non-Arabic) Christians (including Armeneans, Arameans, Copts, Assyrians and many other small groups, together making up something like 10k people)