'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israeli arrest, torture

Re:'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israe... by rayiner on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @10:53PM (#38637568)

First, half the Jewish people in Israel are from the Middle East and Central Asia. Second, Europeans Jews aren’t converts, like European Christians. They’re the descendants of people displaced from Israel by, among others, Arab invaders. They’re returning to their own land.

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Re:'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israe... by selimthegrim on Thursday December 14, 2023 @12:58PM (#38644599)

Do you think Muslims can ever be considered indigenous to the Indian subcontinent? Can Christians? Should they all pack up and leave?

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Re:'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israe... by dctoedt on Thursday December 14, 2023 @04:21PM (#38647409)

> They’re returning to their own land.

As a matter of academic interest, when would you say the statute of limitations runs out on the right of displaced peoples to reclaim their ancestral lands? If your answer is "it never runs out," then the descendants of the ancient Canaanites, Midianites, and Amalekites† would like a word ....

† According to the Hebrew Bible, the ancient Israelites violently (and genocidally?) displaced these peoples; see, e.g., Num. 31, Josh. 10:40, 11:15. But it's not clearly established that this actually happened.

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