This seems more political than anything, It reminds me of how many Lebanese like to distance themselves from being identified as Arab and say they are "French" or "Phoenician." Maybe they are trying to forge a more Aramean based Christian Identity rather than being lumped in with a More Islamic Arab identity.
Joseph Roberts On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 7:28 PM, Uzi Silber <[email protected]> wrote: > very interesting. > > uzi silber > > > On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 9:10 PM, Isaac Fried <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This may be of interest: >> >> http://news.walla.co.il/?w=/2680/2668099 >> >> 200 >> ישראלים, נוצרים מרונים מהכפר גוש חלב שבגליל העליון, דורשים לשנות את סעיף >> הלאום שלהם מערבי לארמי >> >> Some 200, Aramaic speaking, Christian Maronite, citizens of Israel, >> from the village of גוש חלב GU$ XALAB in upper galilee, request that >> their official ethnic designation be changed from Arab to Aramean. >> >> Isaac Fried, Boston University >> >> _______________________________________________ >> b-hebrew mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > >
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