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Edward Britton wrote:
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> -Caveat Lector-
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> >please - the united states did it with the indians, and it didnt take 75
> >years
>
> Not exactly. "The United States" did not relegate Indians or their culture
> to oblivion. The fact that we, as a culture, still wrestle with the
> ramifications of the atrocities perpetrated upon them indicates that
> Indians and Indian culture still a force with which we must recon. American
> Indians remain culturally distinct/unique.
>
> The same may not be true of the Palestinians inasmuch as the Palestinians
> seem to have adopted the culture and ways of the Arab community at large.
> In this regard, Palestinians themselves have done more to eradicate their
> cultural uniqueness than anything the Israelis could ever have done.
>
> Edward ><+>
That's an interesting point Edward. And it would be a quite common occurrence
if it did play out that way. But you are assuming that " Palestinians " are
some kind of distinct indigenous group like American Indians. They are not.
They are Arabs linguistically and ethnically who migrated to the region from
all over the Arab empire.
They were even called Palestinian Arabs because of where they lived. The
European Jews who migrated there before WWII were called Palestinian Jews.
They are called this because of where they lived. That area was called Palestine
at the time, so the residents there were Palestinians.
No Middle Eastern Group alive today are indigenous to the region. The current
" Palestinians " became Palestinians after the Six Day War. This was to identify
themselves with the territory. Otherwise they had no distinction from other
Arabs.
J2
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