Thanks for that. Bad etymological resources on my end, obviously. Even so, the connection between desert people who lived in the area where the people of Israel came from, and, well, the people of Israel shouldn't be that big a surprise.
I tell people that many palestinians are probably more Jewish genetically than the Europeans who resettled the area. Some jews get very huffy and some just laugh and say "duh." L ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <punditster@...> wrote : On 8/5/2014 7:19 PM, LEnglish5@... mailto:LEnglish5@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Huh. "Arab" comes from Abraham, and Arabs and Jews are both considered Semitic peoples. > "In Biblical etymology, "Arab" comes both from the desert origin of the Bedouins it originally described (Arava means wilderness) and/or from the concept of mixed people." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabs > In fact, some Bedouins believe that they are descended from Jews living in the region who converted to Islam: Bedouin Sheikh: My People are of Jewish Descent Bedouin Sheikh: My People are of Jewish Descent Israel Bedouin Sheikh Salem al-Huzeil believes that he and many others like him are of Jewish descent. View on www.israelna... Preview by Yahoo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <punditster@...> mailto:punditster@... wrote : On 8/5/2014 2:50 PM, fleetwood_macncheese@... mailto:fleetwood_macncheese@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: The Israelis refer to the Palestinians as "sand niggers". They have also deliberately targeted schools and mosques, to kill not only the people, but also destroy their culture, a tactic favored by the Nazis as well. > It is a fact that the Arabs in Gaza are descendents of Bedouin sand dune people who persecuted the Jews for centuries. Why do you think Jews lived all over the planet instead of in Judah? The Israelis have the coordinates of every building and house in Gaza so do you think they'd risk bad press by targeting children in a school? It is a well-known fact that the Hamas are using human shields You do realize that you're siding with what the U.N. has classified as a terrorist organization affiliated with Hezbollah, right? > These words and actions tell me that they are as committed to genocide, as Hitler was, though not nearly as successful. Israel has a massive public relations campaign to make them look like the good guys, and it looks as if you are drinking the kool-aid. > Every U.S. President since 1947 has supported the United Nations' creation of the state of Israel. > "Yes, the terrorists want to destroy Israel and are willing to kill their own people to do so." National Journal: http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/why-benjamin-netanyahu-should-be-very-very-worried-20140728 http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/why-benjamin-netanyahu-should-be-very-very-worried-20140728 > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <punditster@...> mailto:punditster@... wrote : On 8/5/2014 12:46 PM, fleetwood_macncheese@... mailto:fleetwood_macncheese@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Israel has become too much like Nazi Germany, for my liking. One Nazi killed, always meant 50 civilians slaughtered. Same ratio with the Israelis vs. the Palestinians. Sieg Heil, Israel. > We should probably save the term "Nazi" for our real enemies, because it loses it's punch when you realize that the Nazis wanted to erase off the face of the earth all the Jews, just like the Hamas want to do, but the Israelis just want to stop all the rocket attacks, not to kill all Arabs. > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <punditster@...> mailto:punditster@... wrote : On 8/5/2014 9:53 AM, feste37 wrote: I think they should try it. Nothing else is working. It's just the usual, endless round of violence. The TM group wouldn't have to go into the most dangerous areas. Just being close would probably do it. > It's already working - almost everything that's good that is happening in the world is because of the ME. It's just obvious. The Hamas are fighting a proxy war, so all we have to do is influence their supporters. According to what I've read, there are only a few members of the Arab League that continue to support the militant faction in Gaza. The militants in Gaza made the wrong choice by voting for violence and now they will have to pay. It's not about territory or freedom or human rights - it's all about staying in power and control. The Israelis should secure all the Gaza borders and put checkpoints so there will be no more rockets or cement smuggled into Gaza. Then, all the Israelis have to do is search out and destroy all the tunnels and the rocket cache and arrest and put in prison all the Hamas leaders, so that economic aid can be supplied to the citizens of Gaza so they can grow and prosper. Without the militants in charge, Gaza could become the Singapore of the Mediterranean. It's not complicated. > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mjackson74@...> mailto:mjackson74@... wrote : Thank you Nabby for posting this bold article. Here is the comment I posted on the site - let's see if they have the balls to allow it to be posted: As a former practitioner of transcendental meditation, I know that you are a shill for the TM Movement. You are also not giving full information in your article. IDT refers to the TM Sidhi program, the one that purports to enable people to levitate. In no way shape or form is this nonsense scientifically validated. But let's give you the benefit of the doubt - you want to prove this voodoo technology works then I challenge you to personally lead a group into the most dangerous and violent sections of Israel and the Gaza strip. Let the TM Movement pay every penny of the expense in supporting such a group rather than begging the rest of the world to financially support you (which is your actual intent in suggesting such a group) and see how long you last. I do suggest you make sure to give the Israeli authorities the names of your next of kin, I expect they will need them. From: nablusoss1008 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> mailto:no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 5, 2014 9:30 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] For The Turq and his Superiors An Outsider's View of How to Calm Middle East-Gaza Tension http://www.newspronto.com/opinion/4376-an-outsider-s-view-of-how-to-calm-middle-east-gaza-tension http://www.newspronto.com/opinion/4376-an-outsider-s-view-of-how-to-calm-middle-east-gaza-tension
