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- From: revans@euclid.ucsd.edu (Ron Evans)
- Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic,talk.politics.mideast
- Subject: Hamas and Anti-Semitism
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- Date: 23 Dec 92 00:28:26 GMT
- References: <1992Dec17.223519.29718@cbfsb.cb.att.com> <1992Dec18.233944.20642@cirrus.com> <1992Dec22.031707.3375@trl.oz.au>
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- In article <1992Dec22.031707.3375@trl.oz.au> a.Faris@trl.oz.au writes:
- >May I recommmend for those militant Jewish supporters that when arguing with
- >Arabic posters to use Anti-Jewish instead of Anti-Semitism. Afterall,
- >how could Arabs be anti-Semitic when they are Semitic people.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- The word "anti-Semite" connotes someone who is against
- Jews, according to the dictionaries.
- The fact that "Semite" appears in the word does not
- affect the meaning. (Note that "Jew's pitch" has the
- word "Jew" in it, but it means "asphalt".)
- Arabs can indeed be anti-Semitic, and a classic
- example is Hamas. The blatant anti-Semitism of Hamas
- is yet further indication of how far Hamas has strayed
- from the good principles of Islam.
-
-
- --
- Ron Evans (revans@math.ucsd.edu)
-