@mufastamo Imagine an American claiming that the name Manhattan is erasure of the city name of New York. Whose history is being erased by such a claim?
@mufastamo And more to the point: 1. Jaffa is mentioned four times in the Hebrew Bible, as a city opposite the territory given to the Hebrew Tribe of Dan
@mufastamo 2. Nazareth: "Jesus of Nazareth" appears seventeen times in English translations of the New Testament, whereas the Greek original contains the form "Jesus the Nazarēnos" or "Jesus the Nazōraios."
@mufastamo 3. The name "Hebron" traces back to Hebrew root, in the form ḥbr, with a basic sense of 'unite' and connoting "friend". In the proper name Hebron, the original sense may have been alliance.
A thread beaded with some gems from Irish advocates of Palestinians I encountered in recent dys, following the much-ado-about-nothing of #sallyrooney 's boycott of Native Hebrew-Readers:
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@Norfolkbound22 explains that the Irish obsessive focus on the Jewish state stems from "the Irish's understanding of the political and military actions of an occupier."
And that it's up to Jews to "disentangle" criticism of Israeli govt from "true anti-semiticism". /1
This opinion was in response to this thread in which I collected a few notable events during the 20th century which seem to form a pattern of consistent and unrelenting ill-will towards Jews, wherever they may be. /2 threadreaderapp.com/thread/1448350…
Now let's look the first argument, which has been repeatedly provided by many Irish advocates of Palestinians as an excuse for Irish obsessive focus on the Jewish state:
"the Irish's understanding of the political and military actions of an occupier." /3
@AnneOLe43078812 doesn't understand why calling Jews "rat" is textbook antisemitic. It's like she really enjoys twisting the dagger buried in our heart. A proud advocate for Palestinians. Scratch an antiZionist and the inner-Nazi shows up./1