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In reply to the discussion: Obama’s role model to journalists — Dorothy Thompson — turned against Zionism and was silenced [View all]R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)79. Your bunk is just not credible, dear.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_people
A genetic study has suggested that a majority of the Muslims of Palestine, inclusive of Arab citizens of Israel, could be descendants of Christians, Jews and other earlier inhabitants of the southern Levant whose core may reach back to prehistoric times. A study of high-resolution haplotypes demonstrated that a *substantial portion of Y chromosomes of Israeli Jews (70%) and of Palestinian Muslim Arabs (82%) belonged to the same chromosome pool.[31] Since the time of the Muslim conquests in the 7th century, religious conversions[citation needed] have resulted in Palestinians being predominantly Sunni Muslim by religious affiliation, though there is a significant Palestinian Christian minority of various Christian denominations, as well as Druze and a small Samaritan community.[citation needed] Though Palestinian Jews made up part of the population of Palestine prior to the creation of the State of Israel, few identify as "Palestinian" today. Acculturation, independent from conversion to Islam, resulted in Palestinians being linguistically and culturally Arab.[16] The vernacular of Palestinians, irrespective of religion, is the Palestinian dialect of Arabic. Many Arab citizens of Israel, including Palestinians, are bilingual and fluent in Hebrew.
*Palestinians and Jews come from the same gene pool, not "Jews" are the Palestinians as you so wrongly allege.
A genetic study has suggested that a majority of the Muslims of Palestine, inclusive of Arab citizens of Israel, could be descendants of Christians, Jews and other earlier inhabitants of the southern Levant whose core may reach back to prehistoric times. A study of high-resolution haplotypes demonstrated that a *substantial portion of Y chromosomes of Israeli Jews (70%) and of Palestinian Muslim Arabs (82%) belonged to the same chromosome pool.[31] Since the time of the Muslim conquests in the 7th century, religious conversions[citation needed] have resulted in Palestinians being predominantly Sunni Muslim by religious affiliation, though there is a significant Palestinian Christian minority of various Christian denominations, as well as Druze and a small Samaritan community.[citation needed] Though Palestinian Jews made up part of the population of Palestine prior to the creation of the State of Israel, few identify as "Palestinian" today. Acculturation, independent from conversion to Islam, resulted in Palestinians being linguistically and culturally Arab.[16] The vernacular of Palestinians, irrespective of religion, is the Palestinian dialect of Arabic. Many Arab citizens of Israel, including Palestinians, are bilingual and fluent in Hebrew.
*Palestinians and Jews come from the same gene pool, not "Jews" are the Palestinians as you so wrongly allege.
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Obama’s role model to journalists — Dorothy Thompson — turned against Zionism and was silenced [View all]
R. Daneel Olivaw
Apr 2015
OP
When you're ready to justify or prove that you're correct, I'm sure you'll let me know.
shira
Apr 2015
#78
Try reading this very, very slowly. If necessary read it a few more times.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Apr 2015
#75
Please stop lying about what I have written, shira. It makes you appear as you really are.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Apr 2015
#90
I have no denials that you are completely disingenuous when it comes to the factual.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Apr 2015
#96
So why not answer the question with either a Yes or No? What do u fear by doing so? n/t
shira
Apr 2015
#103
cite the international law that says WB settlements are legal because it's the Jewish homeland
azurnoir
Apr 2015
#65
go tell Obama in 1920 the British promised land that wasn't theirs sorry the partition plan
azurnoir
Apr 2015
#67
In 2011, the USA vetoed a UN resolution that would declare settlements as illegal
shira
Apr 2015
#69
Name one who has promoted San Remo for your purposes, Kerry called them illegitmate
azurnoir
Apr 2015
#70
So why post on a Democratic Forum if you think so little about every elected Democrat? n/t
shira
Apr 2015
#88
Shira is prolly too busy cutting fabrications from whole cloth as to have time to reply to you.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Apr 2015
#95
Dorothy Thompson was adamantly anti-Nazi she was one of the earliest critics of the Nazi party
azurnoir
Apr 2015
#6
No, I think you should. She bashed Jews (not Israeli Jews) in the previous quote provided....
shira
Apr 2015
#15
so you accuse the Democratic POTUS of endorsing an antisemite? -well okay them
azurnoir
Apr 2015
#18
What you mean is for me to please stop pointing out falsehoods in your arguments...
shira
Apr 2015
#91
"If Jews weren't slaughtered and expelled from Israel over the past 2000 years, they'd have been...
R. Daneel Olivaw
Apr 2015
#115
Huh? The Palestinians could've agreed to the 1937 Peel Plan or 1947 Partition Plan.
shira
Apr 2015
#45
Logic escapes the colonist mind, shira; especially when refering to the colonized.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Apr 2015
#97
Who cares what she thought about Israel/Zionism? She said some very hateful things....
shira
Apr 2015
#44
I don't believe that I would ever quote you on anything, my unremarkable friend, but if it makes
R. Daneel Olivaw
Apr 2015
#111
I think you could benefit from a Logic 101 course. No, I mean really,really benefit....
shira
May 2015
#127
When you choose the quote you choose the person behind it as well: part and parcel.*
R. Daneel Olivaw
Apr 2015
#93
Well, shira, if you are going to try and defend Bush II on things that's your business...
R. Daneel Olivaw
Apr 2015
#99