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In reply to the discussion: Where is the Bedouin Intifada? [View all]shaayecanaan
(6,068 posts)39. she maintains that she was not confused
and that these were real life Druize Bedouin. Perhaps Abdul was trying to appear more exotic, I don't know. Moreover, I am having fun. After all, this is just harmless ignorance. If this were a discussion like the one I am having with the apologist down below I would already be endeavouring to be much more crotchety and unpleasant.
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Yeah, it's like it's illegal to have Jews living in certain parts of pre-1967 Israel.
shira
Feb 2012
#4
The article is a joke. Did you catch the part where the writer condemns Israeli...
shira
Feb 2012
#6
No, she wasn't the one making the insinuation of violence. She was saying Israeli officials did..
Violet_Crumble
Feb 2012
#13
Nonsense. Non-Jews will have a field day in court if they're not allowed to live...
shira
Feb 2012
#20
And that half could easily be accomodated without destroying Bedouin villages.
Ken Burch
Feb 2012
#32
Israel's very liberal supreme court won't allow any continuation of racism against Israeli citizens
shira
Feb 2012
#43
Well, if the Israeli government wants to make sure there's no Bedouin Intifada
Ken Burch
Feb 2012
#31
Israel: Cancel plan to forcibly displace Jahalin Bedouin communities Feb. 8, 2012
Jefferson23
Feb 2012
#40