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minus-squaredavepleasebehave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·8 months agosurprisingly, there were people there even before the Jews. they are not some indigenous population that sprung from the soil.
minus-squaretakeda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·8 months agoYes, I never said there weren’t, just that people picking up specific point in history and forgetting there was anything before that.
minus-squaredavepleasebehave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·8 months agoyou said that if we cared about historical things then the Jews would be the first. it was this statement that prompted my reply.
minus-squaretakeda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·8 months agoWould be before Palestinians.
minus-squaredavepleasebehave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·8 months agoI suppose that would depend on how you define Palestinians. but the point remains.
minus-squaretakeda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoWell, by the definition you are suggesting, the Jews would also be Palestinians.
minus-squaredavepleasebehave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agothere was also a group already in the area referred to as the Philistines. a young David is rumoured to have killed Goliath.
surprisingly, there were people there even before the Jews. they are not some indigenous population that sprung from the soil.
Yes, I never said there weren’t, just that people picking up specific point in history and forgetting there was anything before that.
you said that if we cared about historical things then the Jews would be the first. it was this statement that prompted my reply.
Would be before Palestinians.
I suppose that would depend on how you define Palestinians. but the point remains.
Well, by the definition you are suggesting, the Jews would also be Palestinians.
there was also a group already in the area referred to as the Philistines. a young David is rumoured to have killed Goliath.