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aren't palestinians also semites?  

Leauki, forgot the bananas!  LOOK AT THAT KANAFI! 

Leauki, if you could smuggle out an authetic kanafi (sp?) recipe and not one from the internet.  The place that is a little ways after the Damacus gate that sells it recipe.

Actually on closer inspection I don't think that is Kanafi.  I think the one picture has it only some what in it.

You are right though after living there and from what I have seen.

"Palestinians" are an artificial construct created by the adoption of the European name for a middle-eastern country.

_Arabs_ are Semites just like Israelites (Jews).

Why?

You know, I know the place, I think. I have usually entered the Old City through Damascus Gate and know all the shops just after.

Does that mean you're going to smuggle me the kanafi recipe?

You know, I'll try.

He was trying to discredit you by mis-direction.

Oh.

I thought he just needed clarification about an unrelated issue, like the_Peoples_Party with the Kanafeh recipe.

I don't understand why every one wants to call Israel "Palestine".  The Romans are the ones that started that mockery and they called Israel just that 'Palestine'.  Trying to force the allegance of the land to another lessor god.

If you want to it could be called Canaanite. I am fine with calling it Israel.  The other thing is that there ALWAYS have been a Jewish remanent in Israel.  Most people that call themselves 'Palestinians' a high percentage of them actually have Jewish heritage.

After living over there (I'm sure Leauki will nod his head and say 'Amen, its true' to this) I've noticed something.  First, most muslims/arabs that live in East Jerusalem do not want to be a part of 'Palestine'.  They may not verbalize that they would rather be a part of Israel. 

Another thing that I've noticed this can be seen as great contrast in East Jerusalem (for those not familiar with East Jerusalem it is almost exclusively Muslim/Arab)and other parts of Jerusalem is trash.  I see trash every where on the ground in East Jerusalem.  I've seen trash shoved inside of trees that have been partially hollowed out. Also, the burning of trash.  Both of these are really concentrated in East Jerusalem.  I've asked some of my Arab friends why do they throw their trash (for Leauki I know  that you are like what is this trash he speaks of.  I mean rubbish hence rubbish=trash I know you knew what I meant I just wanted to poke fun at my friend across the pond) onto the ground.  Their response was basically 'it gives someone a job'.  To clarify, there are very few 'rubbish' bans over there for obvious reasons.

What is my point in talking about rubbish/trash.  You can go to Bethany (Eizariya this being a 'Palestinian' city) ,for example, and I see trash piled up every where.  I never figured out how a garbage collector could tell what was trash and what was not.  While not be overwhelmed by the large quantites of trash ever where.  I also never could tell how you could tell if they did their jobs or not.  Unless they decided to burn a dumpster of rubbish/trash.

Leauki, I agree with everything you said.  Just pointing the trash/rubbish problem.  I think that it is brought onto themselves. 

Another thought, things are cheap in Israel (for the most part) BUT things are CHEAPER in Palestine.

I love the food in all of that region.  Fresh bread was constantly flowing and you could basically pick the chicken you wanted to eat and have some of the freshest possible chicken.  YUMMY!

why did i ask you whether palestinians (or however you want to define that particular subset of arabs who've lived in what is know defined as the state of israel) are also semites?  

or are you asking another question entirely?

not at all.

nor was i trying to get you to discredit your obtuse self by mis-spelling or mis-punctuation.

No, that was it.

I just didn't see the relevance. There are lots of Semitic peoples. I often lament how sad it is that most of them still live under Arab rule. I believe the Jews just had the most western support and that's why Israel became independent rather than part of some Arab dictatorship when the Ottoman Empire fell apart.

The other Semitic peoples (Lebanese/Phoenicians, Aramaeans, Assyrians) haven't been that lucky. (Of course, before the civil war, Lebanon was officially not an Arab state and they still keep up a facade of democracy.)

Not that the non-Semitic peoples under Arab (or Turkish) rule fare much better.

I see you are as petty as ever.  So you have decided to be a spelling nazi now?  Queen bee of grammar maldiction?  You are no funnier now than you were a year ago - and just as much of a light weight.  Leauki does not know you as well, not having to deal with your unfounded allegations as I have.  Still google impaired I see.

if you don't mind, i'll explain once you clarify whether arabs are or aren't themselves a semitic people as well. 

statements such as these:

and:

seem to indicate you believe arabs something other than semitic.