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[cyrano]

More white privelege. I'm reading a lot about 'the new antisemitism' where arabs hate jews. (It doesn't sound that new, does it?) But my question here is, aren't arabs also semites? (As well as Egyptians, I think.) And, in fact, aren't most converted jews likely to *not* be from semitic stock?

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[carabosse.livejournal.com]

Most Arabs are Semites, but the term 'antisemitic' has never referred to them. Most of the time that I hear about the new antisemitism, it has to do with comments about Israel. That since it's not acceptable to complain about "the Jews", people will hide their feelings in with remarks about Israel and Palestine. A messy topic. :-)