(10-31-2021, 08:39 AM)Alan_Boskov Wrote: That's exactly what I was implying. That's why I only type the word "Palestinian" using these following quotation marks: " " .
I don't understand the concern that the mainly Western world, aside from those Middle Easterners and West Asians who practice Islam, has over internal Israeli affairs. I suppose, it's the mass media who are inflaming the issue.
In my previous message, the trespassers in the neighborhood are symbolized by the Roman invaders, the squatters symbolized by the nomadic Arabs calling themselves "Palestinians" and the legitimate homeowners symbolized by diaspora Jewish people returning home. How is it possible to misinterpret my quote?
I thank contributor "Alan_Boskov" for his reply.
I indeed answered his previous post according to its natural and usual interpretation, rather than the creative-explanation he has now provided.
I leave it to the general reader to decide if they would have understood his post differently than me.
I likewise refer to the "Palestinian" Arabs using double-quotes, because they adopted a name that does not validly refer to the region, which is properly called Israel. Further, under the British Mandate "Palestine" (a name resurrected from Roman occupation), Jews were "Palestinian"; both Arab and Jews could apply to the British for "Palestinian" citizenship.