Anti-semitic mislabeling

Submitted by phil quigley (United States), May 12, 2004 at 03:57

Using the term "anti-semitic" to mean anti-jewish is inaccurate and misleading. People who's ancestry is from the area known as Palestine are all Semities. It is a geographical race of people, not a religion. That includes Arabs and Jews. Actually, most of the current Jews in Israel are not of Semitic race. They are of European descent. So the term "anti-semitic" is incorrect. The proper and accurate term is anti-jewish (which I am not.)

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