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The meaning of words

Reader comment on item: Chris Christie and the "Occupied Territories" Incident

Submitted by Adam (Israel), Apr 4, 2014 at 13:03

If Christie had said "West Bank" instead of 'occupied territories" there would've been the same meaning.... Jews are using force to control land and suppress the population (a grotesque fabrication).

Equally reprehensible: Using the term "Palestinian" to refer only to Arab (primarily Muslim) individuals and groups who work to deprive Israel of its legal rights to the land from the River Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea.

Anyone who uses the term "West Bank" instead of Samaria (the Shomron) and Judea has accepted the lie that these historically Jewish areas were 'stolen' from the rightful inhabitants in 1948 and in 1967.

Daniel Pipes and other professional intellectuals should use the proper terms, and cease giving legitimacy and respectabillity to terms designed to erase the Jewish nature of the region and the State that was legally established in the 1922 Partition of the Mandate.

Submitting....

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Daniel Pipes replies:

You are being a bit too purist here. I address the West Bank topic at the bottom of http://www.danielpipes.org/2325/palestinian-word-games

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Agreed [22 words]yonasonSep 9, 2014 23:15217705
Chris Christie [200 words]Dan NowotarskiJul 5, 2014 21:12215801
The 1967 Liberated Territories. [108 words]LudvikusMay 19, 2014 09:02214894
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Mark DApr 6, 2014 18:46214331
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Lite version [12 words]LDBApr 4, 2014 17:53214277
1Noticed the change in language [29 words]
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PezDispenserApr 4, 2014 17:38214276
1Compared to whom? [101 words]DavidApr 5, 2014 21:27214276
1Occupied territories [100 words]Lars NielsenApr 4, 2014 15:50214271
1a NJ resident resident to Chris Christie's politcal ambitions [23 words]Jules PostenApr 4, 2014 15:40214270
1Not only Christie [25 words]PermReaderApr 4, 2014 13:59214268
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AdamApr 4, 2014 13:03214266
"Historically precise" depends on where you start the argument [167 words]AdamApr 5, 2014 10:19214266
1Christie's reference to "Occupied Territories" is not absolute indication of views toward Israel. [149 words]Rich McMahonApr 4, 2014 12:29214263
No longer an admirer of Christie [79 words]robert spitalnickApr 4, 2014 12:18214262
1Christie's True Colors - Occupied Territories [105 words]Bill NarveyApr 4, 2014 12:16214261
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this pig is cooked [124 words]LorthogApr 4, 2014 10:44214254
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No Christiining for me. [51 words]DmitryApr 4, 2014 09:00214247
3"he is an unwavering friend and committed supporter of Israel" - at least to the extent you can be while in bed with islamists [24 words]RobertApr 4, 2014 08:32214245
Eye Opening [35 words]Beatrix139Apr 4, 2014 08:21214243
3Occupied [46 words]Blacha JanApr 4, 2014 08:03214240

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