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I have always had an issue with the hijacking of "Semitic" by Israel.
Semitic should be related to those who speak a Semitic language. The breakdown of which is...
The most widely spoken Semitic languages today are (numbers given are for native speakers only) Arabic (300 million), Amharic(22 million), Tigrinya (7 million), Hebrew (~5 million native/L1 speakers), Tigre (~1.05 million), Aramaic (575,000 to 1 million largely Assyrian fluent speakers) and Maltese (520,000 speakers).
Coming from Semite...
Semite
ˈsiːmʌɪt,ˈsɛmʌɪt/
noun
noun: Semite; plural noun: Semites
I am sure that there are a great many here who will argue that well, 'Jews need an official 'insult' for their own protections' or some other reason.
However, based upon fact, which some Team Israel seem to have a disliking to, antisemitic, however much you wish to bleat, will always relate to non Jews.
Semitic should be related to those who speak a Semitic language. The breakdown of which is...
The most widely spoken Semitic languages today are (numbers given are for native speakers only) Arabic (300 million), Amharic(22 million), Tigrinya (7 million), Hebrew (~5 million native/L1 speakers), Tigre (~1.05 million), Aramaic (575,000 to 1 million largely Assyrian fluent speakers) and Maltese (520,000 speakers).
Coming from Semite...
Semite
ˈsiːmʌɪt,ˈsɛmʌɪt/
noun
noun: Semite; plural noun: Semites
- a member of any of the peoples who speak or spoke a Semitic language, including in particular the Jews and Arabs.
I am sure that there are a great many here who will argue that well, 'Jews need an official 'insult' for their own protections' or some other reason.
However, based upon fact, which some Team Israel seem to have a disliking to, antisemitic, however much you wish to bleat, will always relate to non Jews.