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And by the way....

October 11, 2011 03:33

" The Merriam Webster dictionary defines ethnic cleansing as the expulsion, imprisonment, or killing of an ethnic minority by a dominant majority in order to achieve ethnic homogeneity - just how does that square with Israel rehousing Bedouin currently living illegally on state land in unrecognized villages with no facilities and placing them in recognized villages with full facilities."

Keen on dictionaries are we ?

Anti semitism....

Webster

" hostility towards or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic or racial group. " No mention of Israel

Oxford

" hostility to or prejudice against Jews " No mention of Israel

Chambers

" hostility to or prejudice against Jews " No mention of Israel

Collins

" discriminating against Jews " No mention of Israel

Well it seems pretty unanimous. I assume we will see no more use of the expression when the subject is Israel.

October 11, 2011 03:33

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