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In reply to Roderick T. Long. Monotheism violates the 2nd Commandment of Sinai. If as the Muslims say their lives only one God, then its utterly absurd for the Torah to command: Do Not Worship Other Gods. The story of Egyptian slavery and Moshe cente…

In reply to Sheldon Richman. Non sense. Classic Torah prior to the Middle Ages served as the Constitution of the Israelite Republic. LikeLike

In reply to Roderick T. Long. No. They pronounce it like P was an F. The point being that the word – not native to the Arabic language. By pronouncing it as “Balestine” it mocks the foreign European etymology of this non Arabic wor…

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In reply to 1. Duh, “this person” has been saying for decades that the u.s. system is essentially fascist at its core, as you’d know if you were at all familiar with my “life time of work.” But there’s a difference …

In reply to mosckerr. When you say that Arabs cannot pronounce the letter P, you mean (or should mean) that Arabic speakers generally pronounce P the same way we pronounce B. It’s not as though the pronunciation of a letter is inherent to it. A…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Palestine has its origins from the Greko-Roman European empires. The name Balestine makes about as much sense as the opportunist Arafat claim that these Arab stateless refugees originated from the Philistine boat people …

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Worked with Arabs in Beer Sheva. At that place of employment, we had a Jewish worker by the name of Pennie. Arabs can not pronounce the letter P, so everyone referred to Pennie by the name Bennie. LikeLike