A pro-Palestine Jewish activist group has had its bank account frozen in Germany for the second time in seven years, after the bank requested a full list of its members’ details in what experts believe is a breach of German law. The group suspects the move was triggered by its involvement in a forthcoming pro-Palestine conference that has attracted intense scorn from the German mainstream.

  • Mossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.social
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    10 months ago

    To me, the thing that makes this statement particularly ironic is that the dictionary definition of “Semite” includes just about anyone of middle-eastern descent. As such, purely based on the dictionary definition of “Semite”, it is Israel who is being antisemitic for conducting a genocide against Palestine.

    Granted, the specific definition of “antisemitic” only includes Jews, but imo that’s an oversight that should be corrected.

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      10 months ago

      Look and see mean roughly the same thing. Overlook and oversee have opposite meanings. Then there is oversight…

      Such a weird language.

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      10 months ago

      People get very angry when you point out that Arabs are Semites. I saw someone claim that it’s like a gotcha argument from a 10 year old lol.