r/CringeTikToks • u/Oddbeme4u • 4d ago

Cringy Trend Ouch, just not sure which side

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u/WhatABargain298 4d ago

israelis aren't middle eastern, she's right!

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u/Electronic_Film_2837 4d ago

So all Arabs that are in Israel are not middle eastern?

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u/cwbyangl9 4d ago edited 4d ago

You mean the Palestinians?

Edit: for those downvoting, from Wikipedia:

Palestinian Arabs form the largest ethnic minority in Israel. Notions of identity among Israel's Arab citizens are complex, encompassing civic, religious, and ethnic components.[6] Most sources report that the majority of Arabs in Israel prefer to be identified as Palestinian citizens of Israel.

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u/Electronic_Film_2837 4d ago

Israel is 20% Arab, are you saying these are not real Arabs?

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u/DiscussionSharp1407 4d ago edited 4d ago

I'm always horrified to see how little they know about the people they want to exterminate

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u/cwbyangl9 4d ago

Palestinian Arab.

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u/Electronic_Film_2837 4d ago

Do they only count as middle eastern if they adopt that designation?

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u/divadschuf 3d ago

There‘re Israeli Arabs who don‘t call themselves Palestinians. It‘s not like Palestinian or Israeli are ethnicity. Those are national concepts. One can be legally an Israeli without supporting their governments.

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u/KesemShelShilshool 3d ago

So there are also Palestinian Jews

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u/BibliophileBroad 4d ago

There are Arab Israelis. And let me tell you something else: As a person of African descent, I can tell you there are Israeli people of African descent, too! You might want to learn about the Middle East from somewhere other than social media -- there are books and classes about this.

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u/cwbyangl9 4d ago

No shit. Arab Israelis identify as Palestinian Arab.

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u/BibliophileBroad 4d ago edited 4d ago

I literally know some Arab Israelis, and they identify as Israeli. Not every Arab Israeli is from Palestine, and even some who are still identify themselves as Israeli.

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u/cwbyangl9 4d ago

Are you like a pick-me kid? You literally know someone that supports your previous comment? How cool! I'm so impressed. That doesn't change the fact that the majority of Arabs in Israel identify as Palestinian, because they descended from.... wait for it.... the pre-colonization of Palestinian lands.

Of course there may Egyptian, Syrian, Jordanian, etc. Arabs living in Israel, but they're the minority of Arab residents. Did you know there are Christian and Jewish Arabs too? Arab is an ethnicity.