Reply #14: There are Jews all over the world, and "Semitic" is not a political term

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It doesn't matter whether you are a card-carrying member of Kahane or Gush Shalom, the term "Semitic" is not now and never has been specific to Jews.

There are Jews who are "Germanic" and Jews who are "South Asians" and Jews who are "Chinese" and Jews who are "Slavic" and Jews who are "Semitic."

Abraham came from the Middle East. He did not come from Russia, and although Judaism may have begun in a "Semitic" land and even today uses a Semitic language in its worship and prayer traditions, that has nothing to do with Anglo-US interests in oil in the Middle East and the increased defense industry revenue generated by a high level of conflict and instability in the region.

AIPAC has very little to do with Judaism and a whole lot to do with dollars in pockets, and to paint all Jews with that brush is an insult to the Jews who risk their lives in the name of the very Jewish values of peace and tolerance.

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