Yasser Arafat Says Gibson Film Not Anti-Semitic - not a Joke

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040320/wl_nm/mideast_passion_arafat_dc_3

You'll love this!

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He watched the film -- which Jewish groups say may foment anti-Semitic attacks -- with Palestinian Muslim and Christian leaders at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah.


"The president did not feel the film was anti-Semitic," said Hanan Ashrawi, a prominent Palestinian Christian who watched it with him on a DVD copy.

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More here

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040320/wl_nm/mideast_passion_arafat_dc_3

1. He might know,( or have a right to the opinion) he's Semitic

I just checked the definition of Semite to make sure I was remembering correctly

One entry found for Semite.


Main Entry: Sem·ite
Pronunciation: 'se-"mIt, esp British 'sE-"mIt
Function: noun
Etymology: French sémite, from Semitic Shem, from Late Latin, from Greek SEm, from Hebrew ShEm
1 a : a member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia including the Akkadians, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs b : a descendant of these peoples
2 : a member of a modern people speaking a Semitic language


HOWEVER the definition of anti-Semitic interestingly narrows the definition of Semitic

One entry found for anti-Semitism.


Main Entry: an·ti-Sem·i·tism
Pronunciation: "an-ti-'se-m&-"ti-z&m, "an-"tI-
Function: noun
: hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group
- an·ti-Se·mit·ic /-s&-'mi-tik/ adjective
- an·ti-Sem·ite /-'se-"mIt/ noun

That's odd isn't it? I've never really noticed that before

2. question

should this thread move to I/P?
Thought I would ask. I don't have any problem with it being here, but it did occur to me.

I didn't think it was something I should alert on either because I have no quarrel with the poster. But I don't know how else to ask except like I'm doing now. If there's another way, excuse my ignorance.

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5. I didn't put it in I/P because it isn't about I/P it is about how Arafat

feels about Passions. Which has nothing to do with I/P. Just like a post about Bush doesn't necessarily mean it should be in the Bush Conservative forum.

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3. That film is in no way ant-Semitic

have you seen it?

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4. I just think it is funny given the source, Arafat and second he's all

hold up. Who would have thought to smuggle in a DVD copy of this movie?
What other movies has he seen since he's been hold up in his compound for 3 years.
Has he seen The shield? What does he think of Stargate SG-1?