Svetlana wrote:Oh dear, I am cast as a 'Jew' (I prefer the term 'Jewsih') or a Jewish sympathiser. Ethnically, I am 'Goy' - that is non-Jewish. By Faith, I believe in a Greater Being, though my upbringing was Christian Orthadox and I remain true to the Holy Trinity.
So, not Jewish by birth or religious allegence; and this brings up a point; so often I see on CF confusion between the use of the word 'Jew' and the word 'Israeli'. I assume we are discussing Israelis here; we do not describe (GC) Cypriots as 'Christians', we describe them as 'Cypriots' - and why wouldn't we, so why describe 'Israelis' as 'Jews'?
Anyway, i digress, Jewish sympathiser, not really - but I have lived in Jewish communities and have visited Israel on more than one occasion, so perhaps know the history and culture of the Jewish (and Israeli!) people quite well, which is why, so often, I am aghast at the sheer ignorance and narrow minded racism I see.
For those interested, there is also a Synagogue in Larnaca, details at www.jewishcyprus.com.
Lana
But surely the state that was created in Palestine was a Jewish Homeland or State. Other races were moved out to make way for the Jews - not Israelis. I image anyone other than a Jewish immigrant would find it difficult (impossible?) to become a citizen of that country even if he was born there - ask a Palestinian. Perhaps the narrow minded racism to the east of Cyprus has rubbed of on some CF contributors.
Palestinians who live in Israel are, to the best of my knowledge, referred to as Israeli Arabs, not simply Israeli.
