Words, Words, Words
One problem in dealing with the Middle East has been the confusion too many people have about the meaning of words. They use them incorrectly and confuse others. You can use this exercise to refresh your own memory or gather a group to go over them. Discuss the similarities and differences between the words on each line.
One problem
in dealing with the Middle East has been the confusion too many people have
about the meaning of words. They use them incorrectly and confuse
others. You can use this exercise to refresh your own memory or gather a
group to go over them. Discuss the similarities and differences between
the words on each line.
- Arab, Arabian,
Palestinian, Philistine, Bedouin - Islam, Muslim, Islamist
- Israeli, Israelite
- Arab Jew, Israeli
Arab, Palestinian Arab - Ashkenazim, Sephardim
- Closure, curfew, checkpoint,
border, green line - Kibbutz, settlement,
neighborhood, colony - West Bank, occupied
territories, disputed territories, administered territories, Judea and Samaria,
Eretz Yisrael - Judaism, Zionism
- Semitic, Jew, Arab,
Hebrew - Zionism, Religious
Zionism, Christian Zionism - Eastern Orthodox,
Oriental Orthodox, Orthodox Jew, Ultra Orthodox -
East Jerusalem, West
Jerusalem, Old City, Corpus Separatum - God, YHWH, Allah
- Terrorist, freedom
fighter - PLO, PNA, PA, PNC,
PLC - Jihad, just war, holy war
- Autonomy, self-determination,
two-state solution, annexation - Latin Catholic, Roman
Catholic, Greek Catholic, Maronite - Syrian, Syriac
- Oslo Peace Process,
Hebron Accords, Wye River Agreement, Camp David II, Taba, Road Map - Geneva Conventions,
Geneva Accords
Word
Study Meanings
A Style Sheet on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict by: J. Martin Bailey
Word definitions and suggestions for correct usage