Technically, “Palestine” is the geographical name of the region, and has nothing to do with ethnicity or religion, whereas “Israel” was the historical Jewish nation and is the specific Jewish state in the area. If things were named sensibly, everybody there would be considered a Palestinian, and “Israeli Arabs” would be understood as referring to Mizrahi Jews.
That this is crazy. A family that has lived in one of the old villages for centuries, being called an occupier just because they have Israeli citizenship?
You are aware that 21% of the Israeli population are Arab, mostly identifiying themselves as Palestinian or Palestinian Arabs? They too?
Technically, “Palestine” is the geographical name of the region, and has nothing to do with ethnicity or religion, whereas “Israel” was the historical Jewish nation and is the specific Jewish state in the area. If things were named sensibly, everybody there would be considered a Palestinian, and “Israeli Arabs” would be understood as referring to Mizrahi Jews.
You have a very peculiar understanding of words.
They too. Full stop. Unequivocally. Your response to that is?
That this is crazy. A family that has lived in one of the old villages for centuries, being called an occupier just because they have Israeli citizenship?