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This article has a bearing on the Arab-Israeli conflict. It relates to the movement which aims at redefining "Palestine" and "Palestinian" so that these terms refer exclusively to non-Jewish residents of Palestine (region).

Usage of the term "Palestinian Jews" has changed along with the new meaning of "Palestinians" to mean "Palestinian Arabs". --Uncle Ed 15:56, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

While I agree that Palestine as a region includes all those living within as Palestinians, the existence of the State of Israel has caused the term to be synonymous with only the Arab inhabitants of Palestine. Thus, a definition like this, while not entirely accurate due to the misconception that only Arabs are 'Palestinian', is somewhat necessary. —Aiden 23:51, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

It needs to be noted here that Jews can also be Arab. In fact, most Palestinian Jews are Arab as well as Jewish.LamaLoLeshLa (talk) 20:55, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Sometimes I think "Palestinians" = "Palestinian Arabs" = "Arabs of Palestine (region". --Uncle Ed 00:40, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 PLO point of view 2 Israelis and Palestinian Jews 3 Palestinian Jews and Israelis 4 Use of term 5 Israelis 6 This is a bogus polemic article 7 This article needs to be merged with 'Yishuv', the traditional Hebrew name for "Palestinian Jew"

[edit] PLO point of view

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The Palestinian National Covenant, devised by the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1968, defines Palestinians as "those Arab citizens who were living normally in Palestine up to 1947, whether they remained or were expelled" and their descendants through the male line. Article 6 states "Jews who had normally resided in Palestine until the beginning of the Zionist Invasion will be considered Palestinians."

The above is irrelevant as a definition of Palestinian Jew, no more so than the Nazi definition of Jew, or the Christian definition of Jew, etc.. The term Palestine denoted a piece of land which included Jews up until 1948, after which the Palestinian Jews were magically transformed into Israelis and Palestinian Arabs were "Arabs" until about 1967 and then "Palestinains" beginning not long after that. Also the population figures are misleading because the 5 % figure taken at a specific point of history is placed next to the creation of Israel, making it look as though Jews were five percent of Palestinians when Israel was created which no one claims is the case. 209.248.222.110 22:11, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

WP:NPOV says we represent all significant points of view on an issue, not that we begin by eliminating some based on personal prejudices. The PLO definition of who is a "Palestinian Jew' is valid and just one of many views represented in the article. You additions were worded is highly biased fashion and deleted this very relevant information. Please work on adding references for the material you insert and consider trying to "write for the enemy" so as to add neutrality to your writing. Tiamut 21:48, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Israelis and Palestinian Jews

Reverted text:

After the modern State of Israel was born, the Palestinian Jews began identifying themselves as "Israelis".

I don't understand what this means. Do you mean that

1. all Jews in Palestine began calling themselves Israelis?
2. all Jews in Palestine were granted Israeli citizenship?
3. after becoming citizens of Israel, Jews stopped calling themselves "Palestinian Jews"?

Why is the term "Palestine Jews" a problem here, and for whom is it a problem? Does the term have political overtones? If so, the political implications of the term should be discussed in the article. --Uncle Ed 18:33, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

That is not solely what was reverted. I believe your edits included the definition of Palestinian Jew according to Article 6 of Palestinian National Covenant which stated, "Jews who had normally resided in Palestine until the beginning of the Zionist Invasion will be considered Palestinians." This I objected to because of its connotations and lack of any alternative view in the article (hence systematic POV). We can define the term fine without using such POV sources in my opinion. —Aiden 01:49, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Palestinian Jews and Israelis

Cut from intro:

They are now simply identified as "Israelis" and are not distinguished from the majority of Israeli Jews resultant from the modern Zionist migrations.

This is unclear and possibly misleading. Not all Israelis are Jews, right? (See Israeli Arabs.) --Uncle Ed 18:37, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Use of term

Another cut:

... the term "Palestinian Jews" practically fell into disuse

I just got 55,700 English hits on a Google search for this term. In what contexts does the term no longer apply? --Uncle Ed 18:41, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Israelis

I have changed 'virtually all identify as Israelis' to 'many' - unless you have a statistic to show that 'virtually all' i.e. 99% do, then please do not revert back. I would like to insert a {{weasel}} tag too, but it will quickly be removed. also maybe a POV Lobbuss 09:31, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

You can forget it. Instead, I suggest that you bring proof that not 'virtually all' Palestinian Jews identify as Israelis. I am getting tired of this. --Bear and Dragon 09:44, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] This is a bogus polemic article

And the proof in the pudding is the example of Uri Davis, a self-confessed anti-Zionist Jew. Whoever wrote this article might be interested to know that the term 'Palestinian Jew' does not exist in the Hebrew and Yiddish versions of this article. The term used is "HaYishuv haYashan", and that the traditional Jewish term for Jewry living in the Land of Israel was, tellingly, "The Jewish Yishuv in the Land of Israel". The Jews living in the Ottoman sanjaks corresponding to the later British Mandate of Palestine were neither called nor referred to themselves as "Palestinians". You might also like to know that the term Eretz Israel was in fact used on Mandate documents in the Hebrew language, in addition to the term 'Palestina'. This article is replete with historical revisionism, with an obvious agenda.

It is just like calling the Jerusalem Talmud 'the Palestinian Talmud', which has indeed been done, but at least has a tradition behind it in the English language.

But why should I complain? This is after all "The Free Encyclopedia".

J.D. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.68.95.65 (talk) 01:14, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] This article needs to be merged with 'Yishuv', the traditional Hebrew name for "Palestinian Jew"

'haYishuv haYehudi be'Eretz Israel', i.e. The Jewish community in the Land of Israel. That is how they called themselves, not "Palestinians".