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Reuven's avatar

And they'd have a good point. Israeli cuisine is a mixture of cuisine from all around the Jewish diaspora, influenced by Turkish and British rule in recent times, constrained by Kosher dietary laws.

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Lana Diesel's avatar

But that's the point, name a single culture that isn't a mixture of X/Y/Z. Purity arguments are just a bum angle.

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Reuven's avatar

Yes, but. You can't just take the same progressive U.S. liberal traditions (drum circles, pronouns, peace circles) and then do them and say you're celebrating Palestinian culture.

Also, there are cultural differences between the Palestinians in the West Bank, and the ones in Gaza--as well as the 20% of Israel that is Arab. In fact the only thing that unites them is their hatred of Jews. So I guess "Palestinian Culture" is antisemitism.

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Lana Diesel's avatar

Well yes, on that point we certainly do not disagree.

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