http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/08/whose-acre/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/08/whose-acre/#comment-52321 b99 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:30:46 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=9828#comment-52321 Mulga - I'm not sure. Certainly the archaologic record shows human inhabitants all the way back - as you indicate. But it seems the Canaanite-speaking crowd was part of a great migration of Semitic-speakers out of a drying Arabian peninsula - it may have gone up the western side of Arabia or the eastern side and thence across the Fertile Crescent. I don't know if it is known that the Canaanites replaced or mixed with earlier populations - usually a bit of both. In any case, by saying Neolithic, I think I've got that possibility covered. If we refer to even earlier inhabitants - then it seems we can all stake a claim to the region - and all regions. Mulga – I’m not sure. Certainly the archaologic record shows human inhabitants all the way back – as you indicate. But it seems the Canaanite-speaking crowd was part of a great migration of Semitic-speakers out of a drying Arabian peninsula – it may have gone up the western side of Arabia or the eastern side and thence across the Fertile Crescent. I don’t know if it is known that the Canaanites replaced or mixed with earlier populations – usually a bit of both. In any case, by saying Neolithic, I think I’ve got that possibility covered. If we refer to even earlier inhabitants – then it seems we can all stake a claim to the region – and all regions.

]]> http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/08/whose-acre/#comment-52306 Mulga Mumblebrain Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:13:22 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=9828#comment-52306 b99, one slight quibble. I reckon the Canaanites have been present in the region since the earliest modern humans left Africa. Homo sapiens have lived in the region for tens of thousands of years, back to the earliest Paleolithic times, and Homo erectus back to over one million years. The great problem with Judaic arrogance is its claim that only Judaic rights have any value, a racist, chauvinistic and belligerently arrogant assertion made on the basis of nothing but religious faery stories and military might and racist viciousness. b99, one slight quibble. I reckon the Canaanites have been present in the region since the earliest modern humans left Africa. Homo sapiens have lived in the region for tens of thousands of years, back to the earliest Paleolithic times, and Homo erectus back to over one million years. The great problem with Judaic arrogance is its claim that only Judaic rights have any value, a racist, chauvinistic and belligerently arrogant assertion made on the basis of nothing but religious faery stories and military might and racist viciousness.

]]> http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/08/whose-acre/#comment-52227 b99 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:42:13 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=9828#comment-52227 Avnery is pretty much on the money here. The only major caveat I would have is that it is only really important who lived here when the Zionists arrived. That's the early 20th century - and at that time Palestine was 99% Arab Muslim and Christian. Whether called Palestinians or Canaanites - they had been the inhabitants of the region since the Neolithic period. Hebrews either arrived later, or emerged out of the existing Canaanite population. And then the Hebrews (Jews) left. Avnery is pretty much on the money here. The only major caveat I would have is that it is only really important who lived here when the Zionists arrived. That’s the early 20th century – and at that time Palestine was 99% Arab Muslim and Christian. Whether called Palestinians or Canaanites – they had been the inhabitants of the region since the Neolithic period. Hebrews either arrived later, or emerged out of the existing Canaanite population. And then the Hebrews (Jews) left.

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