Are Arabs Semites?

[Salty80]

If so, why do they hate Jews and vice versa?

[ToraToraTora]

Yes Arabs and Jews are semites, they descend from Shem one of the sons of Noah. They are brothers and Their religions are identical in many respects. Yes you could be forgiven for thinking they should get on.

[jno]

hard to get along with a brother who takes your land from you.

[ToraToraTora]

Well ancient Israel was there since around 1000BC so I don't see how they have stolen any land. Islam has existed since the 6th century AD. Arabs were not Islamic initially, many of them were actually christians.

[jno]

it was stolen from the Canaanites when the Israelites returned from Egypt, along with the Hittites, the Hivites, the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, and the Jebusites. God gave it to them, as after WW2 the Allies gave it to them; in neither case did the people already living there count for anything.

[Untitled]

i don't see why it should be that jews are entitled to land they once settled thousands of years ago while palestinians are expected to put up with being forcibly expelled from land they lived on until 80 years ago 

but that's the reason for the enmity... it's because of zionism

[Old_Geezer]

Because, historically, they all liked smiting each other in that part of the world.

[Peter Pedant]

yes they are  - ( from Shem Ham and Japheth ) and all that

Bethel - the house of God ( OT etc) is bait -  allah in arabic - so close as dammit.

as for at each others throats the whole time, ask someone else

[Peter Pedant]

god you are all gonna get suspended

( we're doooooomed! - that fella in Dad's Army)

[david small]

People covet what others possess. Shame really, though lots of animals do the same, and boy, are we still animals.

[ToraToraTora]

Usual ignorant cobblers from the lefties, the area would be a load of warring tribes without Israel giving them something common to hate. Not my view, take it from the son of the founder of Hamas:

 

[Peter Pedant]

Shame really, though lots of animals do the same, and boy, are we still animals.

and plants compete for space too - canopy ( shaddy fing) and ground spread ( intense land cover) and boy we are still...

no ! no! that doesnt follow !