198

Germany: Berlin schools asked to distribute leaflet describing the 1948 Nakba as a 'myth' (www.middleeasteye.net)

submitted 9 months ago by Linkerbaan@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

65 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Germany's leading Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the opposition Christian Democratic Party (CDU) have ordered high schools in Berlin's borough of Neukolln to distribute brochures titled The Myth of Israel #1948.

The brochure states there are five "myths" around the creation of the state of Israel, which are subsequently refuted in short essays by various authors.

In the first section, debunking myth #1, that Jews and Arabs lived together in peace before Israel was founded, Israel's pre-state militia, the Haganah, responsible for the destruction of 531 Palestinian villages and the expulsion of 700,000 Palestinians between December 1947 and the summer of 1948, is promoted as a merely "defensive" Jewish resistance movement.

"Myth #5: Israel is to blame for the Nakba", includes a text by researcher Shany Mor titled "the UN is distorting the meaning of the Nakba: its view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is extremely one-sided".

In the text, Mor states that "displacement during war - then and now - was nothing unusual".

He also labels the UN's attention to the Palestinian cause "obsessive" and the Arab defeat of 1948 a myth.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 9 points 9 months ago

Exactly what it says? Citizens who are not ethnic nationals, German in this case.

[-] Skua@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

I assume you're using a direct translation of a German term, but in English that doesn't make sense. "Ethnic" as an adjective by itself usually means an ethnic minority, and while "non-ethnic" isn't really a term anyone uses it would be read as meaning the majority ethnicity in a place

[-] roguetrick@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They're using it based on the ethnic majority vs minority, and it's pretty obvious. And yes, there is an ethnic majority to counterbalance an ethnic minority. They're talking about people who are german citizens but aren't german ethnics.

[-] Skua@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago

I know, they've already explained it. I'm just explaining why English first-language people might be confused by the phrasing.

[-] notsofunnycomment@mander.xyz 4 points 9 months ago

Ok, to me that already sounds very different.

"Ethnic minority/ majority" makes sense.

Non-ethnic German is tricky, because there are multiple ethnicities in Germany.

Non-ethnic sounds like someone doesn't have an ethnicity.

[-] Maalus@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

No it doesn't. Google "ethnic Germans". The broad definition is any people of German descent or who speak the language natively. Someone who immigrated isn't an ethnic German yet till they gain citizenship and speak the language fluently.

this post was submitted on 24 Feb 2024

198 points (87.5% liked)

World News

39153 readers

2013 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

Rule 1: posts have the following requirements:
- Post news articles only
- Video links are NOT articles and will be removed.
- Title must match the article headline
- Not United States Internal News
- Recent (Past 30 Days)
- Screenshots/links to other social media sites (Twitter/X/Facebook/Youtube/reddit, etc.) are explicitly forbidden, as are link shorteners.
Rule 2: Do not copy the entire article into your post. The key points in 1-2 paragraphs is allowed (even encouraged!), but large segments of articles posted in the body will result in the post being removed. If you have to stop and think "Is this fair use?", it probably isn't. Archive links, especially the ones created on link submission, are absolutely allowed but those that avoid paywalls are not.
Rule 3: Opinions articles, or Articles based on misinformation/propaganda may be removed. Sources that have a Low or Very Low factual reporting rating or MBFC Credibility Rating may be removed.
Rule 4: Posts or comments that are homophobic, transphobic, racist, sexist, anti-religious, or ableist will be removed. “Ironic” prejudice is just prejudiced.
Posts and comments must abide by the lemmy.world terms of service UPDATED AS OF 10/19
Rule 5: Keep it civil. It's OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It's NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.

Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.

Rule 6: Memes, spam, other low effort posting, reposts, misinformation, advocating violence, off-topic, trolling, offensive, regarding the moderators or meta in content may be removed at any time.
Rule 7: We didn't USED to need a rule about how many posts one could make in a day, then someone posted NINETEEN articles in a single day. Not comments, FULL ARTICLES. If you're posting more than say, 10 or so, consider going outside and touching grass. We reserve the right to limit over-posting so a single user does not dominate the front page.

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.