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I see a thread debating Hebrew history and identity: Modern Hebrew about 150 years old; Jews in Palestine spoke Arabic; Yemenite Hebrew appears; a heated claim that Zionism and Jewish identity are synthetic and false. There are side notes about indigenous claims, Palestine’s existence, and who spoke Semitic sounds. Some reference that Jewish people are indigenous to Israel and questions about what the Torah says. The tone ranges from factual to provocative.
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Modern Hebrew or Israeli Hebrew has only been around for around 150 years https://t.co/nh21Ctwy9Z
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The episode addresses the question of whether Zionist settlers in Israel, if they are Semitic, have Hebrew that sounds Semitic. It asks why Israeli Hebrew doesn’t sound Semitic at all and considers whether the language’s sound is tied to who created it.
The presenter notes that modern Hebrew has only existed for about 150 years. Before that, ancient or biblical Hebrew was a nonspoken language for around 2,000 years, mainly used liturgically for prayer, sacred texts, poetry, or literature, and the Talmud was not even written in Hebrew but in Aramaic. The revival of Hebrew as a spoken language is attributed largely to a Russian individual named Eliza Yitzhak Perlman. He was an Ashkenazi Jewish linguist who was obsessed with reviving Hebrew as a spoken language. Perlman’s native language was Yiddish, as was common among central and eastern European Jewish people at the time.
According to the account, Perlman took the Sephardic Jewish pronunciation and overlaid it with European pronunciations heavily influenced by Yiddish, Russian, Polish, and German. As a result, certain features of modern Hebrew diverge from traditional Semitic phonology. For example, Hebrew does not roll its r’s like Semitic languages do; instead, they say “ra” in a way that the speaker uses as an example with “Israel.” This leads to the impression that Hebrew sounds more German, as in saying “hummus” rather than the expected Semitic pronunciation.
The narrative also claims that Hebrew “don’t have the Semitic sound ah,” and that speakers “have to say ah because they don’t know how to say ah.” The overall point is that the phonetic characteristics of modern Hebrew were shaped by this revival process, blending Sephardic roots with European linguistic influences, rather than preserving traditional Semitic phonology.
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Speaker 0: Hey, everyone, and welcome to another episode of Israel is a European Western settler colony. In today's episode, we ask the question, if the Zionist settlers currently living in Israel are supposed to be Semitic, then why doesn't Israeli Hebrew sound Semitic at all? Islamo Nazi So Arabic and Hebrew are meant to be Semitic languages. So why does Israeli Hebrew not sound Semitic at all? Any guesses?
Do you think because it wasn't created by someone who was Semitic? Yes. I said created. Let's get into it. So modern Hebrew or Hebrew has only been around for around a hundred and fifty years or so.
Before that, ancient Hebrew or biblical Hebrew was a nonspoken language for around two thousand years. It was mostly used liturgically, so for prayer and for sacred texts and sometimes in poetry or literature, but it was not spoken at all. In fact, the Talmud was not even written in Hebrew. It was written in Aramaic. So when was Hebrew revived to what we hear today?
So the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language is largely attributed to a Russian dude named Eliza Yitzhak Perlman. He was an Ashkenazi Jewish linguist, and he was obsessed with this idea of reviving Hebrew as a spoken language. Now his native language was Yiddish as was the language of most central and eastern European Jewish folks at the time. Time. And so what he did is he took the Sephardic Jewish pronunciation, and, of course, he overlaid that with the European pronunciations heavily influenced by Yiddish, Russian, Polish, and German.
And so because of that, for instance, Hebrew doesn't roll their r's like Semitic languages do. So they don't say ra. They say ra, for instance, like Israel. Right? And so that's why they sound more German, for instance, when they say hummus instead of hummus.
Another example is they don't have the Semitic sound ah. Instead, they have to say ah because they don't know how to say ah.
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Yemenite Hebrew https://t.co/H19VxaNFMK
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The speaker notes that there is no real way to know how ancient or Biblical Hebrew sounded, but there are beautiful indications of what it might have sounded like, evidenced by Yemenite Hebrew, and leaves the audience with this thought.
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Speaker 0: And to end this, there's no real way of knowing what ancient Hebrew or biblical Hebrew really sounded like, but there are some beautiful indications of what it might have sounded like when we hear Yemenite Hebrew. I'll leave you with this.
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@BubisPesac18545 When Abraham arrived there were people there already. Palestinians. The people Abraham claims God said to slaughter and expel.
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@Entropy2Max Intellectual is spelt with 2 Ls
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@KublaKhan1980 Yea I also like Spanish
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@GolanIdo How can europeans tell what semitic sounds like?
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@AlKassab19 It's a light, genius
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@54Ligia Don't know her name unfortunately, but she does do a good job explaining 👍
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@PlMacarty @gesundrian Of course https://t.co/Pi0sAfPNxK
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@TheGuyYeptheGuy Palestine wasn't colonised by Christians. But they did do all the others
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@daniel_almo Indigenous ? https://t.co/uId1HTbmno
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Jews living in Palestine at that time spoke Arabic https://t.co/56KZci06xi
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Eliza Yitzhak Perlman, who later changed his name to Eliza Ben Yehuda, played a pivotal role in shaping modern Hebrew as a spoken language. He was so devoted to the language that when he had a son named Itamar, he completely forbade him to speak any other language besides Hebrew, and even forbade him from speaking to other children if his mother sang him a Russian lullaby. His son, Itamar Ben Yehuda, is known as the first native speaker of modern Israeli Hebrew.
The push to make Hebrew a living language met resistance from Orthodox and devout Jewish communities, who held that Hebrew was meant for prayer and sacred ceremonies, not everyday use. Meanwhile, the local Jewish, Christian, and Muslim populations in Palestine had long used Arabic as their lingua franca.
Despite these tensions, the Zionist movement popularized the idea of a distinct language for a Jewish state. In 1922, Britain declared modern Hebrew one of the three languages of the land, alongside Arabic and English.
The song referenced in the transcript is often perceived as centuries-old, but it was Hebrewized and lyricized only in 1918. It originated as a song of rejoicing after the Ottoman Empire fell and Britain promised, through the Balfour Declaration, support for the Zionist movement and the land of Palestine.
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Speaker 0: Because they don't know how to say ah. So instead of saying aliyah, they say aliyah. And so that's why the accent sounds so flat as opposed to Arabic based dialects or ancient Hebrew. So how did Eliza Yitzhak Perlman, who later changed his name to Eliza Ben Yehuda, of course, how did he accomplish this? This Ben Yehuda guy was so fanatical that when he finally got a son named Itamar, he completely forbade him to speak any other language other than Hebrew.
And in fact, he forbade him to speak to any other children even when his mom was singing him a Russian lullaby, got berated by Ben Yehuda forever speaking to him or singing to him in any other language other than Hebrew. He was completely fanatical. And so his son, Etmar Ben Yehuda, is known as the first native speaker of modern Israeli Hebrew. And by the way, this whole idea of Hebrew becoming a spoken language was actually frowned upon by the Orthodox and devout Jewish community because to them, Hebrew was meant to be for prayer and sacred ceremonies. It wasn't meant to be used in everyday mundane contexts.
It was meant to be something higher and holy. And, also, the Jewish people who already lived in Palestine and had been for centuries spoke Arabic. That was their lingua franca. That's what they spoke altogether. The Jewish people, the Christian people, the Muslim people, they all spoke Arabic together.
But in the end, of course, because of the Zionist movement, this whole idea of having a specific language for this Jewish only state was very, very enticing. And so in 1922, Britain declared modern Hebrew one of the three languages of the land including Arabic and including English. And by the way, you know the song? Wouldn't be faulted for thinking that this was a centuries and centuries old song that has been passed down. In fact, the song we know today was Hebrewized and lyricized only in 1918.
And why was it so? It was a song of rejoicing by after the Ottoman Empire fell and when Britain promised through the Balfour Declaration, the Zionist movement, the land of Palestine.
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Palestine's zionist terrorist problem began 80 years ago. The British Army carrying out anti-terrorist searches in 1946 https://t.co/30s40F0AKM
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British forces conducted a large-scale comb out of a village near Haifa, suspecting it was the origin of recent attacks. The inhabitants were questioned in barbed wire cages while troops searched for hidden arms and ammunition using mine detectors. Initially, the search yielded no results, even with the assistance of dogs trained in Germany. Later, near Gaza, dogs helped troops unearth a large store of British and German weapons and ammunition hidden under a chicken run. The search continues in an effort to end the terror.
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Speaker 0: Carrying on their search for terrorist strongholds, British forces begin a large scale comb out of a village near Haifa, from which it was suspected recent attacks had been made. Rounded up in barbed wire cages, the inhabitants are closely questioned while troops hunt for hidden arms and ammunition. Mind detectors were used for probing all possible hiding places, but nothing so far has been found. Dogs, specially trained in Germany, helped in the search, but again without result. Later on, however, the dogs had their day in two settlements near Gaza.
Here, they helped the troops to unearth a large store of arms and ammunition. Cunningly hidden under a chicken run, the dump contained British and German weapons of all kinds. So the search goes on to put an end to the terror that has cost so many lives.
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"All problems in the world go back to the British" — Jeffrey Sachs
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All the world's problems can be traced back to the British Empire. The British created conflicts globally, including in Gaza, China, Pakistan, India, and throughout the Middle East, due to being the most powerful empire for 200 years. The current disaster in Palestine is one example.
Between 1915 and 1917, the British promised the same territory to three different groups. First, they promised it to the Arabs in the McMahon communications in exchange for fighting against the Turks. Then, through the Sykes-Picot treaty, they promised it to the French. Finally, in the Balfour Declaration of 1917, they promised it as a Jewish homeland, despite the land not belonging to them.
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Speaker 0: All problems in the world go back to the British. In Gaza, that's true. In China, Pakistan, India, that's true throughout the Middle East. The British made the biggest mess in this world because they were the most powerful empire for two hundred years, and they left behind conflicts everywhere. The disaster taking place in Palestine right now.
One of the reasons is that between 1915 and 1917, the British promised the same territory to three different groups. So first, in the McMahon communications, the British promised it to the Arabs. You fight with us against the Turks, it's yours. Then they negotiated the Sykes Picot treaty to say to the French, it's yours. Then in the Balfour Declaration in 1917, they said it's a Jewish homeland, Three times of land that wasn't even theirs.
And they got a lot of nerve as far as I'm concerned. So this is where the problems originate.
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Cynthia Mckinney — Members of congress had to sign a pledge to Israel https://t.co/pQauojBSOY
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I was unable to serve my constituents because I didn't align with US policy on Israel. Candidates for Congress were required to sign a pledge supporting Jerusalem as the capital and Israel's military superiority. If you didn't sign, you didn't receive funding. I experienced this firsthand when potential fundraisers would ask if I signed the pledge, and if I hadn't, they would cancel. Eventually, the requirement changed to a paragraph that had to be posted publicly. If you didn't comply, you wouldn't receive campaign funding. This is the reality for all 535 members of Congress.
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Speaker 0: What I was doing was servicing the needs of my constituents, and I was not allowed to do that because I did not toe the line on US policy for Israel.
Speaker 1: What line is that that they wanted? Were you told directly that you Had to toe a liner. Explain that to me.
Speaker 0: Well, every candidate for Congress at that time had a pledge. They were given a pledge to to sign. And I was new on the scene And, so the pledge had Jerusalem as the capital city, the military superiority of Israel. So how do you
Speaker 1: think congress people have to Sign this pledge.
Speaker 0: Yes. You sign the pledge. If you don't sign the pledge, you don't get money. So for example, it was almost like water torture for me. My parents observed this.
I would get a call and, the person on the other end of the phone would say, I want to do a fundraiser for you. And then we would get into the planning, I would get really excited because of course you have to have money in order to run a campaign. And then 2 weeks, 3 weeks into the planning, they would say, Did you sign the pledge? And then I would say, no, I didn't sign the pledge.' And then my fundraiser would go kaput. I made it public.
Probably nobody had said anything about it. But I made it public, and then, you know, the excuse was, Well, you know, those were just overzealous advocates for Israel. So then the tactic changed. But This is what is done for 535 members of the United States Congress. 100 senators, 435 members of the House of Representatives have to now write a paragraph which basically says the same thing.
So it's not a pledge, but it's a paragraph and you post it and, you know, there are these forums you have to go to at the synagogues or whatever. And then, you know, if you don't perform appropriately, then you don't get money to run your campaign. The problem is that
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In 1937, Winston Churchill said of the Palestinians, the Native Americans, and the Aboriginal Australians: https://t.co/OaCCnRC0MH
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In 1937, Winston Churchill expressed his disagreement with the idea that those who have occupied a place for a long time should have exclusive rights to it. He used the analogy of a dog in a manger. Churchill also stated that he did not believe that the indigenous people of America or Australia had been wronged by the arrival of a stronger, more advanced race who took their place.
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Speaker 0: In 1937, Winston Churchill said of the Palestinians, I quote, I do not agree that the dog in a manger has the final right to the manger even though he he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right. I do not admit for instance that a great wrong has been done to the red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place.