Muslims that refer to themselves as ‘Palestinians’ accuse Israel gov’t of trying to split Arab population by no longer classifying the Aramaic Christian group as ‘Arabs’.
By Reuters
In the green hills of the Galilee, where Jesus is said to have preached two thousand years ago, a group of Aramaic speakers looking to revive the language of Christ are celebrating a victory in their quest to safeguard their heritage.
Shadi Khalloul, head of Aramaic Society in Israel. – Photo: Uri Davidovich, Assi Cohen
In a place where tensions run high on issues of ethnicity, faith and citizenship, members of the Christian sect have won the right to change their designation in the population registry from “Arab” to a newly-created ethnic classification: “Aramaic.” Continue Reading »
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