Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoSee how Israel’s siege has plunged Gaza into darkness and isolationwww.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down118
arrow-up1196arrow-down1external-linkSee how Israel’s siege has plunged Gaza into darkness and isolationwww.washingtonpost.comBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down7·edit-28 months ago“A people” is a way of referring to a group of people, a society. You could be more specific and say “the Jewish people” but it’s the same usage. Someone in fact called Palestine “A land without a people for a people without a land.” Is it making more sense now? *fixed autocorrect error
minus-squareQuokka@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·8 months agoYou couldn’t say that. You could say “the Israeli people”. What is going on here is not the actions of Jewish people.
“A people” is a way of referring to a group of people, a society. You could be more specific and say “the Jewish people” but it’s the same usage.
Someone in fact called Palestine “A land without a people for a people without a land.”
Is it making more sense now?
*fixed autocorrect error
You couldn’t say that.
You could say “the Israeli people”. What is going on here is not the actions of Jewish people.
Okay sure.