Following on this post on Jewish Holocaust numbers here, let's distinguish Israeli & Palestinian people, shall we?
Copilot description here to: "Are Israeli & Palestinian people both semitic ?", summarized as:
Both Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs are Semitic peoples.
- They speak Semitic languages: Hebrew and Arabic.
- Their ancient ancestors (like the Hebrews, Canaanites, and Arab tribes) were part of the Semitic cultural-linguistic group.
- “Semitic” refers to language families and historical lineage—not a specific race or nationality.
So while they're often viewed through a political lens today, linguistically and historically, they share Semitic roots. Want a quick timeline of how those roots developed over the centuries?