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Vile flame troll bait ignored.

There was not a SEPARATE identity for Palestinian ARABS who lived SPECIFICALLY in the land of Israel, Gaza, West Bank! Don't you get it? Jews were Palestinians too. The idea of a separate category for Palestinians that only includes Arabs and only includes Arabs associated with Israel, West Bank, Gaza is an artificially created political construct.

So what were the borders of that region? Hmm?

1000 years ago it wasn't Palestine. There never was a nation called Palestine in history.

Indeed. It could prove fatal. Expats in general aren't the most risk adverse type of people.

As far as renting returning expats with a small pension are going to have very little chance getting into established large properties. Many expats don't have a back home credit record anymore. The rent is going to be most of the check even for the cheapest places. They like to see rent being about 1/3 of income. There are possible options for some. Going to small landlords with horrible properties who are desperate. Offering to pay a year in advance if you can pay that (I did that once when I was in my 20s). Roommate situations where the landlord owns the place. Roommates for apartments often need to pass credit and income screening the same as renting. Living in vehicles. Some people like that. For me, that would be total hell. Again, pretty darned grim.

It would be much more interesting to hear what you would dishonestly say.

Even that is really pushing it on the smaller checks.

Yep.

You remind me of people that say they don't see color. Freakin' unbelievable.

Conflating ethnicity and race.

Without so many different ethnicities and all their wonderfully diverse cultures humanity would be incredibly BORING. In the cases here Jewish ethnicities are ancient and of the ethnoreligious category. In other words non observant Jews are still Jews. Palestinian Arab as opposed to just Arab identity was rather recently asserted for political reasons in the context of the conflict with Israel. Palestinian Arab identity deserves to be respected as legitimate though regardless.

It's complicated. https://www.livescience.com/difference-between-race-ethnicity.html

Yes. Westerners especially Americans often think Jews are overwhelmingly Ashkenazi. Not in Israel. As far as genetic history -- all major Jewish ethnicities, Palestinian Arabs, and Italians are all linked. Not that unusual for "close" peoples to be in conflict. The very concept of Palestinian Arab as a separate identity is an artificially created modern one.

Thailand (or Cambodia, Philippines, Mexico, or Panama ...) OR BUST!

This is news to you?

The way to solve the homelessness crisis is housing people. There isn't the political will to actually do that.

It's that trademark square face, I tell ya. Can't live with it, can't live without it.

Let's Wok American Chinese food Soi Lengkee American style Chinese food is not my favorite as I much prefer "authentic" regional Chinese food from Chinese regions. However, tasty food is tasty food. So on that note, I have had a better than expected experiences at Let's Wok on Soi Lengkee located in the American Bar and Grill restaurant. They have a buffet on Mondays and Thursdays starting at 3 pm for 350 baht. I've tried it twice already and it was a few notches better than it had to be to be acceptable. I guess the dishes and style of their American Chinese food are on the more retro side. You can be sure to find the familiar General Tso's chicken, orange chicken, and their most popular buffet dish the honey ribs. They do vary the buffet menu somewhat so you aren't likely to see the exact same offerings on repeat visits. They're very good about keeping all the dishes replenished. There isn't a lot of food in the trays which is good because less chance that it sits too long. Most buffets aren't as efficient. Nothing to write home to Poughkeepsie about but there it is. They also of course have their regular menu daily and the prices aren't bad. I suppose the quality level is more or less similar to Pimmy delivery only western Chinese food. Pimmy's is British Chinese though. Let's Wok says they're American Chinese and for the most part they are but they don't have egg foo young and their curry dishes taste British Chinese, not American Chinese though.

Israel is seen as a very advanced modern nation with some of the best educated people and most sophisticated technology including medical and military in the world. If genocide of Palestinian Arabs is the policy of the Israeli government then wowza they sure are crap at it!

The actual topic is very different.. See the OP. .... German and Israeli officials have condemned Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for comments he made about Jews and the Nazi Holocaust in a speech.

Yes it's an odd case study in something but I don't think there is an English word for it. Perhaps there is in Brazilian Portuguese.

A debating maven you're not. You still haven't answered if Brazil's decimation of the rain forest is Nazi.

Hmm. Well I deposited a US rona stim check at Bangkok Bank and it took several weeks to show up in my account.

You're funny.