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The lighter side of Arab-Israeli life – 30 Nov 07

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It may be no laughing matter, but for many people living with the Arab-Israeli conflict, humour is helping to ease the tensions. Arab labour is an award winning comedy series poking fun at the stigmas and stereotypes of everyday reality. Al Jazeera’s David Chater spoke to the show’s writer regarding his personal take on the ongoing conflict.

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25 Responses to “The lighter side of Arab-Israeli life – 30 Nov 07”
  1. Rhonda9080 says:

    The DNA thing is true. Jews (even most Akanazis, match Palis, South Lebanese, Kurds and Armenians most closely. Arabs, then Arabs. Most arabs and Jews’ are Haplo groups J-1, J-2, and E1b1, which is Egyptian (including Samaritan High Priest). So these people definitely spent some time in Egypt as well.

  2. hermanamindy says:

    the Palestinians are decendants of Esau the twin brother of Jacob who the Jews descended from. God gave mount Edom to the Palestinians and Israel to the Jews. DNA testing has proven the close similarity between the Jewish DNA and the Palestinian DNA therefore proving that they are both descended from the same person, Isaac who is the father of Jacob and Esau. Israel was inhabited by the Romans, who eventually most of the Jews out in 70ad leading the way for foreign occupation of the Palestinians

  3. Yuval012 says:

    will you people stop ruin everything about Israel with politic comments?

    can’t you just say something about the show?

    if you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything

  4. Yuval012 says:

    US started to give money to Israel AFTER the six-days war, 1967. and it’s 3 billion per year, we get on our own 230 billion.

    We won in 1948 and 1967 in very big wars, alone, against 6 armies, with no help.

  5. TheYellowDude3 says:

    wtf are you talking at year 700 we killed all jews in only 10 years and killed jews over 1000 yxears only at year 1946 america stopped it and gived israel a new country and gives them every year 10 billion for millitary you should read more without america the jews would be death

  6. TheYellowDude3 says:

    wtf are you talking at year 700 we killed all jews in only 10 years and killed jews over 1000 yxears only at year 1946 america stopped it and gived israel a new country and gives them every year 10 billion for millitary you should read more without america the jews would be death

  7. TheYellowDude3 says:

    wtf are you talking at year 700 we killed all jews in only 10 years and killed jews over 1000 yxears only at year 1946 america stopped it and gived israel a new country and gives them every year 10 billion for millitary you should read more without america the jews would be death

  8. TheYellowDude3 says:

    wtf are you talking at year 700 we killed all jews in only 10 years and killed jews over 1000 yxears only at year 1946 america stopped it and gived israel a new country and gives them every year 10 billion for millitary you should read more without america the jews would be death

  9. TurbanzRus3 says:

    no you wanted to leave , dont bs …

    for 1200 years then is just so happens that affter ww2 all the arabs are kicking you out at the same time

    yea suree

  10. Schreibblockade says:

    700,000 Jewish Arabs forced to flee their homes. The egyptian community had 80,000 Egyptian jews who lived in the region for well over 1200 years…that’s over 1000 years more than the palestinians (decendants of turkish and mamluk rulers)

  11. Schreibblockade says:

    “every palestinian knows being an israeli arab is no laughing matter” who the fuck is this narrator? al jizeera is so unbelievably anti-israel… they turn a remarkably pro israel story about how some arab entertainers are adorned in israeli life into one of “struggle against the zionist entity,” This narrator never watched the show… it makes fun of the arabs as well and their remarkably high level of anti-semetism and intolerance as well

  12. PALESTINE99 says:

    Can you people shut up peace shalom salam !

  13. andigisi says:

    this is just a comedy and people make it politics .

  14. mjouda says:

    hahah i love this show i used to watch it back home
    isreal 2 :P
    zaman walah

  15. ArabsUnit says:

    this looks so funny,, jewish people are so fuuny, adem sandler, everybody loves reymond. seinfeild krusty the clown…

  16. TheTnseem says:

    Arab for the win

  17. MsCuriousCat says:

    tomislavvajs – well did the Jew take Palestine? I remember as a kid looking at the map there was a Palestine there and now I dont see one there anymore. After seeing all the killing of innocent people in Gaza that the WORLD seen on CNN and HLN you guys not looking good in people eye’s and most people that I talk to are in favor with the Palestine. I seen dead BABIES, CHILDREN, MOTHERS THAT WAS ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH AND ELDERLY people die there. Jews not GODs chosen not killing like this. PEACE!

  18. tomislavvajs says:

    davidcohencan NOT some but almost all Jews from Arab countries with some exceptions in Marocco lost their property. The World Organization of Jews from Arab Countries, (WOJAC) have all documents lists from each family about the stolen property. You can get list for each country and city if you want. This was one of the bigest robbery in XX century. You can get each of 312 000 property names and location including the location of 100 000 square kilometers of land stolen.

  19. davidcohencan says:

    yes some jews have lost their property in the arab world, but the number that you quoted is highly inflated. they haven’t taken into considiration the fact that not all jews living in homes actually owned the homes.
    Eventhough I sympathise with my brothers, I can’t agree with them unless they come up with a scientific and accurate number so we can seek justice. And wikipedia is NOT a credible source

  20. tomislavvajs says:

    300 bilion is the sieze of Jewish property worth today. 37 000 square miles of land 312 000 homes buisnises etc . From almost 20 countries 1000 000 Jews were expeled.Today they are the majority of Israeli Jewish population.

  21. tomislavvajs says:

    antiiraqwar I know what is 300 bilion and I send you objective sources as proves!! Even today in Israel we have higher standard of living than in any neighboring arab countries for 5-10 times.
    Read the artickle in wikipedia. They are many Jews from Arab world who hade wery huge property stolen!!

  22. antiiraqwar says:

    im just pointing to the untrues in your story!
    you dont even know what 300 billion usd is!!!!
    the whole marshall plan after WW2 was just a couple of billion and you say the rag-wearing jews of morocco and tunisia and iraq had 300 billion??????????????????????? for 300 billion they could have bought morocco in the 50s. come on!! leave 300 billion behind and go live in beersheba in an army tent! you must be kidding!

  23. tomislavvajs says:

    To whom should people believe to your lies or to wikipedia?

  24. tomislavvajs says:

    The Jews were iliterate? Do you think that we are idiots? 95% of literacy was among Jews while it was less than 20% in rest of arab world. YOU ROBBED 300 BILION USD OF PROPERTY AND LAND FOR TIME THE SIEZE OF ISRAEL
    !!!!WIKIPEDIA!!!!!! Some of the Jews were the most wealthiesdt people in Arab world(Syrian Jews) I know Jews who earned half of Baghdad!!!all the arabs in Israel and their land was not 5% of the sieze of this property
    You Want pictures of Synagogues?
    Do not fabricate facts!!

  25. antiiraqwar says:

    i already told you! arab jews were illiterate poor people who worked mostly in handcrafts businesses in mellahs in arab lands! their synagogues didnt even have chairs! morocco even had to pay for their airflight to france and then to israel!search for the pictures.
    the only stealing her was done by jews in israel. they stole palestinian land and that happens every day!!
    i have to pay you? you mean shekels? i have a different way of paying you if you are willing to accept that?

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