as an extension of white Europe in Africa. They did not assimilate. South Asians in Africa did. To further prove this is a social construct, I know many white (blonde, pale, etc) North Africans who would select black or African (before the MENA category) because it best reflected their identity.

They wanted to be different and separate because the French made Arabness grotesque. It was not a genuine attempt to decolonize their identity and reclaim their roots but rather the product of divide and conquer by Europeans that made them gravitate towards Phoenician identity.

Apparently this information was produced due to incorrect statistics provided in the professor’s data. Regardless, Haaretz has confirmed that the 40,000 figure is still far below the actual number. 100K+ is still the true figure. See the article below from yesterday.

I do not blame Syrians or Sharaa for this. After a genocide and facing crippling sanctions, Sharaa’s only global allies said if you want to stabilize your nation, have affordable food, and a semblance of normalcy, these are the conditions you have to accept. I blame US & Saudi for forcing this only.

And hence wants Syria to do it, not Saudi, as a middle ground that Israel will accept (since Israel wants Saudi normalization the most). Normalization agreements and internationally recognized sovereignty over area C are the prizes Israel wants b4 stopping its terrorism over Gazans.

We will fight and protest to such a degree that our civil disobedience dwarfs all other prior activism in our nation's history, and most importantly we will not give up.

A weakened Persian state even under hostile leadership would not remotely challenge any regional actor after a Balkanization project removed Baluchistan and Turkic-majority areas from its midst.