ELL: Re: Additional suggestion to UNESCO/Discovery

[Lucas Husgen]

Additional suggestion to UNESCO/DiscoveryAkira Y. Yakimoto wrote:

>A suggestion: Include Israeli Hebrew.  Yes, there are six plus million native speakers, but with the massive effort on the part of the Muslim world, the European Union, and Leftist Intellectuals everywhere to delegitimize Israel and drive this flegeling nation out of its native Middle East, Hebrew as a living language truly is endangered.  Hebrew, of course, is native only to this one tiny strip of land, and happens to be the only language endangered by such universal prejudice and intense genocidal hatred.

I don't believe Mr. Yakimoto does understand the European Union, nor Leftist Intellectuals like for instance myself. There's a widespread feeling in Europe that the troubles in the Middle East should come to an end through a true peace, which of course would mean that Israel would abide with Resolution 242, and that the Arab world would officially recognize Israel as a legitimate state. It's as simple as that. So it's utter nonsense saying there's some 'universal prejudice and intense genocidal hatred' against the state of Israel, endangering Hebrew. 


Lucas Husgen
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