Saturday, August 11, 2012

Palestinian salad

Houari sent me this:
"hello just to let you know that even an israeli recognise they are stealing another thing from palestinians

10.10.08 Stefan Gates In the divide between Palestinians and Israelis even simple humous has become political because both sides claim it as their own.
BBC Cooking in the Danger Zone: Israel and Palestinian Territories
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10.10.16 Stefan Gates But is humous originally Jewish or, or Arabic? 10.10.19 Gil Hovav Of course it’s Arabic. Humous is Arabic. Falafel, our national dish, our national Israeli dish, is completely Arabic and this
salad that we call an Israeli Salad, actually it’s an Arab salad, Palestinian salad. So, we sort of robbed them of everything."