1) Arabs

According to Merriam-Webster, an Arab is a member of the Semitic people of the Arabian

Peninsula and of an Arabic-speaking people. In contrast with this, language is not considered as a
standard characteristic of an Arab because several Jews who speaks Arabian but are not called
Arabs, however, the main specification for membership in the Arab League is language (Watt and
Cachia, n.d.).

New World Encyclopedia states the word Arab tends to have a wide variety of definitions and
uses over the years. Arab labelled the Bedouin or Bedu as nomadic people who lives in the desert
(Merriam-Webster). In 1946, the Arab League defined Arab as a person whose language is Arabic,
who lives in an Arabic speaking country, who is in sympathy with the aspirations of the Arabic
speaking peoples. The definition of the Arab League is somewhat related with Habib Hassan Touma
who described Arab who is a citizen of an Arab state, has command of the Arabic language, and
possesses a fundamental knowledge of Arabian tradition, that is, of the manners, customs, and
political and social systems of the culture.

Moreover, in Islamic tradition, the Quran has no specific definition of an Arab. In ethnic identity,
an Arab is someone who considers him/herself to be an Arab while in terms of race, there are variety
of Arab in the world, and for linguistics it is someone who has an Arabian language as her/his first
dialect. Lastly, with regard to genealogical perspective, it is an individual who has the ability to track
his/her ancestral background. (Arab, 2016)

2) Jew

According to Rich (2011), the term Jew came from the name Judah, which was the name of
one of Jacob's twelve sons. In Hebrew, it is referred as Yehudi which is considered as members of the
tribe of Judah. She also states that Jews were called Hebrews or Children of Israel but today, it is
described to all descendant of Jacob, physically and spiritually.

3) Israelites

In terms in history, the ancient Israelites belongs to a Hebraic group who lives in the ancient
Middle East wherein they are considered as the ancestors of the Jewish people. According to Tigro
(n.d.), they are the one who drafted and systemize the Hebrew Bible. Abraham, the father of Isaac
and his son, Jacob are the patriarchs of the Israelites (Hanukoglu, n.d.).

4) Israeli

According to Dictionary.com, Israeli refers to a native or inhabitant of the modern Israel.

5) Hebrew

In Genesis 10:21, it is also called Eberites, are "sons of Eber. The etymology of the term
Hebrew is that it comes from the verb ( abar), meaning to pass over or through (The name of
Hebrew as enthonymn, n.d.).

6) Semite

Semite is derived from the word, Shem who is the eldest of the three sons of Noah (Lewis,
n.d.). Toy states that in a linguistic manner, Semite consists of all language of the type of Arabic which
are the Babylonian-Assyrian, Aramaic, Phenician-Canaanitish, Arabic, Sabean, and Geez or Ethiopic.

7) Zionist

Zionist are the supporters of the Jewish national movement for the rebirth and renewal of a
Jewish national state in Palestine which is the ancient homeland of the Jews called Zionism (What is
Zionism?, n.d.). According to The Editors of Encyclopdia Britannica (2015), Zionism has many ways
of continuation of ancient relation with the Jews and its religion due to the historical region of
Palestine which has Zion, one of the hills of ancient Jerusalem since it came from eastern and central
Europe in 19th century.

8) Palestinians

According to Margolis (n.d.), Palestinian identity can be argued it only developed in response
to Zionism which makes it a tool against Israel and Palestinian Arab culture is, at most, a dialect of a
larger Arab culture.

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