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07-31-2002, 02:07 AM
This could be a work in progress.


Antisemite : n. A critic of actions of the Israeli government. (Rabid Antisemite : A supporter of Palestinian human rights.)


Racist : n. Anyone who uses the same moral criteria for actions by Israelis and Palestinians.


Terrorist : n. 1. A person engaged in terrorist acts. 2. Anyone who opposes the Israeli Army.


Zionist : n. 1. A supporter of the Zionist cause, which calls for the return to Jerusalem and the establishment of a Jewish state at the Holy Land. 2. According to Palestinians [see entry], anyone inside a bombed disco.


Jew : n. Anyone who supports everything done by Israel. (Self-hating Jew : A Jew that doesn't.)


Palestinian : n. A fictional character purportedly living in the Holy Land since the time of the Jews, but actually a figment of antisemite [see entry] imagination.


Ariel Sharon : 1. col. Used ironically to convey the opposite of what is said, e.g. "No peace without Sharon" (the meaning actually was "No peace with Sharon"). 2. verb. Used at the poker table to describe the action of some players when grabbing for some nuts : "He didn't just pick a nut, he sharon'd the jar, spilling all the nuts down, destroying all the chip piles and lousing up the cloth, only to get one nut".