# New discussion thread for Israel/Gaza/West Bank (Hijacks tolerated)

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** israel-hamas-war, hijacks-tolerated\
**Created:** [July 12, 2026, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-discussion-thread-for-israel-gaza-west-bank-hijacks-tolerated/1031615 "2026-07-12T00:17:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-discussion-thread-for-israel-gaza-west-bank-hijacks-tolerated/1031615/705 "2026-10-13T15:58:31Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> It means they came from somewhere else. So yes, they were a colony of someone (someones).

“Colony” and " Came from somewhere else" are not synonymous. And Ashkenazi Jews came to Europe from the Middle East; the only people who deny this are Khazar Hypothesis antisemites.

> [@MrDibble](#):
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> > [@Babale](#):
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> > The Boer Republics weren’t really colonies,
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> Yes, they were.

Of who?

> [@MrDibble](#):
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> > [@Babale](#):
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> > any more than the United States is a colony
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> Yes, it is.

Of who?

> [@MrDibble](#):
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> > [@Babale](#):
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> > Once the Boer Republics, or the United States, became independent, they were no longer colonies of anyone else
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> Semantics.

The definition of a term is indeed semantics, as in, pertaining to the philosophical study of meaning in language.

> [@MrDibble](#):
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> It was a colony of an organized group of mostly Europeans. That they were not a state doesn’t signify, any more than East India Company colonies or the Congo Free State weren’t colonies just because they weren’t state-run.

The East India Company had a government charter and monopoly on all trade east of the Cape of Good Hope; the Congo Free State was owned by the King of Belgium. They were both clearly and obviously appadenges of their colonial government.

> [@MrDibble](#):
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> Boers spoke a Germanic language (the same language family as a certain Jewish ethnicity speaks), wore clothes that originated in Europe, still retained cultural ties to European countries. They were as European as the Ashkenazim.

What do any of these things have to do with indigenousness? Do you think indigenousness is about _vibes_? _Aesthetic_?

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