As a matter of religion, many Jews believe that Hebrew was the first spoken language, so I can't fault the professor for claiming that Arabic was, instead. However, even we Jews admit that we were late-comers to the area. Avraham came from Iraq or Syria and the Jews as a people were invaders, according to our own history. The professor is old enough to know better, so he's either been brainwashed into believing that there is some prototypical "Palestinian" people that Arabs are descended from, or he's lying straight out. Either way, it doesn't bode well for Israeli-Arab relations.
As a matter of religion, many Jews believe that Hebrew was the first spoken language, so I can't fault the professor for claiming that Arabic was, instead. However, even we Jews admit that we were late-comers to the area. Avraham came from Iraq or Syria and the Jews as a people were invaders, according to our own history. The professor is old enough to know better, so he's either been brainwashed into believing that there is some prototypical "Palestinian" people that Arabs are descended from, or he's lying straight out. Either way, it doesn't bode well for Israeli-Arab relations.
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