tired of people acting like the fact that medinat yisrael is only 77 years old means that its only history exists within and around those 77 years. “my grandma is older than isntreal lol” your grandma goes to church every sunday and recites psalms originally composed by david the king of *checks notes* poland i guess
Your grandma is older than most nation states in Asia and Africa. Wonder why this unremarkable fact becomes exceptional and damning in exactly one case hmmmm
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You know, I was thinking about something related to this argument the other day, and I feel like I’ve kind of hit the fuzzy nebulous edge of something without fully being able to articulate it, so here we go:
Why is it “the state of” Israel, anyway?
We don’t say “the state of Egypt” or “the state of Russia.” Even looking at newer countries, we don’t say “the state of Czechia” or “the state of South Sudan.” I hear “the state of Iran” once in awhile, but even that isn’t consistent. I hear “the country of Iran” far more often.
So…why is it “the state” instead of “the country”? And why is it only Israel and Palestine?
Except we do say the Czech Republic.
That’s the old name of the country, though, isn’t it? Like it would be correct to say “the country of the Democratic Republic of Congo” because that’s the official country name.
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