"Semitic people or Semites is an obsolete term for an ethnic,...

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    "Semitic people or Semites is an obsolete term for an ethnic, cultural or racial group[2][3][4][5] associated with people of the Middle East, including Arabs, Jews, Akkadians, and Phoenicians. The terminology is now largely unused outside the grouping "Semitic languages" in linguistics.[6][7][8] First used in the 1770s by members of the Göttingen school of history, this biblical terminology for race was derived from Shem (Hebrew: שֵׁם), one of the three sons of Noah in the Book of Genesis,[9] together with the parallel terms Hamites and Japhetites." (Wiki - Semitic origin)

    therefore antisemitic doesn't merely apply to Jews but all people whose language roots are in common in the defined region.

    antisemitic applies equally to Muslims and Christians with historical roots in Palestine.

    "The word "Semitic" was coined by German orientalist August Ludwig von Schlözer in 1781 to designate the Semitic group of languages - Aramaic, Arabic, Hebrew and others - allegedly spoken by the descendants of Biblical figure Sem, son of Noah." (Wiki - antisemitic)

 
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