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Israel/Palestine

marble falls

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1. Al-Sabra, an ironically named neighborhood ...

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Sep 28, 2025, 08:23 AM

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In Modern Hebrew, the terms tzabar and its plural tzabarim refer to Jews born in the Land of Israel or the State of Israel. The word is derived from the Hebrew name for the prickly pear cactus, commonly transliterated into English as sabra. The usage of the term became widespread during the 1930s, when it was employed to denote a Jew whose birthplace was within the Land of Israel—corresponding to Ottoman Syria until 1918 and Mandatory Palestine until 1948. Wikipedia

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🚨BREAKING: 2 year old Ahmed Mahmoud Daghmash was killed when the Israeli army bombed his family's home in Al-Sabra neig [View all] riversedge Sunday OP

Al-Sabra, an ironically named neighborhood ... marble falls Sunday #1

How many see articles like this and just flip on through having become inured to such atrocities? hlthe2b Sunday #2

Well said Orrex Sunday #3

Exactly. Israel has forever brought shame to themselves. LymphocyteLover Sunday #4