You do recall that they were emerging from 400 years of slavery in an Arab country, Egypt, and that they had lived in their own land much much longer and were returning to it. Before that they were all semitics. All of them. And btw quite a few Egyptians joined the group claiming their freedom away from Egypt. History can be such a bummer when you don't know it or don't want to know it.
No doubt. It goes back to the Israelites entering the land of the ancient descendants of the modern Arabs. And we Irish thought we held grudges!
Can only wish them the best and to stay prepared for the worst (including themselves).
You do recall that they were emerging from 400 years of slavery in an Arab country, Egypt, and that they had lived in their own land much much longer and were returning to it. Before that they were all semitics. All of them. And btw quite a few Egyptians joined the group claiming their freedom away from Egypt. History can be such a bummer when you don't know it or don't want to know it.