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It is true. Israelis have been steal our foods and traditions. Which is not surprising since they stole the land first. They did not have one clture or tradition. They had clutures and traditions. These are of the countries they came from. Paelstininians knew that 60 years ago when the British occupiers allowed Jewish immigrants from Europe to steal Palestinian lands. They created their new culture and tradition by stealing the Palestinians culture after stealing their lands.

The Falafel, Hummus, Cuscus are all Arab foods and have nothing to do with Israel. Moreover, many of the so called Israeli traditional dresses are also stolen from the Palestinian traditional dresses.

Well, the etymology of the word 'hummus' is from the Arabic. Since chickpeas have been cultivated for near 10,000 years in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern areas, I can't see how one country today can 'copyright' hummus. Who gets to copyright bread? Absurd.

These people have been fighting each other from day one of year one. We all have to face it, they are never going to get along for any significant amount of time and the whole world should just give up on them. They're always going to have something to fight about, bland poy or dirt, its always going to be the same.

...who the f*ck would want to "steal" Palestinian culture? I mean, don't flatter yourself...Anybody?

Anyone who has a clue about anything knows that "Face It" is correct. Both these people thrives on conflict and they would not know what to do with themselves if peace were to somehow be established in their countries. Now going back to the article, how childish this person get? Suing the Israel government?

Who cares who invented Hummus. It's disgusting.

You have got to be kidding me. This is absolutely ridiculous. Maybe Belgium should sue France because much of the world calls frites "French fries" and the French claim fries as part of the French dish "steak-frites." Maybe China should sue Italy because pasta is now considered Italian even though Marco Polo brought it back from China.

Not to mention that Israeli hummus might have a slightly different recipe or taste different from Lebanese hummus. And two countries CAN claim the same dish as a national delicacy (e.g. Argentina and the U.S. are both steak countries and no one cares). The Lebanese food authorities need to get over this. Can we all just get along? At least when it comes to food.

I make my own hummus every week. Whom should I be paying royalties to? Or maybe I'll just call it 'Pablito's Special Sesame Dip' to get around the copyright.

See also: Pisco liquor, argued over for a long time by both Peru and Chile.

This makes me want to go make some hummus. Chickpeas are one of my favorite foods (great in salads) and sesame paste sounds yummy. Throw in olive oil, lemon juice, salt and garlic. Oh my. My mouth is watering. Is that garnished with chopped tomato, black olive slices and cilantro? Is it parsley? Whatever it is, it looks delish. So thanks Lebanon or Israel. I know what I'm making for dinner.

Yet again shows how absurd the middle east is. Get over yourselves despite what you believe everything does not revolve around you. Last year I read a paper on the genetic studies of both Arabs and Jews actually prove they are descendants of the same people. The Jews broke off about at the time of the collapse of cannanite empire with a different religion. The religion developed as it did so they could distinguish themselves from neighboring peoples when they were all essentially the same. More bad news for the Arabs, Islam actually descends from the Jews today on the religion front as they are apart of the Jewish-Christian-Islamic tradtion. It developed later than the first two and it's big elements come directly from the proceeding. Ex. - praying 5 times a day - actually an Orthodox Christian practice.

Seriously people, you all eat similar foods because you all ultimately came from and now live in the same region and are the same cultures with some changes made by time, religious development and a forced migration of the Jews by the Romans. Just so we are all clear especially the Arab revisionists - the Jews did not come from Europe. They migrated there after being forced out. The religions all come from the same family tree and are closely associated with one another. The British govt did not start the migration back to their traditional homeland, it had been going on for some years prior - they simply formalized it. And finally, despite both side's fondest dreams, no group is going to give up and walk away. If you keep fighting it will end in nuclear warfare - if you think the Jews will ever give up Israel without a scorched Earth policy you are even more foolish than most of the world already thinks you are.

I agree with McCain that we should make the entire Middle East a glass parking lot.

I invented the corn-dog and I ain't got nothin.

Yeah, jerkoff, the only thing is that John McCain has never said such a thing...you are why America sucks...

Who do you think Senator Barack Hussein Obama would side? Israel or Lebanon?

That is exactly what Pro Israel side what this conflict to be portrayed. They wanted this conflict to be portrayed as either religious based or just anti Semitism. This conflict has nothing to do with religion or race. It has to do with justice. It is the west, out feeling of guilt (deservedly), decided to make up for the Nazi atrocities by making the Palestinians pay the price. The west gave a land that does not belong to them to European jews who don't deserve it. This entity that was artificially created has not future. Eventually will weather and disappear. The crusades stayed in Palestine for more than two hundred years. They had to leave eventually. The Israeli have been there for less than sixty years.

I agree fighting about who has created hummus is silly. But the underlining issue of occupation, stealing land and culture is very important. Unless there is justice, there will be no peace.

As to Mr. faceit, this Palestinian culture is as old as human civilization. That region is where the earth's civilization started.

I am an Arab that was born in Israel and I remember when I was young in the seventies lots of Jewish used to come into the Arabic part town on Saturdays to eat Hummos and they would talk for two days how good it was. They didn't know how to make it. In the mid eighties Tnuva started making it and sell it in the refrigirated part of the stores.
This part of the history of Hummos in Israel should be enought ro show that Hummos is a 100% Arabic dish.
FYI Israel even claiming that the Falafel is an Israeli dish which is funny claim because it's already 2008 and they still can not do it right.

KHZ, repeating the same tired lies doesn't make them truth. Jennifer's post has a lot of wisdom. Why not read it and learn?

Jennifer,

You should read some more genetic studies, the Jews are closer to Kurds and Turks than they are to Palestinians, the "common ancestor" came after the Jews immigrated to Canaan. They are probably descended from the nomadic Hapiru, who originated somewhere in the Northern Crescent.

why can't we all just get along. better to fight over humus than over land. humus is cheap and if anyone can package and sell pasta why can't anyone do the same with chickpeas. wow. things must be good if humus is the new fight now.aih aih aih aih aih