Thread:Comments:Republican hopeful Gingrich fuels controversy over Palestinian 'invented people' remarks/.../reply

"Race", As you would have it is an scientifically invalid concept and is in fact  a social construct based on ethnic identity and sociocultural perceptions of supposed morphological characteristics within a particular nation-state. It could just as easily be argued for the same reasons that "Israelis" are an invented people. Im sure many would argue that such remarks are equally racist and/or anti-semitic. No doubt you've heard terms such as "Jewish race" and "semitic-race" bandied about both by supporters and opponents when referring to Israelis. If Israelis can be considered a "race" as such, I cannot discern ant logical hurdles to prevent Palestinians from being categorized as the same.