Dear citizens of Israel,
The Jewish people have several thousand years of wonderful history and culture. You have bagels, which are delicious. Challah bread is also very good. In fact, you have many traditions and foods that are unique to your culture (as all cultures do). You should be proud of them.
My question to you is - why are you so set on owning hummus? It is not yours. You may enjoy eating it, but that does't make it Israeli. Hummus is Lebanese. It always has, and always will be.
I enjoy eating pizza. I eat a lot of pizza. However, by no stretch of the imagination could one say that pizza is Egyptian. I also enjoy feta cheese, which is Greek. And chicken tika, which is Indian.
How would you feel if Egyptians started marketing Challah bread as Egyptian food? Would you feel like your culture was being robbed?
That's exactly how Lebanese people feel when you say hummus is Israeli.
Would you please just leave the hummus alone? It's okay, you can still eat it by the spoonful if it's Lebanese. I'm sure they would love nothing more than to sell you crates of the stuff.
I promise I won't tell anyone.
Thank you for your understanding. I look forward to our continued mutual enjoyment of hummus, bagels, and challah.
-Your friendly neighbor Mo
PS also, falafel are not Israeli either. Leave our fucking falafel alone! (I take this personally because falafel are Egyptian)
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