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To add to this, carry-ons dramatically slow the boarding process, which adds to the overall cost of the flight. Charging for carry-ons makes it easier for flights to be consistently on-time, which is why airlines prefer to have fewer of them
Turning an airplane around is not a quick process, and anything that can be done to speed that it up saves the airline time and money.
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Against my better judgement, I’ll take a crack at this.
American racism, as displayed in the Family Guy meme, is based on skin color. In Israel/Palestine, racism is not based on skin color. Jews aren’t all light skinned, and Arabs aren’t all dark skinned.
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For those who don’t know, The Cradle is banned by Wikipedia as an unreliable source.
*The Cradle* is an online magazine focusing on West Asia/Middle East-related topics. It was deprecated in the 2024 RfC due to a history of publishing [conspiracy theories](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theories "Conspiracy theories") and wide referencing of other deprecated sources while doing so. Editors consider *The Cradle* to have a poor reputation for fact-checking.
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Would you accept a reputable long form publication?
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Best I can tell, other native Arabic speakers do not agree with what you say.
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Yes it does. Hamas isn’t some benevolent force of freedom fighters. The language and ideology of ISIS and Hamas are one and the same.
Sabaya سبايا has a specific meaning in the context and culture in which is was used. That meaning was used to degrade and frighten the captives. It’s by no means a stretch of the imagination to believe this
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Connotation also matters. Sabaya (or saby for short) was a specific term that ISIS used to refer to their female sex slaves.
https://lemmy.world/comment/10288666
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This article from November of last year would dispute your claim.
>A group of young girls; **صبايا**
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>With the letter; Sad / ص
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>e.g. “girls / 9abaya” went out for a walk.
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>This word is not a conversation here, just for clarification.
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>A group of women/girls of war’s loot — (sex slaves); **سبايا**
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>With the letter; S/س
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>Sabaya سبايا which are literally the war’s loot of girls/women, and according to Islam is Halal.
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>The word “Sabaya” unequivocally means “women captives at war for sex”.
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The Atlantic – Bias and Credibility
Bias Rating: Left-Center
Factual Reporting: High
Country: USA
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: Mostly Free
Media Type: Magazine
Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: High Credibility