they are also spoken of as arab christians. this too the "assyrian international news agency" interpreted as "arabist policy" and mentioned in particular the dedication by the "american-arab anti-discrimination committee" of a webpage to the maronite kahlil gibran, who is "viewed in arabic literature as an innovator, not dissimilar to someone like w. b. yeats in the west". the vast majority of the christians living in israel self-identify as arabs, but the aramean community have wished to be recognized as a separate minority, neither arab nor palestinian but aramean, while many others wish to be called palestinian citizens of israel rather than arabs. the wish of the aramean community in israel was granted in september 2014, opening for some 200 families the possibility, if they can speak aramaic, to register as arameans. other christians in israel criticized this move, seeing it as intended to divide the christians and also to limit to muslims the definition of "arab".