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Are you saying Israelites that relocated to Israel today are ethnogenetically closer to the region than the Arabs that lived there? I would suspect most of the

Are you saying Israelites that relocated to Israel today are ethnogenetically closer to the region than the Arabs that lived there? I would suspect most of the Israelites that moved there are actually western/european descent, whereas I would not be surprised if a lot of the Arabs there had actual ancient Jewish genes. All that aside, are we really discussing who can claim ownership to a land based on ancient history, rather than human impact of change of ownership?

rafi25 5y ago
Actually, most Israelies came from Arab countries. The rest are from Asia (Russia) and east Europe. Less than 5% are from Western countries.
- candiodari 5y ago
  And most Palestinians are recent (2-3 generations at most) immigrants into Palestine. They also mostly come from Arab countries. Ethnically there is no real difference, to the point that a disguised Jew or Muslim, provided they know the other language well, can blend in without any problem, even for longer periods. Which is a big problem for catching terrorists. And it's even the case that when it comes to habits, even religious habits, there's a lot shared between Jews and Muslims that does not actually date back to ancient Judaism or come from Islam, but are for example not-that-old Iraki or Yemeni customs.