Genetically, they're not the same. They're Eastern Europeans, descendants of the Khazarian Empire, a rather ruthless trading empire that dominated Eastern Europe in the 800s-900s. They recognized the monotheistic religions as a political advantage with the Christians in the West and Muslims ascendant in the south, so they converted to Judaism so they could trade with both sides. These people did not derive from Canaan, Judah, or the biblical 12 tribes. They converted. It is these people who Hitler took issue with, these people who fled Russia to New York City, and these people who basically settler-colonized Israel in the early 20th century after the British took over from the Ottomans post-WWI. Every Israeli PM is genetically Eastern European. None of them are genetically from the stock of Jews that lived in actual Palestine since the time of Christ.
The Muslim "Palestinians" have effectively indistinguishable genetic profiles to those original Jews who've been on the land 2000 years. They've extensively intermixed and come from that same strong Bronze Age root. It's sort of an interesting twist on the whole issue about who has claim to what.
The whole diaspora makes things really complicated. There's a ton of adaptation and deception. What do you do if some invading empire conquers your homeland? You keep your traditions as much as you can, appease your overlords, and pass on your identity to the kids. So, we get this concept of crypto-Jews as well as pockets of people who are extensively inbred since they kept within their enclaves. We see that with the Hasidic Jewish communities in NYC for example. They mostly keep to themselves. The Ashkenazim Jews are famous for being some of the most genetically inbred people on the planet and thus have a lot of high-risk genetic mutations like BRCA1, breast cancer gene, mutations, etc.
I don't fault people for their heritage, only their actions and behaviors, but genes aren't irrelevant to this discussion.
Genetically, they're not the same. They're Eastern Europeans, descendants of the Khazarian Empire, a rather ruthless trading empire that dominated Eastern Europe in the 800s-900s. They recognized the monotheistic religions as a political advantage with the Christians in the West and Muslims ascendant in the south, so they converted to Judaism so they could trade with both sides. These people did not derive from Canaan, Judah, or the biblical 12 tribes. They converted. It is these people who Hitler took issue with, these people who fled Russia to New York City, and these people who basically settler-colonized Israel in the early 20th century after the British took over from the Ottomans post-WWI. Every Israeli PM is genetically Eastern European. None of them are genetically from the stock of Jews that lived in actual Palestine since the time of Christ.
The Muslim "Palestinians" have effectively indistinguishable genetic profiles to those original Jews who've been on the land 2000 years. They've extensively intermixed and come from that same strong Bronze Age root. It's sort of an interesting twist on the whole issue about who has claim to what.
The whole diaspora makes things really complicated. There's a ton of adaptation and deception. What do you do if some invading empire conquers your homeland? You keep your traditions as much as you can, appease your overlords, and pass on your identity to the kids. So, we get this concept of crypto-Jews as well as pockets of people who are extensively inbred since they kept within their enclaves. We see that with the Hasidic Jewish communities in NYC for example. They mostly keep to themselves. The Ashkenazim Jews are famous for being some of the most genetically inbred people on the planet and thus have a lot of high-risk genetic mutations like BRCA1, breast cancer gene, mutations, etc.
I don't fault people for their heritage, only their actions and behaviors, but genes aren't irrelevant to this discussion.
So, are you saying that Palestinians are actually the true descendants of the Jews? Boy, wouldn't that be a wake-up call for them.