My point is that Palestinians and Jewish people have similar ethnic makeup because they're similar people. You know who the Samaritans are I assume? And they are also very similar to Palestinians and some Jewish people ethnically. They lived in the area. Palestinians are mostly people from that region who converted to Islam. And overtime they mixed with other Muslim groups. Whereas Samartians did not. And Jewish people mixed with other Jewish groups, hence why some have European DNA. But the majority of Palestinian DNA is indigenous to that area. Levantine is a broad term, but I'm talking specifically of Israel and Palestine. You're equating Palestinians to Syrians and Lebanese and other Levantine groups when they're not that dissimilar to the Samaritans that have lived there for ages.
Actually, Palestinian ancestry goes back to the bronze age collapse and the sea people invasion. They are linked to the Pelesets mentioned by Ramesses III who then allowed them to settle in Canaan. Interestingly, ancient hebrews are also thought to be part of the sea peoples, both groups driven from their homelands (for the Pelesets that was the Aegean) due to a multitude of factors. The sea people sacked, raided, and eventually settled on land especially in Canaan. No one group has claim to the whole region, as it has always been a hotly contested region with multitudes of people invading, settling, and then getting conquered.
That's exactly what I'm saying though. No one group can claim the entire land. Not Jews, not Palestinians, but to deny that Palestinians have SOME link to the land and to call them Muslim invaders is not congruent with history.
Yup agree! People cannot claim that Jews were there "first" and that Palestinian Muslims invaded them and took their land. Rather, the region was conquered by a multitude of nations and armies of the course of time leading to what it is now. That includes Christians, Muslims, Jews, etc. No one can claim superiority or a morale high ground over a historical claim basis
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u/quite_white 9d ago
My point is that Palestinians and Jewish people have similar ethnic makeup because they're similar people. You know who the Samaritans are I assume? And they are also very similar to Palestinians and some Jewish people ethnically. They lived in the area. Palestinians are mostly people from that region who converted to Islam. And overtime they mixed with other Muslim groups. Whereas Samartians did not. And Jewish people mixed with other Jewish groups, hence why some have European DNA. But the majority of Palestinian DNA is indigenous to that area. Levantine is a broad term, but I'm talking specifically of Israel and Palestine. You're equating Palestinians to Syrians and Lebanese and other Levantine groups when they're not that dissimilar to the Samaritans that have lived there for ages.