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Are Palestinians descended from Hebrews?

Thunder said:
indeed, Jews and Palestinians have more genetic similiarities than Jews & Arabs in general.
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depends, Palestinian Bedouins according to the study I linked to were the most distant from Jews, the "urbanized" Palestinians were closer to Jews from north africa but not as close as Kurds are
 
ido_ said:
How is saying that they are Arabs means that they are foreign to the territory ??? Why wouldn't I call them Arabs if they identify themselves as such ? Jews never identified themselves as Arabs not even what you like to call "Arab Jews"
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Except "Arab" refers to much a larger community that mostly has no connection to the Palestinians aside from a shared language. It is not the same group as most Arabs would have no meaningful connection to the territory. We are talking about the specific connection between the residents of the Palestinian territories and Israel to earlier inhabitants of the area. This is about that smaller group of people.
 
Demon of Light said:
Except "Arab" refers to much a larger community that mostly has no connection to the Palestinians aside from a shared language. .
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Please tell the truth instead of telling such complete untruths as you are doing.

THey are quite thoroughly Arab by every possible barometer. Heck, they didn't even begin calling themselves "Palestinian" until very recent times.
 
Gardener said:
Please tell the truth instead of telling such complete untruths as you are doing.

THey are quite thoroughly Arab by every possible barometer. Heck, they didn't even begin calling themselves "Palestinian" until very recent times.
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Anything you attribute as evidence of them being "thoroughly Arab" is mainly just the product of previously living under Arab rule or may even just be traits common to the general region well before the Muslim conquests. There is likely some genetic crossover, but that is not the same.
 
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