It turns out that most of Jews in the Diaspora (in the US, Europe, Australia) have happily embraced the ideas of the «progressive» Tel Aviv University professor «historian» Shlomo Zand, who declared in his popular book, «When and How the Jewish People Was Invented,» that we Jews are not a single nation at all and, accordingly, have no right to our own independent Jewish state. That Zionism is a deception of the Jews and a crime against humanity. That we, Ashkenazim, are purebred Aryans of European descent. That we committed a crime by taking the place of the «native» population, the Palestinians. The author of this fundamentally false idea (if he really is the author, not just a paid copyrighter) has fundamentally ignored all the data of scientific genetics known to him. This historian declared that «genetics is not a science» ………….. Now, let’s turn to another progressive scholar, Hebrew University professor Yuval Noah Harari. According to Harari, the idea that unites people into groups, for example, religion, nationalism, Marxism, the Jesuit order, etc., does not necessarily have to be logical or «correct» (for example, Christian believers believe in the «trinity» or the «resurrection of Christ»). What is more important is that all members of this group believe in this common idea………… This was also true for Jews and their unifying TANAKH and Talmud. From Yemen to Britain, Jews did more than simply read these books. The commentaries and explanations of sages like Rambam and Rashi were discussed throughout the Jewish world. …………..From this point of view, the Jews became a unified nation when priests, Levites, and prophets wrote down the Torah of Moses and the Book of Devarim on papyrus. Scholars (including «progressive» scholars) believe this event occurred in the 8th century BCE, and since then, additions and revisions to the Bible’s text have continued. Yes, the Bible created the Jewish people and continued this function until modern times. In modern times, this function has been taken over by the nationalist ideology of Zionism. However, the Jewish religion itself, originally and to this day, remains nationalistic in spirit, unlike the two «universal» religions derived from it, Christianity and Islam………… The idea of nationalism is based on the notion of a common origin and shared history of nations. Genetic and historical research has shown that in many cases, the generally accepted views of each people about their origins are inaccurate or largely erroneous. This doesn’t negate nationalism as an ideology (remember Harari: an idea doesn’t have to be 100% correct)…………. Surprisingly, genetic studies of Jews have actually confirmed our common origins. The point of origin of ALL Jewish groups on the planet turned out to be the Land of Israel. To confirm this, we must carefully analyze the table of the Autosomal Composition of Jews and groups genetically close to Jews: Samaritans, Palestinians, and Lebanese.
Chat GPT:
«Autosomal composition is a characteristic of the genetic origin of an individual or population based on the analysis of autosomal DNA, that is, all chromosomes 1–22.
What exactly does it show?
Autosomal composition reflects:
Admixture of ancestors over the past ~5–15 generations (approximately 150–500 years, sometimes deeper);
The proportion of genetic similarity with different reference populations.
a general historical and geographical picture of origin, and not a single lineage.
Autosomal characteristics
Population Levant Anatolia Iran-Caucasus Europe North Africa Arabia
Ashkenazim (Europe) 35–45 15–20 10–15 20–30 ~0 ~0
Jews North Africans 40–50 15–20 10–15 5–15 10–20 0–5
Iraqi Jews 45–55 10–15 20–25 ~0 ~0 5–10
Samaritans 60–70 10–15 10–15 ~0 ~0 5–10
Palestinians 55–65 10–15 10–15 ~0 ~0 10–20
Lebanese 60–70 10–15 10–15 ~0 ~0 0–5
The three vertical columns—Levant, Anatolia, and Iran-Caucasus—reflect the percentages of genes originating from Canaan (Levant), Anatolia (Turkey), the Caucasus, and Iran. Carriers of these three genes appeared in the Land of Israel at least 3,500 years ago. About 2,000 years ago, Jews carrying these same genes dispersed (voluntarily and involuntarily). The Samaritans remained in place for the entire 3,500 years, without mixing with later arrivals, and therefore retained their ancient genes (the «autochthonous population»). Therefore, geneticists consider them a «standard» against which other groups of the indigenous population of Israel can be compared. The table shows that about 25% of Ashkenazim have European genes. You don’t have to be a scientist to notice this. It is enough to look at the Ashkenazim in Israel, America, Australia, and elsewhere………….. Among the Jews of North Africa, 15% have North African genes and 10% European (maybe Spanish) genes. In total, both Ashkenazim and «Moroccans» have 25% of their genes derived from the Diaspora, and 75% are original from Eretz Israel. The Jews of Iraq have an «excess» of Iranian-Caucasian genes compared to all other groups. The Ashkenazim and «Moroccans» have an excess of Anatolian genes (5%). Let’s not judge why this «excess» appeared. I can only refer to the «genetic drift» of isolated population groups. Zand once remarked: «When I look at myself in the mirror, I see a Turk.» If I looked in the mirror more often, I’d see a liar… Palestinians show a slight Arabian bias (10%), which is entirely expected, given the repeated influx of Bedouins and Arabian tribes over the past millennium. In fact, the government-organized resettlement of Muslims and Christians to Palestine (while banning Jewish settlement) significantly altered the Palestinian population. These changes had little effect on the genetic makeup, as most of the immigrants came from Syria and Lebanon, making them genetically indistinguishable from the indigenous population.
Here’s another table for comparison:
Table of Autosomal Components (%)
Population Ancient Levant (BA/IA) Anatolia / Caucasus Europe Arabian North Africa Africa (SSA)
Cypriot 55–65 20–30 10–15 0–3 ~0 ~0
Christian Lebanese 70–80 10–15 5–10 0–3 ~0 ~0
Muslim Lebanese 55–65 5–10 5–10 15–25 5–10 0–3
Jewish (average) 55–70 5–15 10–30* 0–5 0–10 ~0
Palestinian 60–70 5–10 0–5 15–25 5–10 0–3
