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Thread #117294   Message #2527455
Posted By: CarolC
30-Dec-08 - 11:21 AM
Thread Name: BS: Waiting for protests... (Gaza)
Subject: RE: BS: Waiting for protests... (Gaza)
It's not accurate to talk about the migration of Jews and Arabs into the area that is now Israel and Palestine. The indigenous Palestinians were Semites whose ancestry was mixed with that of people who were traveling through the area from other parts of the world, and over time they became what we now know of as Jews, Christians, and Muslims. They all became "Arabs" when the Arab language spread to the area that is now known as Israel and Palestine. It is inaccurate to separate the indigenous Jews from the indigenous Christians and Muslims into "Arabs" and "Jews". They all became Arabs when the Arab language spread to that area, and they all came from the same genetic background.

The Jews who were not "Arabs" were the ones who migrated to the Middle East from Spain during recent centuries, and those who migrated to the Middle East from Europe during the 19th century.