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I saw a genetic study of Palestinians and Israelis and supposedly they are so close that they were difficult to distinguish. The paper was retracted because of politics - science was supposedly solid. Hate comes from religion there

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/nov/25/medicalscience.genetics

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11543891/

RWSGFY says

Again, if they are already Muslims why doesn't it make them friends with the neighboring Muslim countries?

@RWSGFY - same reason that Israel doesn't want Ethiopian Jews.

From all I've read, the Ethiopian Jews have no genetic relation to other Jews within historical time. They seem to be descendants of converts.

But Israel did take most of them, about 155,000.

Bd6r says

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/nov/25/medicalscience.genetics

That article has this misleading line:

In doing so, the team's research challenges claims that Jews are a special, chosen people and that Judaism can only be inherited.

It was never the case that Judaism can only be inherited. There were converts right from the beginning, according the Old Testament, all throughout history, and there are still converts today, in both directions.

But mainstream Rabbinical Judaism holds that if your mother was a Jew, then you are automatically a Jew simply by that fact, making it semi-genetic. Ironically, the females lines (mitochondrial DNA) of Ashkenazi Jews seem to be mostly European, not Middle Eastern. This fits with the generally accepted idea that most European Jews are the descendants of a pretty small number of male Jewish merchants who moved north from Italy into the Rhein Valley and converted and married local women there maybe about 700 AD.

There is a Jewish minority called Karaites, mostly in Egypt these days, which holds the opposite: that if your father was a Jew, then you are automatically a Jew, because that's how it is in the Old Testament.

RWSGFY says

Again, if they are already Muslims why doesn't it make them friends with the neighboring Muslim countries? If being of the same religion sypposed to work with Joos, why doesn't it work with Muslims?

I see Egypt's motive in keeping the Palestinians out - they tend to kill tourists, and not just Israeli ones.

But what is, say, Saudi Arabia's excuse? I'm not sure of that one, or Jordan, etc.

richwicks says

You can't convert to Judaism easily. To do it, you basically have to be wealthy, and be willing to share that wealth.

While it's true that it's hard to convert, generally requiring a year of study and the willingness to come back after you've been turned away three times, there is no wealth requirement at all. Most converts are not wealthy.

Patrick says

From all I've read, the Ethiopian Jews have no genetic relation to other Jews within historical time. They seem to be descendants of converts.

But Israel did take most of them, about 155,000.

Then they attempted to sterilize them.

https://search.brave.com/search?q=depo+prevara+ethiopian+jews

It's a state based on genetic inheritance.

Patrick says

While it's true that it's hard to convert, generally requiring a year of study and the willingness to come back after you've been turned away three times, there is no wealth requirement at all. Most converts are not wealthy.

Conversion is for business access, mostly. That's the real purpose of church. Israel doesn't accept the right of return to converts.

Muslims have a hate hate relationship with Jews. Similar religions and heritage but conversion is a big ask.

gabbar says

Muslims have a hate hate relationship with Jews. Similar religions and heritage but conversion is a big ask.

They do now. Israel has been no end to problems in the Middle East and it's ruined their 1000 year historical relationship.

The Middle East used to be a safe haven for Jewish people during the Inquisition. The people that created Israel seemed to want to do it in the harshest, most brutal, and troublesome way possible.

Call me stupid or whatever but Israel is good for world peace, overall, in a macro-cosmic sense. I support the lesser of the two evils in this for profit but necessary and continuous war.

Patrick says

If Israel really wanted peace, they would encourage Palestinians to convert to Judaism

Or maybe just not bomb them? Yes, NOT bombing people seems more peaceful than bombing them.

NuttBoxer says

Patrick says

If Israel really wanted peace, they would encourage Palestinians to convert to Judaism

Or maybe just not bomb them? Yes, NOT bombing people seems more peaceful than bombing them.

That won't work either.

They are purposely put into a bad situation in an attempt to get them to leave. Those that can leave, DID leave, do you have the opposite of a brain drain. Those that remain are desperate, and those that aren't killed, are tough. Israel is breeding their own destruction.

If you armed the Palestinian population (it's illegal for them to own arms), and they just broke through that wall, they'd over-run Israel in a matter of days. That's eventually going to happen.

NuttBoxer says

Patrick says

If Israel really wanted peace, they would encourage Palestinians to convert to Judaism

Or maybe just not bomb them? Yes, NOT bombing people seems more peaceful than bombing them.

This sounds like something a card-carrying member of BLM would say.

"They dindu nuffin, how dare police shoot at them!"

gabbar says

Muslims have a hate hate relationship with Jews. Similar religions and heritage but conversion is a big ask.

You're right, but hate is very close to love.

"The opposite of love it not hate. it is indifference."

Patrick says

"The opposite of love it not hate. it is indifference."

Is that really true? What's the opposite of indifference? It's not love.

Patrick says

Lol, it would be easier, but none of the surrounding countries want them.

It's because they hate Palestinians too.

NuttBoxer says

Or maybe just not bomb them? Yes, NOT bombing people seems more peaceful than bombing them.

I thought for a second, you were a Palestinian hating all Kafirs!
Forget Israel, NO Islamic country allow a single Palestinian into their country - ever. Don't you think, there has to be a strong reason why!!
Israel turned desert into so valuable place to live that Muslims around wanted to move in and steal everything out of just hate and jealousy is their only investment that is recommended by their book to continue Jihad.
Israel do have so many Muslims and over populating as insider job that nobody knows what the long term consequences are!

If you want real peace convert to buddhism or jainism.

Quran n other books talk a lot about killing non believers. If your religion is good don't force or convert people, people will see n do it themselves.

Amount of killing between jews, Christian n muslim is ridiculous.

Blue says

Forget Israel, NO Islamic country allow a single Palestinian into their country - ever. Don't you think, there has to be a strong reason why!!

This isn't correct. This is the Palestinian diaspora.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_diaspora#Population_figures

They are all over the place, but they are in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Algeria, and many other nations that are not predominately Muslim.

richwicks says

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_diaspora#Population_figures

They are all over the place, but they are in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Algeria, and many other nations that are not predominately Muslim.

World must work together to contain the troubles not spread around.

richwicks says

Is that really true? What's the opposite of indifference? It's not love.

It's both love and hate.

Strong emotion vs no emotion.

It's a circle, with love and hate next to each other on one side, and indifference on the other side.

zzyzzx says

Patrick says

Lol, it would be easier, but none of the surrounding countries want them.

It's because they hate Palestinians too.

But why?

Patrick says

You're right, but hate is very close to love.

It may be. But the hate in these peoples is based on Koran. It has lasted for centuries. So, it may be reasonable to extrapolate and assume that it could last for a few more centuries. Too much bad blood results in long memories. Is it possible these Muslims will ignore what's written in the Koran? Not in our lifetime.

I think that Islam could suddenly collapse if enough people stood up and told the truth about it.

This is why Muslims murder people who tell the truth about Islam. They are afraid of the collapse of Islam.

But Muslims need someplace to go after realizing that Islam is false. They need something to fill that religious gap. Secular materialism is not enough.

Here's what their revised Charter from 2017 says (10 years after Soros article):

2. Palestine, which extends from the River Jordan in the east to the
Mediterranean in the west and from Ras Al-Naqurah in the north to Umm
Al-Rashrash in the south, is an integral territorial unit. It is the land and
the home of the Palestinian people. The expulsion and banishment of the
Palestinian people from their land and the establishment of the Zionist
entity therein do not annul the right of the Palestinian people to their
entire land and do not entrench any rights therein for the usurping
Zionist entity.
...
18. The following are considered null and void: the Balfour Declaration,
the British Mandate Document, the UN Palestine Partition Resolution,
and whatever resolutions and measures that derive from them or are
similar to them. The establishment of “Israel” is entirely illegal and
contravenes the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and goes
against their will and the will of the Ummah; it is also in violation of
human rights that are guaranteed by international conventions, foremost
among them is the right to self-determination.
19. There shall be no recognition of the legitimacy of the Zionist entity.
Whatever has befallen the land of Palestine in terms of occupation,
settlement building, Judaization or changes to its features or falsification
of facts is illegitimate. Rights never lapse.
20. Hamas believes that no part of the land of Palestine shall be
compromised or conceded, irrespective of the causes, the circumstances
and the pressures and no matter how long the occupation lasts. Hamas
rejects any alternative to the full and complete liberation of Palestine,
from the river to the sea. However, without compromising its rejection of
the Zionist entity and without relinquishing any Palestinian rights, Hamas
considers the establishment of a fully sovereign and independent
Palestinian state, with Jerusalem as its capital along the lines of the 4th of
June 1967, with the return of the refugees and the displaced to their
homes from which they were expelled, to be a formula of national
consensus.
21. Hamas affirms that the Oslo Accords and their addenda contravene
the governing rules of international law in that they generate
commitments that violate the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people.
Therefore, the Movement rejects these agreements and all that flows
from them, such as the obligations that are detrimental to the interests
of our people, especially security coordination (collaboration).

https://irp.fas.org/world/para/docs/hamas-2017.pdf

What's there to negotiate about, except unconditional surrender?

Patrick says

I think that Islam could suddenly collapse if enough people stood up and told the truth about it.

This is why Muslims murder people who tell the truth about Islam. They are afraid of the collapse of Islam.

Every religion is false. Christianity has basically collapsed because people spent the last 2 decades telling the truth about it. It's not hard to attack the nuttiness of the Bible unless EVERYTHING is a parable.

richwicks says

Patrick says

I think that Islam could suddenly collapse if enough people stood up and told the truth about it.

This is why Muslims murder people who tell the truth about Islam. They are afraid of the collapse of Islam.

Every religion is false. Christianity has basically collapsed because people spent the last 2 decades telling the truth about it. It's not hard to attack the nuttiness of the Bible unless EVERYTHING is a parable.

Do Indonesian Muslims have the same hots for exterminating the Joos? How about Albanian? Crimean Tatars? I could be wrong, but I never heard about them being hot and bothered about it.

The first minister of Scotland announced that the country is willing to be the first nation to accept refugees from Gaza and would be a "sanctuary" in what he hopes would be a "worldwide refugee scheme.

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... "and we have millions of sheep", added the minister.

Eric Holder says

Do Indonesian Muslims have the same hots for exterminating the Joos? How about Albanian? Crimean Tatars? I could be wrong, but I never heard about them being hot and bothered about it.

I don't know, but the Indonesians had a small genocide a few years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_mass_killings_of_1965%E2%80%9366

Well, maybe it was more of a genocide attempt. There was a film about it called The Act of Killing.

I think the problem in the Middle East, is that most Israelis are seen as invaders from Russia and Europe, because they are, and they don't allow unfettered access to holy sites for either Christians or Muslims.

People really don't know what Israel does. They've burned churches down multiple times there.

Eric Holder says

Do Indonesian Muslims have the same hots for exterminating the Joos? How about Albanian? Crimean Tatars? I could be wrong, but I never heard about them being hot and bothered about it.

The further removed from Islamic teaching, the more tolerant Muslims are.

It's the true believers you have to watch out for. They take the Koran and Hadith literally and are very quick to murder people just like Mohammed did.

https://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages/muhammad/life-of-muhammad.aspx

Christianity has collapsed because it betrayed its principles, not because people told the “truth”. You can’t have a religion that claims to be following the will of the an ultimate being of Truth and Justice and then just claim this being just wants you to be happy so do whatever you want. In other words relativism has done all sorts of damage to the church.

The Muslims aren’t dumb enough to fall for that shit. Try telling them you can’t judge someone for being gay and they’ll laugh themselves silly as they throw you off a roof.

People want a moral code. It gives their lives purpose and makes them feel part of a group. Islam does an excellent job of providing this.

pudil says

Christianity has collapsed because it betrayed its principles, not because people told the “truth”.

I don't want to rehash this much, but there was very active atheism on the Internet for about 15 years, because Christians were getting threatening and annoying, or at least enough of them were vocal enough, forceful enough, that people pushed back.

Remember the "Amazing Atheist"? He's irrelevant now, because - well, they won.

This was a result of pushing Creationism in schools, and it really took off when George W. Bush called for "a crusade" in the Iraq war.

pudil says

People want a moral code. It gives their lives purpose and makes them feel part of a group. Islam does an excellent job of providing this.

This is true.

But Islam is also a cage from which it is very hard to escape. Your own family and friends may murder you if you even try, exactly as Islam instructs them to do.

What about Sikhism as a replacement for Islam? At least you can leave without fear of getting murdered.

richwicks says

Blue says

Forget Israel, NO Islamic country allow a single Palestinian into their country - ever. Don't you think, there has to be a strong reason why!!

This isn't correct. This is the Palestinian diaspora.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_diaspora#Population_figures

They are all over the place, but they are in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Algeria, and many other nations that are not predominately Muslim.

So does, the Islamic Jihad spreads all over including Latin American now!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/oct/31/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-latest-news-today-hamas-clashes-idf-gaza-aid-plan-failure

Or, Israel is a US Vassal State. That UN Veto is much more important than the $3B/yr

My point is only that AIPAC has undue influence.

Eric Holder says

What's there to negotiate about, except unconditional surrender?

Exactly. Paleban defenders "Forget" that the UN already approved an Israeli State, but the Palestinians refused to negotiate ANYTHING. They rejected so much as a few miles around Tel Aviv as a Jewish city-state. They keep starting wars and getting defeated but still want "River to Sea".

There was never an Arab Palestinian state in all history, not a one. There is no 'occupied' territory because there is no state that was occupied. Jordan illegally annexed Judea and Samaria in 1947 lacking both a causus belli or international approval, expelled the Jews in 1948, but lost physical control in 1967, and released it's claims in 1981. There is only 'disputed' territory, big difference.

Levantine Arabs have 4 states: Jordan, Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon. The vast majority of Palestinians are decended from either Bosnians brought in around 1890-1900 by the Ottomans to repopulize the almost empty Vilayets of Akko, Nablus, etc. (the Ottomans didn't have a Palestine as a province, either) or Syrians and Egyptians that came when the Zionists began building factories and draining wetlands for farms for work. Most of the native Arabs, the Bedouin, are 90% pro-Israel because Israel treated them better than any Turk or Arab Fellahin (city dweller).

As for Palestinians, Gulf Arabs have long tired of them. Kuwaiti Palestinians helped Saddam invade in 1991. Lebanese Palestinians started the Civil War there when they were kicked out of Jordan for trying to Coup the state and remove the King and Parliament for PLO rule. Syria keeps Palestinians in Ghettos because they have a habit of fomenting insurrection. Egypt has a 3-layer wall with Gaza that's closed tight 99% of the time, because everytime Egypt opens it for a few days, a few weeks later Pyramid or Red Sea resorts tourists are getting shot and planes getting bombed, what a coincidence.

Oh, and when Egypt discovers Hamas tunnels under their wall with Gaza, the Egyptians don't pump sea water into them. They pump sewage.

Attempting to Judaize Palestinians is a good idea, but Islam is so ferocious against conversion FROM Islam, it would probably start a holy war for real.

Nearly impossible to convert muslims

Only because they all feel the threat of violence from other Muslims.

But if a significant number escape Islam without getting killed, I think a huge wave would follow.