• Jaderick@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s disingenuous to post that the Palestinians attacked Israel apropos of nothing.

    Diaspora is near universal when it comes to ethnic groups so not a strong case. As an American, should I be able to claim some lands of France because it’s my ancestral homeland? Turns out the idea of ancestral land is stupid, because everyone lives in the now and fighting over the sins of our fathers is abject stupidity.

    Jews have lived in Palestine, even after being expelled by Romans, but so have non-Jews.

    Extending this line of thinking, I guess you also support movement for Native Americans to obtain their land back? The US and Canada is occupying some First Nations lands. Going further, should the Celts reclaim Britannia and kick the English out? This is a ridiculous argument.

    Should these living residents of Canaan kick out the Israelis because they were there first?

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/bible-canaanites-wiped-out-old-testament-israelites-lebanon-descendants-discovered-science-dna-a7862936.html