▲ 795 ▼ "They're the same picture" (lemmy.ml) submitted 1 year ago by dessalines@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml 130 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (6 children) What percentage are European? I didn't know that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] pyre@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago well if you look at their leaders it's close to 100 if not that permalink fedilink source parent [–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago (3 children) Look up DNA testing in Israel, their govt doesn't want people testing and finding out their genetic history seems to include an awful lot of eastern Europe and not anything from the Middle East. Even Ashkenazi Jews are from Turkey, not historic Palestine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] sheogorath@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (2 children) Purdy much, most Palestinians are actually the native Jewish population who converted to Christianity and then Islam. That's why the Israeli government doesn't want DNA testing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Any ideas why they converted? I wasn’t aware of this, and I don’t see that it matters…I’m just curious. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) [–] edel@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago The official Israeli CBS cites 50% of Israeli Jews having their ancestry in Europe, primarily Ashkenazi and post-Soviet groups.... but of course, with DNA test ban in Israel is hard to know for sure... Being 75% of the Israeli population Jewish, that places it as 2/3 of Jews in Israel are from European origin... and that is their own stats. I would even say more are. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pyre@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago well if you look at their leaders it's close to 100 if not that permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago (3 children) Look up DNA testing in Israel, their govt doesn't want people testing and finding out their genetic history seems to include an awful lot of eastern Europe and not anything from the Middle East. Even Ashkenazi Jews are from Turkey, not historic Palestine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] sheogorath@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (2 children) Purdy much, most Palestinians are actually the native Jewish population who converted to Christianity and then Islam. That's why the Israeli government doesn't want DNA testing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Any ideas why they converted? I wasn’t aware of this, and I don’t see that it matters…I’m just curious. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] sheogorath@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (2 children) Purdy much, most Palestinians are actually the native Jewish population who converted to Christianity and then Islam. That's why the Israeli government doesn't want DNA testing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Any ideas why they converted? I wasn’t aware of this, and I don’t see that it matters…I’m just curious. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Any ideas why they converted? I wasn’t aware of this, and I don’t see that it matters…I’m just curious. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] edel@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago The official Israeli CBS cites 50% of Israeli Jews having their ancestry in Europe, primarily Ashkenazi and post-Soviet groups.... but of course, with DNA test ban in Israel is hard to know for sure... Being 75% of the Israeli population Jewish, that places it as 2/3 of Jews in Israel are from European origin... and that is their own stats. I would even say more are. permalink fedilink source parent