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Why do European Jews think that Israel is their homeland, when...
Why do European Jews think that Israel is their homeland, when a lot of them have 100% European ancestry, according to genetics tests?
Wouldn't that make their ancestors converts, and them not the descendants of the original Middle Eastern Israelites? By this logic, why are converts to Judaism generally frowned upon, compared to converts to many other religions? It's like Americans of European descent hating immigrants, despite their ancestors being immigrants, and Native Americans being the true Americans. Going further with this logic, why isn't there more sympathy for Palestinians, when surely they're more likely to descend from ancient Israelites than the average European Jew in Israel today? Just curious.
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I don't know where you got the idea that genetics are so important to global history. It's clearly not. Genetics is a very recent science. It has nearly nothing to do with the centuries of history, wars and politics that have brought us to the point we are at today.
Human distinctions where never based on genetics, but on perceptions and stories we tell about about race and religion and nations. Our culture is based on stories of belonging and familial mythology - not on science.
Those stories are why things are the way they are. Religions that don't encourage there members to go out and convert others, are usually less welcoming to converts. Many other religions are evangelical - they believe that God commanded them to go out and convince others that their religion is correct. Judaism places no emphasis on converting the world - that isn't part of their story - and that is reflected in their attitudes toward converts.
As for why European Jews feel that Israel is their homeland, it's simply because the concept of 'homeland' is a story. A powerful, meaningful story that is rooted both in thousands of years of history, as well as in the religion itself. It's not based in genetics, but in family narratives and beliefs. Suggesting that some Jewish people are somehow 'less worthy' than others is as arrogant as it is foolish. You don't get to define the stories of others for them.
As for why Palestinians are treated poorly, that is far more politics and a much longer story then I'm prepared to get into here on Advicnators, but if you are going to try to learn more about the history of that part of the world, I'd suggest you recognize it as the human story it is, and not try to make it make sense in light of most recent scientific understanding of genes. You wont be able to understand human history by looking at 21 century scientific advancements.
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