Shlomo Sand: Challenging notions of a Jewish People

Israeli Professor Shlomo Sand talks up the ideas of his new book, The Invention of the Jewish People, challenging the underlying logic of the State of Israel as a homeland for the Jewish People.
He argues those who claim to be of the Jewish People cannot claim a blood connection with the original Jewish inhabitants of the Holy Land, but converts along the way. His book was a best-seller in Israel for 19 weeks in 2009.

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[themanishere4]

“I had the hardest time clearing myself from the mindset (of previous work),” Elhaik says. “I was on the train, thinking hard, when it came to me how to separate the questions. It was a great moment.”

[themanishere4]

'Palestinians are an indigenous people who either live in, or originate from, historical Palestine. .Although the Muslims guaranteed security and allowed religious freedom to all inhabitants of the region, the majority converted to Islam and adopted Arab culture.' Bassam Abu-Libdeh, Peter D. Turnpenny, and Ahmed Teebi, ‘Genetic Disease in Palestine and Palestinians,’ in Dhavendra Kumar (ed.) Genomics and Health in the Developing World, OUP 2012 pp.700-711, p.700.

OUP is Oxford University Press

[the81kid]

Yet another reason NOT to be a crazy evangelical Christian.

[freedomfightertwo]

The Jews of Israel are being setup for World War III by the Illuminati Jewish banking elite. According to Albert Pike's plan at the end of 3 World Wars, this Illuminati elite will rule the world. He state's that the 3rd World War will be between the Zionist State of Israel and the Islamic Muslim World and that they will mutually destroy each other. He said this in 1871 and people better wakeup.

[jeff61177]

What is the difference between female genital mutilation in Africa, and the Jewish practice of circumcision?

[Oliver Thompson]

We are still here you are looking in the wrong places!

[Soteriology101]

If you controllers of the planet can turn the USA into a socialist state in 3 generations cant you turn the Palestinians into Jews in a few with all your wealth and power?

[Soteriology101]

I also think you Zionists better take care to re assimilate over generations the Palestinians into your Judeo/Christan state instead of exterminating them as you appear to be. I (a Christian) would rather see them all become Jews as their forefathers were than to be exterminated and the whole world melt down. Maybe all the disasters all over the world are a result of extermination of Jacob's bloodlines! However the ultimate insane funndy Jihadist would want to detonate the Doomsday Weapon.

[Soteriology101]

Star Trek IV "the Voyage home" Yipe! My hair is standing on end what if Jesus Christ returns and finds no literal bloodline of Abraham Isaac Jacob and each the 12 tribes on earth? What if the bloodline is all destroyed because alll the Palestinians are destroyed? I am almost appealing to save the Jew like save the whale. If no blood of Jacob and the 12 is left then Jesus just might destroy the whole planet trying to find them! To save the bloodline Jew might be like saving the world.