New Statesman in conversation with: Shlomo Sand (Part One)

The New Statesman in conversation with: Professor Shlomo Sand. Jonathan Derbyshire of the New Statesman magazine, Shlomo Sand and Denis McShane talk about Sand's controversial book 'The Invention of the Jewish People'; a book which spent two years on Israel's bestseller list and has been translated into a dozen languages.

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[Borgarborgen]

This brave intellectual is making a difference. Thank you, Shlomo Sand.

[chipmaster86]

I Agree. He is taking a bold step in a zionist Israel. But I think we knew this all along. We just ignored it, and pushed it aside. I just hope the rest of the world would listen to him.

[Rickdeckard2020]

Race, Nation, Religion are all artificial constructs that have been used by rulers to manipulate people or justify actions.

[Tomislavv2]

@zweezey (part 2)

.Those who claime day and night that they are natives of the land,robbed from their rights are part of another great people Arab people-which have 23 countries on Middle East.The Arabs who from 1948 renamed themselfs Palestinians and who are laregly the descendans of Islamic imigrants who setled the Land of Israel between 1800-1948 are today 70% of Jordanian population which is de facto "Palestinian" state.

[Tomislavv2]

I don't think that the genetic evidence of comon Israelite origin of all Jews have anything to do with geting along better or worse with anyone.It has more to do with the fact that Jews are indeed native people of the Land of Israel,who were deprived from the land by force.Despite being forced from its land the people of Israel newer forgot their homeland.Jews are not forgeiners in the Land of Israel,they are part of Middle East!

[Tomislavv2]

@zweezey

Wery huge mistake.I will send you the sumary of genetic studies in PM.The Jews living in Russia are 5,5 timmes distant to Russian people than Russians to Germans.This was allso part of Hammer genetic study.

Jews have midleastern J1,J2,E1b1b1c haplogroups,Russians have Slavic and European R1b,R1a,N haplogroups etc.

You can find this in wikipedia wiki/Jews#Genetic_studies or read more about the original studies I will send you

[1nonconformist]

Jew is a religious term, not racial. If Jews are a race than Christians, Buddhists, Muslims and every other religious group are all races. A Jew is someone who practices Judaism.

[1962SatanTookOver2]

@Tomislavv2 - THank you very much for sending this. Please kindly also PM me with citation of the "source" or internet-link of this article. Thank you very much.

[Tomislavv2]

@1962SatanTookOver2

Read all genetic studies about the origins of Jews.The Israelite origin of all Jews is prowen.Read genetic studies...all I will send you those in PM

[Tomislavv2]

Today Genetic studies proved not just the absolute existence of Jewish people but the Israelite origin of all Jews.Read Hammer nebala Shen Forest Cruciani Semino Behar etc.

Shlomo Sand was unable to finish secondary school in school,but as a young comunist he recived schoolarship to be proclaimed to have finished his studings in comunist Poland.