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Monday, July 06, 2020

Haters REALLY hate Jews being called indigenous to Israel

This thread was widely circulated (including by the usual “Jewish” anti-Zionist accounts) on Twitter:

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Funny, I thought that the idea of Jews being indigenous to Israel was a little older than Black Lives Matter. But I’m willing to check my facts.

From “The Survey of Western Palestine: Special papers on topography, archaeology, manners and customs, etc.” by Palestine Exploration Fund · 1881:

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Notice how the authors, who are Christian, aren’t willing to call Christians indigenous to the Holy Land (let alone Muslims)  - only Jews.

And this part is a nice overall description of the land before modern Zionism:

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