A striking feature of modern Jew-hatred, particularly concerning the relationship between Jews and the land of Israel, is its reliance on claims riddled with internal contradictions. Driven by a hatred impervious to truth, these viewpoints create a distorted reality where logic is eclipsed to allow for a predetermined conclusion that would be humorous, if only Jews didn’t have to put up with it for thousands of years.
A basic assertion is the outright erasure of ancient Jewish history in the region historically known as Judea and Samaria. This version claims there was no significant Jewish population, no Temples in Jerusalem, and that Judea itself is not a legitimate historical Jewish entity. The aim is to delegitimize any Jewish historical connection to the land.
Simultaneously, figures central to that very history are claimed, but rebranded. Jesus of Nazareth, recognized by historians as a 1st-century Jew from Roman Judea/Galilee, is often labeled a “Palestinian.” This uses a modern national identity theft anachronistically, projecting it onto an ancient figure whose life and death were intrinsically part of Second Temple Judea and Judaism.
To bridge the gap between denying ancient Jewish roots and attacking modern Jews, the Khazarian hypothesis is often invoked, positing that Ashkenazi Jews (and sometimes all Jews) descend primarily from medieval Turkic converts, severing any ancestral link to the ancient inhabitants of Judea.
Adding a pseudo-scientific veneer, DNA evidence is selectively interpreted or misrepresented. Bogus research showing genetic diversity and some admixture (common in most populations), are highlighted to “prove” Jews lack a core Middle Eastern origin or are primarily “Khazars.” This conveniently ignores numerous genetic studies that demonstrate significant shared Middle Eastern ancestry among major Jewish groups worldwide (Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Mizrahi), clear genetic affinities between Jewish populations and other Levantine groups (like Druze, Samaritans, and Lebanese Christians), and minimal evidence supporting the Khazar hypothesis as an origin for Ashkenazi Jewry.
The entire edifice rests on contradiction:
Invoking Jesus = Acknowledging Judea: Claiming the Jews killed Jesus, regardless of the label applied (“Palestinian” or otherwise), inescapably places the events in 1st-century Roman Judea/Galilee. This geographic and temporal anchor is the very heartland of ancient Jewish life, documented by vast historical and archaeological evidence—the synagogues, the Temple, the scriptures Jesus misquoted, the Jewish laws he abrogated. One cannot speak of Jesus without acknowledging the Jewish context of his time and place, the very context simultaneously denied.
Arguing DNA = Engaging with Origins: The attempt to use DNA to disprove Jewish connection paradoxically engages with the question of origins in the Middle East. Arguing about specific haplogroups or percentages of admixture implicitly concedes that the foundational populations being discussed are rooted in the Levant. It shifts the argument from “no connection” to “the connection isn’t pure enough,” while ignoring the substantial evidence for that core connection which directly refutes the Khazarian and “no indigenous presence” claims. Cherry-picking data cannot erase the overwhelming genetic evidence pointing towards Levantine origin.
Contradictory beliefs persist, and even thrive, because calling Jews illegitimate occupiers with no historical rights serves to erase the actual historical context (Jewish Judea), and creates conditions for the desired identity theft.
Simultaneously denying Jewish history in Judea, anachronistically misappropriating figures like Jesus, invoking the Khazar myth, and selectively misusing genetic data all form a lunatic web of contradiction. This approach reveals less about actual history or science and more about the power of false ideology and visceral animosity to warp perceptions of reality. The need to maintain the fraud forces Jew-haters into logical corners, implicitly acknowledging aspects of the very history they strive to deny.
As Baruch Pletner wrote: “The price that the Romans decided to collect from the Jews for rejecting their covenant offer was to be one that would deter any other headstrong people from doing the same. It was the ultimate price, the erasure of the very identity of recalcitrant peoples; their dispersal in the world without as much as their own name. In a truly Roman fashion, the Erase The Jews From History project was planned and executed to perfection. Jerusalem, the very center of Jewish existence for a full millennium already at that time was renamed Aelia (after Emperor Hadrian’s clan name Aelius) Capitolina (after Jupiter Capitolinus, Rome’s Number One deity). The one-two punch of Jupiter and his earthly disciple, the god emperor Hadrian was surely enough to remove any memory of Him. Next, the provincial boundary was redrawn to include the province of Syria, and the name of a long since gone and nearly forgotten people, the Philistines, was added. Thus was Syria-Palaestina born…
“Today, a bunch of folks who opportunistically showed up in Judea from various neighboring countries to make a better living for themselves once the Land of Israel started thriving again are trying to ride piggyback on the ancient Roman deception, pretending to be the original inhabitants of a fictional land they call ‘Palestine’ while their own family names clearly make them out to be Egyptian, and Syrian, and even Chechen and Bosnian. Rome’s feeble modern-day descendants in Western Europe are eagerly buying into the two millennia old canard, but everything that is made by humans has to come to an end, even Rome’s most lasting creation: the Palestine psy-op.
“Rome is called the Eternal City. But where is its empire now? Where are the tough, resourceful Romans of the old republic? The current Pontiff, the last vestige of the Empire, is a pathetic social justice warrior from across the ocean who is busy peddling Marxist fake Christianity, to the lowest bidder with his new age pronouncements. No, there is only one Eternal City: Jerusalem…
“To this day and forever, the moment a Jew accepts the notion of another deity, be it Jesus or Diversity, he or she automatically find themselves outside of the bounds of the Covenant, outside of the Jewish People. So first and second century AD Judeans were faced with a choice: which covenant would they choose, the earthly one offered by Rome, or the celestial one offered by Him. They chose the latter, twice.
“The Roman Empire is long gone. The Roman Forum is in ruins and so is the Colosseum, built with money raised by melting down the gold stolen from the ruins of Jerusalem and the Second Temple. Half-naked tourists take selfies where the ‘eternal’ flame to Jupiter once burned. But the Covenant between the L-rd of Hosts and His People is stronger than ever yet. Seems like the Jews chose wisely, after all.”
