Israeli Scholar Disputes Founding Myth
In When and How Was the Jewish People Invented?, Dr. Sand, an expert on European history at the University of Tel Aviv, says the Diaspora was largely a myth – that the Jews were never exiled en masse from the Holy Land and that many European Jewish populations converted to the faith centuries later.
Thus, Sand argues, many of today’s Israelis who emigrated from Europe after World War II have little or no genealogical connection to the land. ...
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Or, why is this people's history of more interest than other peoples'? There's enough 'historical' evidence to dispute the founding stories of Christianity too; some Muslims are still waiting for the descendants of the Prophet to reveal themselves, and some Muslims want Spain back - etc. etc.. Or is it just that some people, including some Israelis, are upset enough about recent Israeli governments that they feel the need to prove the place shouldn't exist?