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Blood Brothers: Palestinians and Jews

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Published: 24 October 2015

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Blood Brothers: Palestinians and Jews share genetic roots – Haaretz 20.10.15
Confronted by the violence sweeping Israel, it can be easy to overlook the things that Jews and Palestinians share: a deep attachment to the same sliver of contested land, a shared appetite for hummus, a common tradition of descent from the patriarch Abraham and, as scientific research shows - a common genetic ancestry as well… Jews break down into three genetic groups, all of which have Middle Eastern origins – which are shared with the Palestinians and Druze.

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