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In reply to the discussion: Debunking the 3 D’s of Israeli hasbara – distortions, diversions and defamations [View all]azurnoir
(45,850 posts)30. Weiss did not say European Jews were not Jews he said European Jews were not
"people of the book" the term he used was Hebrews - on a religious basis the connection to Israel is there it's the biological one that is being called into question
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Debunking the 3 D’s of Israeli hasbara – distortions, diversions and defamations [View all]
R. Daneel Olivaw
Dec 2015
OP
what is ridiculous is the hijacking of virtually every ProPeace anti-occupation thread posted
azurnoir
Dec 2015
#6
this is getting rather tired but here once again for ninth time is Rabbi Lerner refuting Rosenberg
azurnoir
Dec 2015
#18
that's not what the article says - some of us actually read stuff ya know here is what is said
azurnoir
Dec 2015
#5
isn't it also true that if we were to go along strict Halachic law it is the Matriarchal line not
azurnoir
Dec 2015
#93
I notice the switch off between culture, DNA and religion as needed even in a single post
azurnoir
Dec 2015
#96
well you seem to do exactly what Weiss complains about-conflate Jews and Zionist
azurnoir
Dec 2015
#102
There is no chance anyone talking about,or posting articles about Jewish Bloodlines,could possibly
King_David
Dec 2015
#46
A substantial prehistoric European ancestry amongst Ashkenazi maternal lineages
R. Daneel Olivaw
Dec 2015
#37
If Weiss had said this of Mizrahi Jews your outrage would be understandable and well placed
azurnoir
Dec 2015
#22
Mizrahi Jews could marry converted women of the mideast going back centuries......so?
shira
Dec 2015
#24
What's really laughable is this Jewish "bloodline " thing you're obsessed about .
King_David
Dec 2015
#36
The willies come from the claim that since Ashkenasi Jews aren't racially pure....
shira
Dec 2015
#53
You'd expect to see this type of talk on Storm Front, not a Democratic forum.
grossproffit
Dec 2015
#49
I;m not the one running up and down here going about Weiss's statement being antisemitic filth
azurnoir
Dec 2015
#39
If it's not antisemitic filth, you should have no problem agreeing that since....
shira
Dec 2015
#54
You're deflecting. Do those genetics disqualify Ashkenasi from a Jewish homeland in Israel?
shira
Dec 2015
#60
This is the only thing anyone needs to know about the article and the entire conflict.
aranthus
Dec 2015
#42
agreed except it is in part the DNA connection that forms the basis of the claim not only to Israel
azurnoir
Dec 2015
#66
I don't agree with the arguments in the OP in general, but that doesn't really matter.
Little Tich
Dec 2015
#67
No one here is playing that game. It's your article that brings up racial purity. n/t
shira
Dec 2015
#76
I think she's waiting for 1 of us to agree w/ her first before she calls it racist
shira
Dec 2015
#77