Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday tweeted that the Palestinians’ connection to the Land of Israel is nothing compared to the 4,000-year connection that the Jewish people have with the land.
He cited a recent article stating that Biblical Philistines had come from Europe, according to DNA uncovered in the coastal city of Ashkelon.
A new study of DNA recovered from an ancient Philistine site in the Israeli city of Ashkelon confirms what we know from the Bible – that the origin of the Philistines is in southern Europe. https://t.co/bwmcPax9Jp
— Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) July 7, 2019
His attempt to delegitimize the Palestinians’ right to their homeland was criticized by many as “race science”, which is often promoted by extreme right-wingers to justify ethno-nationalist policies.
Meanwhile, Netanyahu’s son Yair was filmed speaking at an event for devout Christians in Alabama this weekend, trying to erase Palestinians’ identity by saying that they had originally migrated from other parts of the Middle East, as proven by such surnames as those which mean “Egyptian” and “from Aleppo”.
race science is….a bad basis for politics.
— Aaron Bastani (@AaronBastani) July 7, 2019
Netanyahu Junior also faced criticism and was compared to his father because of his extreme rhetoric.
(Middle East Monitor, PC, Social Media)
Nothing New. The Nazis used race science to deny Jews their basic rights. Now Netanyahu is trying the same trick to deny the Palestinians their basic rights. History repeats itself!
STRAITJACKET, PADDED CELL, ANTI PSYCHO DRIP FOREVER. LOCKED FOR LIFE. THE GUY IS A CRAZY DISPOSABLE ENTITY.