They're not, but again I agree.
Uhhh, genetic tests prove that they are semitic, and from israel originally.
News to me. Can you link us to a source of this revelation, please?
Are facts important to anyone in this thread?
They are to me.
That's why I am seeking clarification and documentation of this "fact" you brought to our attention.
And speaking of frauds, how is it that the vast majority of pal arabs came from syria and egypt - but are not considered colonizers?
The Arabs of Palestine are without doubt colonizers...Islam took over what originally had been the ROMAN empire.
And when it did, there were JEWS living in Ireal at the time.
And FWIW, there have always been Jews living in Isreal, even when the population was in the vast majority people of Arab semetic origins.
Who disputes that?
Nobody I know (on either side of the debate) who studies this issue really debates these facts.
They quibble over how many jews, live in Palestine in 1917, of course, but not that there were Jews living there.
FWIW there's have been a LOT more Jews living in Palestine in 1917 if the CHRISTIAN CRUSADERS hadn't killed so many of Jews (and Arabas, too) when the Crusaders took over the place and booted all the original inhabitants out.