Another interesting fact about #Israel ... There is no historical evidence that a kingdom of Israel in anctient times **ever** actually existed. In fact most non-religious scholars feel that it either didnt exist or at the very least the writings about it were first written long long after it may have existed. This is evident because of countless anachronisms that we know couldnt be historically accurate (as they didnt exist yet for the time period)... so scholars have been able to reasonably conclude the account in the bible was in all likelihood made up at a later time.
In short, #Israel 's entire claim of it being an "ancient ancestral land" is based entirely on the bible and not accepted as historical fact by historians...
Yet again people kill for their gods, gods who tell them the first rule is not to kill.
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@freemo@qoto.org
@freemo A bunch of zionist archeologists went there in the early 20th century, from what I've read, trying to prove their claims. And while they found some interesting stuff, they did not find proof of a large scale Israel, correct?
@mike805 There has never been compelling proof of a large scale anctient kingdom of israel.
@freemo @mike805 they have the advantage (in this context, in others it's their greatest weakness) of having religion coinciding with ethnicity. In fact, both for Arabs and Jews, religion is a stronger identity than ethnicity in that region, or the powers that be want us to think so.