A Zionist account of history has it that, at some point in the past, the Jewish people were exiled from Judea and forced to settle across the world. This exile is believed to have taken place either as a consequence of the 1st and 2nd century revolts against the Romans, or as a result of the Arab Muslim conquest of the 7th century.  

The problem with this narrative is that it’s highly unlikely to be true.

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Notes

For the majority of this episode I have drawn on The Invention of the Jewish People, by Shlomo Sand:

https://tinyurl.com/4kykxhdj

Population Genetics in Israel in the 1950s: The Unconscious Internalization of Ideology, by Nurit Kirsh

https://philpapers.org/rec/KIRPGI

For a rundown of the Khazarian Mafia conspiracy theory see:

https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/an-antisemitic-conspiracy-theory-is-being-shared-on-telegram-to-justify-russias-invasion-of-ukraine/

How the ADL brands any questioning of Jewish identity anti-Semitic:

https://extremismterms.adl.org/glossary/khazars

A Modest Proposal: All Palestinians Should Convert to Judaism, by Nadia Hijab:

https://forward.com/opinion/386761/a-modest-proposal-all-palestinians-should-convert-to-judaism/

Palestinian requests for conversion rejected outright, official says, Times of Israel:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-requests-for-conversion-rejected-outright-official-says/

Huge Spike in Number of Israelis 'un-Jewed' by Chief Rabbinate in Past Two Years, Haaretz: https://tinyurl.com/5yryu53v

For work challenging Sand see: 

Cassius Dio's figures for the demographic consequences of the Bar Kokhba War: Exaggeration or reliable account?, by Dvir Raviv and Chaim Ben David

https://tinyurl.com/29we77n2

The Myth of the Khazar Conversion, by Shaul Stampfer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYbycYgjnSU