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4 Palestinians claim descent from Jews forced to convert
By Nadav Shragai
Tags: palestinians jews 

Four Palestinians from the Hebron Hills contacted a group of rabbis on Tuesday and claimed to be the descendents of Jews who were forced to convert to Islam.

The Palestinians were accompanied by Zvi Mesini, a researcher who wrote a book on the subject and assisted them in learning more about Judaism. According to the Palestinians, their families had removed mezuzahs from their doors in order to avoid harassment by their neighbors.

One of the Palestinians said he kept a tefillin he received from his father's uncle and another told the rabbis that his family had once secretly lit candles on the Sabbath and for Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights.
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Mesini told the rabbis, members of a group called the New Sanhedrin, that he believes hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are descended from Jews.

"Such evidence renders the conflict redundant," Mesini said. "It proves that Judea and Samaria belongs to both the recognized Jews and the unrecognized Jews."

Mesini accused authorities of being indifferent to his findings.

The New Sanhedrin is known as a right-wing organization that claims to be the rightful successors of the supreme Jewish court of antiquity. Its goal is to create a state based upon Jewish law that will replace the current State of Israel.
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  1.   Are they seeking to reclaim land 11:45  |  Jackie 29/10/08
  2.   Are they seeking to reclaim land 11:45  |  Jackie 29/10/08
  3.   Poor People.So much for freedom of worship & peaceful coexistence 12:01  |  PETER SM 29/10/08
  4.   A challenge 12:21  |  Murray 29/10/08
  5.   maybe my ancestors were jews! 12:25  |  ClearCut 29/10/08
  6.   even more interesting 12:48  |  Murray 29/10/08
  7.   such a difference, Peter 12:49  |  Murray 29/10/08
  8.   The big difference 12:53  |  Murray 29/10/08
  9.   I`m Jewish but maybe my ancestors were Baal worshippers 13:11  |  dyinglikeflies 29/10/08
  10.   He is not all that original 13:17  |  Afflalo, Ya`ish 29/10/08
  11.   Palestinians are original Jews 13:56  |  Akram Rosenbaum 29/10/08
  12.   Moslems live openly among Israeli Jews, Why not the reverse ? 14:14  |  Tom 29/10/08
  13.   clear cut - a free house and a plot of land? 14:20  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 29/10/08
  14.   #10 Akram - Not so simple 14:29  |  Reuben Jacobs 29/10/08
  15.   Check their Mitochondria DNA 14:48  |  Mark Lincoln 29/10/08
  16.   #12 Tom 14:54  |  Boycott 29/10/08
  17.   and, therefore, what? 14:56  |  judith 29/10/08
  18.   Before 1948 Jews of Palestine were called Palestinians 14:59  |  Boris 29/10/08
  19.   More numerous than Chinese 15:01  |  Boris 29/10/08
  20.   Akram, if that so, Should we not Have NA to the Jews? 15:10  |  Afflalo, Ya`ish 29/10/08
  21.   #15 Mark Lincoln 15:14  |  Boycott 29/10/08
  22.   Hypocrites Jews, only russians with white face can be converted 15:20  |  Simon 29/10/08
  23.   Given the small amount of Jews in the world 15:22  |  Zev 29/10/08
  24.   These persons` identity must be kept secret 15:24  |  Boris 29/10/08
  25.   If the Pals had any sense they would use DNA to prove land theirs 15:29  |  Michael 29/10/08
  26.   Mark Lincoln 15:58  |  Danite 29/10/08
  27.   Christian Arabs 16:15  |  Albert 29/10/08
  28.   Will they hate themselves for being Jewish?? 16:24  |  Akiva P 29/10/08
  29.   Murray: You Full of It 16:31  |  Brad 29/10/08
  30.   Michael 16:37  |  Brad 29/10/08
  31.   Akram hasn`t seen Misinai`s research 16:47  |  Yoel Keren 29/10/08
  32.   fascinating 16:54  |  fascinated 29/10/08
  33.   DNA 16:58  |  ALDEREJO 29/10/08
  34.   You are right, Brad 17:04  |  Murray 29/10/08
  35.   Hey Akram, are you a Zulu? 17:05  |  DavidAK 29/10/08
  36.   Boycott - 17:35  |  17 29/10/08
  37.   Everybody Is A Jew... 17:42  |  Yosemite 29/10/08
  38.   # 25 Michael /UK - "...use DNA to prove land theirs" 17:46  |  17 29/10/08
  39.   Yoel Keren ! Ashkenazim are NOT M. E Hebrews but Khazars(russia) 17:46  |  Moise 29/10/08
  40.   To Michael UK-seems like you have no sense... 17:49  |  Jordan 29/10/08
  41.   the proper response is : Welcome! 17:53  |  bob 29/10/08
  42.   # 24 Moise - friendly correction 17:54  |  17 29/10/08
  43.   #26 Danite 18:05  |  Boycott 29/10/08
  44.   #27 Albert 18:09  |  Boycott 29/10/08
  45.   Boris - They should stop hiding and come out with it already. 18:14  |  Ben 29/10/08
  46.   Living together 18:14  |  Pascal 29/10/08
  47.   #25, Pals do have sense, its NOT their land, thats why 18:23  |  David 29/10/08
  48.   Fundamentally, not about Arabs vs. Jews "living" on land... 18:27  |  bat yam 29/10/08
  49.   Murray 18:29  |  Brad 29/10/08
  50.   thats a total lie 18:29  |  sam 29/10/08
  51.   #25 Michael 18:34  |  Boycott 29/10/08
  52.   Right of Return? 18:53  |  Joseph 29/10/08
  53.   To Akram Rosenbaum 18:55  |  Ben 29/10/08
  54.   Lots of Jewish ancestors 18:57  |  Motic 29/10/08
  55.   Ten Lost Tribes 19:03  |  Sherlock Holmes 29/10/08
  56.   Some people are so addicted to hate 19:39  |  Reuben Jacobs 29/10/08
  57.   Palestininans Have the same DNA as jews 20:11  |  Sammy 29/10/08
  58.   Mark Lincoln: Judaism is a religion. 20:12  |  Girl from the South 29/10/08
  59.   tom 20:13  |  potobac 29/10/08
  60.   Sherlock Holmes: 10 Lost Tribes 21:13  |  Frank 29/10/08
  61.   #40 Jordan 21:24  |  Boycott 29/10/08
  62.   #55 Sherlock Holmes 21:27  |  Boycott 29/10/08
  63.   to sammy #57 22:02  |  bob 29/10/08
  64.   #50 "Aslim Taslam" 22:27  |  antoine 29/10/08
  65.   Michael, there are two facts that . . . 22:38  |  Zev Davis 29/10/08
  66.   Pashtuns 22:38  |  NYC 29/10/08
  67.   Who is Zvi Mesini 23:11  |  Dovy 29/10/08
  68.   Boycott ## 62 61 23:21  |  17 29/10/08
  69.   to #12 Tom - That`s a good question 23:25  |  B`Galil 29/10/08
  70.   to #16 Boycott - Did you ever hear of Abraham? 23:31  |  B`Galil 29/10/08
  71.   they are muslims now and dont want to be jews so ignore them 23:33  |  zionist forever 29/10/08
  72.   Girl from the South: Jews are Religion as well as Genetic Heritag 00:02  |  Frank 30/10/08
  73.   Re #61 misreading Wikipedia 00:19  |  DJStahl 30/10/08
  74.   #70 B`Galil 00:21  |  Boycott 30/10/08
  75.   #3PeterSM And enforced... 00:22  |  Maureen Ann 30/10/08
  76.   #71 Zionist forever. Your sob story. 00:27  |  Maureen Ann 30/10/08
  77.   JESUSALEN 00:51  |  cristian 30/10/08
  78.   to zionest 4 ever,if you are a jew 01:24  |  sam 30/10/08
  79.   "Let`s just ignore two millennia" 01:47  |  Jess Ghannam 30/10/08
  80.   joseph 01:48  |  sam 30/10/08
  81.   Palestinians claim 02:01  |  Ahab 30/10/08
  82.   Boycott 03:06  |  danite 30/10/08
  83.   #75 03:17  |  Rab Burns 30/10/08
  84.   If you want to learn more 21:18  |  Tsvi Misinai 30/10/08
  85.   Palestinian Jews 03:41  |  Donald B. Nemer Esq. 31/10/08
  86.   Sam`s claim 05:15  |  Jordan 31/10/08
  87.   A New Idea to Claim Land and live in Israel,,,, 07:35  |  Dagma [Second time] 31/10/08
  88.   To Affalo # 10 - Forget it....... 07:47  |  Dolly 31/10/08
  89.   Forced conversion by Islam 10:11  |  Tsvi Misinai 31/10/08
  90.   The big picture 22:22  |  Isha 31/10/08
  91.   Crypto-Jews 22:22  |  Miransky 31/10/08
  92.   Another side-note 22:25  |  Isha 31/10/08
  93.   Moise #39 22:25  |  Miransky 31/10/08
  94.   #89 and so it came to pass that Jew fought with Jew 08:32  |  Rov 01/11/08
  95.   to #94 - world`s best kept secret 09:26  |  Tsvi Misinai 01/11/08
  96.   ORIGINAL PALESTINIANS 13:13  |  rose ettelman 01/11/08
  97.   kind makes sense 14:39  |  moe ham 01/11/08
  98.   Jews, Arabs and DNA 17:41  |  Shtarka 01/11/08
  99.   Jews, Genetics- not just a religion 17:49  |  Shtarka 01/11/08
  100.   #97 Likewise 04:12  |  Rov 02/11/08
  101.   Who are the Palestinians? 05:30  |  Brenda 02/11/08
  102.   #101 Brenda please call 09:33  |  Tsvi Misinai 02/11/08
  103.   Genetics 12:36  |  GalileeFiend 02/11/08
  104.   The myth of the dispora Jews 12:40  |  GalileeFiend 02/11/08
  105.   Expulsion and Diaspora 13:32  |  Rov 02/11/08
  106.   #98 - No, Arabs only distantly related to Jews 16:19  |  Frank 02/11/08
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