
The Enigmatic Genetic Footprint of Palestine
How it came to pass that Palestinians availing themselves of ancestry kits discover they’re ‘Italian’ or ‘Syrian Jews,’ among other things – and what Canaanites have to do with it
Yasmin Zaher is a news editor at Haaretz and a fiction writer. Twitter: @ZaherYasmin
How it came to pass that Palestinians availing themselves of ancestry kits discover they’re ‘Italian’ or ‘Syrian Jews,’ among other things – and what Canaanites have to do with it
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