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Archaeologists roast Netanyahu on Twitter over claim Palestinians have ‘no connection’ to homeland

Palestinian rights activists joined in the debate against Netanyahu, stressing that this is simply another tactic to erase Palestinian heritage and history.

Palestinian rights activists joined in the debate against Netanyahu, stressing that this is simply another tactic to erase Palestinian heritage and history.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is back again with attempts to erase Palestinian history, with claims that there is new proof that Palestinians were never from the land of Palestine.

Taking to Twitter, Netanyahu posted a study done by an Israeli team on a sample of DNA collected from the ancient Philistine site in Ashkelon, which supposedly shows that ancient Philistines were present in what is now modern-day Crete before migrating to Palestine.

Netanyahu continued with his rant on Twitter, claiming that the connection Palestinians have “is nothing” compared to what Jewish people have to the land of Palestine, and that this therefore supports Israel’s brutal regime against the Palestinian people.

Many, however, quickly rebutted Netanyahu, including many archeologists who claimed that this supposed study means nothing when it comes to understanding the context behind the history of Palestinians.

Palestinian rights activists joined in the debate against Netanyahu, stressing that this is simply another tactic to erase Palestinian heritage and history. One user Tweeted: “Even if Netanyahu were correct (which of course he’s not)…would it matter?”

While Netanyahu has yet to address the flawed nature of the study itself, it remains deeply worrying when it comes to the Israeli government’s clear use of cultural genocide against Palestinians. Many pointed to the more serious implications of a study like this, which normalizes the erasure of Palestinian history.

The abuse against Palestinian history and heritage continues, with Netanyahu and Israel committed to erasing the Palestinian people, both culturally and physically.

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