DNA is irrelevant and ridiculous
Amos Schocken
Publisher Ha'aretz
Dear Mr. Amr,
I get your point - you are not interested in dialogue, you are not interested
in compromise, you are only interested in "proving" that the Jews of Israel
have no historical claim on this piece of land. You propose to do it by
scientifically showing that they are not the descendants of Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob.
As I said, I think your DNA thing is irrelevant and ridiculous, but I
understand that in your mind this is your unique contribution to the middle
east conflict, its your personal toy, and its is the only toy you want
to play with. So let me ask you two questions.
What should be the practical conclusion if your DNA test proved your
assumption correct and showed that my grandmother, Shoshana Persitz who
was born in Russia and emigrated to Palestine in 1925 (and became member
of the city council of Tel Aviv, and later member of the 1st, 2nd and
3rd Knesset) was in fact not a descendent of King David, as she claimed
she was?<
What should be the practical conclusion if your DNA test proved your
assumption wrong and showed that she was right - she was in fact a descendent
of King David?