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This is all so tiresome. A desert dwelling shepherd following Mosaic laws 2000 years ago and some random bagel eating jewelry huckster who lives in Brooklyn do not have any meaningful similarities. They are totally different people.
This is partly why Israel's claims to that part of the world are so ridiculous. Who could reasonably argue that a Jew whose family lived for decades in a suburb of New Jersey has a greater claim to a patch of land 12,000 miles away that's inhabited by someone whose family has been there continuously since Julius Caesar was in power?
