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Another finding, paradoxical but unsurprising, is that by the yardstick of the Y chromosome, the world's Jewish communities closely resemble not only each other but also Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese, suggesting that all are descended from a common ancestral population that inhabited the Middle East some four thousand years ago.
Dr. Lawrence H. Schiffman, chairman of the department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University, said the study fit with historical evidence that Jews originated in the Near East and with biblical evidence suggesting that there were a variety of families and types in the original population. He said the finding would cause "a lot of discussion of the relationship of scientific evidence to the manner in which we evaluate long-held academic and personal religious positions," like the question of who is a Jew.
http://foundationstone.com.au/HtmlSupport/WebPage/semiticGenetics.html
Essentially, they are different branches of the same genetic group, and have crossbred in the past. This means that each group is at great risk of being assimilated by the other (alternate places this occurs: South Germany/France, Korea/Japan, Russia/Poland) and therefore are at war and have constantly been at war and will always be at war until one side wins.
Dr. Lawrence H. Schiffman, chairman of the department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University, said the study fit with historical evidence that Jews originated in the Near East and with biblical evidence suggesting that there were a variety of families and types in the original population. He said the finding would cause "a lot of discussion of the relationship of scientific evidence to the manner in which we evaluate long-held academic and personal religious positions," like the question of who is a Jew.
http://foundationstone.com.au/HtmlSupport/WebPage/semiticGenetics.html
Essentially, they are different branches of the same genetic group, and have crossbred in the past. This means that each group is at great risk of being assimilated by the other (alternate places this occurs: South Germany/France, Korea/Japan, Russia/Poland) and therefore are at war and have constantly been at war and will always be at war until one side wins.