If you ask a Western historian whether the Jews belong to a nation or a religion, he will most likely tell you: "It is both a nation and a religion." ”
Why did he answer you like that? To a large extent, he actually wanted to save a little face for Western history. Because if the Jews are not a people, then they can no longer occupy the land that belongs to the Palestinians. If they had no place to settle, how would the Western authorities compensate the Jews for their losses?
So, for both Westerners and Jews, Jews must be a people, but is that really the case?
Jew
According to the Jews themselves, they originated 4,000 years ago as a branch of the Semitic people, who were later led by their ancestor Abraham to settle in Palestine.
However, it is difficult for their rhetoric to be widely recognized in the historiography circles, especially in the Middle East! Why is this so?
This is because no Jewish-related artifacts have ever been unearthed in Palestine, nor have any relics of Jewish life ever been found.
The Palestinian region is full of relics of Arab civilization, but it is difficult to find relics related to the Jews
A nation is considered a nation because they have evidence of the existence of an early civilization. For example, China's Hemudu ruins, Sanxingdui ruins, Yuanmou ruins, Beijing people ruins and so on.
These various sites have become the most powerful evidence of the origin of the Chinese nation.
And what about the evidence that Jews existed? It's ridiculous, it's just a Bible.
The Bible
Remember, the Bible was written around 90 C.E., which is a far cry from the 4,000-year history that the Jews themselves claimed.
Since the Bible was written in 90 C.E., the history of the Jews can only be traced back to this period at best.
The Jews of this period were already scattered all over the world, and they did not form a large gathering area at all.
Why is this happening? According to the Jews themselves, they were driven out of their original places of residence by the Palestinians, and then they were displaced to various parts of the world after all kinds of wars.
However, this is just a legend, and there are no actual artifacts unearthed to support this experience.
What, then, is the real reason for the dispersion of Jews around the world? It can be summed up in four words - religious wars.
Wars of Religion
You know, the ancient politics of the Western world have long been based on religion. In other words, only by controlling religion can we control politics, and thus the country and the people.
In ancient times, the two most mainstream religions in Europe were Judaism and Christianity, so their competition was naturally very fierce, and finally evolved into a war that decided the fate of the two religions.
Regarding the war between Judaism and Christianity, this is complicated and boring, and I will not go into too much detail in this article.
All we need to know is that Judaism lost the war against Christianity very thoroughly. Eventually, Judaism was dissolved and the followers were exiled, which was the real reason why they were scattered all over the world.
Jew
In other words, there was no Jewish nation at all, and there was no home in Palestine, and the original Jews were just the Jews who lost the religious struggle.
But one of the things that is very commendable about the Jews is that they are very resilient. Even after losing the struggle, they persevered in their desire to pass on the teachings.
In order not to be completely erased by the Holy See at that time, the Jews came up with a clever plan, that is, to transform religion into a nation, and doctrine into national values.
However, nations need to have a place of origin, so they created all sorts of legends about the origin of the Jews, and finally established the theory mentioned above.
Although the wise Jews preserved their faith in this way, they were still hated by Christians. So in history, the Jews still suffered a lot of massacres and persecutions, such as the Crusades, and one of the main targets was the Jews.
The Crusades
Under such pressure from the Holy See, many mediocre Jews died out, and those who survived must have been very smart or alert.
So, why are Jews smart? It's not that they're all smart, it's that the Jews who weren't smart didn't have any offspring.
This mass murder and persecution continued into modern times, and the plight of the Jews eventually won widespread sympathy around the world. After the end of World War II, they were able to establish their own country in their legendary "homeland", which is now Israel.
However, as mentioned earlier, the land occupied by Israel is not theirs at all, but by the Palestinians.
The land where he has lived for generations was suddenly occupied by others, which no one could accept, and this laid the foundation for the long-term Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
In the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Gaza Strip was reduced to rubble
To sum up, the Jews are essentially a religion rather than a nation, and the root cause of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict can be traced back to the massacre and persecution of Jews by the Holy See in Europe.