Comments by "Sandy Tatham" (@sandytatham3592) on "SOAS University students in London launch Palestine encampment" video.

  1. Israel is an “indigenous rights” success story. The Jewish people are back in control in their ancestral homeland after the Arabs invaded and colonised the Holy Land and the Levant in the 7th century. When the British and Allies DEFEATED the Ottoman Caliphate ☪️ in 1918, there was a window of opportunity for the Jewish people, who supported the Allies, to be granted the right to reconstitute their ancestral homeland in a tiny <1% of the Ottoman land. Hejazi Arabs, who also fought in the side of the British with Lawrence of Arabia to win the war, were granted self-rule in 99% of the land, much of it oil-rich, today’s Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. One-fifth of Israeli citizens are Arabs who have equal rights with Jews. I stand with Israel…🇮🇱💙🙏
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  2.  @DavidL-i4j : Many countries including France, Switzerland, Australia and Israel have restrictions on DNA testing to protect *medical privacy*. An example is for paternity cases. I think laws around genetic testing will be tightened up even more as time goes on so as to protect individuals. There are DNA clinics in Tel Aviv, so ignore those silly rumours. DNA is also not a criteria for #indigeneity, as anyone can be a convert into Judaism, though I've read that Israel is now using genetic testing to assist in the faster processing of some immigration applications. The marriage law is complicated, but I don't know much about it. Although Israel is secular, some of their laws do intersect with religion.
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