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Date/Time 26 Dec 2014 8:08:14pm
This is actually antisemitism directed towards Palestinians.

Have you considered that Jewish pottery and other archeological finds are also not that distinct from those found in nearby countries? Am I then to assume this makes Jewish historical identity null and void? Of course not. The geographic location of Palestine/Israel accounts for this historically.

Canaanite temples and large aspects of their culture were identical to the people of Israel -no big deal. They were still at some point a distinct culture.In much the same way the clothing of Palestinian women is more distinct than the men to the cultures that surrounds them.

There is a disturbing similarity here to the description of Australia as terra nullius in your reasoning. The consequences of such a colonialist logic caused almost the total destruction of the oldest cultures on the planet across this continent.