re: #397 Vicious Babushka

The Khazars were pretty badass. They probably carried around Genghis Kahn DNA.

Yes. But that’s not… ok, dunno if you missed it but there’s been a bit of noise from some about “true” jews. Khazars aren’t “true” jews, but were allegedly people who were so impressed by their superiors (the relative handful that fled to that area) that they took up their ways. But in the end they aren’t really of the tribes and so shouldn’t be allowed say in matters of import.

Of utmost significance here is that this tends to be a Palestinian argument against Israel’s right to existence. Since most of the world’s Jews are Khazars they aren’t from Israel and hence aren’t really returning - they’re just seizing land that doesn’t really belong to them.

Yes, the Khazar argument is another run of anti-semitism, mostly.

It’s been partially hijacked by some racists and haredi in Israel, by the way. “Real” jews should have rights not available to the Khazar jews. Really nasty argument even if it is coming from a small (but loud) minority.