FACT CHECK · IDENTITY & HISTORY
Claim: Jews arrived in the land as foreign settlers
FALSETHE ANSWER
Egypt's Merneptah Stele, c.1208 BCE, names Israel as a people in Canaan. The Tel Dan Stele, 9th c. BCE, names the House of David. Rome's Arch of Titus shows the Temple spoils taken in 70 CE.
SOURCE
Merneptah Stele c.1208 BCE (Cairo); Tel Dan Stele, 9th c. BCE (Israel Museum); Arch of Titus, Rome, c.81 CE
en.wikipedia.org · thejewishmuseum.org · khanacademy.org
en.wikipedia.org · thejewishmuseum.org · khanacademy.org
PEOPLE ALSO SAY
- “You came from europe”
- “Never was israel”
- “Foreign settlers”
- “European settlers”
- “You are settlers”
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