FACT CHECK · IDENTITY & HISTORY
Claim: Jews returning is like Muslims reclaiming Spain
MISLEADINGTHE ANSWER
Spain expelled ~300,000 Moriscos, descendants of forcibly converted Muslims, in 1609-1614; many stayed or returned. Jews never wholly left this land: Galilee kept communities under Rome and Crusaders.
SOURCE
Expulsion of the Moriscos, 1609-1614; Jewish communities in Galilee and Tiberias under Roman, Byzantine, Crusader rule
en.wikipedia.org · historytoday.com · britannica.com · en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org · historytoday.com · britannica.com · en.wikipedia.org
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