The Palestinian claim has evolved from denying the existence of a Jewish kingdom (as Arafat did at Camp David) to a new theory that modern Jews descend from Khazar converts. Roy Altman notes this shift and argues the latter claim has been thoroughly disproven by extensive genetic studies.

The Roman emperor Hadrian renamed the province of Judea to 'Palestina' after the Philistines, an ancient enemy of the Israelites. This was a deliberate act to sever the connection between the Jewish people and their land following a failed rebellion, an ancient example of political rebranding with modern implications.

DNA studies reveal that Iraqi and Iranian Jewish populations are the most genetically distant from other global Jewish communities. This divergence dates back approximately 2,500 years, aligning perfectly with the historical and archaeological records of the Babylonian Exile, when a portion of the Jewish population remained in Persia.

Eschatological prophecies shouldn't be dismissed as mere fantasy. They likely represent lost historical memories of past civilizational cycles, preserved and passed down through allegory. This gives them a powerful, historically-grounded predictive validity for current events.

A cuneiform tablet from 1700 BC, predating the Old Testament by a millennium, tells a nearly identical flood story. The Babylonian version attributes the flood to gods annoyed by human noise, whereas Judean authors later repurposed the narrative to be about a single God punishing humanity for its sins.

While claims of indigeneity are debated, the Jewish people in Israel use the same language, religion, and naming conventions, and inhabit the same land as their ancestors 3,000 years ago. Altman argues this provides a more continuous and holistic claim to indigeneity than that of European descendants in North America.

C.S. Lewis's concept of 'chronological snobbery' warns against assuming past generations were inherently more ignorant or foolish. Ancient people understood basic scientific principles (like the requirements for pregnancy) even without modern terminology, and their accounts shouldn't be dismissed as naive.

A key element of settler colonialism is extracting resources for a home empire. Judge Roy Altman argues this framework is inapplicable to Israel, as there is no metropole benefiting from its existence. The Jewish people, as Golda Meir quipped, have nowhere else to go.

U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee cited the Book of Genesis to support Israel’s right to claim vast Middle East territories. This demonstrates how ancient theological arguments, detached from modern international law, are actively used by state officials to legitimize expansionist foreign policy.