Quote Originally Posted by Reenk Roink
Well then there seems to be a problem with your intuition. I was merely pointing out an anthropological fact, and you interpreted it to be some political claim. Perhaps if you'd have looked closely into my views on the matter (apparent in post 3 of this very thread), I don't buy the argument of an indigenous claim to a land because logically, it would entail giving back that land (big problem for me living here), in many cases to an "extinct" people. Plus there is the fact that no true "purity" exists. I have to uphold the "right by conquest" idea.

Anyway, back on anthropology, there is no research on Palestinians and Canaanite linkage, though the Lebanese population (Christian, Maronite, Sunni, Shi'ite mind you) have gene pools comprising of Canaanites (the ones in the Bible) and Arabs and to a smaller extent, Europeans and Turks.

Now, you may take this however you want, or try to argue against a position that nobody is holding (as you did just now), but these are facts.

Also, the Canaanites themselves are said to be originated in the Arabian Penninsula. Oh No! Don't kill me on this one either Don, I'm not implying anything.


Again, I'm not trying to divert the thread topic. My point was how land claims tend to pile up on each other. That was all.