[BlatherNaut]

That in itself does not settle history and heritage

DNA studies are helping to shed further light on this issue.

http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/most-jews-descended-ancient-turkey-new-study-2107639949

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invention_of_the_Jewish_People

[Mrs. Don-o]

The Old and New Testaments do, too.

[Mrs. Don-o]

From the first article you linked:

"Many local Jews converted to Islam and were assimilated among the Arab conquerors. Sand concludes that these converts are the ancestors of the contemporary Palestinians."

Thesis 1: the Jews are really Palestinians.

Thesis 2: the Palestinians are really Jews.

Conclusion: none.

It has no bearing on the UNESCO bullshi'ite, which is that the historic sites of the Holy Land shall henceforth be listed only by their Arabic names and considered only as constituting the Arab cultural heritage. It also has no real bearing on current boundary, building and zoning disputes. These are not determined by a genetic claim on land tenure.