[Ptarmigan]

Interesting. I know Lebanon and Syria is where Phoenicia was. Egypt is where Ancient Egypt existed. Iraq is present day Mesopotamia. Iran is Persia. Palestinian Arabs I read are actually not full bled Arab, but have some Turkish ancestry.

[Cronos]

Palestinian Arabs I read are actually not full bled Arab, but have some Turkish ancestry.

Well, that is true -- the area was called Palestine in the 1800s and was mostly desert. THen the jews started moving back there and with their ingenuity they made the desert blossom. ARabs from around the Arab world came to live there -- from Egypt, Syria, Iraq probably some turks too -- drawn by this created paradise. They are hence, as much immigrants as Eastern EuropeanJews.