| − | The '''Khazar myth''' (officially the '''Khazar hypothesis of Ashkenazi ancestry''') claims that Ashkenazi Jews (i.e., those descended from an Eastern European bloodline) are not [[Judaism#Minhagim and ethnic groups| ethnically Jewish]] at all, but descend from the inhabitants of the medieval Turkic Khazar Empire. Myth-makers often harness this idea in attempts to discredit [[Zionism]] and/or to explain why the [[British Israelism|British]]/[[Christian Identity|Aryans]]/[[Black Hebrew Israelites|Blacks]]/[[Arab supremacy|Arabs]]/insert race here, and not the Jews, are the REAL "chosen people" of the [[Bible]]. Anti-Zionists, on the [[alt-right]] and elsewhere, often deploy the Khazar myth in an attempt to delegitimize Ashkenazi claims to being Jewish, and by extension Jewish claims to ancestral Israel.<ref>[https://archive.is/wip/B0i2t FYI, there is nothing semetic about israel or israelis. they are decended from Khazar. ( Fake satanic (sic) jews) Put a palestinian next to an israeli. palestinian looks arabic, the israeli looks polish/german.] by @charismoa001 (7:48 AM · Apr 28, 2020) ''Twitter'' (archived from 30 Apr 2020 03:00:12 UTC).</ref> This nonsense is popular among [[Qanon]] idiots. | + | The '''Khazar myth''' (officially the '''Khazar hypothesis of Ashkenazi ancestry''') claims that Ashkenazi Jews (i.e., those descended from an Eastern European bloodline) are not [[Judaism#Minhagim and ethnic groups| ethnically Jewish]] at all, but descend from the inhabitants of the medieval Turkic Khazar Empire. Myth-makers often harness this idea in attempts to discredit [[Zionism]] and/or to explain why the [[British Israelism|British]]/[[Christian Identity|Aryans]]/[[Black Hebrew Israelites|Blacks]]/[[Arab supremacy|Arab]]s/insert race here, and not the Jews, are the REAL "chosen people" of the [[Bible]]. Anti-Zionists, on the [[alt-right]] and elsewhere, often deploy the Khazar myth in an attempt to delegitimize Ashkenazi claims to being Jewish, and by extension Jewish claims to ancestral Israel.<ref>[https://archive.is/wip/B0i2t FYI, there is nothing semetic about israel or israelis. they are decended from Khazar. ( Fake satanic (sic) jews) Put a palestinian next to an israeli. palestinian looks arabic, the israeli looks polish/german.] by @charismoa001 (7:48 AM · Apr 28, 2020) ''Twitter'' (archived from 30 Apr 2020 03:00:12 UTC).</ref> This nonsense is popular among [[Qanon]] idiots. |