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Jews must undergo DNA testing to prove their right to live in Israel

Part II – Tucker Carlson Huckabee Interview

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If you had to come up with a clever idea to discredit Jewish people, as the rightful heirs of the Promised Land given to them by God, what would be the best course of action to undermine their claim?

Simple! Just cast a bit of doubt on whether or not they truly are Jewish as well as their ability to provide evidence that their ancestors once lived in the Levant (the region of the Middle East). 

This was the exact strategy employed by Tucker Carlson in his recent interview with U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee, where he challenged the validity of the Netanyahu family as being rightfully eligible to live in Israel and inherit all the benefits that come with that distinction.

As Tucker cunningly framed it, the Netanyahu family is from Poland, with Eastern European extraction, so how can he claim to be Israeli? It didn’t stop there, though. He went on to point out that, back then, the family didn’t speak Hebrew, weren’t living a devout Jewish religious lifestyle nor were, in any way, connected to the customs which characterized Jewish life.

Here is where the ignorance of Carlson is on full display. As a non-student of the Bible, and apparently the history of the Jewish people, Tucker seemed to miss the small event that took place, better known as the 2,000-year dispersion of the children of Israel who were exiled after 70 A.D. causing them to wander off into the four corners of the earth.

Biblically foretold in every prophetic book of the scriptures, had Tucker taken the time to read them, he might have known that this was part of God’s plan for His people whom He would resurrect, as if from the dead, in a remarkable return to the land, which He gave them as their inheritance. Clearly, he is not familiar with the Dry Bones chapter of Ezekiel 37, which detailed this miraculous comeback!

No, instead, all Tucker could see is the illegitimacy of the Prime Minister’s family, who, in his estimation, has no rightful claim to the land which was inhabited by Samaritans and non-Jews over the course of centuries.

But lest we accuse Carlson of trying to uproot Israelis from the land they claim is theirs, we should not be too hasty, because he has a clever plan which would prevent such an unthinkable injustice!

His brilliant solution is genetic testing! Yes, Tucker Carlson believes that the only way to solve this mystery as to who rightly should live here is to make everyone, who claims to be Jewish, undergo DNA testing. No humiliation, and no casting of aspersions, right? 

Upon offering the suggestion to Ambassador Mike Huckabee, who clearly doubted Tucker’s motives and intentions, he asked, “What about those who converted to Judaism?” Would they then be rendered ineligible to continue living in Israel?  Never answered by Tucker, the question is more than valid and one which could have far-reaching consequences for whole families where one parent was not born Jewish but, instead, made the decision to convert.

But here’s another question which the deep-thinking Carlson failed to explore when coming up with his fail-proof system of how to identify who is a Jew.  What percentage of Jewish blood would have to be produced in order to satisfy Tucker’s acid test of having earned the right to return to the homeland?

Does he even know that the 1950 secular Law of Return provides for the grandchildren of one Jewish grandparent to receive Israeli citizenship? Of course, their DNA would show far less of a percentage of Jewish blood than an individual who was born of two Jewish parents. By his estimation, they would also likely be ineligible to live in the homeland of their forebears. 

Fortunately, this is not his decision nor will it ever be! Anyone who doesn’t understand that the Jewish people who live outside of the land are essentially living in exile, should not offer up any lamebrained schemes of how to justly dole out the property that God promised to the descendants of Abraham, through his son, Isaac.

If anything, this part of the interview was nothing more than a scam, designed to shed doubt on the Jewish claim to this part of the world. The orchestrated attempt to undermine the historical and biblical legitimacy of God’s plan, was a miss, because, unknown to Tucker, it began to unfold with the rebirth of Zionism and the magnetic pull which drew the sons and daughters of Abraham back to their origins. 

To now suggest that their children and grandchildren may not be connected to those roots, either because they do not closely observe the Jewish religion or possibly not even believe in God, as mentioned by Tucker when portraying the Netanyahu family as falling into that category, is not only insane but downright insulting.

But this was part of Tucker’s elaborate plan - to sow the seeds of mistrust and suspicion to a large swath of his audience who argue the validity of Israel even being Jewish land.  

In essence, Tucker has attempted to rewrite history and the scriptures, pitting himself against the Almighty who, sovereignly, decided how it would all play out thousands of years following the dispersion.

Tucker, who likes to identify himself as a Christian believer, is treading on sacred ground as he veers into the realm of second guessing when it comes to whose land it is and whether or not the would-be occupants match his unique, pre-requisite profile.

Ironically, during the interview, Carlson, after bombarding Huckabee with multiple series of questions, dealing with morality, attempting to set a trap for the ambassador in order to get his “gotcha” moment, would say, “Do you even hear yourself?” as he would respond. One wonders if Tucker has heard himself as he takes on the role of Decider, choosing who enters the holy land and to whom the doors should be shut. 

Sadly, there is a wide audience for this type of speculative blather, seeking to substitute or replace the Jewish people with a counterfeit heir.  Whether it’s done through the erroneous doctrine of Replacement Theology or through the supercilious imaginings of a popular journalist/influencer, the goal is the same – disconnect the rightful heirs by installing others in their place.

By preserving the Jewish people throughout 2,000 years of dispersion and bringing them back to their land, DNA testing is superfluous. God already figured this one out, and that’s the reason he allows Israel to be victorious!

Stay tuned for Part 3 - Is Israel dictating U.S. Moves? Is Ambassador Huckabee more loyal to Israel than the U.S.?

A former Jerusalem elementary and middle-school principal who made Aliyah in 1993 and became a member of Kibbutz Reim but now lives in the center of the country with her husband. She is the author of Mistake-Proof Parenting, based on the principles from the book of Proverbs - available on Amazon.

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