In 1926 the jews claimed an historical right to Crimea due to their Khazar roots, Palestine considered unsuitable

UPROOTED PALESTINIANS: SALAM ALQUDS ALAYKUM

Jews Claim Historical Right To Crimea

December 30, 1926

Vienna (Dec. 29)

Russian Jews have a historic right on which to base their land settling activity in the Crimea. This was the opinion expressed by Dr. Simon Dubnow, well known Russian Jewish historian, in an interview with the representative of the “Menorah.”

If the question of Jewish right to colonize Crimea is raised it must be remembered that the Jews have a right to claim to be autochthons of all the northern coast of the Black Sea. As early as the ancient Bosphorean empire, before the Christian era, colonies of Hellenized Jews have flourished on the Black Sea coast. Inscriptions which have been found there dating back to the first cenutry prove the existence of organized Jewish communities in this region. These Hellenized Jews were followed by the Byzantine Jews in the fifth century of the Christian era. The…

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