COMMON MYTHS VS FACTS #12 MYTH: JEWS ARE NOT INDIGENOUS TO ISRAEL. FACT: Jews, not Arabs, are Israel’s indigenous people. Jews are from Judea (Israel). Arabs are from Arabia.Jews are Israel’s indigenous people building the First Temple in Jerusalem, the capital of their country Judea (Israel), in the 10th century BC. Arabs, arriving from Arabia, and did not appear in Israel/Judea until the 7th century BC. All other early groups in the land a la Jebusites, Phoenicians and Philistines, etc., have long since vanished.Islam did not exist when the Jewish people made Israel their state and Jerusalem their capital. Palestinian Arabs are descended from Islamic Arabia, not from any long vanished group a la Jebusites. Jews are from Judea (Israel). Arabs are from Arabia. There has never been an established Arab, Islamic, or Palestinian-Arab state in Israel. Return to Myths vs Facts Home