Many genetic studies have demonstrated that most of the various Jewish ethnic divisions and the Palestinians and other Levantines, like the Druze and Bedouin, are genetically closer to each other than the Palestinians or European Jews are to non-Jewish Europeans or Africans.
Many genetic studies have demonstrated that most of the various Jewish ethnic divisions and Druze, Palestinians, and Bedouin, Lebanese and other Levantines cluster near one another genetically. One study found that Jews and Palestinians are closer to each other than the Palestinians or European Jews are to non-Jewish Europeans or Africans.