-Caveat Lector- > -----Original Message----- > From: Para [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 1:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Armageddon-or-NewAge] Jews/Palestinians almost Genetic > Identicals - Research papers axed & censored > > > > > http://rense.com/general17/papershowing.htm > > Paper Showing Jews/Palestinians Are Almost Genetic Identicals Axed > By Robin McKie > Science Editor > The Observer - London > 11-26-1 > > A keynote research paper showing that Middle Eastern Jews and > Palestinians > are genetically almost identical has been pulled from a > leading journal. > Academics who have already received copies of Human > Immunology have been > urged to rip out the offending pages and throw them away. > Such a drastic > act of self-censorship is unprecedented in research > publishing and has > created widespread disquiet, generating fears that it may involve the > suppression of scientific work that questions Biblical dogma. 'I have > authored several hundred scientific papers, some for Nature > and Science, > and this has never happened to me before,' said the article's > lead author, > Spanish geneticist Professor Antonio Arnaiz-Villena, of Complutense > University in Madrid. 'I am stunned.' British geneticist Sir > Walter Bodmer > added: 'If the journal didn't like the paper, they shouldn't > have published > it in the first place. Why wait until it has appeared before > acting like > this?' The journal's editor, Nicole Sucio-Foca, of Columbia > University, New > York, claims the article provoked such a welter of complaints > over its > extreme political writing that she was forced to repudiate > it. The article > has been removed from Human Immunology's website, while > letters have been > written to libraries and universities throughout the world > asking them to > ignore or 'preferably to physically remove the relevant pages'. > Arnaiz-Villena has been sacked from the journal's editorial > board. Dolly > Tyan, president of the American Society of Histocompatibility and > Immunogenetics, which runs the journal, told subscribers that > the society > is 'offended and embarrassed'. The paper, 'The Origin of > Palestinians and > their Genetic Relatedness with other Mediterranean > Populations', involved > studying genetic variations in immune system genes among > people in the > Middle East. In common with earlier studies, the team found > no data to > support the idea that Jewish people were genetically distinct > from other > people in the region. In doing so, the team's research > challenges claims > that Jews are a special, chosen people and that Judaism can only be > inherited. Jews and Palestinians in the Middle East share a > very similar > gene pool and must be considered closely related and not genetically > separate, the authors state. Rivalry between the two races is > therefore > based 'in cultural and religious, but not in genetic > differences', they > conclude. But the journal, having accepted the paper earlier > this year, now > claims the article was politically biased and was written using > 'inappropriate' remarks about the Israeli-Palestinian > conflict. Its editor > told the journal Nature last week that she was threatened by mass > resignations from members if she did not retract the article. > Arnaiz-Villena says he has not seen a single one of the > accusations made > against him, despite being promised the opportunity to look > at the letters > sent to the journal. He accepts he used terms in the article > that laid him > open to criticism. There is one reference to Jewish > 'colonists' living in > the Gaza strip, and another that refers to Palestinian people > living in > 'concentration' camps. 'Perhaps I should have used the words settlers > instead of colonists, but really, what is the difference?' he > said. 'And > clearly, I should have said refugee, not concentration, > camps, but given > that I was referring to settlements outside of Israel - in Syria and > Lebanon - that scarcely makes me anti-Jewish. References to > the history of > the region, the ones that are supposed to be politically > offensive, were > taken from the Encyclopaedia Britannica, and other text > books.' In the wake > of the journal's actions, and claims of mass protests about > the article, > several scientists have now written to the society to support > Arnaiz-Villena and to protest about their heavy-handedness. > One of them > said: 'If Arnaiz-Villena had found evidence that Jewish people were > genetically very special, instead of ordinary, you can be > sure no one would > have objected to the phrases he used in his article. This is > a very sad > business.' > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! 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