"Jah said that Israel will be scattered (meaning forced)to the four corners of the earth. Now if there are no Israelites in the western hemisphere "against their will", then Jah is a lair. I'd rather identify Jah as a truth teller. I know that Jah never lie, and that there are Israelites in diaspora right here in America."

Greetings
What is the importance/benefit to you for Black people in the west claiming Israelite identity? Many of us cant even tell you our Afrikan ancestry yet we are supposed to embrace an Israelite ancestry?

If you take the bible as the absolute and true word of Jah, then I guess everything you read in it comes from the lips of Jah and is correct and true.

If you see the bible as being from the perspective of the writers and not absolute, then you will see it for what it is: filled with truths and lies.

I think people here know that there are Afrikan jews/hebrews/israelites. The question I posed was whether Israelite is the foundation of our people or Afrika.

Some are branches, some are leaves. InI (Afrikans) are the root!

Peace