There is no history of the Ashkenazi having set foot anywhere in the Middle East ever! Today, the Ashkenazi are facing humiliation after DNA confirmed that the chances that they are Hebrews is 0% because they are 100% European! Even today with this DNA knowledge, you are not going to find an Ashkenazi who would admit that he is European because he feels diminished unless he considers himself to be the chosen people. What scares them the most is that if they admit that they are European, how then can they claim Palestine?