Awwww, HelenTheFruitcake is here. Whoop!
Reality. Levantine Jews moved east and married locals and converted locals.
Whilst most Ashkenazi have no Levantine ancestry a few do have at most 20%. The Sephardi have no more than any other Spaniard – how bizarre. NOT!
Sadly and weirdly I think the Russkie has nailed it. The group attacked in Iraq are an Iraqi state entity. They fought to remove ISIS. They may have a majority of Shias in their ranks but they also have Sunnis, Yazidis and Christians. Only America and Israel have an issue with them. Iraq doesn’t! Dumb Americans think it’s an Iranian toy, Iraq does not!