Explanation: The Jews have had a… rough history, shall we say? But of all the polities which have come into contact with the ethnoreligion, Achaemenid-era Persia (Iran) was one of the few who gave them a little breathing room. After a significant number had been enslaved by Babylon, Cyrus the Great of Persia, after conquering Babylon, released all the Jews from their state of slavery/exile. In addition, he guaranteed their religious rights, and paid out of his own treasury to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem.

For this reason, Cyrus is the only non-Jewish figure named in Hebrew scriptures as a ‘Messiah’ - an ‘annointed one’ who is considered a savior. Cyrus the Liberator!

I’m not a scholar of the Talmud but I wonder if the Palestinian people are mentioned

Sure, they are the protagonists. The people who remained there after the Romans destroyed the place just converted to Islam. Most current Jews are other ethnicities that converted to judaism afterwards.

The people who remained there after the Romans destroyed the place just converted to Islam. Most current Jews are other ethnicities that converted to judaism afterwards.

That’s a misconception. Judaism, especially Rabbinical Judaism which predominated after the Jewish-Roman Wars, generally doesn’t fare too well with converts. There has been a lot of intermarriage with other ethnicities over the years, but modern Jews are definitely descendants of Israelites, by and large