Himself condemned by other geneticists (and lately, linguists) for his poor analyses.
Converts?
...Ashkenazi Jews? Mizrachi Jews look identical to other Arabs and I know plenty of them who were stopped by border police.
I'm pretty sure they're using DNA markers from the general Middle Eastern population and not specifically that of Palestinians.
What does one have to do with the other?
Religion is not a DNA Trait
Persians also share R1a-M582 , Mizrachi Jews most likely descend from Persian colonies, some of whom came from Armenia and Colchis, One of the Persians colonist was in Elephantine and they were known as 'Arameans' and 'Yahud', Yahad means colonist , Arameans most likely meant Armenian.
Most likely why Genesis puts it's origin in Armenia, the Kingdom of Urartu and from the Chaldoi (a people living in Pontus, Cappadocia and Colchia ). ( Black Sea).
Palestine doesn't mean 'Invader', the history of the name Palestine is way more documented then Israel-Judea, they first appeared in 1150 BCE among the Sea people, most likely from Crete whom 'exodus' out of Egypt, into Lower Canaan, they most likely introduced 'Yaw' ( Yahweh ) into Canaanite vocabulary , they are mentioned on the Onomasticon(1000 BCE), on the Padiiset Statue (900 BCE) 'Canaan and Peleset'
Mentioned on the Nimrud Slab ( 800 BCE)
[I subdued] from the bank of the Euphrates, the land of Hatti, the land of Amurru in its entirety, the land of Tyre, the land of Sidon, the land of Humri, the land of Edom, the land of Palastu, as far as the great sea of the setting sun. I imposed tax and tribute on them
(from the brooks of Egypt to the Euphrates )
Hatti - Amurru - Tyre(Surri) - Sidon - Humri - Edom - Palastu
( Did they miss someone out?)
Herodotus mentions 'Four' main people in Canaan. 'Syria, Phoenicia, Palestine and Syrians of Palestine'.
This is because the Old Testament is a Mythology, not a history, how can one claim descent from mythological characters like Judah, Greeks have mythological ancestors, whom came out of the Ark of Deucalion, like Hellen ( The Greeks), It's all the same mythology.