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We’ve all heard plenty of misinformation about Israel and the Jewish people, but those lies tend to be extremely harmful and are meant to foster radicalism against you. I’m curious, though, about the strangest misinformation you’ve heard about Israeli/Jewish beliefs or life that either isn’t super harmful, or is just weird. Something outrageous, but not in the offensive way, more in the confusing way, you know?

As far as I’m aware, the idea that DNA tests being illegal in Israel is partially false (outright wrong if it’s about ‘how Levantine’ a person is). I’ve heard that an Israeli needs permission to get one, but I’m uncertain, and never fully understood this aspect of Israel. Are DNA tests illegal or restricted? If so, why, and what is your opinion on the wider non-Israeli perception of this idea?