1 Jacob who was renamed Israel had ancestors who were Aramean also known as Syrian

2 Many Israelites converted to Christianity and some of the earliest copies of the New Testament which are not in Koine Greek were in the Syriac language

3 The Church of the East has liturgy in Syriac

4 Israel was renamed Syria Palestine

5 Christians of Israelite ancestry have existed in Syria Palestine since as long as Christianity has existed

6 Ashkenazi Jews came from Europe and the Soviet Union not Israel