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>Carthago delenda est

They had customs and rituals closer to the modern jew than what is found in the bible, and they even used the shekle for currency. But again, what were they?

Israelites?
Certainly not.

Were they jews?
Yes, and also no. Read up on them, and you'll see that while they were a protozionest entity, they did not go about claiming
>i am israel chai

They'd seen what happened under the Maccabees, the rabbis and bar kokba. But they still behaved the same, abused humanity the same, and met the same end.