Here's a link by the reputable peer reviewed journal, Nature, illustrating the trace the origins of most Jewish Diaspora communities to the Levant https://www.nature.com/articles/nature09103

And here's an article discussing one of many artifacts linking the Jewish people to Israel (and even includes a UN organization trying to foil the recognition, but what else is new?) https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/27/world/middleeast/israel-unesco-holy-site.html