Original sentence: A modern study by Kamal Salibi connects Israel and the biblical events to Yemen instead of Palestine.Although it gives weak evidence against the Mesopotamian origin of Israelites, it confirms a traditionally accepted Qahtani general origin of Semites.Assyrian records from the 9th century BC talk about Arabs, such as tribes led by queens, and show how they became increasingly important for escorting trading caravans or military expeditions in northern Arabia and Sinai.Based on the (Abrahamic tradition) Torah, Bible, and Qur'an, Arabs of the Arabian Peninsula are descendants of Ismail, son of Abraham.In addition to Adam, Noah, and Shem, some of the first known Arabs are those who came from Petra, the Nabataean capital.Keeping the surname is an important part of Arabic culture as some lineages can be traced far back to ancient times.Some Arabs claim they can trace their lineage back to Noah and Adam.Some of the names given in these texts are Aramaic, others are the first attestations of proto-Arabic dialects.The Arab ancient origin lies in the vast Desert region between modern Syria and Yemen.The first written attestation of the ethnonym "Arab" occurs in an Assyrian inscription of 853 BC, where Shalmaneser III lists a King Gindibu of mâtu arbâi (Arab land) among the people he defeated at the Battle of Qarqar.The study relies on linguistic evidence from rural dialects in Yemen, and old village names that are similar to biblical names and outnumber those in the north.The study was considered biased because it was labeled Anti-Israeli