However , unlike the Jews , the Samaritan community never recovered from their ethnic cleansing , and has been a minority in Samaria since .
Both revolts against foreign imperial occupation led by self - proclaimed Messiahs were initially successful , only to be later brutally quashed .
Unlike the Jews , the Samaritan community never recovered from their ethnic cleansing , and has been a minority in Samaria since .
Both revolts against foreign imperial occupation led by self - proclaimed Messiahs were initially successful , only to be later brutally quashed .