The discussion while including historical facts, did omit significant details that would alter the conclusions arrived at in your discussion. I'd read Norman Finkelstein, a Jewish scholar, books or listen to his talks to get an objective and more complete truth. Peace.
@@Bearded.Stranger Finklestein is required reading for anyone discussing this topic. The fact they didn't mention Zionism, or the Nakba, is a great indication that they're leaving out large chunks of the story.
Also, you forgot to mention that the reason Israel did not give Gaza back to Egypt was because Egypt didn't want it back, and from what I learned they actually threatened to back out of the deal if Israel did not take Gaza.
@@andrewlisciandrello6920 Also forgot to mention that after the Arab countries attacked Israel and lost in 48, they expelled some 800,000 Jews from their own countries.
@@andrewlisciandrello6920 you delude yourself or you lie! Before 1948 'Palestinian' meant all people in Palestine , which was a larger geographical area tha Israel and included all jews , christians and arabs. the word is a colonial term given first by the roman emporer Hadrian. It is a geopolitical term and is NOT a term to define a race of people! very few of the Gazans if any were ever original inhabitants of the area as original inhabitants! they came from Crete and supplanted Egyptians and jews 1500 years ago
One point that didn't come up in this video is that when Israel made peace with Egypt, the Egyptians insisted on getting beck every last square inch of the Sinai peninsula, yet they were quite adamant not to take the Gaza strip back to their control.
Which means, as they've made peace with Israel under these and no other conditions, that the Gaza strip is not Israeli occupied, but Israeli posession.
@@verar5844 This is what the Egyptians and the PLO thought, but quite frankly, that's rubbish. When you make peace with another country, and dispense with territory in the process, you won't be in a position to say, I demand for this territory to be dealt with like this and that. Either you make peace, and then no longer have any say concerning given up territory, or you don't make peace.
The problem isn't so much that people don't know, or ignore history, the problem is that people hide facts and lie by omission. - notice this video doesn't talk about any illegal settlements. - the reason that the areas around Gaza were not well defended is that much of the IDF had been moved to the West Bank, with an aim to "protect settlers"
He calls them Arabs but doesn't say they were Arab jews. Every country in the Middle East had Arab jews living there. Example would be the Yemen jews, 70,000 immigrated to Israel in the late 1940s. The East European jews were city dwellers and needed farmers to work the land.
they're also not Arabs, DNA studies show that Palestinians are actually Canaanites, even Tel Aviv university confirmed that both Jews and Palestinians are blood brothers what else he lied about?
Its far from being true, and even antisamatic, the jews got expelled from every arab country in 1948 after the arab started a war to destroy the state of Israel, chack history before you go on a propaganda lies talking points
also you could point out that the arab jews in all the middle eastern countries are gone today through migration to israel or extermination. The hatred for Israel will not stop until every Jew and Christian is driven from the region. All other arguments are merely disguises to hide the true mission.
This is incorrect. The whole raison d'etre for the Zionist movement was to bring those "city dwellers" back into an agrarian lifestyle. That was the point of the kibbutzim. The people who moved there wanted to work and develop the land themselves, not get someone else to do it for them.
Don't forget also that by 1979 Egyptian president Anwar Sadat was in favor of the UN 2-state solutions and for normalization with Israel and then fundamentalists in his own military murdered him for it.
A one state solution could have worked in the past, but with all the terrorism and crimes against humanity, I wouldn't expect that to happen anytime soon.
Don't forget the Jews have 0 claim to the lands people already inhabiting for over 1000 years. Those entities, especially the UN, you listed have no right to dictate anything either. What's your point again?
They are Palestinian citizens of Israel, they are not simply Arab, they are Palestinian, no more and no less than any Palestinian who left present day Israel in 1948
@@jasonfobes5980Of course! they have members of parliament , representation in the Supreme Court, exactly the same property, education ,work and so on.. rights as the Jewish, Christian,Druze etc population.
Need to go back many years prior to 1947 when the area was called Judaea. The Roman Empire controlled most of the area at that time and after several conflicts between the Jews and their controlling Roman’s, the empire decided to change the name to philistean which later became Palestine.
@@JimBrave-ri1oc ?? Not what i understand, even the Bible states rome ruled over Israel, they had sibordinate kings, governors and leading figures to help run not only Israel but all it's territories.
Never forget that the Ottomans took the Israelites and push them out of the country that was way after the Romans did their trick and guess what the Autumn Empire was mainly dealing with that country would be Iran connect to dots it's not hard
Salam, Shlomo, Shalom, Peace. Gospel [Last Testament]: I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but are lying-I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you." Quran [Last Testament]: Towards The Latter Days, The Children Of Israel Will Be Haughty [Except The Pious Versed In Torah].
so according to your dumbass argument, the usa shouldn't exist because there was no "american" king or currency or government prior to the revolutionary war. you should probably listen to the hasbara update where they tell you to not bring up this "there was no pealestine" argument because its easily refuted.
This so called expert lost me at no land was stolen! Really!! STOP….. 800,000 plus Palestinians who lived in Palestine and owned property fled for fear of being killed and lost all their lands and possessions. They also lost their right to return. No compensation was ever made. Till this day, the Zionists are stealing land especially in West Bank via their illegal occupation and settlements. Over this period the Jewish population of Palestine, composed principally of immigrants, increased from less than 10 per cent in 1917 to over 30 per cent in 1947. The map signifies exactly that. How Jews comprised 10% of population at end of World War One
@@primarchvakarian589 It's also directly quoted from Mark Twain (allegedly, and originally) without credit. If I were an English teacher, I'd be disappointed!
Those who believe what this Journo nobody is saying without providing a single citation are the ones who have been fooled. Read history books, don't listen to VPs of think tanks
British helped defeat the ottoman empire thus per rules of war had all legal rights and claims to the lands to do as they please... before Britain the ottoman empire was one land...
Before the British, who "owned" the land? The Ottoman. Before the Ottoman, who "owned" the land? The Roman empire. The British empire was the last "owners" and they handed it to the UN. That is where the UN mandate came from.
To me the solution has always been simple !! Even by the current UN protocol on migration and settlement.... What needed to be done for ages can still be done today !!! Egypt is responsible for the so called exodus of the Jews as we are told..... So they owe them for forcing them out..... The Sinai desert was the first free un occupied area that was available for the wonderers..why did they not settle there !!!... Palestine was already occupied and whoever was there was going to have to fight for ii !! So the solution is this very very simple !! Egypt should sell, or give the je was the whole of the Sinai desert to settle in and they can establish a new civilization there !! Let what ever gets leftin Palestine be the peace and retribution that the Palestinian deserve !!!
The history of this area is complicated. There isn't a common knowledge about Israel/Palestine that you can simply appeal to, including this video. So think all you want, unless you've researched the subject you don't know much.
Another point of clarity: Jordan did not occupy the West Bank. Rather, they occupied Judea and Samaria then renamed it “West Bank” as a means of erasing the area’s Jewish identity and history.
@@johntomlinson-j6x the ancient Israelites are the Palestinians themselves they just changed religion. These Europeans are from japeth and they belong in Europe
What I’m very surprised to see left out of this discussion regarding the importance of context is the fact that it leaves out the 4/5 of British Mandate Palestine that included ALL of Jordan and a small part of Syria, Lebanon and Egypt. And that doesn’t include the French Mandate.
Apparently under what was deemed as a legal document, the Arabs demanded all the land be divided to the Arabs themselves with no Jewish state or land. The British Empire verbally agreed to these terms & conditions with the ambassador for the Palestinian people. It never came to fruition because back in Briton (spelt at the time) denied this clause. Ultimately this led to the Zionists & the Rothchilds demands to give land to the Jewish people who were expelled from the middle east & Europe during WW1 & WW2. It was under the British Empire, through Arab nepotism, land was given to the Arab leaders uncle and son which was as you rightly say, Egypt and Syria.
The main thing that this shows is that all of the peace loving, decent people all over the world have been stood upon by corrupt governments who don’t care about them or their welfare. It is extremely sad this world we are living in 🥺
Two state solution was applied to India and Pakistan too and failed. "From the River to the Sea" is somewhat familiar to us in India with an archaic Islamic WAQF Board staking claim to any land in perpetuity, in the name of Allah. This board has become the third largest landowner in the country - probably more land than Pakistan in acreage! So far, they've claimed temples which are much older than Islam, entire villages where people have been living since generations, and even large parts of our cities! The current Israel/Palestine conflict has brought into focus the sharp differences in our society as well.
@@stevea6816 Pakistan and muslims living in India are never sstisfied with what they've got..they always want more.. Pakistan want whole of Kashmir and always send terrorists who infiltrate Indian territory..Pakistan is most of the time on the brink of war with India.. extremists muslim organizations in India want to convert the whole country into an Islamic state and get back to medieval times with Mughal empire rule...they often create unrest in areas where they are in majority.. while they already have specific laws in their favour such as Muslim Personal Law...
@@utsavpawar7015 Because while Pakistan was meant to be for Muslims, India was meant to be for everyone, including Muslims. 2 state solution has not been perfect (in fact its divided into 3 states now when you include Bangladesh which came from Pakistan) but it has generally been successful.
Where did the so-called Palestinians come from? Aren't they mainly Arab Muslims who migrated from Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan? Yasser Arafat was of Egyptian origin. We all know that there has been a Jewish kingdom since ancient times (Jesus is a Jew). But there has never been a country called Palestine, so why now?
Not all jews in Israel were there in the first place. They came there too. You can say they were there before, but so were the arabs. British mandate Palestine had Palestinians in it. I don’t see why thats so hard to understand.
@@mrbejam where are the Jews who were there in the whole of Middle East countries? They have been displaced or converted by Muslims by sword, which resulted in Jews scattered population throughout the world. When Palastenians were offered land on a Two Nation Theory, they refused it and supported Hamas, now they are crying!
Another deception involves map one and map three. In the first map it portrays Jewish populated areas in white, even though Jews didnt have soveriegnty. Yet in map three the Arab settled areas within Israel are not portrayed in green, even though Israel had hundreds of thousands of Arabs, and hundreds of Arab towns. Very dishonest.
@@janehrahan5116 When I said "hundreds of thousands" I was referring to the number of Arabs left in Israel proper in 1948 to 1967, corresponding to map 3.
@doctordan1668 I think I was. Both he and I are talking about inconsistency in what was being portrayed between the maps that resulted in completely false implications.
It's The Right of Conquest. It has been around since the day of clubs and spears and will continue until the last two humans inhabit the Earth, or Mars if we get there.
To some degree, I agree. But the modern world order, by the UN, is that nations are generally recognized and protected (in a gang-like way), as the normative order. However, what many don't realize is that the UN allows for civil wars, and whoever comes out on top, gets a seat at the UN. So primarily, it's true within nations that the most guns mean legitimacy in many parts of the world, but less true today between nations.
Though I get the point you’re trying to make even with the first frame of the map, I’m confused at the delineation that you’re suggesting that we take in which we would only show the population densities of Palestinians and Israeli’s. To say a place is only owned by those that have ownership on the land, you would then need for the governance of the land to be equal or benign. The same would suggest that I could then move to an uninhabited part of land and lay claim to it today in northern Canada. We know this simply isn’t true because there is ownership in sorts over the land. I would need to purchase this land.
There was no country in this area when the British left except Israel. The Palestinians (that didn't exist yet) didn't bother to declare one. Maybe they were happy to be gobbled up by the Arab Palestinian State Jordan. Or by Egypt if they lived in Gaza and came from Egypt anyway.
There has ALWAYS been a Jewish presence in the area now known as Israel, for thousands of years. Even after the Romans destroyed the ancient kingdom of Judea and its capital city Jerusalem in 70 CE, there was still a Jewish population which remained in Judea. For the next couple of millennia, Jerusalem/Judea passed from one hand to another, from Byzantines to Saracens, to Crusaders, to Ottomans, to the British; all through this time, there was ALWAYS a Jewish presence in the territory. In an Ottoman census in the 19th century, Jews were found to be the majority of the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Sometime in the late 20th century, a German Jewish man named Theodor Herzl began a movement for the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine and he called his movement Zionism. At the time, very few European Jews took the Zionists seriously. They were often the butt of jokes from both secular and religious Jews. The assimilated secular Jews ignored the Zionists because they thought their ideas were ludicrous. Many secular Jews, especially in Western Europe had settled comfortably into the Middle and upper classes. They were successful scientists, inventors, composers, lawyers, bankers etc. These European Jews had no need or desire to uproot and transplant themselves into a hot and inhospitable climate thousands of miles away because of romantic notions of nation building. The religious Jews despised the Zionists because it was a secular movement and most of its members were atheists. The Zionists began buying land in Palestine from the Ottomans and from Arabs in the area. Examples of Jewish Land acquisition from the Ottomans: Jezreel Valley: Jewish settlers purchased land in the fertile Jezreel Valley, which became an important agricultural region. Hula Valley: Land was acquired in the Hula Valley in northern Israel for agricultural development. Petah Tikva: This city was founded in 1878 on land purchased by Jewish immigrants, and it is considered one of the earliest Zionist settlements. Rishon LeZion: Another early Zionist settlement, established in 1882 on purchased land, is now a city in central Israel. Rosh Pina: This settlement in the Upper Galilee region was established in 1882 on purchased land. Zikhron Ya'akov: Founded in 1882, this town in northern Israel was established on land acquired by Jewish settlers. Rehovot: Established in 1890, Rehovot was founded on purchased land and has since become a city known for its agricultural research. Mishmar HaYarden: A kibbutz founded in 1920 on land purchased in the northern Jordan Valley. Tel Aviv: While it wasn't established as a rural settlement, land was purchased to establish the city of Tel Aviv in 1909. Jerusalem neighborhoods: Various Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem, such as Talpiot, Rehavia, and Nahlaot, were established on land purchased by Jewish organizations and individuals. The rest of modern Israel is made up land legitimately acquired, not by invasions or conquests, but under international law such as the Balfour Declaration, the League of Nations Mandate and the United Nations. The occupied territories were acquired not as a result Israeli aggression, but Arab aggression against Israel during the Six Day War. As at October 2023 when Hamas launched its degenerate attack, Gaza was fully under Palestinian control because Israel had completely disengaged from Gaza in the year 2005. There are no Jewish settlements in Gaza and there haven't been any since 2005.
Native Americans always had a presence in North America, but pilgrims legitimately bought their land with support from imperial world powers, natives did nothing with the land, and actually they didn’t really have a government so it’s not even legally their land so we put them in reservations and even sometimes bought their land for a totally fair price, we barely even forced them to do so, once they got upset at us for colonizing… I mean legitimately claiming this land our beautiful country was created, we are good people and we did not colonize, they had a choice, and we made it for them
Thank You!!! You are correct in everything & well put! The whole reason that there is a Palestine at all is to keep jabbing at the Jews. They don't do it for land they do it for pure hatred. Egypt, Jordan, Iran and other Muslim countries send monetary/humanitarian aide to Palestine not to help the people but to keep them from migrating to their countries. One reason they don't want Palestinian migrants is Black September where the King of Jordan took in Palestinian "refugees" for humanitarian reasons and they repaid him by forming gangs and robbing the soft subjects and one gang becoming so big they attempted a coup against the king.
@@DudW2 Are you actually comparing literate Arabs living in barren lands with Native Americans who did not have a system of writing or knowledge of land tenure?
@@thebeatnumber man you really know how to humanize groups of people.. crazy how these groups both ended up in the same situation from views like these
Part of land in Palestine was legally purchased by Jews from the owners of the land. In 1920th my parents were children living in Romania in families with low income. After Hanukkah holidays they would bring their pennies to people departing to Palestine for purchasing land to build a kibbutz. My parents didn’t live to see Israel, but I visited it several times and I stayed in kibbutz.
The holy land, the land of children of father Abraham called the Syem people in Arabic or the Levant people in English or French has NEVER been for SALE. Before father abraham and Eva came to this holy land, holy to the followers of 3 abrahimic religions, from Mesopotamia, North Iraq, there had been people on this land; the Canaanites, with all its social orders, rules and leaders to rule their region. Palestinians are descendants of these people intermarrying with children of father Abraham. They have NEVER left the holy land. According to GENETICISTS - DNA EXPERTS, such as Arthur Koestner PhD, Arelia Oppenheim PhD, Ehran El Haik PhD, historian Prof Schlomo Sand to mention a few, “Jews” designing, creating, ruling, controlling and financing the present Israel are NOT children of Abraham, but ARE Europeans from south Russia who traveled west for many generations on European mainland starting the 10th century, interbreeding with local central and western europeans on their way west; making them who they are now; with physical feature, more European than most Italians! so we got to distinguish between jews as people and jews as the followers of judaism. As people, real jews are brothers and sisters for Arabs. Jews are childrens of father abraham from his second son Isaac and arabs are abraham's children from his first son Ishmael. As people from the same seed, the seed of abraham, they look physically the same! Not (jewish) eueopeans who claim to buy land on the holy land. Google 100 most popular jews in any field in the world; be politicians, businessmen, financiers, academicians, news media, hollywood, noble prize laureates, etc, and look very closely at their faces: they are very Europeans, more europeans than most italians! "Jewish" Noble prizes winners are the jewels of Europe!
@@antanarivo2589 you tried to impose as Philistines - didn’t work, they were from Greece, now you trying to claim Canaaties who disappeared long before 1 st century as well as Philistines. You have nothing to prove- no kingdom, no king, no archeologically found coin, nothing. You are displaced and misplaced Arabs who were nomads going from place to place.
Yeah the arabs wanted to rule over it. But at we all know how democracy and freedom there is in arabic countries… Every single human rather live in israel and not “palestine” ruled by islamic jihad on a different universe
@@aminebrahmi8034 Yes and no. Would you say Alaska is not part of USA? Or would you say it is still Russian? After all, people with Russian heritage still live there. Land is ruled by individuals in a very simple sense, and we tend to call those monarchies. The interviewee's argument is misleading, ironic considering he's complaining about an image being misleading.
I think the designation of Palestine or Palestinian needs to be explained in conversations such as this video. When saying Palestine or Palestinian in reference to Arabs or Muslims it should be said as Palestinian Arab or Palestinian Muslim. Palestine consisted of every religion and every, or at least most ethnicities. So, when discussing this issue of land, it needs to be said that Palestinians as considered by the Romans who invented the name and ruled over the region included all of the inhabitants not just Arabs. So pre 1948 there were Palestinian Jews, Palestinian Christians and so on. I know it might seem unneeded to say this, but most people today don't seem to know that that is how it was. The concepts being taught in our schools today are not the concepts that Gen X and earlier generations were taught.
A better explanation is that the Romans designated the land "Philista" or Philistine. When they defeated the rebellion they killed the Jews and kicked out many more and named the land for the ancient biblical enemies of the Hebrews, the Philistines. Rome did not create a country there; they were erasing the existence of the Jews. Saying that this land is "Philista" means it is "free of Jews" just like the Germans who declared a town "Judenrein" after killing all the Jews in it. Philistines were part of the Seleucids, who were Greeks, not Arabs, and they went extinct long before the Roman empire, Christianity or Islam existed. If another Arab country is to be created, it makes no sense to name it for an extinct Greek tribe. Arabs descend from the surrounding Arab countries, not ancient Israel. If those Arab countries actually cared about the "Palestinians" (they don't) they would take them in and pay them reparations for what they have done to their own people. I wonder how Hamas and their numerous supporters would feel about being ruled by a Hashemite king.
Arab Muslims rejected the term "Palestinian" as it was a British term. Only the Jews for the most part accepted the term and had it on their official documents. Let's also be clear that in the 1800s, the population was very low in the entirety of the territory and was that way at the start of the British control. BOTH* British and Jewish advancements in the land made it very inviting to the Arabs who came in at greater amounts (which later, Jews came in on quotas). Jordan is 76 percent of the mandatory and that is somewhat akin to 3/4 of "Palestine" and leave only 1/4 that is being in contention for Jews and Arabs. Candidly that 24 percent should be ALL Israel.
@@michaelmanus7765Everyone that lived there knew "Palestine" wasn't an accurate name for that land; the Romans called it that to emphasize that the Jews were defeated and killed off by naming it for their ancient Greek enemy. People should really stop calling it Palestine.
As a GIS cartographer, I know how powerful maps can be. While it's essentially impossible to be completely honest with a map, there will always be some information that is omitted and a 2D plane can never represent a 3D ellipsoid (the Earth) completely accurately. It is however, the duty of the one making the map to reduce the amount of dishonesty present in the map, to communicate extremely clearly what their map represents. However, often times there are those who see maps as a tool to push their own agenda. Sad as it is to see.
Yes. The map actually shows several things. It shows proposed, hypothetical states, and is shows "Arab" vs "Jewish" land control. It's important to remember that Arab Muslims having been displaced or disposessed is incontrovertible, so making it about a misleading legend on some arbitrary map is disingenuous. They argue the map is a red herring, to use it as a red herring to insert their own agenda into it. They dispute one thing about a map (the legend) in order to claim everyone in Israeli held territories are happy, wonderful, prosperous, good, and just. It's really fascinating how they suggest that's all in this map, while saying the map is without any value.
I'm sure you all have friends who are asking questions, you can send them this : 1)Before the modern state of Israel there was the British mandate, Not a Palestinian state . 2) Before the British mandate there was the ottoman empire, Not a Palestinian state . 3) Before the ottoman empire there was the Islamic mamluk sultanate of Egypt, Not a Palestinian state . 4)Before the Islamic mamluk sultanate of Egypt there was the ayyubid dynasty, Not a Palestinian state .Godfrey of bouillon conquered it in 1099. 5) Before the ayyubid dynasty there was the christian kingdom of Jerusalem, Not a Palestinian state . 6) Before the christian kingdom of Jerusalem there was the Fatimid caliphate, Not a Palestinian state . 7) Before the Fatimid caliphate there was the byzantine empire, Not a Palestinian state . 8) Before the byzantine empire there was the Roman empire, Not a Palestinian state . 9) Before the Roman empire there was the hasmonean dynasty, Not a Palestinian state . 10)Before the hasmonean dynasty there was the Seleucid empire,Not a Palestinian state . 11) Before the Seleucid empire there was the empire of Alexander the 3rd of Macedon, Not a Palestinian state . 12) Before the empire of Alexander the 3rd of Macedon there was the Persian empire, Not a Palestinian state . 13) Before the Persian empire there was the Babylonian empire, Not a Palestinian state . 14) Before the Babylonian empire there was the kingdoms of Israel and Judea, Not a Palestinian state . 15) Before the kingdoms of Israel and Judea there was the kingdom of Israel, Not a Palestinian state . 16) Before the kingdom of Israel there was the theocracy of the 12 tribes of Israel, Not a Palestinian state . 17) Before the theocracy of the 12 tribes of Israel there was the individual state of Canaan, Not a Palestinian state . In fact in this corner of the earth there was everything but a Palestinian state! Origins @voiceofisrael
And after they see your trivia they can see this. Even david ben-gurion admitted that zionists started the conflict. It's very simple European jews wanted to colonize palestina. According to zionist historian Benny Morris, zionists chose to accept the 1937 partition plan, so they could eventually takeover all of Palestine
@jonyscrewzo That's trivial. I'm a US republican and I wouldn't let immigrant minorities carve out a state the way zionists did. Oh wait, no majority population would. According to french historian henry laurens, palestine wasn't given self determination in 1920 because everyone knew the population would reject zionism. Just like Australians rejected the Kimberley plan
But, you do not mention that the US,(CIA) created Hamas to oppose the PLO (Arafat) who were legitimately voted and were acting on behalf of the Palestinian people for their rights. The US(CIA) and Netanyahu of Israel installed the Hamas to Govern as proxy, but, this however went against their plan when Hamas turned on them. And the rest is not so known history.
Thank you. I remember Yasser Arafat all over the news in my childhood trying again and again to get a peace deal which was fair and respectfully refusing to accept peanuts. Israel were reluctant.
@@sorchaoreilly2633on the contrary, even Arabs say he went against very generous offers. The Arabs offered him for 10 years before that and he refused. I forgot the videos name, a Saudi journalist breaks it out
@@JJs_playgroundyes and as per usual, the US sticking it's nose in regime changes internationally never goes to plan and there are always negative unintentional consequences. There's so much history that makes no sense to me how people capable enough to end up running the world decide these things 🤦🏽♀️
Valuable as historical parallels certainly are, it becomes tiresome when they are abused in defense of exploitation, hostility, and violence in the here and now. My personal experience in the region between the Jordan and the Mediterranean is limited to a few weeks and a hundred or so conversations with local Christians, Muslims, Druses and Jews. What struck me above all was the extraordinary kindliness of all of the people I met there. It is something they have in common.
Looking at all the horrors that they are doing to each other, I would say that the kindness you saw in them is just a one tiny fragment of the reality of their culture.
@@InnocentiusLacrimosa No, it's the very nature of the people there, as long as they are not indoctrinated in one direction or the other by religious extremists.
@@InnocentiusLacrimosa The horrors the *governments* are doing to the people. I suspect the people Thomas met were not in positions of political power, but were actual, normal individuals. The real people, suffering on both sides of a conflict that they never wanted.
@@LDillonoften the problems in Palestine are due to the regional powers such as Iran and Syria not wanting peace. The people are not seen as people but as fodder to be sacrificed for the glory of Iran and it's "superior" Muslims. The solution to the Palestinian problem could be negotiated by both sides but that would mean Arab nations having to take in Palestinians (a people with a tendency to start civil wars within their host nations) or accept Israel is able to live in peace and become recognised. When jihad is used more literally than spiritually, the people will think physical war is more important than spiritual warfare. The idea of our time on Earth is only moment combined with the reward system (rightly or falsely translated) creates a religion that chooses bloodshed over peace. It's easier to kill than to change yourself to become a better person.
They always did. Contrary to propaganda, those people got along fairly well prior to Zionism. There were 270,000 Jews in Morocco before the Zionist organizations convinced most of them to leave. They now return to Morocco every vacation and some are starting to buy land again. I've even seen Menorahs on display in the shops in Marrakesh to attract Jewish customers. When King Hassan II died, Jewish mourners in Israel honored him.
Now imagine America taking some of Canadas uninhabited land, and claiming it's theirs simply because no one lives there now, or Canada isn't using it properly. That's Israel taking land.
So sickk seeing "educated" people spreading misinformation in favor of a country that is actually committing genocide or to justify injustice ISRAEL IS NOT BETTER THAN NAZI GERMANY , PEOPLE READ INVESTIGATE ON YOUR OWN AND USE YOUR BRAIN ALL THIS IS VERY WELL DOCUMENTED..
What a great video. I appreciate the break down of this complexity and having CONTEXT is so important. Something that the news and others both love to leave out.
What goes forgotten too is how much territory the Israelites won in the War against the Arabs and yet gave up portions of that for the sake of peace after they were already the victors. If they were greedy for land and wanting to conquer all they never would’ve granted Arab territories of the land they won in war. The attitude that you see is their attempt to save a homeland but also keep peace with their neighbors. The beaten Arabs took the land the Jews granted them and then continued to call them occupiers even though they’d given them land they didn’t have to.
Some bonus, Communist China was in favour of Israel all the way up to the war in 1960s as they originally saw Israel's independence as a reduction of British empire. Edit: Not up to 1960s. At least in the first war Xinhua News (previously Red China News Agency) they perceived US/UK as supporting Palestine. They described Jews as righteously accomplishing their long standing hope of establishing their country, and righteously defending their land from reactionary leaders of Arab neighbours. They switched to supporting Palestine when Israel, like Japan (whom the Communist tried to ally with - hey you got nuked by Americans don't you hate them?) refused to join their anti-west camp, also they didn't recognize Communist China.
Palestinians are for the most part Arabs that moved into the area during the Muslim conquests that occurred all across North Africa. Many moved there also during the Ottoman period.The original Druze and Bedouin tribes were very sparsely populated. Prior to this, the Romans were occupying Jewish settlements.
You also have the Arabs who moved there after the Jews started buying land and after the British took it over. Before Jews started purchasing land in the late 1800's, there was only around 300,000 in the entire area, mostly Arabs. After WW2, there was 630,000 Jews, but simultaneously the Arab population had grown to 1.4 million, that means the Arab population grew by 5 times in only about 50 years! The population of Israel (not including Gaza and West Bank) now there's 10 million in Israel and 2 million of those are Arabs.
The old maps that are still available show that it was a Judaic land . Palestine was the name given by the Romans 70AD. Islam never existed until 600AD and Mohamed was born in Medina in Sudi Arabia in 600AD, he invaded the Judaic lands. Fact.
The term "Palestinian/Palestine" during the Mandate era was referring to all inhabitants of the land, more so it was referring to Jews more then to Arabs. If there was an internet back in1938 and you could Google the flag of Palestine back then you would get either the Mandate flag based on the union jack or a Zionist flag which differed from the modern Israel flag by having only two stripes and the star in gold. There were entities like "Palestine railways","Palestine electric company",Palestine Potash company","Anglo-Palestine Bank" or "Palestine Post". Those have no connection to Arabs and with exception of the railways that were owned by the British government were Jewish owned corporations with continuous relation to the current major companies- Israel Railways,Israel electric company,Dead sea works,Leumi Bank and Jerusalem Post.
Well said, well written. Teach these numskulls here who have not learnt any history, or else who want to re-write it in the style of Hitler, Stalin, Communist China, and other despots
It came from the Romans, who referred those that stayed. Keep in mind the entire world embraced and supported Jews. It was the programs and Holocaust that sent them back to the land that was already occupied by Palestinian Arabs and Jews living in harmony. The Zionists want to cleanse the land of Palestinian Arabs, of Canaan descent. They are murdering their own family.
Palestine was a land of tribal, medieval existence prior to the end of the 19th century. The Zionist movement created more in terms of civilization and governmental infrastructure than has previously existed in Palestine for two millenia. And it did so within a few decades. Swamps were dried, the land was farmed, and more and more Arabs were moving in to enjoy the new prosperity and progress of this land, working for the Jews and getting paid more than they were ever paid in their homelands. The land entered the 20rh century, jumping over a few centuries of progress in the space of a few years. Cities were built where beforehand the most one could see were a few tiny villages. By the time Israel has gotten the vote to become an independent country, it was already a full on functioning state with working governmental institutions. The Palestinian Arabs lived and continue to live in the dark ages, despite getting billions of dollars in aid. If they didn't blame all their troubles on israel (instead of their own corrupt rulers and their disdain for the progress associated with the West) they would've all killed each other by now. Having a mutual enemy is the only thing keeping all the different fractions of Palestinians from ripping each other's throats out.
The Arab surrounding armies were so confident that they could easily conquer the Jews who had no armed forces since the 2nd Cent. AD, that they were shocked when the Jews fought back so well. One becomes an amazing warrior when you are going to be killed or pushed into the sea. The Jews prevailed as they had no other choice.
Salam, Shlomo, Shalom, Peace. Gospel [Last Testament]: I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but are lying-I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you." Quran [Last Testament]: Towards The Latter Days, The Children Of Israel Will Be Haughty [Except The Pious Versed In Torah].
As I understand Elan Journo, every area that is uninhabitable like desserts in each country doesn’t belong to that country and any other nation is allowed to occupy it and add it to its own territories
@outdueller actually I have to agree with bahmanyadman. Did you hear any other concrete argument in the video about this first period? I really would like to know. All I heard was vague claims about 'no context' and blanket statements 'they did not steal'.
@@brechtkuppens I agree that this wasn't explained in the clearest way but the answer could have been concluded. It's not that the desert doesn't belong to a country because it is uninhabitable, since it was uninhabitable it belonged to no one privately, it was simply under the control of the British mandate, no Palestinians owned it privately and a Palestinian state has never existed. The un resolution gave that land to Israel so when the Arabs attacked and the war broke out Israel rightly took a hold of it.
Journo shows his bias early on by saying the land acquired by Jews was done by fair means and not stolen. But just because they bought land doesn't mean any Arabs that sold it sold it to become part of Jewish state. It just didn't happen that way. The Arabs may or may not have not sold it if they knew it was being bought for a future state. But Journo is right, context is important, he just leaves that important context out. He also leaves out important context on why the Arabs opposed the creation of a Jewish state. Rightly or wrongly, they resented western colonial powers controlling their affairs after having been subjugated by them, and bringing in Jews was seen as another colonial intrusion of the west. That was the biggie, anti-Jewish feelings notwithstanding. You have to remember, at the beginning of the Zionist movement in the late 1800s, there were only 20,000 or so Jews living amongst half a million arabs. They Jews had left, and they wanted to come back into land the Arabs now considered Arab land. Journo totally ignores that and how it caused resentment, and leaves out crucial historical context. So this whole video comes off as a second-rate analysis.
I suppose Native Americans are SOL, then (even though they admit they weren't first in North America). And Armenians can just suck it up. The Aborigines of Australia. Hell, every people on the Earth when you consider that every country was a colony from somewhere else when yo go back far enough and the THEN natives of each area were pushed out or eradicated. You act like any of this is new, but it has always been this way. But of course, it's Western colonialism that's the problem. Nevermind that every place "colonized" by the West got better education, medicine, standard of living, etc out of the deal as well as freedom from the oppression of their own. They were given a chance at a better future. What does Zionism have to do with anything? Islam is relatively new to the region in the expanse of history, but it's accepted. But, the Jewish people were practicing some form of their religion long before Islam was created. Do we now have to backtrack and try to discover what the very first penultimate religion was so we can determine point even more fingers? Where does it end? It could end right now, right there. The land was purchased. They agreed to share it. Everyone else wants them gone. I thought minorities were a Liberal rallying point. The Palestinians are Muslim, like everyone else in the region. They never had a state. But Israel was prepared to reconize one. The Palestinians refused. FIVE TIMES. In that region, the Israelis are the minority. They have the right to freedom that everyone else has. They have agreed time and again to ceasefire, to peace talks, to recognize a Palestinian state, to let Muslims enter Jerusalem and visit holy sites and conduct their religious observances. And they have been under attack or threat of attack every single day since they reclaimed their historic homeland. Imagine African Americans returning to Africa to find it taken over by the Kkan who refused to let them live in peace. But the Jews were not wanted ANYWHERE. Not Europe, not Asia, not even America. It's a meme to hate them instead of letting them live in peace or living beside them. Where is THEIR justice? Where is THEIR acceptance? Where is THEIR freedom of expression? And every time they extend their hand, they get bombarded by rockets or bombs detonated inside their borders. But when a trans activist shoots up a school full of innocent children, it was because they were pushed into a corner. Liberal arguments are always the same: preprogrammed talking points that ignore the concept of a two-way street or turnabout-is-fair-play, whataboutism but pointing out and denying the whataboutism of others, self righteous self-appointed authority to condemn or approve of others at whim, and the inability to deal with cold hard facts. The Jewish people have been oppressed since the time of the Pharoahs, they just want to live in peace and are willing to share with those around them. It's one tiny slice of land that belonged to them historically. If the rest of the world want to help the Palestinians, then it needs to help them agree to a 2 state region. But they don't want that. They want to eradicate Israel and the Jewish people. They've been screaming it for almost 100 years and for far longer before that.
“Israel had a right to a state because it wanted to build a society that promoted freedom and prosperity, but a Palestinian state would have wanted to become more like its neighboring authoritative regimes.” If you’re going to pretend to be objective, you need to do better than that.
In a way that map is right. For 2000 years right from the Roman times the term Palestine/Palestinian denoted Jews. In that sense the map is in essence saying that green shaded parts are Jewish land. The Arabs claiming to be ‘Palestinians’ is a recent phenomenon, a political construct of convenience by colonialist powers in the recent century.
LOL Not even you believe that. All of the Jews have fleed that land and the Palestinians come afterwards. Even more, the ancient Jews who invaded that land during the "Biblical times" committed genocide against the people who lived there in the first place.
@mr.kochappan Nope, ...Palestine, has never denoted Jews...NEVER! The shaded GREEN part...was 'Totally'... Palestine before having to share with the Jews...BRITAIN...forced on them!. The Arabs claiming to be... ''PALESTINIANS''...are...NOT claiming...they ARE~ And there are Christian Palestinians as well! And Palestinians, ''Are not a recent phenomenon, a political construct of convenience by Colonialist Powers...in the recent century. STOP! with the Activated Words! Jews are Europeans, from Poland, Romania, Russia, immigrated to Palestine beginning in the 1800's! Do research, the began immigrating between 1882-1914...4000 Jews. 1939...75,000, Jews! May 14, 1948...Moved On In~ The Land is Palestine...
@@vivianclaiborne7653 Most "palestinians" who have had DNA testing done, found that they have Jewish genes in their genome! Did they also come from Europe? Or did they rape the native Jewish women when they invaded?
@@kimobrien.No he's a guy that actually believed in it through his younger years. The life and reality changed him into the conservative icon he is today. This quote from Thomas is a lesson most liberals never learn. One you should probably not gloss over with a weak character attack.
@@TerryKristopher3707 Sure he did that's why he was drinking the Republican ultra right Joe McCarthy Koolaid where the US Gov't was being taken over by Communist in the US Labor Dept until he went to work their.
See the "History of the land of America" against the British Empire. As a parallel story!! Will America pay land taxes to Britain? There was war! Same similar story.
The Sykes-Picot Agreement would be helpful as well. This was the agreement between France and Britain which divided up the lands there, after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire. It should be noted that Palestine was relatively peaceful up to the point that the European Jewish refugee numbers began to swell, to the level that made the Palestinian inhabitants uncomfortable. And that’s when the real problems started. But of course, this was always the plan, of the British Empire, as evidenced by the Balfour Declaration. It was a long planned colonization effort, which was the end goal of a political movement called Zionism, which started back in the 1800s.
@@williamcarr3976 The Balfour Declaration was aimed directly at Turkey because the anti-semitic czar in Russia had just been overthrown with the help of Jews and they had just declared war on the Ottomans and needed all the help they could get to stop the stalemate. This pretty much killed the previous plan to have Israel created in British East Africa.
@@williamcarr3976 Forget all the political "colonization" mumbo jumbo. Simply, Jews legally purchased the land in Palestine (which later became the basis for Israel) in the late 1800s and early 1900s from the Ottoman Empire and absentee landowners who didn't want useless desert and swamp land. Jerusalem actually maintained a Jewish majority in the 1800s. But, the Arabs simply didn't want any Jewish neighbors in 1948 til today. They walked away from their own country in 48, 67, 2000, and 2008. Then they refused to revisit any peace talk thereafter.
Tried to insert a map but it wouldn't let me. Look Up the map that is the original territory of the Mandate for Palestine, April, 1920, That was to be assigned as the Jewish national home. The Original mandate even included the Golan Heights. Britain made its own side deals which wasn't its right, and they gave the Golan Heights to the French mandate, I believe in return to getting oil fields in Basra in what is now Iraq, and they gave away Jordan to the Hashemites, who are from Saudi Arabia and were kicked out of the Saudi Arabia by the present rulers the House of Saud. So out of the Mandate for Palestine was created the Kingdom of Jordan given to a royal family who wasn't even from there and did it because there were kicked out of their home.
On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, "To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates - the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites." - Genesis 15:18-21-This verse is said to describe what are known as "borders of the Land"
Abram likely didn't exist. His story was written long after the era he is purported to have existed in. It contains story elements which are anachronistic, and contains other elements indicating that it is not a contemporaneous account. Later events such as the Exodus are also highly unlikely to have transpired as there is zero physical evidence supporting the Biblical narrative.
"After the Arabs are transferred, the country will be wide open for us... not a single village or a single tribe must be left... there is no other solution" Said the father of forests Yosef Weitz in 1940. He was also known as the architect of transfer…
"Transfer" is a scary, very Nazi-like word for "Ethnic Cleansing" and "Expulsion" . Now we can wait for Israeli state to use the word "Resettlement" which was a Nazi euphemism which was used to refer to the deportation of Jews and others such as the Roma to extermination camps
It was a British mandate after WWI. Roman Empire map dated 500 CE. Showed the land belonged to Israel. After they defeated Israel they renamed it Palestina.
And some references back to 1198bc have shown the 12 kingdoms of Israel. It has always been Israelite / Jewish land. They built the first temple that was toppled by others, which is where the mosque stands now. All of these invaders think because they came in and killed everyone and squatted it's their land. It has never been Palestinian land. They are like the gypsies of the middle East. Nobody wants them. No neighboring country wants to take them in that end of itself. Prove something.
To spite the Isrealis. It was named Palestine by the Romans to spite the Jews. Note Palestinians did not even have the power to name themselves because they were never a sovereign state or never a nation on their own.
@@zaezi189 Israel has a helluva way of acquiring property they want to own using the blood of another group of people as payment. Shame on Israel Shame on Israel Shame on Israel
@@أَفَلَايَعْقِلُونَ-ه4ر Not much difference between netanyahu and putin ~ both like taking land that is not theirs and both like murdering innocent civilians enmass. Maybe putin has some unused land in russia that these jews can live in without having to murder the indigenous people first? Would that not be a welcomed improvement?!
No such person as an ethnic Palestinian Palestine was the name given by the Romans when they ruled over the Jews It was Judea which means land of the Jews And until Israel became a country everyone who lived in Palestine Jew,Christen and Muslims were called Palestinian And the Jewish religion has existed for 5000 years Islam only 1600 years
Serious question, Why a jew living in the amazon forrest will be granted Isreali citizenship upon arrival to Isreal and a house while any one of the 6 millions displaced Palestinians worldwide won't?
The answer is long, but relatively simple. The Jews are descended from the Israelites, the only people to have had a country within the land of Canaan in over 3,000 years. The vast majority of the Israelites were exiled from their homeland by the Romans, who named the conquered territory after an extinct Greek tribe that had been an enemy of the Israelites, as an insult to the Israelites. After the Romans, the land was occupied by the Ottoman Empire and then the British Empire. The British Empire called the territory they controlled (which included Canaan and a significant amount of land east of the Jordan River) by a variant of the same name the Romans used, The British Mandate of Palestine (note, this was the name of a territory, no country or nation of "Palestine" ever existed). The British Empire gave the Arabs living in the territory the opportunity to establish their own country, and the Arabs created the country of Jordan within the territory of the British Mandate. Later the British empire gave the Jews, descended from the Israelites, permission to re-establish Israel in a portion of the remaining land. The Jews legally purchased as much land as they could from the previous legal landowners, and established the modern state of Israel on it. The Jewish people have faced extensive persecution from across much of the world, and that's why those that re-established Israel in their ancestral homeland have an open invitation for their kin to return. The "Palestinians" you refer to are Arabs of primarily Egyptian, Jordanian, and Syrian heritage, all of which are descended from the Ishmaelites, who lived in what is now southern Jordan when the Israelites were living in ancient Israel. There is no relation between them and the Philistines. The notion of Arab "Palestinians" is a fabrication of Arafat, an Egyptian who made up the notion of a "Palestinian" nation at a point after the modern state of Israel had already been established in the land. Also, the Arabs instigated every military conflict they've ever had with the state of Israel. The displaced Arabs were displaced as a consequence of their support for the militant aggressors and terr0rists that attacked Israel's civilians, and that is why they don't have a right of return to the land they'd used to stage attacks against the Israeli people. Also, when Israel was established, and the Arab aggressors were pushed back, the total population was under a million, nowhere near 6-million. Part of the problem is that everyone descended from an Arab who lived in the former land of Canaan for any length of time is called a "Palestinian refugee", in spite of not being Palestinian, nor a refugee.
@@lennardchurch8483 their are no jews genetically related to ancient Israelite. Modern jews gained their religion by learning their religion , not through inheriting any special genes. Jerry Seinfeld is as much of a jew as Drake.
@@M98009l I studied global events and history at university, and continued studying on my own afterwards. The history of Israel, the Jews and the Arabs is a matter of fact, and identity arguments about who's doing the speaking don't factor into what the facts are. I never claimed to be Jewish. @johnnygoodman2003 You're a liar. The Jews are the descendants of the ancient Israelites, with an unbroken history dating back over 3,000 years, in spite of their millennia-long exile across the world. There are people who religiously convert to Judaism, but that doesn't invalidate the heritage of the descendants of the ancient Israelites.
@@lennardchurch8483 more lies, Why does Israel ban genetic testing without a court order? Should native Americans deport all European, Asian and Africans living in the USA as well since it is their ancestral land? There is more evidence for Palestinians having native DNA than the europeans that invaded to take over.
It's shocking how many academics are totally ignorant of the region's history yet parrot activist rhetoric. One problem is finding honest educators who can cover the topic based on evidence.
@@sarcasmfb5009 oh will it? Unlike you I actually googled when the war started. All research material available support what is said on this Video to the word.
All i hear is the justification of Israel's land grab. The Palestinian peoples were the caught between the Arab nations and Israel. It is understandable that any sort of functioning government was almost impossible by the time it became an option, constantly under duress on all fronts. None of this however excuses the devastation carried out by the Hamas and the Israeli armed forces and both should held accountable for war crimes against humanity.
Arabs are the people. They are free to live in Israel, and the vast majority do so peacefully. Jews are not permitted to live in so called Palestine -which means Judea. So called Palestinians started wars and lost land, which is normal for a war. So obviously the land grab was against Israel, and that failed.
"In 1948, Israel's border ran along the Eastern border of the British Mandate for Palestine. It included East Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, later called the West Bank. In 1948, in a war of annihilation that was waged on Israel, Jordan illegally occupied that territory and ethnically cleansed it of it's Jews. In 1967, in another war of attempted annihilation waged on the Jewish State, Israel legally recovered that territory. Now let's consider a parallel in International Law. Ukraine's borders were formed under the rule of UTI POSSIDETIS JURIS. And that is why there is an international consensus that Russia is illegally occupying the Crimea. Now, if Ukraine were to recover the Crimea in the same way that Israel had recovered the West Bank in 1967, would anyone here really accuse Ukraine of illegally occupying the Crimea ? Of course not. So why the double standard for the Jewish State ? The fact is THAT THERE IS NO OCCUPATION UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW !!! That is a libelous political term with absolutely no legal basis." NATASHA HAUSDORFF, Oxford educated worldwide acclaimed expert on International Law
@@adbogoyou know who also fought for the Brits against the ottomans and did even more than the Arabs? Oh yea the Jews. Keep trying to gaslight though raggy.
@@adbogo the "Palestinians" didn't exist back then, as then they were called Syrians, Jordanians, and Egyptians. And sure the British has the right colonize the Palestine Mandate. If you can defeat the empire currently controlling it, then you have the right to the land the other empire formerly controlled.
What would a more accurate map #1 look like? Who has legal title to the green sections in map 1 prior to 1947? What parts of the map were unlivable? To what extent was the land tribal? Was the concept of private property universally understood? What ethnic group or nationality controlled the green sections of the map?
To my understanding, the first map doesn't show national ownership at all, all of the area, white and green, was owned (temporarily) by the Brits, the green area is quite literary "everywhere individual Jews didn't own", not discerning any Christian or other owned land, also not discerning unsettled land. Also during the era the map portrays, "palestinians" didn't exist. Just like "Americans" didn't exist during the medieval period.
ALL of those maps basically just show a large area of historical Judea. No matter who lives where, The whole land is Jewish land. This is why we English "gave the land back" to the Jews. Interesting choice of words, don't you think?
I'm done looking ass-backwards to some arbitrary point in time. There are losers throughout history. What the "Palestinians" have done since 1947 is unworthy of respect.
Surprised there was no discussion of the fact that under Ottoman (and also UK) occupation, there was very little freehold land. That is, there was only a small amount of land in modern Israel and Jordan that was "owned" by individuals. It was almost all leasehold, just like Crown Property in the UK, the Ottoman Sultan had title to the land as crown property and people could get a lease for land. The Ottoman Turkish names for these were memluke and meiri. Memluke lands were owned (what is called Fee Simple in common law) but were a very small part. Almost all the occupied land was Miri, which is akin to a lease -- the resident had to pay annual fees to keep possession. When the government changed from Ottoman to British, the leases followed, and then when an Israeli government was constituted, by law, the leases went to that government.
Yahweh promised the land. Israel had the land until driven out by the Romans. They didn't leave it abandoned, but were forced out. Squatters showed up, and now are being allowed to 'seek other opportunities'.
Thanks for making the FACTS OF THE TRUTH clear. Historically and traditionally Israel has first paid for and then fought for by the Jews in defensive wars.
BS that's deceit and lies. I still have videos old very old ones of that country called Palestine in the signs and official British docs, that land used to be for Christians where Jesus born and most converted to Islam, I have christian family from Palestine and I know the truth. The wraith of our God will come on you and it's going to be superlasting
The British included parts of Jordan into the Mandate of Palestine, but it was considered a seperate area called Transjordan. Jordan was an independent country at the time of the partition.
@@tesserae-c2y In 1946, Jordan gained independence and became officially known in Arabic as the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The country captured and annexed the West Bank during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War until it was occupied by Israel in 1967.
@@tesserae-c2y The Emirate of Transjordan was established in 1921 by the Hashemite, then Emir, Abdullah I, and the emirate became a British protectorate. In 1946, Jordan gained independence and became officially known in Arabic as the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
No Jordan was made two years before Israel but nice try it mudding up the water the research on this one is not that difficult so you have no excuse for your ignorance
I find it strange that Nikos ever thought that the Jews stole Palestinian land when his own land, Greece was stolen by Muslims for hundreds of years until the Greeks managed to take it back in the early 1800s. If you ever wondered why all those beautiful Greek statues from antiquity all have their heads and hands broken off, you can thank Muslims. They consider it blasphemy to make an image of a human.
Land expropriation in the West Bank refers to the practices employed by the State of Israel to take over Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank. From 1969 to 2019 Israel had issued over 1,150 military seizure orders alone to that purpose.
Irrespective of your analysis of the territories at a map level, can you explain why people are still being evicted from their multi-generation homes in the West Bank?
They cannot explain that. Around the world the Zionist supporters (supporters of atheist Jewish Racist State)… they have total disregard for the original inhabitants of Palestine. Suppose the Chinese come to the USA and buy 1/3 of it, that doesn’t make what they bought part of China.
Perhaps a more informative video would have been a review of the history of this region of the world for the past ten thousand (10,000) years. The fighting going on today is living proof that the Past is never past.😔
Great comment, brother. THAT is how this issue (as far as the MIS-information of it) will be settled. A DETAILED history is required so people will be able to know the truth about the conflict. We first have to go back to Genesis in the Bible and start from there. We would also have to examine the Quran to see when muslims began turning on Jews and Christians when Muhammad sought validation from them as a prophet of God. With true research, we can arrive at the truth, leading up the late 1890's and early 1900's when the conflict actually started.
@esthercom5672 Revelation 2:9 King James Version 9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. I read this in the bible as well, but no one is talking about it. These zionist aren't hebrews they aren't from the tribes of israel, and they are liars
@esthercom5672 there are only one group of people claiming to be jews and are not. Jews come from 3 tribes of israel Benjamin, Levi, and Judah all of which are described as black according to the scriptures so who are these white jews from europe? And why does the verse say "they CLAIM to be jews and are not"? So how did hebrews leave judea black and come back white and it just so happens that the bible is literally warning us about the imposters? So no they are no white jews that's a lie that has been spread by converts for centuries being a jew is ethnic not religious their dna is hebrew its european. Precisely why it is forbidden to do dna in israel today because the evidences shows that these zionist aren't jews they are europeans.
Few centuries prior, European settlers also "purchased" land from indigenous tribes in America! History and absurdity of its recount by those who form the narrative does have a way of repeating itself.
And maybe that's also true... As a matter of fact, its possible that every "anti colonialist" movement is nothing but a trope from the "losing" side trying to reverse seller's remorse by appealing to useful idiots in the west like yourself... Ever thought about that? Why isn't that a possibility? What makes your side the better indisputable owner of truth and morality? Not talking about a specific conflict, just philosophically speaking...
Salam, Shlomo, Shalom, Peace. Gospel [Last Testament]: I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but are lying-I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you." Quran [Last Testament]: Towards The Latter Days, The Children Of Israel Will Be Haughty [Except The Pious Versed In Torah].
@omarlittle-hales8237 totally incorrect! The quran cannot claim accuracy....particularly of late, more & more is coming out about the repeated contradictions of this book. But, regarding the matter of the land MUST be determined by history, archeological & scientific proofs showing those who lived here before & why Israel is here now. These issues cannot be determined by religion fullstop!
@@HR-yd5ib What one needs to know is what was the population of Arabs/Palestinians vs Jews/Israelis at the time that Israel declared itself and independent state? I have seen estimates that it was 99% Arab and only a tiny Jewish population of about 1%.
Wow, thank you for this eye-opening explanation. a very different aspect that everyone should learn and understand and chant at the universities instead of 'from the river to sea' echo.
I learned about the 'displacement' in school history. they RAN AWAY no Israeli soldier threw them out. perhaps you need to re-read it from a reliable source. @@juliannaruffini
There is literally historical film footage of troops driving nearly 1 million Arabs off their land at the point of a gun to establish an Israeli state. If you are not familiar with the history please check out the history of the 'Nakba', the term used to describe the ethnic cleansing of the region which began in 1948.
@@juliannaruffiniIt actually seems that it is areas that were taken or relinquished to Israel by them winning the 6 day war. Basically Gaza a piece of Egypt which is why I always wondered why they look Egyptian. And the West Bank a piece of Jordan so Jordanian ppl there. My question is these pieces of territory of Egypt and Jordan that was lost to Israel. Why did the Egyptians and Jordan’s start calling themselves Palestinians.
Why not compare the actual population s? Over 2/3rds of the population in 1947 was Palistinian arabs. Somehow, this population dropped from 1.3 million to like 150 000 by 1949. Let's not discuss how this 'empty, uninhabitable desert' was depopulated.
@@Elephantshoe666I spelled Christian correctly. My comment's purpose is to point out that the Arab Muslim took that land by military force. Very few videos point this out. Arab Muslims are indigenous to Arabia not to Philistia, Judea, Galilee, etc.
This guy sounds like a Zionist tbh. At the end of the day it doesn’t matter who’s land is who’s. Was Palestinians kicked out of their homes? Yes? Well that should NEVER happen. Everyone should be able to live together and they were until Israelis kicked them out. So wtf is this guy talking about.
That’s what happened in Ashkelon, Deir Yessin, Tiberius, etc. That’s what continues to happen today in Hebron, Jenin, Jerusalem, etc. Talk around it all you want but it’s just conquest don’t dress it up as some triump of individualism or reason.
The first map is missing an important part - the land owners - a large part of the green area was land that was owned by the Ottoman empire and by Ottoman landlords - not by Palestinians. The British kicked out the Ottoman and all of a sudden these lands became Palestinian?
@@edmundblack8754 And why is that? -- you could argue (against the league of nations btw) that the land should be divided by ALL its inhabitants - but you and the Palestinian claim it is ONLY Arab.
@@mbe2014 it was only Arab... For us Jews are a religion and not a race, it is actually racist to consider Jews as a race, imagine if I say Christians are a race and Christians are not Arabs... While I am an Arab Christian. Same, there were Arab Jews who were in Palestine, the European Jews were not from Palestine it wasn't their land, and they are and still are European colonisers.
@@edmundblack8754 Oh dear... the Jews that fled the occupation of the land by the Ottoman TURKS - not Arabs - dared to come back to their land when the Turkish hajjis picked the wrong side in WWI. And all the anti-Semitic neo-Nazis rose up as one and said "How dare they! Once they fled to Europe they were no longer Jews!" The neo-Nazis claim the Ottoman hajji Turks weren't colonizers, nor the Romans - just them dirty European Jews who moved back where they came from.
Most people don't get that Palestine has never been a state or self governing nation. The coastal area of southern Palestine (including modern-day Gaza) was home to the Philistines, after whom the name "Palestine" is derived. They were a non-Semitic people believed to have come from the Aegean region. But that doesn't give anyone living there any sort of claim to that land. You exist in the gov you live within
@@MyChannel-1999 ... Well, the obvious thing that you seem to be hiding is that Europeans invaded the area ... And swept aside the natives ... This is factual. And you can't, with a straight face, ask the natives to bend over and take it.
"Occupied by Jordan" understates it. Transjordan annexed it, intending to make it forever part of their country. They renamed their country to "The Hashemite Kindgom of Jordan" because it was now on both sides of the Jordan, and not "trans" Jordan.
@@noamkhon6466 Sorry--I wasn't talking about whether it 'really' was part of Jordan, only saying that Jordan was committed to keeping it forever, not that they had any right to it. Viva Ukraine!
@@justinm1200 Absolutely. IMO, it would have been much better if they could have prevailed upon Jordan to please, please, keep that benighted land. But after Israel occupied Judea and Samaria, the Palestinians relocated to the other side of the Jordan, and shortly thereafter began waging war on Jordan as well as Israel. "Black September" as the conflict was known. The West Bank is still mostly Arab, and before the Jewish "settlers" moved in was all Arab. Israel doesn't want it--it would be a permanent thorn in their side. The reason the kept it was because Jordan keeping it gives up a huge defensive buffer. Israel is just a thin strip between the West Bank and the Mediterranean. That 50 miles buffer is very important.
Superb explanation. Israel has done everything correctly! She has first and for mostly trusted in the Abrahamic covenant! Even when she was cheated when purchasing the land legally it did not complain! Even when land was barren and desert like she didn't complain. Even when war arose from her neighbours who started it, she stood firmly. Even when she tried as said to be fair to Palestinians they squabbled amongst themselves and still wanted to remove Israel. Even now, Israel faces the most complex circumstances that any country can face. And what's going to be the outcome......the promise allotted to Abraham will be established. A new Just and Righteous King will take charge and His Kingdom will exist forever. Israel is dearly loved by this King!
I thought the same thing, minutes into the guest's "debunking" of the first map. Just straight up anchors his argument to a ridiculous claim that land isn't owned collectively. WTF? I guess nation states aren't real, literally all the countries of the world (including Isreal), but also, to your point, which further highlights the colonizer mentality. He is guilty of exactly what he is decrying: absence of context. Not 4 minutes in and I'm checked out.
Do some research. When humans stood upright and began to walk, they moved from their 'home territory' and moved across the entire world and populated the earth. The people who now live on land throughout the world are NOT the original inhabitants. Period. For example, look at the movement of tribes from the Indus River valley across what is now Europe and Asia. Those there before moved westward as they were pushed out ad infinitum. What happened to Rome? Sacked by 'barbarians' moving westward. Take Palestine. Those are not the original inhabitants. The Arab conquest by Mohammed brought in colonizers. The Turks are not the original inhabitants of the ME. They moved from central Asia and eventually conquered the ME and ruled for five hundred years. As for the Asians who came across the land bridge to America, they too were displaced and through migration and constant warfare, they removed those who had come before. This earth is all about migration. Too bad world history is no longer taught in our public schools and so-called institutions of 'lower' learning. The truth would be considered racist and blow a hole through this entire bs about America and Israel living on stolen land.
@@davidbarnett9312...then you should be ok when yr house is broken into and forcibly occupied right?? You will of course not retaliate and allow it to happen!
It's interesting how the map presents Palestine as a sovereign nation and ignores that it was controlled by the British as a mandate. They used pounds for money, had red British style post boxes, and the flag had a nice union jack in the canton.
Don't forget to mention that a part of the local tribes agreed to join the nazis during WWII and were stopped by the british. They tend to ignore this part of their past.
Ya and who helped establish Israel? Do the British get a pass on that one? Anyways the real issue is that matters are the ratio since 2000 of the palestinians vs israelis killed in this conflict. It is general knowledge that is just not spoken about. The difference is astronomical. Apparently Israelis are being genocided while 10x as many Palestinians have died. But I am sure the people in this video would figure out a way to blame all of that on Hamas somehow.
@@stardel ok ok ok.. thank u for proving my point. Go and learn the origin of the word Palestine… I guess you are too lazy to do so.. I bet u haven’t heard this lecture as well.
@@SpencerMack ok ok ok.. thank u for proving my point. Go and learn the origin of the word Palestine… I guess you are too lazy to do so.. I bet u haven’t heard this lecture as well.
Reclaiming land that is outlined in 3 important books is not conquered. The Torah, the Bible and the Koran agree it's Jewish land. Palestinians are squatters.
What is your definition of _conquer_ ? It means to take by force…which the Israelis did not do. As the commentators explained, the Israelis acquired land, in large part, by private purchases, and they famously made desert regions inhabitable with technology.
Yes it is...the name Yisrale mentioned all Abrahamic books and more then 47 times in quran and also in archeological evidences..even jerusalem was made by king Devid 3000 years ago for the jews and he was a jewish king..
@@Stoner-x3b Palestinia was an administrative division of the Roman Empire that covered what is now Israel and parts of Lebanon and Jordan. This area covered many different tribes. There never was and never has been a 'Palestinian' people. It was all tribes, related usually, but still distinct groups of Arabs. Hebrews were their own contiguous tribe and survived as a vassal kingdom of Rome until the rebellions.
Good luck on this the kids have no Social Studies or Physical Education these days. The kids are not getting as good education as we did; and I got a "A" because of my model Frigate instead of what I knew. Lucky for me that I am an Autodidact and got the education on my own.
I thought the League of Nations mandate was the best two state solution; West Palistine for the Jewish state and East Palistine (called Transjordan) for the Arabs. One state for Isreal, a democracy with Jew and Arab citizens. No more terrorist claiming control.
It would have displaced countless people from their homes and created an Arab state split into three separate pieces of land - it was a recipe for disaster from the very start. And people are still talking about the same pipedream two state solution. Two tiny strips of land, on separate sides of a state they have hostilities with - run by two separate administrations. Not forgetting that the West Bank has been settled and divided beyond any chance of being an Arab state now. A one state solution won't work either because neither side wants that (Israel isn't going to formally annex the land and have to accept the shift in ethnic balance by creating 5 million more Arab Israeli citizens). Let's be honest - as things stand now and for the foreseeable future, there is NO actionable solution to this issue. None.
There is one problem though: any decision will be acceptable only if it falls in line with the islamic cause. Everything else is unacceptable. Just like the UN voted resolution on partition. Another theoretical example is India's own partition. Imagine if India were Islamic predominantly, and Hindus were to be given a Pakistan like portion as part of partition, it would be up in flames till today. For the victim card holders, justice is only when it's served as per their demands. Everything else is injustice. So UN, ICJ - all of that is futile.
There's no case to take anywhere. Just like there's no case to take for any other country, none of the countries in the world today were the original rulers of those lands if you go back far enough, including wherever you live. You can't make an exception for Israel just because it's Jews.
They have made a ruling. Today unfortunately, the ICJ is simply a political organisation and consistently singles Israel out for "special treatment and attention". Such a pity that not many people realise or want to recognise this. I encourage everyone who seeks some truth and clarity to research this for themselves. The international Court of Justice ruled the sovereign boarders of the State of Israel follow exactly the boarders of the Mandate for Palestine. uti posside juris "as you posses, so shall you possess. For those who do not know, the Mandate for Palestine included Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) and Gaza. So no, Israel does not occupy anything other than its own land. Once you understand this as established fact you begin to see the perversions of truth around this conflict.
@@shreyas.kulkarni Your answer is disingenuous at best. Radicalism isn't an exclusivity of the Palestinians. For example, Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated on November 4, 1995, by Yigal Amir, a right-wing Israeli extremist. Amir opposed Rabin's peace initiatives, particularly the Oslo Accords, which were aimed at solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and included granting Palestinian self-rule in parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Rabin's efforts were seen by some on the Israeli right as a betrayal, as they were strongly opposed to ceding any land they considered part of historical Israel. I would bet that had the Olso Accords been implemented, Hamas would have much less influence than it has today.
@@lucasgssilveira which part of the world are you from? If you were from Israel or India or any country that has faced the islamic troubles, you would let common sense guide your opinions, and see the bigger picture rather than letting isolated incidences guide your world view. And it doesn't take long to see the pattern in these jihadi movements. It doesn't take much efforts to see the cunning hypocracy in their attempts to claim victimhood for justifying their barbarism.
The argument about the western invasion of Africa was that in places (such as where there were gold mines) nobody was actually living there as it was not arable land, however it was a blatant attempt to obtain the wealth from gold and diamonds while using local people to work the mines (where there was a high mortality rate due to exposure to cyanide and working in unsafe mines). The native Africans were treated as expendable fodder for the benefit of the mine owners.
In so many cases no one wanted the land until someone else found a use for it. Then, "oh you saw potential and found it in that little area I had no interest in? Well, guess what? It was mine all along." It's also a joke how "sacred" land, and other unscientific beliefs are now respected by the same people who call Christians "fairy tale" believers.
@@CG13F Yes; it means "catastrophe" in Arabic. Of course losing a war you started is always a "catastrophe". The Arabs, having refused the UN offer of their own state, expected the Jews to just give up on the idea of a Jewish state in what remained of Palestine. What hadn't occurred to them was that their refusal of the state offer, while it invalidated the offer thus giving them no legal claim to that land, did not make the Jews' acceptance of the offer or their own state invalid. So Israel - contrary to the Arabs' expectations - declared their own state on the land the UN had designated theirs, and the Arabs responded by going to war against them and invading them. And lost. Having no legal claim to ANY of the land, they had put themselves at a huge disadvantage. Gaza and the West Bank and all the lands outside the borders of the new Jewish homeland were now just contested territory, not a nation. And nothing altered the fact that all of that region had been originally designated the place for a Jewish homeland. The Arabs had already gotten their homeland, to the east of the Jordan. Trans Jordan was made up of over 75% of the land formerly called Palestine. Another state was offered to them in west Palestine just to appease them.
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Rachel Corrie.
The discussion while including historical facts, did omit significant details that would alter the conclusions arrived at in your discussion. I'd read Norman Finkelstein, a Jewish scholar, books or listen to his talks to get an objective and more complete truth. Peace.
Based on the ignorance that he displayed in this video, I'll pass
@@Jay-eo3wl defeated by whom?
@@Bearded.Stranger Finklestein is required reading for anyone discussing this topic.
The fact they didn't mention Zionism, or the Nakba, is a great indication that they're leaving out large chunks of the story.
Also, you forgot to mention that the reason Israel did not give Gaza back to Egypt was because Egypt didn't want it back, and from what I learned they actually threatened to back out of the deal if Israel did not take Gaza.
FACTS!!!
They didn't want Gaza back for VERY good reasons...they owned it long enough to know that the people were trouble...
@@andrewlisciandrello6920 Also forgot to mention that after the Arab countries attacked Israel and lost in 48, they expelled some 800,000 Jews from their own countries.
@@andrewlisciandrello6920 you delude yourself or you lie! Before 1948 'Palestinian' meant all people in Palestine , which was a larger geographical area tha Israel and included all jews , christians and arabs. the word is a colonial term given first by the roman emporer Hadrian. It is a geopolitical term and is NOT a term to define a race of people! very few of the Gazans if any were ever original inhabitants of the area as original inhabitants! they came from Crete and supplanted Egyptians and jews 1500 years ago
@@peterkratoska4524 very good point. we hear nothing about the arab world ethnic cleansing of all jews and most christians !
One point that didn't come up in this video is that when Israel made peace with Egypt, the Egyptians insisted on getting beck every last square inch of the Sinai peninsula, yet they were quite adamant not to take the Gaza strip back to their control.
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Which means, as they've made peace with Israel under these and no other conditions, that the Gaza strip is not Israeli occupied, but Israeli posession.
@@verar5844 This is what the Egyptians and the PLO thought, but quite frankly, that's rubbish. When you make peace with another country, and dispense with territory in the process, you won't be in a position to say, I demand for this territory to be dealt with like this and that. Either you make peace, and then no longer have any say concerning given up territory, or you don't make peace.
Yes, the Egyptians basically hated dealing with the Palestinians in Gaza. They still feel that way.
The problem is a lot of the people debating this issue have no knowledge of history.
The problem isn't so much that people don't know, or ignore history, the problem is that people hide facts and lie by omission. - notice this video doesn't talk about any illegal settlements. - the reason that the areas around Gaza were not well defended is that much of the IDF had been moved to the West Bank, with an aim to "protect settlers"
Precisely. They rely on slogans and propaganda.
Rand was a j r4t
Yes. Especially the people interviewed here. N. Finklestein already showed the deception.
Any trusted link of the history i can read..?.. i really want to know and undertand. Thanks
He calls them Arabs but doesn't say they were Arab jews. Every country in the Middle East had Arab jews living there. Example would be the Yemen jews, 70,000 immigrated to Israel in the late 1940s. The East European jews were city dwellers and needed farmers to work the land.
they're also not Arabs, DNA studies show that Palestinians are actually Canaanites, even Tel Aviv university confirmed that both Jews and Palestinians are blood brothers
what else he lied about?
Its far from being true, and even antisamatic, the jews got expelled from every arab country in 1948 after the arab started a war to destroy the state of Israel, chack history before you go on a propaganda lies talking points
also you could point out that the arab jews in all the middle eastern countries are gone today through migration to israel or extermination. The hatred for Israel will not stop until every Jew and Christian is driven from the region. All other arguments are merely disguises to hide the true mission.
the other way around , eastern European Jews lived in small villages and knew how to tend the land , western European were engineers and
This is incorrect. The whole raison d'etre for the Zionist movement was to bring those "city dwellers" back into an agrarian lifestyle. That was the point of the kibbutzim. The people who moved there wanted to work and develop the land themselves, not get someone else to do it for them.
Don't forget also that by 1979 Egyptian president Anwar Sadat was in favor of the UN 2-state solutions and for normalization with Israel and then fundamentalists in his own military murdered him for it.
Rabin was also in favour of a two-state solution and also murdered by a fundamentalist on "his" side.
A one state solution could have worked in the past, but with all the terrorism and crimes against humanity, I wouldn't expect that to happen anytime soon.
And then the Jordanians met with the palestinians and the palestinians murdered the king of Jordan, and that's why Jordan/Egypt won't take refugees.
Don't forget the Jews have 0 claim to the lands people already inhabiting for over 1000 years. Those entities, especially the UN, you listed have no right to dictate anything either. What's your point again?
Exactly why you cannot trust muslims.
one more thing the maps don't show is the Arab population inside the state of Israel - today there are around 2 million of them, all Israeli citizens.
That's true, but ask any Palestinian and they will tell you those people are not true Arabs.
Bullsh*t!
They are Palestinian citizens of Israel, they are not simply Arab, they are Palestinian, no more and no less than any Palestinian who left present day Israel in 1948
@@jasonfobes5980Of course! they have members of parliament , representation in the Supreme Court, exactly the same property, education ,work and so on.. rights as the Jewish, Christian,Druze etc population.
@@alyskabbfurthermore they get the benefit of not having to serve in the army .
Need to go back many years prior to 1947 when the area was called Judaea. The Roman Empire controlled most of the area at that time and after several conflicts between the Jews and their controlling Roman’s, the empire decided to change the name to philistean which later became Palestine.
It's Hebrew and Jewish Land. Rome never took the Land of Israel.
@@JimBrave-ri1oc
?? Not what i understand, even the Bible states rome ruled over Israel, they had sibordinate kings, governors and leading figures to help run not only Israel but all it's territories.
Never forget that the Ottomans took the Israelites and push them out of the country that was way after the Romans did their trick and guess what the Autumn Empire was mainly dealing with that country would be Iran connect to dots it's not hard
@@JimBrave-ri1oc yes they did. they colonized it
Salam, Shlomo, Shalom, Peace.
Gospel [Last Testament]:
I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but are lying-I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you."
Quran [Last Testament]:
Towards The Latter Days, The Children Of Israel Will Be Haughty [Except The Pious Versed In Torah].
Was there ever a King of Palestine? A government of some sort with internationally recognized treaties or trade agreements? A currency?
Smart questions.
Look up Shimon Peres Palestinian visa and Palestine coin
No!
@@ibnMuharis. all of these documents were made by the British, not by the people who call theselves as Palestinians nowdays
so according to your dumbass argument, the usa shouldn't exist because there was no "american" king or currency or government prior to the revolutionary war. you should probably listen to the hasbara update where they tell you to not bring up this "there was no pealestine" argument because its easily refuted.
It’s easier to fool people than it is to convince them that they have been fooled.
(Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
This so called expert lost me at no land was stolen!
Really!!
STOP…..
800,000 plus Palestinians who lived in Palestine and owned property fled for fear of being killed and lost all their lands and possessions. They also lost their right to return.
No compensation was ever made.
Till this day, the Zionists are stealing land especially in West Bank via their illegal occupation and settlements.
Over this period the Jewish population of Palestine, composed principally of immigrants, increased from less than 10 per cent in 1917 to over 30 per cent in 1947.
The map signifies exactly that. How Jews comprised 10% of population at end of World War One
That's deep bro
@@primarchvakarian589 It's also directly quoted from Mark Twain (allegedly, and originally) without credit. If I were an English teacher, I'd be disappointed!
Those who believe what this Journo nobody is saying without providing a single citation are the ones who have been fooled. Read history books, don't listen to VPs of think tanks
yeah like take for example ANYONE on this UA-cam sub taking an 'Ayn Rand Institute' seriously
The UN had no right to give away someone else’s land in the first place.
British helped defeat the ottoman empire thus per rules of war had all legal rights and claims to the lands to do as they please... before Britain the ottoman empire was one land...
Before the British, who "owned" the land? The Ottoman.
Before the Ottoman, who "owned" the land? The Roman empire.
The British empire was the last "owners" and they handed it to the UN.
That is where the UN mandate came from.
@@jaybelle1909 Famous last words, I'm sure you'll sleep well at night knowing legal rights and claims were preserved if this turns into WW3
@@mackykintanar7489 and Before the Roman? Dinosaur right? Human have no right to steal land from Dinosaur
To me the solution has always been simple !!
Even by the current UN protocol on migration and settlement....
What needed to be done for ages can still be done today !!!
Egypt is responsible for the so called exodus of the Jews as we are told.....
So they owe them for forcing them out.....
The Sinai desert was the first free un occupied area that was available for the wonderers..why did they not settle there !!!...
Palestine was already occupied and whoever was there was going to have to fight for ii !!
So the solution is this very very simple !!
Egypt should sell, or give the je was the whole of the Sinai desert to settle in and they can establish a new civilization there !!
Let what ever gets leftin Palestine be the peace and retribution that the Palestinian deserve !!!
People don't think and behave, they'll always behave how they feel. That's just the way it currently is.
The history of this area is complicated. There isn't a common knowledge about Israel/Palestine that you can simply appeal to, including this video. So think all you want, unless you've researched the subject you don't know much.
@@eximusicwhat? Have you heard of historiography?
Another point of clarity: Jordan did not occupy the West Bank. Rather, they occupied Judea and Samaria then renamed it “West Bank” as a means of erasing the area’s Jewish identity and history.
yes an Important detail glossed over by Palestinians
The land belongs to the indigenous Palestinians and not to those Europeans who came in 1948 from Europe
@@ghst4487 What land ?? . West bank is half Judea one of the original 12 tribes. How much more INDIGENOUS can you get
Bull that AS clear as mud. the so called west Bank Was ANNEXED by JORDAN in 1950
@@johntomlinson-j6x the ancient Israelites are the Palestinians themselves they just changed religion. These Europeans are from japeth and they belong in Europe
What I’m very surprised to see left out of this discussion regarding the importance of context is the fact that it leaves out the 4/5 of British Mandate Palestine that included ALL of Jordan and a small part of Syria, Lebanon and Egypt. And that doesn’t include the French Mandate.
Because the mandate had no real legal standing. It was a hoax.
Apparently many Arabs from Trans Jordania moved west after 1922 ?
Arabs no Palestinians then
@@phillipweyers8915 You mean refugee Palestinians.
Apparently under what was deemed as a legal document, the Arabs demanded all the land be divided to the Arabs themselves with no Jewish state or land. The British Empire verbally agreed to these terms & conditions with the ambassador for the Palestinian people. It never came to fruition because back in Briton (spelt at the time) denied this clause. Ultimately this led to the Zionists & the Rothchilds demands to give land to the Jewish people who were expelled from the middle east & Europe during WW1 & WW2. It was under the British Empire, through Arab nepotism, land was given to the Arab leaders uncle and son which was as you rightly say, Egypt and Syria.
yes they came for the well paying jobs of the British@@phillipweyers8915
The main thing that this shows is that all of the peace loving, decent people all over the world have been stood upon by corrupt governments who don’t care about them or their welfare. It is extremely sad this world we are living in 🥺
God will change everything for the better in the kingdom he has promised us..
God refers to this land as “my land”
In the book of Ezekiel
@@George-vu7xh Part of a comic called the bible
@@englishalan222Be sure to tell God that when you have your face-to-face meeting, when you see Him as He is.
Two state solution was applied to India and Pakistan too and failed. "From the River to the Sea" is somewhat familiar to us in India with an archaic Islamic WAQF Board staking claim to any land in perpetuity, in the name of Allah. This board has become the third largest landowner in the country - probably more land than Pakistan in acreage! So far, they've claimed temples which are much older than Islam, entire villages where people have been living since generations, and even large parts of our cities! The current Israel/Palestine conflict has brought into focus the sharp differences in our society as well.
well there may have been violence between India and Pakistan but the 2 state solution has pretty much been successful. why do you say it failed?
@@stevea6816 Pakistan and muslims living in India are never sstisfied with what they've got..they always want more.. Pakistan want whole of Kashmir and always send terrorists who infiltrate Indian territory..Pakistan is most of the time on the brink of war with India.. extremists muslim organizations in India want to convert the whole country into an Islamic state and get back to medieval times with Mughal empire rule...they often create unrest in areas where they are in majority.. while they already have specific laws in their favour such as Muslim Personal Law...
@@stevea6816 Muslims didn't fully migrate to Pakistan , even after getting separate country .
@@utsavpawar7015 Because while Pakistan was meant to be for Muslims, India was meant to be for everyone, including Muslims. 2 state solution has not been perfect (in fact its divided into 3 states now when you include Bangladesh which came from Pakistan) but it has generally been successful.
I wont call it a failure
Where did the so-called Palestinians come from? Aren't they mainly Arab Muslims who migrated from Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan? Yasser Arafat was of Egyptian origin. We all know that there has been a Jewish kingdom since ancient times (Jesus is a Jew). But there has never been a country called Palestine, so why now?
My question as well.
Not all jews in Israel were there in the first place. They came there too. You can say they were there before, but so were the arabs.
British mandate Palestine had Palestinians in it. I don’t see why thats so hard to understand.
@@mrbejam where are the Jews who were there in the whole of Middle East countries? They have been displaced or converted by Muslims by sword, which resulted in Jews scattered population throughout the world. When Palastenians were offered land on a Two Nation Theory, they refused it and supported Hamas, now they are crying!
Another deception involves map one and map three. In the first map it portrays Jewish populated areas in white, even though Jews didnt have soveriegnty. Yet in map three the Arab settled areas within Israel are not portrayed in green, even though Israel had hundreds of thousands of Arabs, and hundreds of Arab towns. Very dishonest.
actually millions of arabs, there are nearly 2 million arabs in isreal.
@@janehrahan5116 When I said "hundreds of thousands" I was referring to the number of Arabs left in Israel proper in 1948 to 1967, corresponding to map 3.
You weren’t listening. He said this wasn’t a tribal or racial discourse. That there were all tribes in all areas
@doctordan1668 I think I was. Both he and I are talking about inconsistency in what was being portrayed between the maps that resulted in completely false implications.
Thank you!!
People have been taking land from each other since the beginning of time. Whoever has the biggest gun can take or keep the land.
Then Israel is not practicing Jewish law
They are practicing jungle law.
While claiming to represent all the Jews of the world .
That's effed up
I see. If dealing with US and europe, might makes right. Got it. Dont worry, asia and asian are fast learner and we are stubborn.
@@nurlindafsihotang49literally how the world operates, not just the west.
It's The Right of Conquest. It has been around since the day of clubs and spears and will continue until the last two humans inhabit the Earth, or Mars if we get there.
To some degree, I agree. But the modern world order, by the UN, is that nations are generally recognized and protected (in a gang-like way), as the normative order. However, what many don't realize is that the UN allows for civil wars, and whoever comes out on top, gets a seat at the UN. So primarily, it's true within nations that the most guns mean legitimacy in many parts of the world, but less true today between nations.
Though I get the point you’re trying to make even with the first frame of the map, I’m confused at the delineation that you’re suggesting that we take in which we would only show the population densities of Palestinians and Israeli’s. To say a place is only owned by those that have ownership on the land, you would then need for the governance of the land to be equal or benign. The same would suggest that I could then move to an uninhabited part of land and lay claim to it today in northern Canada. We know this simply isn’t true because there is ownership in sorts over the land. I would need to purchase this land.
why not say that 2 million Arab-Muslims live in Israel; 0 Jews live in Arab countries
There was no country in this area when the British left except Israel. The Palestinians (that didn't exist yet) didn't bother to declare one. Maybe they were happy to be gobbled up by the Arab Palestinian State Jordan. Or by Egypt if they lived in Gaza and came from Egypt anyway.
نحن من إندونيسيا نصلي وندعم تصرفات إسرائيل، وخاصة الجنود الذين يقاتلون للدفاع عن وطنهم. إله الكون يحميكم دائمًا جميعًا! آمين!
that means a lot!
Homeland😂😂😂😂 i want usa i had forfathers who lived there generations ago. So the country must belong to me. Palestine logic
There has ALWAYS been a Jewish presence in the area now known as Israel, for thousands of years.
Even after the Romans destroyed the ancient kingdom of Judea and its capital city Jerusalem in 70 CE, there was still a Jewish population which remained in Judea.
For the next couple of millennia, Jerusalem/Judea passed from one hand to another, from Byzantines to Saracens, to Crusaders, to Ottomans, to the British; all through this time, there was ALWAYS a Jewish presence in the territory. In an Ottoman census in the 19th century, Jews were found to be the majority of the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Sometime in the late 20th century, a German Jewish man named Theodor Herzl began a movement for the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine and he called his movement Zionism.
At the time, very few European Jews took the Zionists seriously. They were often the butt of jokes from both secular and religious Jews. The assimilated secular Jews ignored the Zionists because they thought their ideas were ludicrous. Many secular Jews, especially in Western Europe had settled comfortably into the Middle and upper classes. They were successful scientists, inventors, composers, lawyers, bankers etc. These European Jews had no need or desire to uproot and transplant themselves into a hot and inhospitable climate thousands of miles away because of romantic notions of nation building.
The religious Jews despised the Zionists because it was a secular movement and most of its members were atheists.
The Zionists began buying land in Palestine from the Ottomans and from Arabs in the area.
Examples of Jewish Land acquisition from the Ottomans:
Jezreel Valley: Jewish settlers purchased land in the fertile Jezreel Valley, which became an important agricultural region.
Hula Valley: Land was acquired in the Hula Valley in northern Israel for agricultural development.
Petah Tikva: This city was founded in 1878 on land purchased by Jewish immigrants, and it is considered one of the earliest Zionist settlements.
Rishon LeZion: Another early Zionist settlement, established in 1882 on purchased land, is now a city in central Israel.
Rosh Pina: This settlement in the Upper Galilee region was established in 1882 on purchased land.
Zikhron Ya'akov: Founded in 1882, this town in northern Israel was established on land acquired by Jewish settlers.
Rehovot: Established in 1890, Rehovot was founded on purchased land and has since become a city known for its agricultural research.
Mishmar HaYarden: A kibbutz founded in 1920 on land purchased in the northern Jordan Valley.
Tel Aviv: While it wasn't established as a rural settlement, land was purchased to establish the city of Tel Aviv in 1909.
Jerusalem neighborhoods: Various Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem, such as Talpiot, Rehavia, and Nahlaot, were established on land purchased by Jewish organizations and individuals.
The rest of modern Israel is made up land legitimately acquired, not by invasions or conquests, but under international law such as the Balfour Declaration, the League of Nations Mandate and the United Nations.
The occupied territories were acquired not as a result Israeli aggression, but Arab aggression against Israel during the Six Day War.
As at October 2023 when Hamas launched its degenerate attack, Gaza was fully under Palestinian control because Israel had completely disengaged from Gaza in the year 2005. There are no Jewish settlements in Gaza and there haven't been any since 2005.
Native Americans always had a presence in North America, but pilgrims legitimately bought their land with support from imperial world powers, natives did nothing with the land, and actually they didn’t really have a government so it’s not even legally their land so we put them in reservations and even sometimes bought their land for a totally fair price, we barely even forced them to do so, once they got upset at us for colonizing… I mean legitimately claiming this land our beautiful country was created, we are good people and we did not colonize, they had a choice, and we made it for them
Thank You!!! You are correct in everything & well put! The whole reason that there is a Palestine at all is to keep jabbing at the Jews. They don't do it for land they do it for pure hatred. Egypt, Jordan, Iran and other Muslim countries send monetary/humanitarian aide to Palestine not to help the people but to keep them from migrating to their countries. One reason they don't want Palestinian migrants is Black September where the King of Jordan took in Palestinian "refugees" for humanitarian reasons and they repaid him by forming gangs and robbing the soft subjects and one gang becoming so big they attempted a coup against the king.
@@DudW2 Are you actually comparing literate Arabs living in barren lands with Native Americans who did not have a system of writing or knowledge of land tenure?
@@thebeatnumber man you really know how to humanize groups of people.. crazy how these groups both ended up in the same situation from views like these
@@DudW2 Jews are the native population.
Part of land in Palestine was legally purchased by Jews from the owners of the land. In 1920th my parents were children living in Romania in families with low income. After Hanukkah holidays they would bring their pennies to people departing to Palestine for purchasing land to build a kibbutz. My parents didn’t live to see Israel, but I visited it several times and I stayed in kibbutz.
I did not know that. What a heartwarming gesture. Thank you for sharing.
The holy land, the land of children of father Abraham called the Syem people in Arabic or the Levant people in English or French has NEVER been for SALE.
Before father abraham and Eva came to this holy land, holy to the followers of 3 abrahimic religions, from Mesopotamia, North Iraq, there had been people on this land; the Canaanites, with all its social orders, rules and leaders to rule their region. Palestinians are descendants of these people intermarrying with children of father Abraham. They have NEVER left the holy land.
According to GENETICISTS - DNA EXPERTS, such as Arthur Koestner PhD, Arelia Oppenheim PhD, Ehran El Haik PhD, historian Prof Schlomo Sand to mention a few, “Jews” designing, creating, ruling, controlling and financing the present Israel are NOT children of Abraham, but ARE Europeans from south Russia who traveled west for many generations on European mainland starting the 10th century, interbreeding with local central and western europeans on their way west; making them who they are now; with physical feature, more European than most Italians!
so we got to distinguish between jews as people and jews as the followers of judaism. As people, real jews are brothers and sisters for Arabs. Jews are childrens of father abraham from his second son Isaac and arabs are abraham's children from his first son Ishmael. As people from the same seed, the seed of abraham, they look physically the same! Not (jewish) eueopeans who claim to buy land on the holy land.
Google 100 most popular jews in any field in the world; be politicians, businessmen, financiers, academicians, news media, hollywood, noble prize laureates, etc, and look very closely at their faces: they are very Europeans, more europeans than most italians! "Jewish" Noble prizes winners are the jewels of Europe!
@@antanarivo2589 you tried to impose as Philistines - didn’t work, they were from Greece, now you trying to claim Canaaties who disappeared long before 1 st century as well as Philistines. You have nothing to prove- no kingdom, no king, no archeologically found coin, nothing. You are displaced and misplaced Arabs who were nomads going from place to place.
@@cristinabutasimon9159 this attempt to falsify history was many times debunked and I’m not going to to waste time by doing it again
@@antanarivo2589 debunked many times, my answers are deleted
It's never about who lives there, it's always about who it's ruled by.
Yeah the arabs wanted to rule over it. But at we all know how democracy and freedom there is in arabic countries…
Every single human rather live in israel and not “palestine” ruled by islamic jihad on a different universe
Reallyy ?? So who lives there isnt important ? That's how u explain the nakba and 1948 right ?
@@aminebrahmi8034 Yes and no. Would you say Alaska is not part of USA? Or would you say it is still Russian? After all, people with Russian heritage still live there.
Land is ruled by individuals in a very simple sense, and we tend to call those monarchies. The interviewee's argument is misleading, ironic considering he's complaining about an image being misleading.
Owners choose.
@@aminebrahmi8034 You obviously didn't understand the comment...
It's like saying that US colonists did not steal Native American land.
I think the designation of Palestine or Palestinian needs to be explained in conversations such as this video. When saying Palestine or Palestinian in reference to Arabs or Muslims it should be said as Palestinian Arab or Palestinian Muslim. Palestine consisted of every religion and every, or at least most ethnicities. So, when discussing this issue of land, it needs to be said that Palestinians as considered by the Romans who invented the name and ruled over the region included all of the inhabitants not just Arabs. So pre 1948 there were Palestinian Jews, Palestinian Christians and so on. I know it might seem unneeded to say this, but most people today don't seem to know that that is how it was. The concepts being taught in our schools today are not the concepts that Gen X and earlier generations were taught.
The Arabs were the majority in 1900.
A better explanation is that the Romans designated the land "Philista" or Philistine. When they defeated the rebellion they killed the Jews and kicked out many more and named the land for the ancient biblical enemies of the Hebrews, the Philistines. Rome did not create a country there; they were erasing the existence of the Jews. Saying that this land is "Philista" means it is "free of Jews" just like the Germans who declared a town "Judenrein" after killing all the Jews in it.
Philistines were part of the Seleucids, who were Greeks, not Arabs, and they went extinct long before the Roman empire, Christianity or Islam existed. If another Arab country is to be created, it makes no sense to name it for an extinct Greek tribe. Arabs descend from the surrounding Arab countries, not ancient Israel. If those Arab countries actually cared about the "Palestinians" (they don't) they would take them in and pay them reparations for what they have done to their own people.
I wonder how Hamas and their numerous supporters would feel about being ruled by a Hashemite king.
Arab Muslims rejected the term "Palestinian" as it was a British term. Only the Jews for the most part accepted the term and had it on their official documents. Let's also be clear that in the 1800s, the population was very low in the entirety of the territory and was that way at the start of the British control. BOTH* British and Jewish advancements in the land made it very inviting to the Arabs who came in at greater amounts (which later, Jews came in on quotas). Jordan is 76 percent of the mandatory and that is somewhat akin to 3/4 of "Palestine" and leave only 1/4 that is being in contention for Jews and Arabs. Candidly that 24 percent should be ALL Israel.
@@michaelmanus7765Everyone that lived there knew "Palestine" wasn't an accurate name for that land; the Romans called it that to emphasize that the Jews were defeated and killed off by naming it for their ancient Greek enemy. People should really stop calling it Palestine.
I don't think schools are teaching Gen X about this at all, they get all their information from propaganda tiktok!!
As a GIS cartographer, I know how powerful maps can be. While it's essentially impossible to be completely honest with a map, there will always be some information that is omitted and a 2D plane can never represent a 3D ellipsoid (the Earth) completely accurately. It is however, the duty of the one making the map to reduce the amount of dishonesty present in the map, to communicate extremely clearly what their map represents.
However, often times there are those who see maps as a tool to push their own agenda. Sad as it is to see.
'The 9 dashed line' comes to mind 😏
You can tell just by looking at the map's legend. They're comparing "settlements" for one, but "lands" for the other.
Yes. The map actually shows several things. It shows proposed, hypothetical states, and is shows "Arab" vs "Jewish" land control. It's important to remember that Arab Muslims having been displaced or disposessed is incontrovertible, so making it about a misleading legend on some arbitrary map is disingenuous. They argue the map is a red herring, to use it as a red herring to insert their own agenda into it. They dispute one thing about a map (the legend) in order to claim everyone in Israeli held territories are happy, wonderful, prosperous, good, and just. It's really fascinating how they suggest that's all in this map, while saying the map is without any value.
You've touched the main point here! A 3d map of misleading Hamas agenda would have been much better!
Nice impartial , and scientific reply.
I'm sure you all have friends who are asking questions, you can send them this :
1)Before the modern state of Israel there was the British mandate, Not a Palestinian state .
2) Before the British mandate there was the ottoman empire, Not a Palestinian state .
3) Before the ottoman empire there was the Islamic mamluk sultanate of Egypt, Not a Palestinian state .
4)Before the Islamic mamluk sultanate of Egypt there was the ayyubid dynasty, Not a Palestinian state .Godfrey of bouillon conquered it in 1099.
5) Before the ayyubid dynasty there was the christian kingdom of Jerusalem, Not a Palestinian state .
6) Before the christian kingdom of Jerusalem there was the Fatimid caliphate, Not a Palestinian state .
7) Before the Fatimid caliphate there was the byzantine empire, Not a Palestinian state .
8) Before the byzantine empire there was the Roman empire, Not a Palestinian state .
9) Before the Roman empire there was the hasmonean dynasty, Not a Palestinian state .
10)Before the hasmonean dynasty there was the Seleucid empire,Not a Palestinian state .
11) Before the Seleucid empire there was the empire of Alexander the 3rd of Macedon, Not a Palestinian state .
12) Before the empire of Alexander the 3rd of Macedon there was the Persian empire, Not a Palestinian state .
13) Before the Persian empire there was the Babylonian empire, Not a Palestinian state .
14) Before the Babylonian empire there was the kingdoms of Israel and Judea, Not a Palestinian state .
15) Before the kingdoms of Israel and Judea there was the kingdom of Israel, Not a Palestinian state .
16) Before the kingdom of Israel there was the theocracy of the 12 tribes of Israel, Not a Palestinian state .
17) Before the theocracy of the 12 tribes of Israel there was the individual state of Canaan, Not a Palestinian state .
In fact in this corner of the earth there was everything but a Palestinian state!
Origins @voiceofisrael
And after they see your trivia they can see this.
Even david ben-gurion admitted that zionists started the conflict.
It's very simple
European jews wanted to colonize palestina.
According to zionist historian Benny Morris, zionists chose to accept the 1937 partition plan, so they could eventually takeover all of Palestine
They want to sattelde a country that was MOSTLY A DESERT. @@closetglobe.IRGUN.NW0
@jonyscrewzo That's trivial.
I'm a US republican and I wouldn't let immigrant minorities carve out a state the way zionists did.
Oh wait, no majority population would.
According to french historian henry laurens, palestine wasn't given self determination in 1920 because everyone knew the population would reject zionism. Just like Australians rejected the Kimberley plan
@@closetglobe.IRGUN.NW0100% fake Republicans
@Mystic_Edge lol great counterargument
But, you do not mention that the US,(CIA) created Hamas to oppose the PLO (Arafat) who were legitimately voted and were acting on behalf of the Palestinian people for their rights. The US(CIA) and Netanyahu of Israel installed the Hamas to Govern as proxy, but, this however went against their plan when Hamas turned on them. And the rest is not so known history.
Thank you. I remember Yasser Arafat all over the news in my childhood trying again and again to get a peace deal which was fair and respectfully refusing to accept peanuts. Israel were reluctant.
@@sorchaoreilly2633on the contrary, even Arabs say he went against very generous offers.
The Arabs offered him for 10 years before that and he refused.
I forgot the videos name, a Saudi journalist breaks it out
Technically the US didn't create HAMAS but the US / Israel did allow it to flourish to counteract the PLO.
@@JJs_playgroundyes and as per usual, the US sticking it's nose in regime changes internationally never goes to plan and there are always negative unintentional consequences. There's so much history that makes no sense to me how people capable enough to end up running the world decide these things 🤦🏽♀️
@@sorchaoreilly2633how's things in opposite world?
Valuable as historical parallels certainly are, it becomes tiresome when they are abused in defense of exploitation, hostility, and violence in the here and now. My personal experience in the region between the Jordan and the Mediterranean is limited to a few weeks and a hundred or so conversations with local Christians, Muslims, Druses and Jews. What struck me above all was the extraordinary kindliness of all of the people I met there. It is something they have in common.
Looking at all the horrors that they are doing to each other, I would say that the kindness you saw in them is just a one tiny fragment of the reality of their culture.
@@InnocentiusLacrimosa No, it's the very nature of the people there, as long as they are not indoctrinated in one direction or the other by religious extremists.
@@InnocentiusLacrimosa The horrors the *governments* are doing to the people. I suspect the people Thomas met were not in positions of political power, but were actual, normal individuals. The real people, suffering on both sides of a conflict that they never wanted.
@@LDillonoften the problems in Palestine are due to the regional powers such as Iran and Syria not wanting peace. The people are not seen as people but as fodder to be sacrificed for the glory of Iran and it's "superior" Muslims. The solution to the Palestinian problem could be negotiated by both sides but that would mean Arab nations having to take in Palestinians (a people with a tendency to start civil wars within their host nations) or accept Israel is able to live in peace and become recognised. When jihad is used more literally than spiritually, the people will think physical war is more important than spiritual warfare.
The idea of our time on Earth is only moment combined with the reward system (rightly or falsely translated) creates a religion that chooses bloodshed over peace. It's easier to kill than to change yourself to become a better person.
They always did. Contrary to propaganda, those people got along fairly well prior to Zionism. There were 270,000 Jews in Morocco before the Zionist organizations convinced most of them to leave. They now return to Morocco every vacation and some are starting to buy land again. I've even seen Menorahs on display in the shops in Marrakesh to attract Jewish customers. When King Hassan II died, Jewish mourners in Israel honored him.
This was very helpful in understanding this conflict
If you claim to understand the conflict you show your ignorance. This conflict is biblical
4000 years ago my ancestors owned vast tracts of land throughout Europe. I'm claiming them now.
For the third panel, I will use Canada as the example. Even though the land/area of Canada is wide, but the most populated areas are only a few
Now imagine America taking some of Canadas uninhabited land, and claiming it's theirs simply because no one lives there now, or Canada isn't using it properly. That's Israel taking land.
Don't believe this video is very well documented that since 1948 Israel destroyed over 500 Palestinian villages
Your comments are hidden for some reason.
So sickk seeing "educated" people spreading misinformation in favor of a country that is actually committing genocide or to justify injustice ISRAEL IS NOT BETTER THAN NAZI GERMANY , PEOPLE READ INVESTIGATE ON YOUR OWN AND USE YOUR BRAIN ALL THIS IS VERY WELL DOCUMENTED..
@@tundelarsson7817 I don't hide anything?
This is what we should be teaching our kids.
no we should teach them not to expell inhabitants like the palestenians were expelled by the israelis
thanks for this,this should be shown throughout all the colleges in America,they need proper education.
Forget those 'woke' deluded American college students
What a great video. I appreciate the break down of this complexity and having CONTEXT is so important. Something that the news and others both love to leave out.
What goes forgotten too is how much territory the Israelites won in the War against the Arabs and yet gave up portions of that for the sake of peace after they were already the victors. If they were greedy for land and wanting to conquer all they never would’ve granted Arab territories of the land they won in war.
The attitude that you see is their attempt to save a homeland but also keep peace with their neighbors.
The beaten Arabs took the land the Jews granted them and then continued to call them occupiers even though they’d given them land they didn’t have to.
Sadly this realisation of the truth is not recognised by the foolish world out there
Some bonus, Communist China was in favour of Israel all the way up to the war in 1960s as they originally saw Israel's independence as a reduction of British empire.
Edit: Not up to 1960s. At least in the first war Xinhua News (previously Red China News Agency) they perceived US/UK as supporting Palestine. They described Jews as righteously accomplishing their long standing hope of establishing their country, and righteously defending their land from reactionary leaders of Arab neighbours.
They switched to supporting Palestine when Israel, like Japan (whom the Communist tried to ally with - hey you got nuked by Americans don't you hate them?) refused to join their anti-west camp, also they didn't recognize Communist China.
FYI, China is still support Israel existence today. You probably assumed that China asked Hamas to attack Israel! So smart!
??? Chinese
Britain didn`t " want" any land in the Levant. We didn`t even want the mandate shoved on us from UN .
The Arabs refused to be managed by the French . Because of the French deception over Sykes Picot.
Stalin voted for the UN plan for the same reason, i.e. reduction of British influence on the region.
Palestinians are for the most part Arabs that moved into the area during the Muslim conquests that occurred all across North Africa. Many moved there also during the Ottoman period.The original Druze and Bedouin tribes were very sparsely populated. Prior to this, the Romans were occupying Jewish settlements.
You also have the Arabs who moved there after the Jews started buying land and after the British took it over. Before Jews started purchasing land in the late 1800's, there was only around 300,000 in the entire area, mostly Arabs. After WW2, there was 630,000 Jews, but simultaneously the Arab population had grown to 1.4 million, that means the Arab population grew by 5 times in only about 50 years! The population of Israel (not including Gaza and West Bank) now there's 10 million in Israel and 2 million of those are Arabs.
The old maps that are still available show that it was a Judaic land .
Palestine was the name given by the Romans 70AD.
Islam never existed until 600AD and Mohamed was born in Medina in Sudi Arabia in 600AD, he invaded the Judaic lands. Fact.
"This part of Syria as far as Egypt is all called Palestine."
Herodotus (484 - 420 BCE)
"The Histories", Book 7, chapter 89
What does have to do with the post industrial world?
@@MGrey-qb5xz Your response dismisses your own question ...
@@RobertO-vu4xb then go buzz of to ancient time, this is the modern world with modern issues
Islam exist since prophet Adam before Jew
The term "Palestinian/Palestine" during the Mandate era was referring to all inhabitants of the land, more so it was referring to Jews more then to Arabs. If there was an internet back in1938 and you could Google the flag of Palestine back then you would get either the Mandate flag based on the union jack or a Zionist flag which differed from the modern Israel flag by having only two stripes and the star in gold. There were entities like "Palestine railways","Palestine electric company",Palestine Potash company","Anglo-Palestine Bank" or "Palestine Post". Those have no connection to Arabs and with exception of the railways that were owned by the British government were Jewish owned corporations with continuous relation to the current major companies- Israel Railways,Israel electric company,Dead sea works,Leumi Bank and Jerusalem Post.
Well said, well written. Teach these numskulls here who have not learnt any history, or else who want to re-write it in the style of Hitler, Stalin, Communist China, and other despots
It came from the Romans, who referred those that stayed. Keep in mind the entire world embraced and supported Jews. It was the programs and Holocaust that sent them back to the land that was already occupied by Palestinian Arabs and Jews living in harmony. The Zionists want to cleanse the land of Palestinian Arabs, of Canaan descent. They are murdering their own family.
The Jerusalem Post was called The Palestine Post.
@@mjazzguitarYour reading comprehension is poor. He is the listing former names of the companies then the current names.
@@maxheadroom224 I know.
I was adding one more example.
So basically they couldn’t behave or govern themselves right from the start.
Palestine was a land of tribal, medieval existence prior to the end of the 19th century. The Zionist movement created more in terms of civilization and governmental infrastructure than has previously existed in Palestine for two millenia. And it did so within a few decades. Swamps were dried, the land was farmed, and more and more Arabs were moving in to enjoy the new prosperity and progress of this land, working for the Jews and getting paid more than they were ever paid in their homelands. The land entered the 20rh century, jumping over a few centuries of progress in the space of a few years. Cities were built where beforehand the most one could see were a few tiny villages. By the time Israel has gotten the vote to become an independent country, it was already a full on functioning state with working governmental institutions. The Palestinian Arabs lived and continue to live in the dark ages, despite getting billions of dollars in aid. If they didn't blame all their troubles on israel (instead of their own corrupt rulers and their disdain for the progress associated with the West) they would've all killed each other by now. Having a mutual enemy is the only thing keeping all the different fractions of Palestinians from ripping each other's throats out.
@@TheAvadonna Bot
@@adambraun8290 nope. A human person with some knowledge of history. Not politically correct-and nevertheless true.
It would be helpful if you showed an accurate first map that shows where no people lived.
Lol
That included most of the land. Hundreds of thousands of Arabs poured into the land to work for the British from 1920-1947.
The Arab surrounding armies were so confident that they could easily conquer the Jews who had no armed forces since the 2nd Cent. AD, that they were shocked when the Jews fought back so well. One becomes an amazing warrior when you are going to be killed or pushed into the sea. The Jews prevailed as they had no other choice.
That would've showed Jews settling there first and ruin Palestinian arguments
@@WorldifySanityStill it was majority Muslims before the creation in 1947
libertarians defending a tyrannical state that takes people's private property from them. nice.
Are you saying you wouldn't let expansionist zionist immigrants carve out a state?
Hard to believe.
Great lecture!!!
Salam, Shlomo, Shalom, Peace.
Gospel [Last Testament]:
I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but are lying-I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you."
Quran [Last Testament]:
Towards The Latter Days, The Children Of Israel Will Be Haughty [Except The Pious Versed In Torah].
As I understand Elan Journo, every area that is uninhabitable like desserts in each country doesn’t belong to that country and any other nation is allowed to occupy it and add it to its own territories
lol I don't think you paid a whole lot of attention here.
@outdueller actually I have to agree with bahmanyadman. Did you hear any other concrete argument in the video about this first period? I really would like to know. All I heard was vague claims about 'no context' and blanket statements 'they did not steal'.
😂 what a beautiful recipe 👌
Precisely! I was like “I can’t be hearing this! What ignorant, vague argument is this guy making?”
@@brechtkuppens I agree that this wasn't explained in the clearest way but the answer could have been concluded. It's not that the desert doesn't belong to a country because it is uninhabitable, since it was uninhabitable it belonged to no one privately, it was simply under the control of the British mandate, no Palestinians owned it privately and a Palestinian state has never existed. The un resolution gave that land to Israel so when the Arabs attacked and the war broke out Israel rightly took a hold of it.
Journo shows his bias early on by saying the land acquired by Jews was done by fair means and not stolen. But just because they bought land doesn't mean any Arabs that sold it sold it to become part of Jewish state. It just didn't happen that way. The Arabs may or may not have not sold it if they knew it was being bought for a future state. But Journo is right, context is important, he just leaves that important context out.
He also leaves out important context on why the Arabs opposed the creation of a Jewish state. Rightly or wrongly, they resented western colonial powers controlling their affairs after having been subjugated by them, and bringing in Jews was seen as another colonial intrusion of the west. That was the biggie, anti-Jewish feelings notwithstanding. You have to remember, at the beginning of the Zionist movement in the late 1800s, there were only 20,000 or so Jews living amongst half a million arabs. They Jews had left, and they wanted to come back into land the Arabs now considered Arab land. Journo totally ignores that and how it caused resentment, and leaves out crucial historical context. So this whole video comes off as a second-rate analysis.
and why did the Jews leave??
if and if and if. you literally confirm they sold it, its not their's anymore what a stupid argument
@@ronsontag6841 They didn't.
I suppose Native Americans are SOL, then (even though they admit they weren't first in North America). And Armenians can just suck it up. The Aborigines of Australia. Hell, every people on the Earth when you consider that every country was a colony from somewhere else when yo go back far enough and the THEN natives of each area were pushed out or eradicated. You act like any of this is new, but it has always been this way. But of course, it's Western colonialism that's the problem. Nevermind that every place "colonized" by the West got better education, medicine, standard of living, etc out of the deal as well as freedom from the oppression of their own. They were given a chance at a better future.
What does Zionism have to do with anything? Islam is relatively new to the region in the expanse of history, but it's accepted. But, the Jewish people were practicing some form of their religion long before Islam was created. Do we now have to backtrack and try to discover what the very first penultimate religion was so we can determine point even more fingers? Where does it end?
It could end right now, right there.
The land was purchased. They agreed to share it. Everyone else wants them gone. I thought minorities were a Liberal rallying point. The Palestinians are Muslim, like everyone else in the region. They never had a state. But Israel was prepared to reconize one. The Palestinians refused. FIVE TIMES.
In that region, the Israelis are the minority. They have the right to freedom that everyone else has. They have agreed time and again to ceasefire, to peace talks, to recognize a Palestinian state, to let Muslims enter Jerusalem and visit holy sites and conduct their religious observances. And they have been under attack or threat of attack every single day since they reclaimed their historic homeland. Imagine African Americans returning to Africa to find it taken over by the Kkan who refused to let them live in peace. But the Jews were not wanted ANYWHERE. Not Europe, not Asia, not even America. It's a meme to hate them instead of letting them live in peace or living beside them. Where is THEIR justice? Where is THEIR acceptance? Where is THEIR freedom of expression?
And every time they extend their hand, they get bombarded by rockets or bombs detonated inside their borders. But when a trans activist shoots up a school full of innocent children, it was because they were pushed into a corner.
Liberal arguments are always the same: preprogrammed talking points that ignore the concept of a two-way street or turnabout-is-fair-play, whataboutism but pointing out and denying the whataboutism of others, self righteous self-appointed authority to condemn or approve of others at whim, and the inability to deal with cold hard facts.
The Jewish people have been oppressed since the time of the Pharoahs, they just want to live in peace and are willing to share with those around them.
It's one tiny slice of land that belonged to them historically. If the rest of the world want to help the Palestinians, then it needs to help them agree to a 2 state region. But they don't want that. They want to eradicate Israel and the Jewish people. They've been screaming it for almost 100 years and for far longer before that.
Arab land is Arabian peninsula, everything else is a conquered lands. Bedouin tribes were moving around without any concept of a state
“Israel had a right to a state because it wanted to build a society that promoted freedom and prosperity, but a Palestinian state would have wanted to become more like its neighboring authoritative regimes.”
If you’re going to pretend to be objective, you need to do better than that.
In a way that map is right. For 2000 years right from the Roman times the term Palestine/Palestinian denoted Jews. In that sense the map is in essence saying that green shaded parts are Jewish land. The Arabs claiming to be ‘Palestinians’ is a recent phenomenon, a political construct of convenience by colonialist powers in the recent century.
LOL Not even you believe that. All of the Jews have fleed that land and the Palestinians come afterwards. Even more, the ancient Jews who invaded that land during the "Biblical times" committed genocide against the people who lived there in the first place.
@mr.kochappan
Nope, ...Palestine, has never denoted Jews...NEVER! The shaded GREEN part...was 'Totally'...
Palestine before having to share with the Jews...BRITAIN...forced on them!. The Arabs claiming
to be... ''PALESTINIANS''...are...NOT claiming...they ARE~ And there are Christian Palestinians as
well! And Palestinians, ''Are not a recent phenomenon, a political construct of convenience by Colonialist Powers...in the recent century. STOP! with the Activated Words! Jews are Europeans,
from Poland, Romania, Russia, immigrated to Palestine beginning in the 1800's!
Do research, the began immigrating between 1882-1914...4000 Jews. 1939...75,000, Jews!
May 14, 1948...Moved On In~
The Land is Palestine...
@@vivianclaiborne7653 Jews Europeans? Read some history, not some woke Islamo-leftist pamphlet.
@@vivianclaiborne7653 Most "palestinians" who have had DNA testing done, found that they have Jewish genes in their genome!
Did they also come from Europe? Or did they rape the native Jewish women when they invaded?
@@vivianclaiborne7653I think you need to read more history as what you said fails to mention the truth.
"there are no solutions, there are only trade-offs" - Thomas Sowell
Sowell is just another "smart" who learned enough from reading Karl Marx to be able to look like a know it all.
@@kimobrien.No he's a guy that actually believed in it through his younger years. The life and reality changed him into the conservative icon he is today. This quote from Thomas is a lesson most liberals never learn. One you should probably not gloss over with a weak character attack.
@@TerryKristopher3707 Sure he did that's why he was drinking the Republican ultra right Joe McCarthy Koolaid where the US Gov't was being taken over by Communist in the US Labor Dept until he went to work their.
To have more information on the subject--they needed to show maps at the end of WW 1, and the British mandated lands.
See the "History of the land of America" against the British Empire. As a parallel story!! Will America pay land taxes to Britain? There was war! Same similar story.
The Sykes-Picot Agreement would be helpful as well. This was the agreement between France and Britain which divided up the lands there, after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire.
It should be noted that Palestine was relatively peaceful up to the point that the European Jewish refugee numbers began to swell, to the level that made the Palestinian inhabitants uncomfortable. And that’s when the real problems started.
But of course, this was always the plan, of the British Empire, as evidenced by the Balfour Declaration.
It was a long planned colonization effort, which was the end goal of a political movement called Zionism, which started back in the 1800s.
@@williamcarr3976 The Balfour Declaration was aimed directly at Turkey because the anti-semitic czar in Russia had just been overthrown with the help of Jews and they had just declared war on the Ottomans and needed all the help they could get to stop the stalemate. This pretty much killed the previous plan to have Israel created in British East Africa.
@@williamcarr3976 Forget all the political "colonization" mumbo jumbo. Simply, Jews legally purchased the land in Palestine (which later became the basis for Israel) in the late 1800s and early 1900s from the Ottoman Empire and absentee landowners who didn't want useless desert and swamp land. Jerusalem actually maintained a Jewish majority in the 1800s. But, the Arabs simply didn't want any Jewish neighbors in 1948 til today. They walked away from their own country in 48, 67, 2000, and 2008. Then they refused to revisit any peace talk thereafter.
Tried to insert a map but it wouldn't let me. Look Up the map that is the original territory of the Mandate for Palestine, April, 1920, That was to be assigned as the Jewish national home. The Original mandate even included the Golan Heights. Britain made its own side deals which wasn't its right, and they gave the Golan Heights to the French mandate, I believe in return to getting oil fields in Basra in what is now Iraq, and they gave away Jordan to the Hashemites, who are from Saudi Arabia and were kicked out of the Saudi Arabia by the present rulers the House of Saud. So out of the Mandate for Palestine was created the Kingdom of Jordan given to a royal family who wasn't even from there and did it because there were kicked out of their home.
Israeli explains that Israel stealing land is not actually stealing 🤡
If you wage war and lose that war, it's not stealing anymore.
On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, "To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates - the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites." - Genesis 15:18-21-This verse is said to describe what are known as "borders of the Land"
Also Numbers chapter 34 as God was reminding the Jewish people the boundaries of the land promised to them
Abram likely didn't exist. His story was written long after the era he is purported to have existed in. It contains story elements which are anachronistic, and contains other elements indicating that it is not a contemporaneous account.
Later events such as the Exodus are also highly unlikely to have transpired as there is zero physical evidence supporting the Biblical narrative.
Oh.. also, there is no god.
Oh, there is a god and He will be making several appearances in the near future.
@@RobinPugh-p1q He's behind you right now.
"After the Arabs are transferred, the country will be wide open for us... not a single village or a single tribe must be left... there is no other solution"
Said the father of forests Yosef Weitz in 1940. He was also known as the architect of transfer…
"Transfer" is a scary, very Nazi-like word for "Ethnic Cleansing" and "Expulsion" . Now we can wait for Israeli state to use the word "Resettlement" which was a Nazi euphemism which was used to refer to the deportation of Jews and others such as the Roma to extermination camps
It was a British mandate after WWI. Roman Empire map dated 500 CE. Showed the land belonged to Israel. After they defeated Israel they renamed it Palestina.
And some references back to 1198bc have shown the 12 kingdoms of Israel. It has always been Israelite / Jewish land. They built the first temple that was toppled by others, which is where the mosque stands now. All of these invaders think because they came in and killed everyone and squatted it's their land. It has never been Palestinian land. They are like the gypsies of the middle East. Nobody wants them. No neighboring country wants to take them in that end of itself. Prove something.
To spite the Isrealis. It was named Palestine by the Romans to spite the Jews. Note Palestinians did not even have the power to name themselves because they were never a sovereign state or never a nation on their own.
@@zaezi189 Israel has a helluva way of acquiring property they want to own using the blood of another group of people as payment.
Shame on Israel
Shame on Israel
Shame on Israel
Keep justifying to yourselves
@@أَفَلَايَعْقِلُونَ-ه4ر Not much difference between netanyahu and putin ~ both like taking land that is not theirs and both like murdering innocent civilians enmass.
Maybe putin has some unused land in russia that these jews can live in without having to murder the indigenous people first?
Would that not be a welcomed improvement?!
Excellent, clear information!
It's very ommited information, significant details are left out that would change the narrative the facts discussed tell here.
No such person as an ethnic Palestinian Palestine was the name given by the Romans when they ruled over the Jews It was Judea which means land of the Jews And until Israel became a country everyone who lived in Palestine Jew,Christen and Muslims were called Palestinian And the Jewish religion has existed for 5000 years Islam only 1600 years
Serious question, Why a jew living in the amazon forrest will be granted Isreali citizenship upon arrival to Isreal and a house while any one of the 6 millions displaced Palestinians worldwide won't?
The answer is long, but relatively simple.
The Jews are descended from the Israelites, the only people to have had a country within the land of Canaan in over 3,000 years. The vast majority of the Israelites were exiled from their homeland by the Romans, who named the conquered territory after an extinct Greek tribe that had been an enemy of the Israelites, as an insult to the Israelites. After the Romans, the land was occupied by the Ottoman Empire and then the British Empire. The British Empire called the territory they controlled (which included Canaan and a significant amount of land east of the Jordan River) by a variant of the same name the Romans used, The British Mandate of Palestine (note, this was the name of a territory, no country or nation of "Palestine" ever existed). The British Empire gave the Arabs living in the territory the opportunity to establish their own country, and the Arabs created the country of Jordan within the territory of the British Mandate. Later the British empire gave the Jews, descended from the Israelites, permission to re-establish Israel in a portion of the remaining land. The Jews legally purchased as much land as they could from the previous legal landowners, and established the modern state of Israel on it. The Jewish people have faced extensive persecution from across much of the world, and that's why those that re-established Israel in their ancestral homeland have an open invitation for their kin to return.
The "Palestinians" you refer to are Arabs of primarily Egyptian, Jordanian, and Syrian heritage, all of which are descended from the Ishmaelites, who lived in what is now southern Jordan when the Israelites were living in ancient Israel. There is no relation between them and the Philistines. The notion of Arab "Palestinians" is a fabrication of Arafat, an Egyptian who made up the notion of a "Palestinian" nation at a point after the modern state of Israel had already been established in the land.
Also, the Arabs instigated every military conflict they've ever had with the state of Israel. The displaced Arabs were displaced as a consequence of their support for the militant aggressors and terr0rists that attacked Israel's civilians, and that is why they don't have a right of return to the land they'd used to stage attacks against the Israeli people.
Also, when Israel was established, and the Arab aggressors were pushed back, the total population was under a million, nowhere near 6-million. Part of the problem is that everyone descended from an Arab who lived in the former land of Canaan for any length of time is called a "Palestinian refugee", in spite of not being Palestinian, nor a refugee.
Are your ethnic and genetic origins Jewish?@@lennardchurch8483
@@lennardchurch8483 their are no jews genetically related to ancient Israelite. Modern jews gained their religion by learning their religion , not through inheriting any special genes. Jerry Seinfeld is as much of a jew as Drake.
@@M98009l I studied global events and history at university, and continued studying on my own afterwards. The history of Israel, the Jews and the Arabs is a matter of fact, and identity arguments about who's doing the speaking don't factor into what the facts are.
I never claimed to be Jewish.
@johnnygoodman2003 You're a liar. The Jews are the descendants of the ancient Israelites, with an unbroken history dating back over 3,000 years, in spite of their millennia-long exile across the world. There are people who religiously convert to Judaism, but that doesn't invalidate the heritage of the descendants of the ancient Israelites.
@@lennardchurch8483 more lies, Why does Israel ban genetic testing without a court order? Should native Americans deport all European, Asian and Africans living in the USA as well since it is their ancestral land? There is more evidence for Palestinians having native DNA than the europeans that invaded to take over.
This needs to be taught in the schools instead of the BS they are are teaching today
doesn't fit the narrative.
It's shocking how many academics are totally ignorant of the region's history yet parrot activist rhetoric. One problem is finding honest educators who can cover the topic based on evidence.
5 minutes of googling will debunk half of what was said in the video.
@@sarcasmfb5009 oh will it? Unlike you I actually googled when the war started. All research material available support what is said on this Video to the word.
@@sarcasmfb5009 or were you being sarcastic? In which, it’s not so apparent
All i hear is the justification of Israel's land grab. The Palestinian peoples were the caught between the Arab nations and Israel. It is understandable that any sort of functioning government was almost impossible by the time it became an option, constantly under duress on all fronts. None of this however excuses the devastation carried out by the Hamas and the Israeli armed forces and both should held accountable for war crimes against humanity.
Arabs are the people. They are free to live in Israel, and the vast majority do so peacefully. Jews are not permitted to live in so called Palestine -which means Judea. So called Palestinians started wars and lost land, which is normal for a war. So obviously the land grab was against Israel, and that failed.
What war crimes do the israelis carry out?
It's a perfect example of not blindly believing in what you see.
"In 1948, Israel's border ran along the Eastern border of the British Mandate for Palestine. It included East Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, later called the West Bank. In 1948, in a war of annihilation that was waged on Israel, Jordan illegally occupied that territory and ethnically cleansed it of it's Jews.
In 1967, in another war of attempted annihilation waged on the Jewish State, Israel legally recovered that territory.
Now let's consider a parallel in International Law. Ukraine's borders were formed under the rule of UTI POSSIDETIS JURIS. And that is why there is an international consensus that Russia is illegally occupying the Crimea.
Now, if Ukraine were to recover the Crimea in the same way that Israel had recovered the West Bank in 1967, would anyone here really accuse Ukraine of illegally occupying the Crimea ? Of course not. So why the double standard for the Jewish State ?
The fact is THAT THERE IS NO OCCUPATION UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW !!! That is a libelous political term with absolutely no legal basis."
NATASHA HAUSDORFF, Oxford educated worldwide acclaimed expert on International Law
Imagine thinking that israel starting wars is a good justification for israel stealing more land. 🤮
The British voucher system needs to be included in this and discussed.
Please explain dumbo
Why? They threw out the Ottomans with the help of Palestinians. They had no business colonising it all over again.
@@adbogo When you say "Palestinians" did you mean a mix of arabs and jews?
@@adbogoyou know who also fought for the Brits against the ottomans and did even more than the Arabs? Oh yea the Jews. Keep trying to gaslight though raggy.
@@adbogo the "Palestinians" didn't exist back then, as then they were called Syrians, Jordanians, and Egyptians. And sure the British has the right colonize the Palestine Mandate. If you can defeat the empire currently controlling it, then you have the right to the land the other empire formerly controlled.
What would a more accurate map #1 look like? Who has legal title to the green sections in map 1 prior to 1947? What parts of the map were unlivable? To what extent was the land tribal? Was the concept of private property universally understood? What ethnic group or nationality controlled the green sections of the map?
To my understanding, the first map doesn't show national ownership at all, all of the area, white and green, was owned (temporarily) by the Brits, the green area is quite literary "everywhere individual Jews didn't own", not discerning any Christian or other owned land, also not discerning unsettled land.
Also during the era the map portrays, "palestinians" didn't exist. Just like "Americans" didn't exist during the medieval period.
ALL of those maps basically just show a large area of historical Judea.
No matter who lives where, The whole land is Jewish land.
This is why we English "gave the land back" to the Jews. Interesting choice of words, don't you think?
@@Diablo_Himself Wasn't Judea a Roman province at the time of Christ? Should you give it back to Italy/Vatican?
I'm done looking ass-backwards to some arbitrary point in time. There are losers throughout history. What the "Palestinians" have done since 1947 is unworthy of respect.
@@Diablo_Himself please explain where Canaan was and who were the Canaanites.
Surprised there was no discussion of the fact that under Ottoman (and also UK) occupation, there was very little freehold land. That is, there was only a small amount of land in modern Israel and Jordan that was "owned" by individuals. It was almost all leasehold, just like Crown Property in the UK, the Ottoman Sultan had title to the land as crown property and people could get a lease for land.
The Ottoman Turkish names for these were memluke and meiri. Memluke lands were owned (what is called Fee Simple in common law) but were a very small part. Almost all the occupied land was Miri, which is akin to a lease -- the resident had to pay annual fees to keep possession.
When the government changed from Ottoman to British, the leases followed, and then when an Israeli government was constituted, by law, the leases went to that government.
Intelligence on earth puhh I am relieved 😌
You mean that one English rogue stole the land from the Turkish rogue while making promises to the Palestinians to return the land to them.
Is there anymore a 'COMMON LAW OR ALLODIAL TITLES?'.
Very interesting and important to know!
So all Palestinians and Jews only had meira??
Yahweh promised the land. Israel had the land until driven out by the Romans. They didn't leave it abandoned, but were forced out. Squatters showed up, and now are being allowed to 'seek other opportunities'.
Thanks for making the FACTS OF THE TRUTH clear. Historically and traditionally Israel has first paid for and then fought for by the Jews in defensive wars.
BS that's deceit and lies. I still have videos old very old ones of that country called Palestine in the signs and official British docs, that land used to be for Christians where Jesus born and most converted to Islam, I have christian family from Palestine and I know the truth. The wraith of our God will come on you and it's going to be superlasting
Wasn't Palestine split into two countries? Jordan and Israel?
The British included parts of Jordan into the Mandate of Palestine, but it was considered a seperate area called Transjordan. Jordan was an independent country at the time of the partition.
@@tesserae-c2y "Trans Jordanians are Real Jordanians!!!" - Things Leftists say.
@@tesserae-c2y In 1946, Jordan gained independence and became officially known in Arabic as the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The country captured and annexed the West Bank during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War until it was occupied by Israel in 1967.
@@tesserae-c2y The Emirate of Transjordan was established in 1921 by the Hashemite, then Emir, Abdullah I, and the emirate became a British protectorate. In 1946, Jordan gained independence and became officially known in Arabic as the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
No Jordan was made two years before Israel but nice try it mudding up the water the research on this one is not that difficult so you have no excuse for your ignorance
Great discussion! Thank you both!
I find it strange that Nikos ever thought that the Jews stole Palestinian land when his own land, Greece was stolen by Muslims for hundreds of years until the Greeks managed to take it back in the early 1800s. If you ever wondered why all those beautiful Greek statues from antiquity all have their heads and hands broken off, you can thank Muslims. They consider it blasphemy to make an image of a human.
@@kevincourtney7312 Muslims ruled Egypt and that didn't happen.
Funny what discusssion?? You funny..
@@sucubus1000 Come on! You are a bot!
Land expropriation in the West Bank refers to the practices employed by the State of Israel to take over Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank. From 1969 to 2019 Israel had issued over 1,150 military seizure orders alone to that purpose.
Irrespective of your analysis of the territories at a map level, can you explain why people are still being evicted from their multi-generation homes in the West Bank?
Because they will not accept Israels right to exist.
Because "their homes" were STOLEN from the original indigenous people (the Jews).
That's why.
They cannot. It will be hidden from history once Israel takes everything.
West Bank is controlled by the Palestine authority
They cannot explain that.
Around the world the Zionist supporters (supporters of atheist Jewish Racist State)… they have total disregard for the original inhabitants of Palestine.
Suppose the Chinese come to the USA and buy 1/3 of it, that doesn’t make what they bought part of China.
Perhaps a more informative video would have been a review of the history of this region of the world for the past ten thousand (10,000) years. The fighting going on today is living proof that the Past is never past.😔
"The past is never dead. It's not even past" - William Faulkner
Great comment, brother. THAT is how this issue (as far as the MIS-information of it) will be settled. A DETAILED history is required so people will be able to know the truth about the conflict. We first have to go back to Genesis in the Bible and start from there. We would also have to examine the Quran to see when muslims began turning on Jews and Christians when Muhammad sought validation from them as a prophet of God. With true research, we can arrive at the truth, leading up the late 1890's and early 1900's when the conflict actually started.
@esthercom5672 Revelation 2:9
King James Version
9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
I read this in the bible as well, but no one is talking about it. These zionist aren't hebrews they aren't from the tribes of israel, and they are liars
@esthercom5672 there are only one group of people claiming to be jews and are not.
Jews come from 3 tribes of israel Benjamin, Levi, and Judah all of which are described as black according to the scriptures so who are these white jews from europe? And why does the verse say "they CLAIM to be jews and are not"?
So how did hebrews leave judea black and come back white and it just so happens that the bible is literally warning us about the imposters? So no they are no white jews that's a lie that has been spread by converts for centuries being a jew is ethnic not religious their dna is hebrew its european. Precisely why it is forbidden to do dna in israel today because the evidences shows that these zionist aren't jews they are europeans.
@esthercom5672 also revelation 3:9 again demonstrates these are fake jews
Excellent and smart because it’s a broad view, not the typical narrow explanation. As you both noted-in context. Thank you for publishing.
In short, Palala and eirobs started a war in 1948, lost it. And cant get over it! And kept starting wars, and keep loosing :)
Few centuries prior, European settlers also "purchased" land from indigenous tribes in America! History and absurdity of its recount by those who form the narrative does have a way of repeating itself.
And maybe that's also true... As a matter of fact, its possible that every "anti colonialist" movement is nothing but a trope from the "losing" side trying to reverse seller's remorse by appealing to useful idiots in the west like yourself... Ever thought about that? Why isn't that a possibility? What makes your side the better indisputable owner of truth and morality? Not talking about a specific conflict, just philosophically speaking...
You are comparing red with round
Great discussion. Thank you both Nikos and Elan!
Salam, Shlomo, Shalom, Peace.
Gospel [Last Testament]:
I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but are lying-I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you."
Quran [Last Testament]:
Towards The Latter Days, The Children Of Israel Will Be Haughty [Except The Pious Versed In Torah].
This is not a discussion but a maximally one sided narrative.
@omarlittle-hales8237 totally incorrect!
The quran cannot claim accuracy....particularly of late, more & more is coming out about the repeated contradictions of this book.
But, regarding the matter of the land MUST be determined by history, archeological & scientific proofs showing those who lived here before & why Israel is here now.
These issues cannot be determined by religion fullstop!
So you make that assertion without presenting any counter-arguments. It sounds like you are a left-wing "academic".@@HR-yd5ib
@@HR-yd5ib What one needs to know is what was the population of Arabs/Palestinians vs Jews/Israelis at the time that Israel declared itself and independent state? I have seen estimates that it was 99% Arab and only a tiny Jewish population of about 1%.
Wow, thank you for this eye-opening explanation. a very different aspect that everyone should learn and understand and chant at the universities instead of 'from the river to sea' echo.
it is propaganda. Please read about the deplacement of thoudands of palestinians
I learned about the 'displacement' in school history. they RAN AWAY no Israeli soldier threw them out. perhaps you need to re-read it from a reliable source. @@juliannaruffini
There is literally historical film footage of troops driving nearly 1 million Arabs off their land at the point of a gun to establish an Israeli state. If you are not familiar with the history please check out the history of the 'Nakba', the term used to describe the ethnic cleansing of the region which began in 1948.
@@ashleyfield63 700000 were displaced
@@juliannaruffiniIt actually seems that it is areas that were taken or relinquished to Israel by them winning the 6 day war. Basically Gaza a piece of Egypt which is why I always wondered why they look Egyptian. And the West Bank a piece of Jordan so Jordanian ppl there. My question is these pieces of territory of Egypt and Jordan that was lost to Israel. Why did the Egyptians and Jordan’s start calling themselves Palestinians.
Amazing conversation, thank you for this.
It would be helpful to see a map that shows an apples to apples comparison (in the first map) - Arab settlements vs Jewish settlements.
Native Palestinians didn't live in settlements .. settlements is a foreign concept
No, the Jews were all squatters. They owned nothing, they just took by brute force.
@@adbogolike the muzzles did 800 years ago lol
You always know a pro Palestinian because they’re invariably full of Jew hate
Why not compare the actual population s? Over 2/3rds of the population in 1947 was Palistinian arabs. Somehow, this population dropped from 1.3 million to like 150 000 by 1949. Let's not discuss how this 'empty, uninhabitable desert' was depopulated.
In A.D. 638 Islamic Arab armies ride out of Arabia and attacked, conquered, occupied and subjugated the Judeo-Christian Holyland.
There is no such thing as judeo - chriSTAIN anything. We Jews have nothing in common with Christian’s
It’s not the chriSTAIN land nor is it holy. It is the land of Yisra’el for the Israelites.
So the religion was 16 years old and they were already colonialists…hmm
@@Elephantshoe666I spelled Christian correctly.
My comment's purpose is to point out that the Arab Muslim took that land by military force. Very few videos point this out. Arab Muslims are indigenous to Arabia not to Philistia, Judea, Galilee, etc.
The children will see what we say after many years and how some people justify injustice
Omg!!! I guess we were all imagining these people getting kicked out of their homes…
This guy sounds like a Zionist tbh. At the end of the day it doesn’t matter who’s land is who’s. Was Palestinians kicked out of their homes? Yes? Well that should NEVER happen. Everyone should be able to live together and they were until Israelis kicked them out. So wtf is this guy talking about.
That’s what happened in Ashkelon, Deir Yessin, Tiberius, etc. That’s what continues to happen today in Hebron, Jenin, Jerusalem, etc.
Talk around it all you want but it’s just conquest don’t dress it up as some triump of individualism or reason.
I have been starving for this sort of map explanation. This is precisely what the world needs right now. It is so eye-opening.
It's a shame that most won't spend more than a minute looking into it, and instead just jump on the "frEe PAleStiNe" bandwagon.
The first map is missing an important part - the land owners - a large part of the green area was land that was owned by the Ottoman empire and by Ottoman landlords - not by Palestinians. The British kicked out the Ottoman and all of a sudden these lands became Palestinian?
yes of course.
@@edmundblack8754 And why is that? -- you could argue (against the league of nations btw) that the land should be divided by ALL its inhabitants - but you and the Palestinian claim it is ONLY Arab.
@@mbe2014 it was only Arab... For us Jews are a religion and not a race, it is actually racist to consider Jews as a race, imagine if I say Christians are a race and Christians are not Arabs... While I am an Arab Christian. Same, there were Arab Jews who were in Palestine, the European Jews were not from Palestine it wasn't their land, and they are and still are European colonisers.
@@edmundblack8754 Exactly! Well said.
@@edmundblack8754 Oh dear... the Jews that fled the occupation of the land by the Ottoman TURKS - not Arabs - dared to come back to their land when the Turkish hajjis picked the wrong side in WWI.
And all the anti-Semitic neo-Nazis rose up as one and said "How dare they! Once they fled to Europe they were no longer Jews!"
The neo-Nazis claim the Ottoman hajji Turks weren't colonizers, nor the Romans - just them dirty European Jews who moved back where they came from.
Most people don't get that Palestine has never been a state or self governing nation. The coastal area of southern Palestine (including modern-day Gaza) was home to the Philistines, after whom the name "Palestine" is derived. They were a non-Semitic people believed to have come from the Aegean region. But that doesn't give anyone living there any sort of claim to that land. You exist in the gov you live within
Germany was a lot bigger country before getting into 2 world wars and losing both
But no one created a new country on top of it
@@wayando
When Palestine independence day?
Same question to you
@@MyChannel-1999 ... Well, the obvious thing that you seem to be hiding is that Europeans invaded the area ... And swept aside the natives ... This is factual.
And you can't, with a straight face, ask the natives to bend over and take it.
@@wayandocontrary to what?
@@wayandoon top of the Ottoman empire?
Very interesting and helpful breakdown!
"Occupied by Jordan" understates it. Transjordan annexed it, intending to make it forever part of their country. They renamed their country to "The Hashemite Kindgom of Jordan" because it was now on both sides of the Jordan, and not "trans" Jordan.
It may have actually worked out better if Jordan just made it a part of their country forever
by that definition crima isnt occupied by russia becuse it annexed it intanding to make it part of their country
@@noamkhon6466 Sorry--I wasn't talking about whether it 'really' was part of Jordan, only saying that Jordan was committed to keeping it forever, not that they had any right to it. Viva Ukraine!
@@justinm1200 Absolutely. IMO, it would have been much better if they could have prevailed upon Jordan to please, please, keep that benighted land. But after Israel occupied Judea and Samaria, the Palestinians relocated to the other side of the Jordan, and shortly thereafter began waging war on Jordan as well as Israel. "Black September" as the conflict was known. The West Bank is still mostly Arab, and before the Jewish "settlers" moved in was all Arab. Israel doesn't want it--it would be a permanent thorn in their side. The reason the kept it was because Jordan keeping it gives up a huge defensive buffer. Israel is just a thin strip between the West Bank and the Mediterranean. That 50 miles buffer is very important.
@@petercoates2882 the West bank was all Arab after the occupation by Jordan because Jordan ethically cleansed the Jews living there
Superb explanation. Israel has done everything correctly! She has first and for mostly trusted in the Abrahamic covenant! Even when she was cheated when purchasing the land legally it did not complain! Even when land was barren and desert like she didn't complain. Even when war arose from her neighbours who started it, she stood firmly. Even when she tried as said to be fair to Palestinians they squabbled amongst themselves and still wanted to remove Israel. Even now, Israel faces the most complex circumstances that any country can face. And what's going to be the outcome......the promise allotted to Abraham will be established. A new Just and Righteous King will take charge and His Kingdom will exist forever. Israel is dearly loved by this King!
Guys…Indian land was not all occupied before the settlers came, but it was Indian land nonetheless.
I thought the same thing, minutes into the guest's "debunking" of the first map. Just straight up anchors his argument to a ridiculous claim that land isn't owned collectively. WTF? I guess nation states aren't real, literally all the countries of the world (including Isreal), but also, to your point, which further highlights the colonizer mentality. He is guilty of exactly what he is decrying: absence of context. Not 4 minutes in and I'm checked out.
Do some research. When humans stood upright and began to walk, they moved from their 'home territory' and moved across the entire world and populated the earth. The people who now live on land throughout the world are NOT the original inhabitants. Period. For example, look at the movement of tribes from the Indus River valley across what is now Europe and Asia. Those there before moved westward as they were pushed out ad infinitum. What happened to Rome? Sacked by 'barbarians' moving westward. Take Palestine. Those are not the original inhabitants. The Arab conquest by Mohammed brought in colonizers. The Turks are not the original inhabitants of the ME. They moved from central Asia and eventually conquered the ME and ruled for five hundred years. As for the Asians who came across the land bridge to America, they too were displaced and through migration and constant warfare, they removed those who had come before. This earth is all about migration. Too bad world history is no longer taught in our public schools and so-called institutions of 'lower' learning. The truth would be considered racist and blow a hole through this entire bs about America and Israel living on stolen land.
@@davidbarnett9312...then you should be ok when yr house is broken into and forcibly occupied right??
You will of course not retaliate and allow it to happen!
They were immigrants too.
The Arabs were not there before the Jews. Just the opposite.
The Dome of the rock is built on top of the Jewish temple.
It's interesting how the map presents Palestine as a sovereign nation and ignores that it was controlled by the British as a mandate. They used pounds for money, had red British style post boxes, and the flag had a nice union jack in the canton.
Seemed to be more territory than government.
Don't forget to mention that a part of the local tribes agreed to join the nazis during WWII and were stopped by the british. They tend to ignore this part of their past.
@@nyrmala7383 Did you know that arabs fight the ottoman armies? if yes then how come they agreed to join nazis? try to make sense in what you say
Ya and who helped establish Israel? Do the British get a pass on that one? Anyways the real issue is that matters are the ratio since 2000 of the palestinians vs israelis killed in this conflict. It is general knowledge that is just not spoken about. The difference is astronomical. Apparently Israelis are being genocided while 10x as many Palestinians have died. But I am sure the people in this video would figure out a way to blame all of that on Hamas somehow.
@@JimmyC0 check the facts, it won't take you long to see that I'm right
More power to you!
A good history lesson for all the ignorant out there
Lies isn't history O'ignorant one.
Lol a history starting at 1948🤦♂️
@@stardel ok ok ok.. thank u for proving my point. Go and learn the origin of the word Palestine… I guess you are too lazy to do so.. I bet u haven’t heard this lecture as well.
@@SpencerMack ok ok ok.. thank u for proving my point. Go and learn the origin of the word Palestine… I guess you are too lazy to do so.. I bet u haven’t heard this lecture as well.
@@SpencerMack starting at the kingom of judah and before actually
Conquering land is NOT ownership any more than a home invasion, or a car-jacking is.
Reclaiming land that is outlined in 3 important books is not conquered. The Torah, the Bible and the Koran agree it's Jewish land. Palestinians are squatters.
What is your definition of _conquer_ ? It means to take by force…which the Israelis did not do. As the commentators explained, the Israelis acquired land, in large part, by private purchases, and they famously made desert regions inhabitable with technology.
dont forget arabs and palistines started multiple wars. kinda the rule you lose your war you lose your land
@@billmoretz8718 You used books to justify conquering territory? Books? Have you lost your mind?
@@tycox8704The land was taken as a result Israel winning in wars. So well, it was by force...
I thought Israel was 3000 years old and 75 years young
Yes it is...the name Yisrale mentioned all Abrahamic books and more then 47 times in quran and also in archeological evidences..even jerusalem was made by king Devid 3000 years ago for the jews and he was a jewish king..
@@sounakmallik4725 huh no you misunderstood. We are talking about history not delusional Kabbalah theories
Well some jihadists denial doesnt change the actual history when they chose a phedophile as their prophet
@@sounakmallik4725Another fact is that the name Palestine is not mentioned even once in the Qur'an
@@Stoner-x3b Palestinia was an administrative division of the Roman Empire that covered what is now Israel and parts of Lebanon and Jordan. This area covered many different tribes. There never was and never has been a 'Palestinian' people. It was all tribes, related usually, but still distinct groups of Arabs. Hebrews were their own contiguous tribe and survived as a vassal kingdom of Rome until the rebellions.
Did we hear any complaints from the "Palestinians" when Jordan and Egypt were in charge of the 49-67 map? NO!! Not until the Israelis won them back!
Nice lecture, hope one day it will be part of schools program.
...so the Jewish world propaganda can be taught to every child in every county - what's next , Mars ?
Good luck on this the kids have no Social Studies or Physical Education these days. The kids are not getting as good education as we did; and I got a "A" because of my model Frigate instead of what I knew. Lucky for me that I am an Autodidact and got the education on my own.
I thought the League of Nations mandate was the best two state solution; West Palistine for the Jewish state and East Palistine (called Transjordan) for the Arabs. One state for Isreal, a democracy with Jew and Arab citizens. No more terrorist claiming control.
It would have displaced countless people from their homes and created an Arab state split into three separate pieces of land - it was a recipe for disaster from the very start. And people are still talking about the same pipedream two state solution. Two tiny strips of land, on separate sides of a state they have hostilities with - run by two separate administrations. Not forgetting that the West Bank has been settled and divided beyond any chance of being an Arab state now. A one state solution won't work either because neither side wants that (Israel isn't going to formally annex the land and have to accept the shift in ethnic balance by creating 5 million more Arab Israeli citizens). Let's be honest - as things stand now and for the foreseeable future, there is NO actionable solution to this issue. None.
Interesting, I guess letting the case to be taken to the ICJ (and accepting their decision, which is mandatory in theory) wouldn't be a problem then.
There is one problem though: any decision will be acceptable only if it falls in line with the islamic cause. Everything else is unacceptable. Just like the UN voted resolution on partition. Another theoretical example is India's own partition. Imagine if India were Islamic predominantly, and Hindus were to be given a Pakistan like portion as part of partition, it would be up in flames till today. For the victim card holders, justice is only when it's served as per their demands. Everything else is injustice. So UN, ICJ - all of that is futile.
There's no case to take anywhere. Just like there's no case to take for any other country, none of the countries in the world today were the original rulers of those lands if you go back far enough, including wherever you live. You can't make an exception for Israel just because it's Jews.
They have made a ruling. Today unfortunately, the ICJ is simply a political organisation and consistently singles Israel out for "special treatment and attention".
Such a pity that not many people realise or want to recognise this. I encourage everyone who seeks some truth and clarity to research this for themselves. The international Court of Justice ruled the sovereign boarders of the State of Israel follow exactly the boarders of the Mandate for Palestine.
uti posside juris "as you posses, so shall you possess. For those who do not know, the Mandate for Palestine included Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) and Gaza. So no, Israel does not occupy anything other than its own land. Once you understand this as established fact you begin to see the perversions of truth around this conflict.
@@shreyas.kulkarni Your answer is disingenuous at best. Radicalism isn't an exclusivity of the Palestinians. For example, Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated on November 4, 1995, by Yigal Amir, a right-wing Israeli extremist. Amir opposed Rabin's peace initiatives, particularly the Oslo Accords, which were aimed at solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and included granting Palestinian self-rule in parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Rabin's efforts were seen by some on the Israeli right as a betrayal, as they were strongly opposed to ceding any land they considered part of historical Israel. I would bet that had the Olso Accords been implemented, Hamas would have much less influence than it has today.
@@lucasgssilveira which part of the world are you from? If you were from Israel or India or any country that has faced the islamic troubles, you would let common sense guide your opinions, and see the bigger picture rather than letting isolated incidences guide your world view. And it doesn't take long to see the pattern in these jihadi movements. It doesn't take much efforts to see the cunning hypocracy in their attempts to claim victimhood for justifying their barbarism.
The argument about the western invasion of Africa was that in places (such as where there were gold mines) nobody was actually living there as it was not arable land, however it was a blatant attempt to obtain the wealth from gold and diamonds while using local people to work the mines (where there was a high mortality rate due to exposure to cyanide and working in unsafe mines). The native Africans were treated as expendable fodder for the benefit of the mine owners.
To those who are curious, look up the word "nakba", it's the same day Israel was created. Imagine that 😮..
Now you enjoy all the luxuries of the " western invasion". Give them all up and go live in Africa. Prove how vertious you are
I see the parallels as well. I don’t buy what they are selling because I have seen the injustices with my own eyes and heard similar defenses.
In so many cases no one wanted the land until someone else found a use for it. Then, "oh you saw potential and found it in that little area I had no interest in? Well, guess what? It was mine all along." It's also a joke how "sacred" land, and other unscientific beliefs are now respected by the same people who call Christians "fairy tale" believers.
@@CG13F Yes; it means "catastrophe" in Arabic. Of course losing a war you started is always a "catastrophe". The Arabs, having refused the UN offer of their own state, expected the Jews to just give up on the idea of a Jewish state in what remained of Palestine. What hadn't occurred to them was that their refusal of the state offer, while it invalidated the offer thus giving them no legal claim to that land, did not make the Jews' acceptance of the offer or their own state invalid. So Israel - contrary to the Arabs' expectations - declared their own state on the land the UN had designated theirs, and the Arabs responded by going to war against them and invading them. And lost. Having no legal claim to ANY of the land, they had put themselves at a huge disadvantage. Gaza and the West Bank and all the lands outside the borders of the new Jewish homeland were now just contested territory, not a nation. And nothing altered the fact that all of that region had been originally designated the place for a Jewish homeland. The Arabs had already gotten their homeland, to the east of the Jordan. Trans Jordan was made up of over 75% of the land formerly called Palestine. Another state was offered to them in west Palestine just to appease them.