@@aelixa That is what the whole world needs to see, the Palestinians who live in Israel and are thriving because they chose to live in peace with the Israeli.
So, the Arabs that left became Palestinians. Those who stayed became Israelis? What a ridiculous story. Not because I don't believe it, it is just that it is ridiculous. Way of the world.
In 2021 the Supreme Court in Israel upheld a law which states that Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish People and, among other things, degrades the Arabic language, which prior to that was a co-official language in the country alongside Hebrew, to an auxiliary language. So, you are glad you can share your country with second-class citizens. But this guy seems happy about it, too, so it's ok.
@@boruttrost5750, in my country Malaysia alot of 2nd class citizen, included myself. 1st class must be islam and Malay. Our ancestor were here before Malaysia was born. What an unfair bias or an aparthied nation?
As a Christian, I don't have a dog in this fight. But it irritates me when people lie about what really happened in Israel. I'm glad this man has stepped forward to tell the truth.
On the contrary, I think as a Christian, you should have a dog in this fight...after all Jerusalem, Nazareth, Bethlehem are places that have far great import to Christian theology than say, Rome. IMHO.
Palestine was a vast region in the Mideast. When the Ottomans lost WWI to the allies, their lands were given to the victorious allies France and Britain for administration. One part of Palestine was handed over to the British and called the Palestine Mandate, another part of Palestine was handed over to the French and called the Lebanon Mandate. The French and British created countries out of their respective mandates when they left Palestine. Lebanon is the most Christian nation in the Mideast. Israel is the most Jewish nation in the Mideast. And Jordan was created for Muslim Arabs, seemed very fair to the U.N. at the time. Lebanon and Israel are both plagued by terrorist, Hezbollah and Hamas respectively. Lebanon and Israel have a 75-year history of dealing with Muslim Arabs in their countries that won't accept the status quo. Israel gets all the press because the world is genuinely anti-Semitic, more so than anti-Christian, although in the Muslim world both will suffer.
I think that Christians have the biggest say in this matter, at least those who learned how their religion was formed. Unfortunately, good old fashioned way of fixing such problems is not an option.
Not only did Arabs from surrounding nations pressure them to leave. They also prevented them from returning afterward, calling them traitors if they did
Arabs are semitic people Arabic is semitic language So who are anti Semitic here??? David Grûn Golda Mabovitch jabotinski Netanyahu Avigdor Lieberman Weizmann came from Europe and genetically are Europeans not Semitic like Arabs and middle Eastern jews
@@micheleh5269 That's some quality revisionist history given that there's literally Israeli law preventing them from returning. You should also look up the absentee property law while educating yourself on Israel preventing people from returning.
It's a true story but it's not the whole picture. there's more attrocities that was never told. It's not the ordinary Israelis but the leaderships and the Zionist extremists.
As an Israeli I have so much appreciation for my fellow Israeli Youssef for his battle for peace and coexisting of our people in this land. God bless him 🙏💜
@@AlmostReady504 It's a start though. Someone will have to put it out there. This is something I never realized till I watch this video. As a non semitic Asian person It gave me a glimpse of hope for the future.
My family has several Israeli friends who were living and farming in present day Israel years before the 1947 war. They in turn had Arab neighbors and they were all friends. Their kids played together and went to school together (yes, Arabs and Israelis had school systems that served everyone in the village). The British did not like this and they sided with the Arab politicians and religious leaders. Accordingly, the British soldiers did their best to disarm the Israeli farmers and shop keepers. When Independence came about the so called Arab Leaders told all Arabs to leave the area with the promise that once the Arab armies wiped out the (unarmed or poorly armed) Jewish settlers the Arab farmers and herders could return to take over the Jewish farms. When the Arab armies were beaten there was no welcome home extended to the Arabs that left. The Israelis believed they could not be trusted. The Arabs that stayed were given citizenship and they were also given all the rights and privileges of the Israeli people. They all became Israelis. The so-called Palestinians are in reality the offspring of those who left “knowing” when the war was over and all the Israelis had been killed they could just come back and reap the spoils of war. The Arab leaders are still telling the people that once the Israelis are wiped out they can return to claim that which they did not build.
@@OkieSketcher1949 Cool story bro, you forgot the bit where they hung two British soldiers and booby trapped the bodies, sent a letter bomb to England and killed a 12yr old boy oh and the fact that Arab Israelis are second class citizens who have poorer outcomes in health, education, employment and life expectancy so not exactly equal.
I know an Arab Israeli who related a similar story to me. His grandfather was told to run away but he did not and today, his family still owns their historical land in Nazareth.
@@alank-dw9xk if his descendants still live happily in Nazareth then it definitely was not the Jews who asked him to run away. It was his fellow Arabs who asked him to run away.
Did you hear about the stories of Arabs who were killed or displaced from their villages? If you don't believe Arabs, go watch the confession of paramilitary members in Tantura documentary. It's an Israeli documentary btw.
Yoseph Haddad is a gem of humanity, truth and peace. I have nothing but the highest respect for his bravery and devotion to speaking out for what is right.
@@Alex-cs2wd hahahah never in a million years. The partition plan was not fair and what he said is wrong. It was advantageous for the jews and gave them more land than the arabs even though they were only 20% of the population at that time. Moreover, jews were only about 4% of the population in the early 1900s during the ottoman empire before the mass immigration from europe started. If i come to your house and claim 50-60% of it, you would also say no. Don’t be shocked. And then imagine me playing the victim card because you didn’t accept that lol. Ridiculous. Oh and btw, isra*lis have fully right to and are paid to go with their bulldozers to the west bank, destroy a palestinian house and settle there. It’s been that way for 70+ years. Israhell even tried to occupy south of Lebanon twice. They even call it “galilea”🥱. They are born brainwashed and living in an illusion of who they are. Wanna-be Levantines.
Amen. I was fishing a river in Alaska about 25 yrs ago. Along with a lot of people fishing the same area. I was approached by two older guys asking how they should be fishing. After hearing them speak (not from around here) I said to fish next to me. And I showed them how and why to fish like this. It turns out they were from Israil and were business partners. One Israeli and one Arib. They grew up together and were best friends! AN ARIB AND A JEW! BESTIES! NOW look at the world and ask yourself why the rest of us can't be like those two!?!? God save us all and bless those two guys.
There were also many Jews in early 1900s who BOUGHT land there from locals, received a right of land purchase title. Goodonya Yoseph for speaking truth. I met several Arabs in Israel who were grateful for the Jews arriving because they, brought order. The ones who immigrated from Australia helped drained the malaria infested swamps in the Jordan valley using trees from Australia, Eucalyptus. That turned that area into some of the most fertile land in the Middle East!
@alexrodgers9247 Jews have no right to the land as they stole it from Palestinians and Americans have no right to the land of USA as they stole it from Indians. First nakba for Indians was 1492 and first nakba for Palestinians was 1948. Nakba means catastrophe, disaster, or tragedy.
In 1948 jews owned only less than 5% of the land in question. The game was rigged by the Rothchilds and the elite banker jews in the city of london who arranged for the promise of Balfour that the british would give the jews other people's lands without asking for their consent. Turning the area into one of the most fertile lands is only the question of technology and finance. It is not a miracle. Anyone can do it with today's technology. Something is skunky though... why did the arab countries attack israel later in the war of independence if they wanted to evacuate the arabs on behalf of israel? They came to help the natives who had no military agaiinst the jews who already had tanks, modern weaponry even air force.
@@murrismiller2312 1948 land was stolen, not purchased. Israel is stolen land just like USA is stolen land. In 1948, the Zionists forcefully expelled the Palestinians and robbed them of their land.
@@y0abl0I'm quite aware that there are arab jews. However many arab jews prefer not to be called arabs especially with all the anti arab retoric that comes out of Israel. Okay, so he is an arab Christian zionist. The only Christian I would listen to is Pastor Issac Munther who prefers to be called a Palestinian Christian.
The truth is J3w1sh Z10n1st stole Arab land in Palestine, that is the only truth, this guy named Yoseph clearly got br41nwash or something by J3w1sh goverment 💩💩💩
@@Katunar_shqiptarThe land of both of our ancestors, it belongs to both not one or the other, the fact yousef was saying is the land was split and it was rejected, 2 million Arabs live in Israel today, that speaks volumes.
@@BerndSchnabl Understood. I never said he was Jewish. He's Israel. An Arab-Israeli. My point really is he's been raised with Israel values, not Palestinian victim stance.
Very engaging session with Yoseph. These are the stories that rarely get screen time amidst all the noise. There are Israeli Arabs and Israeli Christians who live in harmony with the Jewish majority in Israel. Can't say the same about their neighbours.
The mathematics of "genocide" . The only genocide in the middle East is the one that Arabs have repeatedly tried to commit against the Jewish people. Wars of self-defense are not genocide. Did the United States commit genocide against Japan after they bombed Pearl Harbor? No.
These numbers show just how horrible it was that 700 000 of palestinians were evicted in 1948. Also when he says that the order to evict came from the arab leaders he doesnt see that they were forced to do that- obviously they didnt do it because they wanted to but because they had to, otherwise there wouldnt be a war. The fact that the world decided to create Israel on a land that already belonged to someone kinda sucks. The british promised arabs the land if they go against the ottoman empire, which they did but never received their reward, they promised part of it to France and they promised it to the jews and all of that before the land even belonged to them. And even if we say okay, Israel just exists, which on itself is not something Im against, they still occupy land that was agreed to not belong to them by the rest of the world and mainly, they treat those in gaza and west bank absolutely horribly for decades. Theres an awesome documentary about their horrible treatment from 2007 called: "israeli women soldiers give shocking testimonies about israeli army"
This ties in exactly with what my mother told me. She was 23 in 1948. Her (Jewish) family had lived in Palestine for centuries before these events. She always blamed the Arab League for creating the Nakba. God bless this guy's grandfather.
So you are saying that this man is talking bull*hit. Because if jews lived in peace with arabs before partition plans this means that the plan wasnt actually to create a place for jews to live in, but actually gave them the chance to colonise the land then grow bigger and bigger by stealing more lands
@@WorldifySanity My God you are arrogant, well let's assume you are right about me, say te same to Dr. Noam Chomsky, also toe Prof. Dr Norman Finkelstein, but I bet you haven't the foggiest who they are.
@@WorldifySanity well, I presume you are not from Europe. And very biased. Your Mothers Family lived in peace before my Mother country took over from the Turks. I am calling the narrative of this Israeli Arab BS, as first the Palestinians already urged the British not let let more Jews in, as they predicted what would happen. This was long before 1948. Before 1948, Jews were at war with the Palestinians, not yet with Arab states like Egypt yet. They murdered the people in villages, like Deir Yassin. They murdered Folke Bernadotte, blew up the King David hotel. Why, because the wanted their own way on a bloody Bible story. It's a rogue state, who think they can do what ever they like. Israel is a Fascist state. I am not the only one whoi conclude such. Young people I spoke with are the worlds future. The have no affinity with the holocaust, they don't even believe in any religion. They see the atrocity's by Israel, so much footage on TH-cam nowadays. Like settler attack on the Westbank. And is you can't see that, take your morning water and see a Doctor, not me, I am retired.
"There is not an acre of ground on the globe that is in possession of its rightful owner, or that has not been taken away from owner after owner, cycle afer cycle, by force and bloodshed." - Mark Twain
Apparently Mark Twain did not know about Thailand and Afghanistan. Even Japan has never technically been under any foreign power but only briefly occupied by US forces after WW2.
Most of the Arabs left not because they were evicted by the Jews but because they heeded the call by Arab leaders who promised on their radio that the shift would be a short one after “ripping the heart out of every Jew”. This is the history Jew haters don’t talk about.
@@bijogeojose7209 so it has nothing to do the Brits pushing a whole new population into the area? I don't agree with the Arab leader's actions, but the acknowldgement should be two sided. Like the OP said they were all living fine until this newly immigrated population decided to create their own state, and then the Arab leaders reacted to it.
@@more_tezza The brits gave the scattered jews an oppurtunity to return back to where they came from, which the scattered jews saw as a centuries old dream come true. Jews returning back to their homeland is not Zionism, it predates it. I live in Cochin, India, there where Jews here as well. They did not hold to the Zionist ideology, but one thing they did share was the return back to Israel. The majority of Arabs however, who call themselves Palestinians today, was brought in by the Turks after they took control of the Roman occupied Syria-Palestina.
@@more_tezzathere was also a big migration from Egipt to the palestinian region during the British ocupation to search for a better living why are they now said to be palestinians and the jews are colonizers? There where already jews in the region and the ones fleeing from Europe did not get a easy way in the region from the brits it was only after the declaratiin of the Israely state that they realy started going there, and the hostilitys between jews and arabs started way before that. Jordain is also part of the palestinian region and was given to the son of the Saudi king by the British to form a state why are they not ocupeiers?
This is so refreshing. An Arab telling whomever will listen the truth. This story should be mandatory in all universities. Especially those horrific Ivy League universities and all west coast colleges.
Not stealin but returnin to e land which actually belong to them. NB: Loong story short, the othman empire conquer jerusalem n many other cities. They built a mosque in jerusalem, so till today the muslims worship there. After e WW2, jews began to return to israel... e rest is history!
So, they should ignore the countless stories of war crimes and crimes against humanity, to teach about one of the very few instances where they didn't commit war crimes or crimes against humanity? ............ That's called deflection and revisionist history, just fyi. Unless they discuss the war crimes and crimes against humanity as well, there's no place in teaching one specific instance where they didn't. Hell, even this guy said in he's not saying there weren't events contrary to his story..... But you want a single specific story taught, what, in place of the MANY crimes they've committed? That's revisionist history.
@@mylesleggette7520 You completely missed my point. Everyone, every government, every living being has done at least some good at some point. But when they commit horrific crimes, of course that will be talked about and a lot more than any time where they chose not to behave that way. Do you hear people going around talking about the good things Hitler did? I mean, seriously. There's a reason people don't go around talking about positive things that horrific criminals have done.....
@@johnnysoccer1983 - Precisely! Discuss the 20% or so of Palestinians (in pre 1967 Israel) who avoided being ethnically cleansed - and not the 80% who were ethnically cleansed. It is really kind of sick how ridiculous Zionist arguments are
Thank you. We sure could use more of this. Truth. Moderation. Nuance. Something near middle ground. Compromise and solution could come from talks like this. Thank you.
This is very true, I asked my own mother who left yafa to Gaza with her family when she was 6 years-old, why did you leave? She told me that they were told to leave by the arab governments because the arab armies were coming to cleanse the land of all the Jews, and it would be just a few days before they would be allowed to go back. Needless to say, they never went back.
I wonder how Israel won the 1948 war. When Arab armies attacked Israel, a friend of my grandfather said that 6 cats attacked 1 mouse and so the mouse will be chewed to pieces. Just 8 months later the friend was proven wrong. Israel did come into existence, but an independent Palestinian state never did
Everyone? Why? It will not convince the educated. It certainly did not convince someone like me, who has studied the subject from all sides and angles for decades. All it will do is condition the impressionable, the ignorant or the racist, who will buy this ridiculous narrative. The majority of us who are actually educated on the matter see the 1947 UN decision precisely for what it is, a European plan for colonizing part of the Middle East. Thankfully, the truth is finally coming out and support for Palestinians, the ONLY rightful natives of the land of Palestine, is increasing as an exponential rate. It is only a matter of time before Israel undergoes the same process as South Africa. I see only one viable, sustainable and moral outcome to current problem. The "two state solution" is dead. There just isn't a way to divide such a small land into two countries. Not that it matters since Israel has allowed a million settlers into the West Bank to illegally occupy several pockets of the land, turning the West Bank into an unviable, Swiss-cheese terrain. As such, Israel and Palestine will merge and form one country for Palestinians and European Jews. Yes, Yoseph Haddad is Palestinian, whether he likes it or not. For that to happen, Israel will have to make a lot of concessions, starting with a strong apology, and reparations, to the Palestinian people. Palestinians will have to be granted completely equal rights as Israelis. Israel must also return all the lands it has occupied to Syria and Lebanon. Under those conditions, Israel will be able to proceed with a comprehensive peace with all of its neighbors, most notably Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran and Saudi Arabia. Freedom fighting organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah must be completely dismantled, and their more extreme cells must be dealt with, forcefully if necessary, by their own governments.
A crash course on history of the PALESTINIAN STATE: 1. Before Israel, there was a 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 state of the Mamluks of Egypt, not a Palestinian state. 4. Before the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, there was the Ayubid Arab-Kurdish Empire, not a Palestinian state. 5. Before the Ayubid Empire, there was the Frankish and Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, not a Palestinian state. 6. Before the Kingdom of Jerusalem, there was the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, not a Palestinian state. 7. Before the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, there was the Byzantine empire, not a Palestinian state. 8. Before the Byzantine Empire, there were the Sassanids, not a Palestinian state. 9. Before the Sassanid Empire, there was the Byzantine Empire, not a Palestinian state. 10. Before the Byzantine Empire, there was the Roman Empire, not a Palestinian state. 11. Before the Roman Empire, there was the Hasmonean state, not a Palestinian state. 12. Before the Hasmonean state, there was the Seleucid, not a Palestinian state. 13. Before the Seleucid empire, there was the empire of Alexander the Great, not a Palestinian state. 14. Before the empire of Alexander the Great, there was the Persian empire, not a Palestinian state. 15. Before the Persian Empire, there was the Babylonian Empire, not a Palestinian state. 16. Before the Babylonian Empire, there were the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, not a Palestinian state. 17. Before the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, there was the Kingdom of Israel, not a Palestinian state. 18. Before the kingdom of Israel, there was the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, not a Palestinian state. 19. Before the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, there was an agglomeration of independent Canaanite city-kingdoms, not a Palestinian state. 20. Actually, in this piece of land there has been everything, EXCEPT A PALESTINIAN STATE. (Borrowed from a friend) A little more history for those wanting to 'restore Palestine'. In 132 AD the Emperor Hadrian resolved to stamp the Jews and their religion out of existence. He sold all Jewish prisoners into slavery after the revolt of Bar Kikhba, forbade the teaching of the Torah, renamed the province Syria Palaestina, and changed Jerusalem’s name to Aelia Capitolina. He renamed Israel to wipe out the national identity of Israel and the Jews. So if you are looking to 'restore Palestine to the Palestinians', you need to give it back to the Jews.
Douche bag 1 - Nation-states only started in the 17th century 2 - The origin of the name Palestine is older than Herodotus naming it. It likely derived from the terms the Assyrian and Egyptians referred to the Philistines. Between 1100 BCE - 600 BCE Assyrian term is Palastu Egyptian term is Palusata later on but very early sources show Peleset Notice that is long before the Romans did anything in Palestine. Luwian texts referred to the area as Walistina and Palistina . This is a language that went extinct by 600 BCE There’s a statue of a king named Tiata who ruled “Palistin” a land around Aleppo inscribed in Luwian yet again.
Side Steven You are also saying there was no Jewish state as well .? Sort of contradicted yourself and defeated your own argument Where do you want to stop historically . Ancient Israel was also not a sovereign state. And different groups occupied the region before the Jews . Maybe the land should be given back to them ? Most Israelis are European not Semitic . They have no links to ancient Israelites who were Semitic
He is describing the biggest issue of the Arab Palestinians to this very day, they don't take any responsibility to their actions. I mean even after what they did on Oct 7 you can hear people that saying that Israel has no right to defend it self, what the Palestinian Hamas did is acceptable resistance, they allow the Palestinian Arabs not to take any responsibility of their actions.
I'm trying to understand how an occupier like israel have the right to self defense? That's mind boggling. Israel has been occupying west bank and blockading gaza for decades. So why are u surprised that the Palestinians become violent? Maybe it's because they were deprived of basic civil rights like Israeli arabs have? I mean obv israeli arabs don't have any restrictions like Palestinian have to endure everyday
Being an American who has worked in Israel and traveled through both Israel and Judea and Amaria (known to most Americans as the Palestinian West Bank), I see a very strong parallel of self-defeating and irresponsible behavior in both Palestinians and American ghetto blacks, who are often their own worst enemies due to their ignorant, compulsive and often counter-productive way they deal with problems that are often exacerbated by their own behavior and poor choices. 😐
Sir you put the whole argument over perfectly I wish this was shown on British TV Stations ..As we are fed so many lies by both side I imagine...Respect to you and thank you for put you story over politely and with out anger...🇬🇧🇬🇧
When teh 1948 war ended, and Israerl was recognized by teh US and other countries, David ben Gurion asked the displaced Arabs to come home. He is on newsreel saying so, and wrote an official letter confirming it. Many Arabs returned. Many did not. Those that did not became the first generation of Arab refugees in those infamous camps. Why isn't that being publicised today.
Because the truth is pretty inconvenient for their own narrative, that's why you have to carefully siphon thru western media, because most is garbage, see BBC...
Yes especially other conflicts like black September hell idk y they gotten a TH-camr, podcast guys n shit but actually Arab iserals nor civilians or foreigners that aren't native in iserals to speak out as well is just scummy.
@@bitiaaflalo9829 I found it by accident after the Oct7th massacre, while generally searching TH-cam for media on the history of the Middel East. It was in a longer video shot just after the 1948 Israeli victory against the Arab Legion to re-establish the State of Israel. Since the Oct 7th, with world opinion now strongly condemning Israel, it has apperantly been washed by the censors at Google. I cannot find it after several attempts. Ben Gurion clearly stated an invitiation for the residents to return to their homes and take part in the building of Israel. He stated that they were needed and would not face any government sanctions for being Arabs. He was holding an open letter which he said contained his verbal invitation. I assume that letter was to the UN. I do NOT believe that David Ben Gurion or any of the Jewish leaders at the time were angels. They were in a fight for the survival of the remianing Jews on earth after the Holocaust, and did things that needed to be done - including forced removal of 700,000 Arabs to the front lines of the Arab Legion forces. Manachem Begin would be considered a terrorist by todays standards and was by the British in 1947. But, he shook hands with Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, who was later killed for making peace with Israel. We live in a time of unprecedented information, but at the same time - it is manipulated in an unprecedented way.
The reason for the Israeli siege on Gaza is because Hamas keeps launching rockets and executing terror attacks on Israelis since 2006, and also earlier. In 2005, Israel withdrew from all of the Gaza Strip. Since then, Gaza is not an occupied territory, and the Palestinians were free to do in Gaza whatever they want. The government of Israel expected that after the withdrawal from Gaza, a peaceful age would begin. If that were the case, then Israel would withdraw also from the West Bank, and a two-state solution would be implemented. Gaze was a test case for this new policy of Israel. However, in 2006, the Hamas took control of Gaza, and started attacks on Israel without any provocation by Israel. As a response to this, Israel implied a siege on Gaze in 2006. Also preventing construction of an Air-port and sea-port in Gaze strip. All the goods going into Gaze are allowed only from Israel, from "Erez path" after a careful security inspection. The reason for all those limitations is to reduce the ability of Hamas to import weapons on a large scale, as well as construction materials for weapons. The first paragraph of the Hamas treaty calls for the destruction of Israel, no matter what peace solution will be presented to them. Israel has always asked for Peace, but the Palestinians as a whole, asked for war. In 1947, there were about 600,000 Jews living in Israel. The land they were leaving on was purchased legally from some Arabic landowners. No land was taken under power. The Jews needed land, as no other country wanted them after the holocaust that ended in 1945. Shortly afterward, on the 29th of November 1947, the UN proposed to divide the land of Israel into two states, while giving the Arabs a much larger area. The Arabs refused to that plan, and opened a multi-nation war against the 600,000 Jews who lived in Israel at that time. The Arab nations called the Arabs who lived here to leave the land, and return after the Jews will be wiped out. However, against all odds, the Jews defeated the Multi-Arab nation war in 1948. In 2001 there were peace talks, Israel, led by Ehud Barak, was willing to withdraw from Gaze and from the West Bank, but Yaser Arafat refused that peace plan. He wanted the whole of Israel, without a single Jew in it. The same happened again in 2008, when Mahmud-Abas, refused to similar offer from Israel. One can say that the 2 million Arabs who live in Gaza Strip should not suffer from the policy of the Hamas. In 2006 Hamas was elected in a democratic election. During the 17 years Hamas has been ruling Gaza, there was not a single protest against the Hamas government, nor a request of the residents of Gaze to the world, to end Hamas's leadership on the Strip. The Israelis want a peaceful life, side by side with the Arabs. However, the more Israel surrendered to the Arabic demands, the more terror and attacks it got in response. This is why Israel has no choice but to be aggressive against anyone who tries to destroy it. Israel has tried the peaceful alternative over and over, and was always disappointed by the Palestinians.
Every time I heard about Israel-Gaza conflict, it was all started by Hamas attacked Israel, then Israel had to fight back to eliminate the threat, then Hamas cry and use victim card. And the news I read was reported by South East Asian newspapers, not even US ones, so there wasn’t any favor bias for Israel.
My Father remeberd that "Hagana" spoke in Megapones askin the Arabs in Haifa to stay -but most of them flee.Thank you Mr.Haddad for speaking the truth!
God Bless you sir. It is most important, on a spiritual level, to acknowledge that which have the power to change, that which we do NOT have the power to change, and we must pray that we may understand the difference.
My personal recollection was, the Palestinians were ordered by the invading Arab armies to leave so everyone remaining could be exterminated. The Palestinians were also told they could return later and help themselves to the spoils. No wonder the victorious Jews distrusted the Palestinians who had left!
Rational? Probably. Unbiased? Are you joking?! Why are there so many people determined to use this word incorrectly. A rock is unbiased. A computer is unbiased. A political statement, no matter how valid, is NEVER unbiased. I also agree with him, but please, if you are determined to compliment the guy, just keep away from terms that poke holes in the argument.
@@ethanwilliams1880 I disagree. Given the polarization of this debate, where most on the side of Palestinians see them as trampled underdogs who are totally blameless and innocent of any wrongdoing, and are silent when October 7 atrocities are mentioned - I think unbiased is a particularly apt word. Perhaps even handed might have been better.
@@ethanwilliams1880 true, but an important step in credibility is to be able to see fault on both sides when applicable. I have met people who are fanatically supporting one side or the other. I don’t even bother to engage in discussion. I decided to inform myself of the situation without having a fixed opinion or favoritism towards one side or the other. I have tried to stick to facts and have come down firmly on the side of Israel.
Translation: you agree with him, so here are some random compliments. So do I, by the way, but I'm not going to pretend his argument was anything more than an anecdote, of a secondhand story told by a family member, no less. Just because we agree with someone doesn't mean that we need to be intellectually dishonest, especially since doing so helps undermine the very argument you support. Also, I would be remiss, if in the interest of intellectual integrity, I did not also point out that anecdotal evidence is not a suitable basis for any argument. However, given the situation, if one was able to draw a pattern/trend from this and other stories similar, we can then see how anecdotal tales become data, and even evidence. PS: I know I singled you out, when there are many comments like yours here, but I didn't think copy/pasta was the way to go.
@@ethanwilliams1880I consider all Hamas "official" reports as outright deception, because they have consistently proven themselves to be liars. Especially when they first filmed their rapes of the women and girls on Oct 7 and are now trying to deny it publicly. So ALL their numbers, tallies of deaths and injuries of "civilians", none of us should buy any of the numbers. We should divide all Hamas and UNRWA-publicised numbers by at least 5, and also conclude that more than 50% of "civilians" are just fighters in plainclothes hiding among the populace.
Yoseph Haddad, I seem to spend a large part of my life thanking you! So, thank you again. Wouldn't it be wonderful if everyone spoke the truth, as you do, and if truth had not been so distorted between 1948 and now. Causing ++++misery and heartbreak. Bless you, Yoseph. 🇮🇱
I think it was the best invest his grandfather could do for his family. Instead of living in any refugee camp or living in Gaza, maybe somewhere in Egypt or Jordan, they are now citizens of Israel and I think their piece of land is now really expensive and valuable.
Thank you Mr Haddad. You said the right thing. My Jewish great grand father lived in Bosnia and was saved by Muslim and Christian Bosnians during WW II. Before Milosevic, Bosnia was a country where all religions lived peacefully, as also told by my grandaunt and my uncle who lived there.
Thank you for speaking out about this Yoseph. The situation there now is terrible. It's shocking how so many of us in the west and in the Middle East don't know enough of the history and the context of what was said and done then and now. You're a good man Yoseph.
God bless you and your family for being honest and truthful. I wish all right and honest people could hear your history especially those who blame Israel without enough knowledge
The truth behind the initial evacuations of Arab's from what is now known as Israel is well known in the region as well as, well published historical documents in the west and the Middle East. The fact is that there are "small sects" backed by various Arab nations that wish to continue "The Lie" that Israel "stole the Land" that was originally "Judea" as it helps maintain discourse.
@@malcolmwatson9032 Yep and help this Arab elites line their pockets with aid money. They don´t give a fly about Palestinians, too bad Palestinians doesn´t recognize how their Arab leaders betrayed them..
I'm kinda confused seeing your community did agree to stay...why is it a taboo seeing you are living with other Israelis in peace and want to nationbuild?
@@DB-uf6md I have a feeling there's social media propaganda too (similar to how it's influencing young people in other countries as Palestinian news is more prevalent than Israeli news without full picture of the conflict in social media like Tiktok).
Wow. Heart breaking and inspiring to hear a level headed man look at things for how they were and are, acknowledging the terrors of war while trying to find a way forward. So sad that leaders on both sides close their eyes to hard truths in order to fulfill selfish desires while people die all around.
Thank you for speaking the truth and with your honest and calm mode giving a chance for healing and peace which cannot raise from false narratives and still and always is possible and holds every option. Humans like you are needed and are the Real Heroes ..!! Thank you for All🙏🏼🙏🏼🙇♂️
The main stream Medias will never document air truthful stories like this that has the tendency to stop the ongoing madness between these two wonderful creations. The world is seeking for more bad and evil news,so life saving truths like this will be swept under the carpet.
Translation: his grandfather stayed put, committed himself to cooperating with Jews and lived well. I strongly suspect he was one of those guys who always got along with everybody regardless of religion, etc.
Just so you know, this is the exception, not the norm. A Palestinian friend of mine was told the Jewish Army would rape their wives and daughters if they did not leave. His family fled to protect the women in their family. The Jews had a plan to amass military equipment and displace people. It appears there was no plan to work with the local population. The lack of a plan is the source of the problem. Today, we do not need a plan for a Palestinian government. We need a plan for each Palestinian family.
@@MrTodayistheday Oh, that's strange because Israeli soldiers have been treated as racists because they never raped any Arab women (!!!)... So somebody lies here, and knowing Israel from the inside, that is not Tsahal... Now whai I find very interesting is that the fact you don't talk about what your "Palestinian" friend lived himself, but rumors he heard, and I perfectly know Arabs leaders from the countriues around have spread horrible and wrong things towards the Jews in the radios to scare the Arab people you call "Palestinians" to make them leave the country You should learn about that instead of spreading it as a truth ! Everybody knows that those are the stories, the lies, the Arab legion has aired to push the families to live because old persons, women and children would have bothered them in launching the war against Israel, so they had to make them leave !
@@elodie2404 I did not say the Jewish soldiers did any raping. I said the Arabs were told or believed this. I have an extensive understanding of the history. It would be best if you were more sensitive to what the Palestinians think. When you are concerned with their well-being, you will find peace. The FACT is Israel is racist. Zionism, at its core, is racist. Zionism dictates that Jews must have their own country and that other people must be displaced and incarcerated. The impetuous for this conflict is Zionism. Zionism is the devil that needs to be confronted.
The Arabs didn’t commit the holocaust, and Jews , coexisted for centuries in Palestine among Christians and Muslims ! Jews were literally kicked out from every country in the world, they were never Arabs problem , they were Europe problem and even that , doesn’t give them the right to kick Palestinians out !
Do you realize that Muslims protected Jews in Jerusalem , When Omar made his way to Jerusalem in 638 the Jews asked him for permission for 200 Jewish families to live in the city. Because the Christian patriarch vehemently opposed this suggestion, Omar fixed their number at 70. Omar gave these Jewish families their own area in Jerusalem, located in what is now the Jewish Quarter of the Old City. Also Jews were expelled from everywhere in the world and the Muslims or Arabs didn’t do the holocaust… I hope people will read some history before judging anything .
@@MsHSpring how come ? You have no relation whatsoever with them , they consider your less level than them , if you are ok that thousands of children were murdered in Gaza , just because you hate Muslims , then you have to do a humanity check !
Jews got drove away from 109 countries throughout the history,that too for no reasons 😢 but cruel Muslims like Caliph Umar, Salahuddin and Ottomans accepted them! 🤬
@@fgd9775 The term Muslim in this context must be understood correctly. Ibrahim was someone who submitted to God, followed God's order ... eg. a Muslim. He DID NOT pray in a mosque, recited the Quran, or proclaimed that Muhammad is a Rasulullah (the last one would be completely absurd).
Thanks for shining the light of truth on this endless fighting over land. Someone has to break the cycle of untruth that leads to new generation dying😢
Beyond the message of this Israeli muslim, his appearance is shockingly different from Palestinian Muslims or other Muslim nations. -Islam disfigures and poisons minds and faces.
I never heard much about these events. He used the term "evacuate" Were these orders given by leaders of Arab countries to remove Arab populations because they were going to attack?
very important detail, I wonder why he didn't discuss why the Arabs rejected the borders, must be unimportant. wonder why he didn't mention that Jews and Arabs lived together in peace prior to the Zionist movement, must be unimportant.
An intelligent man speaking that knows his history. Most of us want to live in peace and in harmony with others regardless of race or religion. Acceptance and respect for each other and to celebrate each others differences. As long as your beliefs do not harm others, we can happily all live in peace.
Somebody also has to own whatever it is your stealing. People have invented a fake people (Palestinian) and invented a fake country (Palestine) in order to create this fallacious theft that never happened.
The issue is that land doesn't really belong to anybody. Land ownership is a social construct of nations, and therefore only valid by leave of the particular nation currently occupying that land. People in the very civilized nations of today have the luxury of naivety to that and other important factors. Ultimately, only those who can forcibly deny entry to others actually own that land. Thus arguments like this get pretty much nowhere in the global theater, because other, more old-fashioned nations have not forgotten this fact. This is just one of the many arguments surrounding this issue that lack grounding in reality. Most of those arguments revolve around the "pro-Palestine" side, but clearly, not all.
As an American Im so glad you were brave enough to tell the truth. Thank you. As Christian I am praying for the light of Truth to be seen by all his beloved children and know other truth tellers will be lead by God to speak out. Bless you!
Thank you very much for revealing this, your family's story Yoseph! I must shamefully admit that I once supported the so called 'Palestinian cause' over the Israeli one (when I was young, naive and not very well-versed in history - to my 'defense'), although wasn't really 'passionate' about it (I guess I grew up in an environment where I just assumed that 'so many ppl can't be wrong..?). However, I'm now much more well-read, informed and not so young anymore....and I must say that at least from what I've understood so far - it is not looking so great anymore for the so called 'Palestinian cause'! I'm not saying now that there are "no innocent civilians" amongst the Palestinian people - of course there are. There always is. But it is still a fact that all the Palestinians are governed by non-democratic, fundamentalistic and violent Islamists! And I don't believe that there can ever be peace and peaceful coexistence in the region - as long as the Palestinian people either do not de- & renounce that kind of Islamist 'ideology', or refuse to let themselves be led by criminal, barbaric and corrupt Islamists!! Also - I feel that Islamism (as well as all 'extremist ideologies') is surely becoming a serious threat to and in all 'Western' democracies....and we need to 'adress that' - as soon as possible! Which means that both so called 'political correctness' as well as the gloves must go. For all our sakes (irrespective of ethnicity, religious identity, etc..). Well, that's MHO anyways. Love from Sweden - and my support to the people of the democratic state of Israel (again, irrespective of religious inclination - if any ;-) )!
He gave an anecdotal argument from his recollection of his grandfather. There are NO PRIMARY SOURCES for the claim the Arab states instigated the flight of refugees.
Great video! But even if Israel had stolen the land, which is not true but even if it was... would it be enough to justify the brutal massacres perpetrated by Hamas? It's crazy how people argue that stealing land justifies Hamas, but raping women killling and kidnapping man children and babies doesn't justify Israel. ❤🇮🇱
Israel did not steal the land in 1948 they paid for the land that became the state of Israel, and the Arabs also received land , I don’t know if they paid for it or not ..
Islamic scriptures justifies each of the actions that Hamas committed... this is why an informed muslim can't condemn hamas, unless they follow the doctrine of deceiving the enemy. Also know that in islamic law, any land where a muslim lives, lived or had lived is muslim land and needs to be re-conquered. Until Westerners learn islam as much as a muslim scholar, they can't understand the rules of engagement and mindset. Jihad mentality is something else entirely. How can one negotiate with someone, that explicitly curses them 5 times a day in their prayers...
that is a load of crap, they did not buy any land after the creation of Israel, the Arabs that were already there owned the land. You sound like a Holocau- I mean Nakba denier.@@ofrapeters3952
I think one of the issues is that originally when the Gazans/PLO refused to fulfil their side of the deal for peace 2005/6. The PM said that he would keep on building settlements until they came to the table for peace, of course, they haven't. His strategy of building more settlements to force them to make peace, didn't work.
Since the dawn of recorded time the world has known endless war . Since the dawn of time there has only been Two Rules of War . Rule 1 To the Victor go the spoils. Rule 2 The Vanquished must adapt or die out . Israel won both wars , 1948 and 1967, in the past Israel feared the 22 Arab nations surrounding them and tried half measures of Victory. Israel is now strong and must enforce Rule 1 to protect their citizens and their future generations.
In my lifetime 1954 to 2024 I was ignorant of the important history that shaped the Middle East. But my ignorance ended during and after the Munich Games. So proud of this young man just telling his story... The youth of the West should do diligence and study World history before making public condemnations on the International stage. Thanks for posting this interview. Deep respect to Yoseph Haddad's empirical wisdom. Having great wisdom is knowing deep sorrow...
As a Jew, I am so glad his grandfather stayed and that he is a citizen of the State of Israel. Thank for sharing a part of your story.
This is what the world needs to see, the Arab popultation in Israel that is 20% of the total inhabitants that live in peace with the Israeli.
@@aelixa That is what the whole world needs to see, the Palestinians who live in Israel and are thriving because they chose to live in peace with the Israeli.
So, the Arabs that left became Palestinians. Those who stayed became Israelis? What a ridiculous story. Not because I don't believe it, it is just that it is ridiculous. Way of the world.
In 2021 the Supreme Court in Israel upheld a law which states that Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish People and, among other things, degrades the Arabic language, which prior to that was a co-official language in the country alongside Hebrew, to an auxiliary language.
So, you are glad you can share your country with second-class citizens. But this guy seems happy about it, too, so it's ok.
@@boruttrost5750, in my country Malaysia alot of 2nd class citizen, included myself. 1st class must be islam and Malay. Our ancestor were here before Malaysia was born. What an unfair bias or an aparthied nation?
As a Christian, I don't have a dog in this fight. But it irritates me when people lie about what really happened in Israel. I'm glad this man has stepped forward to tell the truth.
On the contrary, I think as a Christian, you should have a dog in this fight...after all Jerusalem, Nazareth, Bethlehem are places that have far great import to Christian theology than say, Rome. IMHO.
You "don't have a dog in this fight" Did you just make that up?
This man is full of bs.
Don't be a cheap and go search what the Peaceful and not racist state of isreal thinks about your religion
Palestine was a vast region in the Mideast. When the Ottomans lost WWI to the allies, their lands were given to the victorious allies France and Britain for administration. One part of Palestine was handed over to the British and called the Palestine Mandate, another part of Palestine was handed over to the French and called the Lebanon Mandate. The French and British created countries out of their respective mandates when they left Palestine. Lebanon is the most Christian nation in the Mideast. Israel is the most Jewish nation in the Mideast. And Jordan was created for Muslim Arabs, seemed very fair to the U.N. at the time. Lebanon and Israel are both plagued by terrorist, Hezbollah and Hamas respectively. Lebanon and Israel have a 75-year history of dealing with Muslim Arabs in their countries that won't accept the status quo. Israel gets all the press because the world is genuinely anti-Semitic, more so than anti-Christian, although in the Muslim world both will suffer.
I think that Christians have the biggest say in this matter, at least those who learned how their religion was formed. Unfortunately, good old fashioned way of fixing such problems is not an option.
I am so glad that your grandfather decided to stay and you came to be. We are so blessed to have you as a part of the Israeli people. Thank you!
Yes, you are so glad to have Arabs in your country that you made them second-class citizens by declaring Israel a Jewish nation-state.
Not only did Arabs from surrounding nations pressure them to leave. They also prevented them from returning afterward, calling them traitors if they did
@@micheleh5269 Really, you don't see by your eyes how Israeli push Palestinians in Gaza by bombing them everywhere to leave their land for Sinai
Arabs are semitic people
Arabic is semitic language
So who are anti Semitic here???
David Grûn Golda Mabovitch jabotinski Netanyahu Avigdor Lieberman Weizmann came from Europe and genetically are Europeans not Semitic like Arabs and middle Eastern jews
@@micheleh5269 That's some quality revisionist history given that there's literally Israeli law preventing them from returning. You should also look up the absentee property law while educating yourself on Israel preventing people from returning.
My father who became an Israeli citizen in 1949 and lived there of 16 years, told me the same story, that Yoseph is saying.
Was known history at one time.
As a Jew, I am pleased that you told this story. We don't see enough of it.
It's a true story but it's not the whole picture. there's more attrocities that was never told. It's not the ordinary Israelis but the leaderships and the Zionist extremists.
We only ever hear the activist’s self-serving narrative, which is anti-the individual’s experience.
So people should just accept their land be taken from them?
@@josephbush1412IT was NEVER theirs
@@TURQUOISEEYES It was theirs for 2000 years, before the fall the fall of the ottoman empire.
As an Israeli I have so much appreciation for my fellow Israeli Youssef for his battle for peace and coexisting of our people in this land. God bless him 🙏💜
However it does no good unless Palestinians also appreciate, agree and respect
@@AlmostReady504 It's a start though. Someone will have to put it out there. This is something I never realized till I watch this video. As a non
semitic Asian person It gave me a glimpse of hope for the future.
Mazel tov! Am I'm an Irish Catholic.
My family has several Israeli friends who were living and farming in present day Israel years before the 1947 war. They in turn had Arab neighbors and they were all friends. Their kids played together and went to school together (yes, Arabs and Israelis had school systems that served everyone in the village). The British did not like this and they sided with the Arab politicians and religious leaders. Accordingly, the British soldiers did their best to disarm the Israeli farmers and shop keepers. When Independence came about the so called Arab Leaders told all Arabs to leave the area with the promise that once the Arab armies wiped out the (unarmed or poorly armed) Jewish settlers the Arab farmers and herders could return to take over the Jewish farms. When the Arab armies were beaten there was no welcome home extended to the Arabs that left. The Israelis believed they could not be trusted. The Arabs that stayed were given citizenship and they were also given all the rights and privileges of the Israeli people. They all became Israelis. The so-called Palestinians are in reality the offspring of those who left “knowing” when the war was over and all the Israelis had been killed they could just come back and reap the spoils of war. The Arab leaders are still telling the people that once the Israelis are wiped out they can return to claim that which they did not build.
@@OkieSketcher1949 Cool story bro, you forgot the bit where they hung two British soldiers and booby trapped the bodies, sent a letter bomb to England and killed a 12yr old boy oh and the fact that Arab Israelis are second class citizens who have poorer outcomes in health, education, employment and life expectancy so not exactly equal.
I know an Arab Israeli who related a similar story to me. His grandfather was told to run away but he did not and today, his family still owns their historical land in Nazareth.
I'm curious about who told to your father to run away. The jews or arabs ?
@@alank-dw9xk if his descendants still live happily in Nazareth then it definitely was not the Jews who asked him to run away. It was his fellow Arabs who asked him to run away.
Did you hear about the stories of Arabs who were killed or displaced from their villages? If you don't believe Arabs, go watch the confession of paramilitary members in Tantura documentary. It's an Israeli documentary btw.
@@mightbyson Did you not realise both sides did the same shit?
@@biggusballuz5405 What s**t? How are you equating the occupied with the occupier?
So important for the world to know this.
Yoseph Haddad is a gem of humanity, truth and peace. I have nothing but the highest respect for his bravery and devotion to speaking out for what is right.
He is clueless
@@Phe961 He sure knows more than you.
@@Alex-cs2wd hahahah never in a million years.
The partition plan was not fair and what he said is wrong. It was advantageous for the jews and gave them more land than the arabs even though they were only 20% of the population at that time. Moreover, jews were only about 4% of the population in the early 1900s during the ottoman empire before the mass immigration from europe started. If i come to your house and claim 50-60% of it, you would also say no. Don’t be shocked. And then imagine me playing the victim card because you didn’t accept that lol. Ridiculous.
Oh and btw, isra*lis have fully right to and are paid to go with their bulldozers to the west bank, destroy a palestinian house and settle there. It’s been that way for 70+ years. Israhell even tried to occupy south of Lebanon twice. They even call it “galilea”🥱. They are born brainwashed and living in an illusion of who they are. Wanna-be Levantines.
@@Phe961we are truly blessed to have you to enlighten us with your wisdom 🤦♀️
I as well feel that way about Yoseph.
Amen. I was fishing a river in Alaska about 25 yrs ago. Along with a lot of people fishing the same area. I was approached by two older guys asking how they should be fishing. After hearing them speak (not from around here) I said to fish next to me. And I showed them how and why to fish like this. It turns out they were from Israil and were business partners. One Israeli and one Arib. They grew up together and were best friends! AN ARIB AND A JEW! BESTIES! NOW look at the world and ask yourself why the rest of us can't be like those two!?!? God save us all and bless those two guys.
Jews are fine and dandy, Zionist are sour candy.
Arabs are fine and dandy, extremists are sour candy.
There are lots of Arabs fighting in the IDF. There are Arab Christians too.
Because Arab Muslims want to destroy Israel. Palestinians are doing the dirty work for them.
Because you see a multiculturalism in Israel, now tell us in the Islam dominated countries if you can even have that...
Did they catch any noteworthy fish? Also is it true that the mosquitoes in Alaska are as big as a baseball? Just curious.
There were also many Jews in early 1900s who BOUGHT land there from locals, received a right of land purchase title. Goodonya Yoseph for speaking truth. I met several Arabs in Israel who were grateful for the Jews arriving because they, brought order. The ones who immigrated from Australia helped drained the malaria infested swamps in the Jordan valley using trees from Australia, Eucalyptus. That turned that area into some of the most fertile land in the Middle East!
@alexrodgers9247 Jews have no right to the land as they stole it from Palestinians and Americans have no right to the land of USA as they stole it from Indians. First nakba for Indians was 1492 and first nakba for Palestinians was 1948. Nakba means catastrophe, disaster, or tragedy.
In 1948 jews owned only less than 5% of the land in question. The game was rigged by the Rothchilds and the elite banker jews in the city of london who arranged for the promise of Balfour that the british would give the jews other people's lands without asking for their consent. Turning the area into one of the most fertile lands is only the question of technology and finance. It is not a miracle. Anyone can do it with today's technology. Something is skunky though... why did the arab countries attack israel later in the war of independence if they wanted to evacuate the arabs on behalf of israel? They came to help the natives who had no military agaiinst the jews who already had tanks, modern weaponry even air force.
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1948 land was PURCHASED
@@murrismiller2312 1948 land was stolen, not purchased. Israel is stolen land just like USA is stolen land.
In 1948, the Zionists forcefully expelled the Palestinians and robbed them of their land.
@@murrismiller2312 I do remember in 1948 less than 5% was purchased.
I’m grateful that some Arabs are speaking the truth about the history of Palestine & Israel..
He's not an arab. He's a mizrahi jew.
@@samna789 he is arab. and not jewish but christian. also, just so you know, you can be arab and jewish, its not contrary.
@@y0abl0I'm quite aware that there are arab jews. However many arab jews prefer not to be called arabs especially with all the anti arab retoric that comes out of Israel.
Okay, so he is an arab Christian zionist. The only Christian I would listen to is Pastor Issac Munther who prefers to be called a Palestinian Christian.
The truth is J3w1sh Z10n1st stole Arab land in Palestine, that is the only truth, this guy named Yoseph clearly got br41nwash or something by J3w1sh goverment 💩💩💩
As an Israeli Arab i love yousef, he saying truth. my beloved jews deserve to have their own kand. stay strong israel 🇮🇱 love Israel so much❤
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Do they the land of your ancestors? Absolute embarrassment
There is no term named israeli arab Don't say that I am anti-Semitic, but I am anti-Zionist
@@Katunar_shqiptarThe land of both of our ancestors, it belongs to both not one or the other, the fact yousef was saying is the land was split and it was rejected, 2 million Arabs live in Israel today, that speaks volumes.
@@judeaisfree9070 no proof that any jew other than a Palestinian jew has a claim to any land in Palestine. The rest belong where they came from
as long as there are people like him, there is hope 👏
There is several like him. No hope I guess.
The problem is, he's an Israeli. We need Palestinians like Yoseph.
@@LDR1100RS hmm? The title says, he is an ethnic Arab and not Jewish. You are right, this point of view is extremely rare among Palestinians
@@BerndSchnabl Understood. I never said he was Jewish. He's Israel. An Arab-Israeli. My point really is he's been raised with Israel values, not Palestinian victim stance.
@@BerndSchnabl If I'm not mistaken about 20% of Israelis are Arab.
Very engaging session with Yoseph. These are the stories that rarely get screen time amidst all the noise. There are Israeli Arabs and Israeli Christians who live in harmony with the Jewish majority in Israel. Can't say the same about their neighbours.
Arabs can be Christians. Get your head out of your ass.
Well said........the very point that too few are willing to make!
On occasions, the Arab and the Christian are one and the same person.
Probably because stories like this would destroy the narrative the media has been trying to pass as truth.
Exactly👌🏻
Incredible man! Thank you for your honesty ❤️
Such a calm peaceful and powerful message. People need to learn their histories and work to bring peace to both sides.
His grandfather was one of 180,000 that stayed. Now they number over 2.2 million.
You just proved our point: there was never a genocide committed by Jewish people against the "Palestinians". The numbers proves it.
The mathematics of "genocide" . The only genocide in the middle East is the one that Arabs have repeatedly tried to commit against the Jewish people. Wars of self-defense are not genocide. Did the United States commit genocide against Japan after they bombed Pearl Harbor? No.
These numbers show just how horrible it was that 700 000 of palestinians were evicted in 1948. Also when he says that the order to evict came from the arab leaders he doesnt see that they were forced to do that- obviously they didnt do it because they wanted to but because they had to, otherwise there wouldnt be a war.
The fact that the world decided to create Israel on a land that already belonged to someone kinda sucks. The british promised arabs the land if they go against the ottoman empire, which they did but never received their reward, they promised part of it to France and they promised it to the jews and all of that before the land even belonged to them.
And even if we say okay, Israel just exists, which on itself is not something Im against, they still occupy land that was agreed to not belong to them by the rest of the world and mainly, they treat those in gaza and west bank absolutely horribly for decades. Theres an awesome documentary about their horrible treatment from 2007 called: "israeli women soldiers give shocking testimonies about israeli army"
Population explosion
Wow, that does not sound like much of a Genocide the left and Arabs would like us to believe in
This ties in exactly with what my mother told me. She was 23 in 1948. Her (Jewish) family had lived in Palestine for centuries before these events. She always blamed the Arab League for creating the Nakba. God bless this guy's grandfather.
So you are saying that this man is talking bull*hit. Because if jews lived in peace with arabs before partition plans this means that the plan wasnt actually to create a place for jews to live in, but actually gave them the chance to colonise the land then grow bigger and bigger by stealing more lands
So thw Jews killed Folke Bernadotte, wiped out the village Deir Yassin. .
@@cirrus1964Please read some history. That is not what happened.
@@WorldifySanity My God you are arrogant, well let's assume you are right about me, say te same to Dr. Noam Chomsky, also toe Prof. Dr Norman Finkelstein, but I bet you haven't the foggiest who they are.
@@WorldifySanity well, I presume you are not from Europe. And very biased. Your Mothers Family lived in peace before my Mother country took over from the Turks. I am calling the narrative of this Israeli Arab BS, as first the Palestinians already urged the British not let let more Jews in, as they predicted what would happen. This was long before 1948. Before 1948, Jews were at war with the Palestinians, not yet with Arab states like Egypt yet. They murdered the people in villages, like Deir Yassin. They murdered Folke Bernadotte, blew up the King David hotel. Why, because the wanted their own way on a bloody Bible story. It's a rogue state, who think they can do what ever they like. Israel is a Fascist state. I am not the only one whoi conclude such. Young people I spoke with are the worlds future. The have no affinity with the holocaust, they don't even believe in any religion. They see the atrocity's by Israel, so much footage on TH-cam nowadays. Like settler attack on the Westbank. And is you can't see that, take your morning water and see a Doctor, not me, I am retired.
"There is not an acre of ground on the globe that is in possession of its rightful owner, or that has not been taken away from owner after owner, cycle afer cycle, by force and bloodshed." - Mark Twain
Apparently Mark Twain did not know about Thailand and Afghanistan.
Even Japan has never technically been under any foreign power but only briefly occupied by US forces after WW2.
@@MisterHowzat That's cause every time Japan would invade or some other power would invade, a Tsunami would come :P
@@MisterHowzatAfghanistan wasn't ruled even 200 years ago by those there now...
God bless you brother for having the moral clarity and strength to speak the truth. Honored to share this land with you.
😂 when will people learn its all israeli zionist lies...
Yoseph Haddad, your name will be remembered for generations to come.
Amen. Amen. Ca a commencé.
Thank you for sharing your story Yoseph. It is really infuriating to here all these lies about Israel, especially as an Israeli.
Most of the Arabs left not because they were evicted by the Jews but because they heeded the call by Arab leaders who promised on their radio that the shift would be a short one after “ripping the heart out of every Jew”. This is the history Jew haters don’t talk about.
Thank you so much for sharing this. This has given me greater clarity. ❤
You are so brave Yosef, brave for telling the truth… in what world do we live 😱
I don't understand what he is saying? Is he saying it's Israelis land? Both?
@@MikeKollin He says the land is for both Jews, Christians and Muslims, while it’s the other Arab nation’s fault for creating this division.
@@bijogeojose7209 so it has nothing to do the Brits pushing a whole new population into the area? I don't agree with the Arab leader's actions, but the acknowldgement should be two sided. Like the OP said they were all living fine until this newly immigrated population decided to create their own state, and then the Arab leaders reacted to it.
@@more_tezza The brits gave the scattered jews an oppurtunity to return back to where they came from, which the scattered jews saw as a centuries old dream come true. Jews returning back to their homeland is not Zionism, it predates it. I live in Cochin, India, there where Jews here as well. They did not hold to the Zionist ideology, but one thing they did share was the return back to Israel. The majority of Arabs however, who call themselves Palestinians today, was brought in by the Turks after they took control of the Roman occupied Syria-Palestina.
@@more_tezzathere was also a big migration from Egipt to the palestinian region during the British ocupation to search for a better living why are they now said to be palestinians and the jews are colonizers? There where already jews in the region and the ones fleeing from Europe did not get a easy way in the region from the brits it was only after the declaratiin of the Israely state that they realy started going there, and the hostilitys between jews and arabs started way before that. Jordain is also part of the palestinian region and was given to the son of the Saudi king by the British to form a state why are they not ocupeiers?
This is so refreshing. An Arab telling whomever will listen the truth. This story should be mandatory in all universities. Especially those horrific Ivy League universities and all west coast colleges.
Not stealin but returnin to e land which actually belong to them.
NB: Loong story short, the othman empire conquer jerusalem n many other cities. They built a mosque in jerusalem, so till today the muslims worship there.
After e WW2, jews began to return to israel... e rest is history!
So, they should ignore the countless stories of war crimes and crimes against humanity, to teach about one of the very few instances where they didn't commit war crimes or crimes against humanity? ............ That's called deflection and revisionist history, just fyi. Unless they discuss the war crimes and crimes against humanity as well, there's no place in teaching one specific instance where they didn't. Hell, even this guy said in he's not saying there weren't events contrary to his story..... But you want a single specific story taught, what, in place of the MANY crimes they've committed? That's revisionist history.
@@johnnysoccer1983 Yeah, because nobody *ever* talks about what Israel has done wrong. lol. lmao, even.
@@mylesleggette7520 You completely missed my point. Everyone, every government, every living being has done at least some good at some point. But when they commit horrific crimes, of course that will be talked about and a lot more than any time where they chose not to behave that way. Do you hear people going around talking about the good things Hitler did? I mean, seriously. There's a reason people don't go around talking about positive things that horrific criminals have done.....
@@johnnysoccer1983 - Precisely! Discuss the 20% or so of Palestinians (in pre 1967 Israel) who avoided being ethnically cleansed - and not the 80% who were ethnically cleansed. It is really kind of sick how ridiculous Zionist arguments are
Thank you. We sure could use more of this. Truth. Moderation. Nuance. Something near middle ground. Compromise and solution could come from talks like this. Thank you.
Huge thanks to the channel owner for publishing this video and shedding light on the true history of Israel.
This is very true, I asked my own mother who left yafa to Gaza with her family when she was 6 years-old, why did you leave? She told me that they were told to leave by the arab governments because the arab armies were coming to cleanse the land of all the Jews, and it would be just a few days before they would be allowed to go back. Needless to say, they never went back.
thank you for sharing this story, Eagle Heart...
Oh God
Thanks ❤
god you seriously cannot be this naive
I wonder how Israel won the 1948 war. When Arab armies attacked Israel, a friend of my grandfather said that 6 cats attacked 1 mouse and so the mouse will be chewed to pieces. Just 8 months later the friend was proven wrong. Israel did come into existence, but an independent Palestinian state never did
This message needs to be heard by everyone.
Everyone? Why? It will not convince the educated. It certainly did not convince someone like me, who has studied the subject from all sides and angles for decades. All it will do is condition the impressionable, the ignorant or the racist, who will buy this ridiculous narrative. The majority of us who are actually educated on the matter see the 1947 UN decision precisely for what it is, a European plan for colonizing part of the Middle East. Thankfully, the truth is finally coming out and support for Palestinians, the ONLY rightful natives of the land of Palestine, is increasing as an exponential rate. It is only a matter of time before Israel undergoes the same process as South Africa.
I see only one viable, sustainable and moral outcome to current problem. The "two state solution" is dead. There just isn't a way to divide such a small land into two countries. Not that it matters since Israel has allowed a million settlers into the West Bank to illegally occupy several pockets of the land, turning the West Bank into an unviable, Swiss-cheese terrain.
As such, Israel and Palestine will merge and form one country for Palestinians and European Jews. Yes, Yoseph Haddad is Palestinian, whether he likes it or not. For that to happen, Israel will have to make a lot of concessions, starting with a strong apology, and reparations, to the Palestinian people. Palestinians will have to be granted completely equal rights as Israelis. Israel must also return all the lands it has occupied to Syria and Lebanon. Under those conditions, Israel will be able to proceed with a comprehensive peace with all of its neighbors, most notably Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran and Saudi Arabia. Freedom fighting organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah must be completely dismantled, and their more extreme cells must be dealt with, forcefully if necessary, by their own governments.
Some will hear it and know its bullshit being spread by a person who has been bought and paid for.
May this man be abundantly blessed and prospered for being courageous enough to truthfully share his family's experience.
I am so glad this got shared. Thank you
A crash course on history of the PALESTINIAN STATE:
1. Before Israel, there was a 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 state of the Mamluks of Egypt, not a Palestinian state.
4. Before the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, there was the Ayubid Arab-Kurdish Empire, not a Palestinian state.
5. Before the Ayubid Empire, there was the Frankish and Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, not a Palestinian state.
6. Before the Kingdom of Jerusalem, there was the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, not a Palestinian state.
7. Before the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, there was the Byzantine empire, not a Palestinian state.
8. Before the Byzantine Empire, there were the Sassanids, not a Palestinian state.
9. Before the Sassanid Empire, there was the Byzantine Empire, not a Palestinian state.
10. Before the Byzantine Empire, there was the Roman Empire, not a Palestinian state.
11. Before the Roman Empire, there was the Hasmonean state, not a Palestinian state.
12. Before the Hasmonean state, there was the Seleucid, not a Palestinian state.
13. Before the Seleucid empire, there was the empire of Alexander the Great, not a Palestinian state.
14. Before the empire of Alexander the Great, there was the Persian empire, not a Palestinian state.
15. Before the Persian Empire, there was the Babylonian Empire, not a Palestinian state.
16. Before the Babylonian Empire, there were the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, not a Palestinian state.
17. Before the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, there was the Kingdom of Israel, not a Palestinian state.
18. Before the kingdom of Israel, there was the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, not a Palestinian state.
19. Before the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, there was an agglomeration of independent Canaanite city-kingdoms, not a Palestinian state.
20. Actually, in this piece of land there has been everything, EXCEPT A PALESTINIAN STATE.
(Borrowed from a friend)
A little more history for those wanting to 'restore Palestine'.
In 132 AD the Emperor Hadrian resolved to stamp the Jews and their religion out of existence. He sold all Jewish prisoners into slavery after the revolt of Bar Kikhba, forbade the teaching of the Torah, renamed the province Syria Palaestina, and changed Jerusalem’s name to Aelia Capitolina. He renamed Israel to wipe out the national identity of Israel and the Jews.
So if you are looking to 'restore Palestine to the Palestinians', you need to give it back to the Jews.
Wow! What revelation 🤔
Thank you! Very, very seldom one gets to read the correct history.
"Restoring Palestine" are other words for "wipe out all the Jews".
@@HugeRademakeryes. "Free" mean "free from Israel and jews".
Douche bag
1 - Nation-states only started in the 17th century
2 - The origin of the name Palestine is older than Herodotus naming it. It likely derived from the terms the Assyrian and Egyptians referred to the Philistines.
Between 1100 BCE - 600 BCE
Assyrian term is Palastu
Egyptian term is Palusata later on but very early sources show Peleset
Notice that is long before the Romans did anything in Palestine.
Luwian texts referred to the area as Walistina and Palistina . This is a language that went extinct by 600 BCE
There’s a statue of a king named Tiata who ruled “Palistin” a land around Aleppo inscribed in Luwian yet again.
Side Steven You are also saying there was no Jewish state as well .? Sort of contradicted yourself and defeated your own argument
Where do you want to stop historically . Ancient Israel was also not a sovereign state. And different groups occupied the region before the Jews . Maybe the land should be given back to them ?
Most Israelis are European not Semitic . They have no links to ancient Israelites who were Semitic
He is describing the biggest issue of the Arab Palestinians to this very day, they don't take any responsibility to their actions. I mean even after what they did on Oct 7 you can hear people that saying that Israel has no right to defend it self, what the Palestinian Hamas did is acceptable resistance, they allow the Palestinian Arabs not to take any responsibility of their actions.
I'm trying to understand how an occupier like israel have the right to self defense? That's mind boggling. Israel has been occupying west bank and blockading gaza for decades. So why are u surprised that the Palestinians become violent? Maybe it's because they were deprived of basic civil rights like Israeli arabs have? I mean obv israeli arabs don't have any restrictions like Palestinian have to endure everyday
Being an American who has worked in Israel and traveled through both Israel and Judea and Amaria (known to most Americans as the Palestinian West Bank), I see a very strong parallel of self-defeating and irresponsible behavior in both Palestinians and American ghetto blacks, who are often their own worst enemies due to their ignorant, compulsive and often counter-productive way they deal with problems that are often exacerbated by their own behavior and poor choices. 😐
I’ve known about this fact for a long time. Stories like this need to get out into the mainstream.
Thanks for sharing your story 😊
This video was recorded 6 months ago, but looks like a response to today's events in the Middle East. Thank you, Yoseph
Sir you put the whole argument over perfectly I wish this was shown on British TV Stations ..As we are fed so many lies by both side I imagine...Respect to you and thank you for put you story over politely and with out anger...🇬🇧🇬🇧
BBC will never show the truth it's worried that you get confused with the facts instead of the fiction it has been promoting for the last 40 years
Of course the UK doesn't want the truth to be told. Let me just leave this here: Lord Balfour.
@@ImYourOverlordthe british lost over 700 soldiers trying to keep peace in the area.
@@mikesorensen5228 That hella sucks :(
@@ImYourOverlord lol and you nazis think your the good guys? lmfao
That's my message says Mr Haddad.
He was right when he said it and even more so now.
We need more voices like this at this time.
Just as I know. Bless this man and his family!
When teh 1948 war ended, and Israerl was recognized by teh US and other countries, David ben Gurion asked the displaced Arabs to come home. He is on newsreel saying so, and wrote an official letter confirming it. Many Arabs returned. Many did not. Those that did not became the first generation of Arab refugees in those infamous camps.
Why isn't that being publicised today.
Because losers don’t want to hear the truth.
Because the truth is pretty inconvenient for their own narrative, that's why you have to carefully siphon thru western media, because most is garbage, see BBC...
Yes especially other conflicts like black September hell idk y they gotten a TH-camr, podcast guys n shit but actually Arab iserals nor civilians or foreigners that aren't native in iserals to speak out as well is just scummy.
I definitely want to find that news real or any information about it. It would not surprise me that it did. FOR IT MUST BE SHARED!!!!
@@bitiaaflalo9829 I found it by accident after the Oct7th massacre, while generally searching TH-cam for media on the history of the Middel East. It was in a longer video shot just after the 1948 Israeli victory against the Arab Legion to re-establish the State of Israel. Since the Oct 7th, with world opinion now strongly condemning Israel, it has apperantly been washed by the censors at Google. I cannot find it after several attempts.
Ben Gurion clearly stated an invitiation for the residents to return to their homes and take part in the building of Israel. He stated that they were needed and would not face any government sanctions for being Arabs. He was holding an open letter which he said contained his verbal invitation. I assume that letter was to the UN.
I do NOT believe that David Ben Gurion or any of the Jewish leaders at the time were angels. They were in a fight for the survival of the remianing Jews on earth after the Holocaust, and did things that needed to be done - including forced removal of 700,000 Arabs to the front lines of the Arab Legion forces. Manachem Begin would be considered a terrorist by todays standards and was by the British in 1947. But, he shook hands with Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, who was later killed for making peace with Israel.
We live in a time of unprecedented information, but at the same time - it is manipulated in an unprecedented way.
The reason for the Israeli siege on Gaza is because Hamas keeps launching rockets and executing terror attacks on Israelis since 2006, and also earlier.
In 2005, Israel withdrew from all of the Gaza Strip. Since then, Gaza is not an occupied territory, and the Palestinians were free to do in Gaza whatever they want. The government of Israel expected that after the withdrawal from Gaza, a peaceful age would begin. If that were the case, then Israel would withdraw also from the West Bank, and a two-state solution would be implemented. Gaze was a test case for this new policy of Israel.
However, in 2006, the Hamas took control of Gaza, and started attacks on Israel without any provocation by Israel. As a response to this, Israel implied a siege on Gaze in 2006. Also preventing construction of an Air-port and sea-port in Gaze strip. All the goods going into Gaze are allowed only from Israel, from "Erez path" after a careful security inspection. The reason for all those limitations is to reduce the ability of Hamas to import weapons on a large scale, as well as construction materials for weapons.
The first paragraph of the Hamas treaty calls for the destruction of Israel, no matter what peace solution will be presented to them.
Israel has always asked for Peace, but the Palestinians as a whole, asked for war. In 1947, there were about 600,000 Jews living in Israel. The land they were leaving on was purchased legally from some Arabic landowners. No land was taken under power. The Jews needed land, as no other country wanted them after the holocaust that ended in 1945. Shortly afterward, on the 29th of November 1947, the UN proposed to divide the land of Israel into two states, while giving the Arabs a much larger area. The Arabs refused to that plan, and opened a multi-nation war against the 600,000 Jews who lived in Israel at that time. The Arab nations called the Arabs who lived here to leave the land, and return after the Jews will be wiped out. However, against all odds, the Jews defeated the Multi-Arab nation war in 1948.
In 2001 there were peace talks, Israel, led by Ehud Barak, was willing to withdraw from Gaze and from the West Bank, but Yaser Arafat refused that peace plan. He wanted the whole of Israel, without a single Jew in it. The same happened again in 2008, when Mahmud-Abas, refused to similar offer from Israel.
One can say that the 2 million Arabs who live in Gaza Strip should not suffer from the policy of the Hamas. In 2006 Hamas was elected in a democratic election. During the 17 years Hamas has been ruling Gaza, there was not a single protest against the Hamas government, nor a request of the residents of Gaze to the world, to end Hamas's leadership on the Strip. The Israelis want a peaceful life, side by side with the Arabs. However, the more Israel surrendered to the Arabic demands, the more terror and attacks it got in response. This is why Israel has no choice but to be aggressive against anyone who tries to destroy it.
Israel has tried the peaceful alternative over and over, and was always disappointed by the Palestinians.
Every time I heard about Israel-Gaza conflict, it was all started by Hamas attacked Israel, then Israel had to fight back to eliminate the threat, then Hamas cry and use victim card. And the news I read was reported by South East Asian newspapers, not even US ones, so there wasn’t any favor bias for Israel.
@@Leon-ty6bw Actually Israel rejected most of the peace plans made by the UN.
Thanks for having explained everything so well... The the prejudices against Israel of the pro palestinians are always due to their ignorance
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Well summarized.
My Father remeberd that "Hagana" spoke in Megapones askin the Arabs in Haifa to stay -but most of them flee.Thank you Mr.Haddad for speaking the truth!
God Bless you sir. It is most important, on a spiritual level, to acknowledge that which have the power to change, that which we do NOT have the power to change, and we must pray that we may understand the difference.
This video needs to be shared around
absolutely. I will as soon as I fact check , but i remember many of the same stories from people who were there. including family members
At last - some rational, unbiased and sensible opinion on the basis of the conflict. Thank you to this man for shedding some light on the subject.
My personal recollection was, the Palestinians were ordered by the invading Arab armies to leave so everyone remaining could be exterminated. The Palestinians were also told they could return later and help themselves to the spoils. No wonder the victorious Jews distrusted the Palestinians who had left!
Rational? Probably. Unbiased? Are you joking?! Why are there so many people determined to use this word incorrectly. A rock is unbiased. A computer is unbiased. A political statement, no matter how valid, is NEVER unbiased. I also agree with him, but please, if you are determined to compliment the guy, just keep away from terms that poke holes in the argument.
@@ethanwilliams1880 I disagree. Given the polarization of this debate, where most on the side of Palestinians see them as trampled underdogs who are totally blameless and innocent of any wrongdoing, and are silent when October 7 atrocities are mentioned - I think unbiased is a particularly apt word. Perhaps even handed might have been better.
@@humbleopinion1499 Everyone has bias. It is dishonest to claim the lack thereof, and that dishonesty will be used against otherwise valid arguments.
@@ethanwilliams1880 true, but an important step in credibility is to be able to see fault on both sides when applicable. I have met people who are fanatically supporting one side or the other. I don’t even bother to engage in discussion. I decided to inform myself of the situation without having a fixed opinion or favoritism towards one side or the other. I have tried to stick to facts and have come down firmly on the side of Israel.
Shalom my friend from Australia 🇦🇺🇮🇱🇺🇸👍❤️🔥
this man's principles are determined by logic, intelligent reasoning and integrity. A heroic stance.
Translation: you agree with him, so here are some random compliments.
So do I, by the way, but I'm not going to pretend his argument was anything more than an anecdote, of a secondhand story told by a family member, no less. Just because we agree with someone doesn't mean that we need to be intellectually dishonest, especially since doing so helps undermine the very argument you support.
Also, I would be remiss, if in the interest of intellectual integrity, I did not also point out that anecdotal evidence is not a suitable basis for any argument. However, given the situation, if one was able to draw a pattern/trend from this and other stories similar, we can then see how anecdotal tales become data, and even evidence.
PS: I know I singled you out, when there are many comments like yours here, but I didn't think copy/pasta was the way to go.
@@ethanwilliams1880I consider all Hamas "official" reports as outright deception, because they have consistently proven themselves to be liars. Especially when they first filmed their rapes of the women and girls on Oct 7 and are now trying to deny it publicly. So ALL their numbers, tallies of deaths and injuries of "civilians", none of us should buy any of the numbers. We should divide all Hamas and UNRWA-publicised numbers by at least 5, and also conclude that more than 50% of "civilians" are just fighters in plainclothes hiding among the populace.
Yoseph Haddad, I seem to spend a large part of my life thanking you! So, thank you again. Wouldn't it be wonderful if everyone spoke the truth, as you do, and if truth had not been so distorted between 1948 and now. Causing ++++misery and heartbreak. Bless you, Yoseph. 🇮🇱
I think it was the best invest his grandfather could do for his family. Instead of living in any refugee camp or living in Gaza, maybe somewhere in Egypt or Jordan, they are now citizens of Israel and I think their piece of land is now really expensive and valuable.
Trop juste, si vrai. Si vrai. Que le Seigneur se souvienne avec gloire de cet homme et de sa famille
Thank you Mr Haddad. You said the right thing. My Jewish great grand father lived in Bosnia and was saved by Muslim and Christian Bosnians during WW II. Before Milosevic, Bosnia was a country where all religions lived peacefully, as also told by my grandaunt and my uncle who lived there.
Thank you for speaking out about this Yoseph. The situation there now is terrible. It's shocking how so many of us in the west and in the Middle East don't know enough of the history and the context of what was said and done then and now. You're a good man Yoseph.
Thanks for sharing. Yusof is a brave and important voice.
and trully someone in my clan that i am proud of.
Thank you ou for Clarity....
God bless you and your family for being honest and truthful. I wish all right and honest people could hear your history especially those who blame Israel without enough knowledge
Thank you so much for telling us the facts and the beautiful story of your grandfather.
May G'd bless you all ❤
Good job Yousef! You exposed the rumors with your Grandfather's life history - thank you.
Amen I say to you. Much love and respect for you and your family story from this American.
Thank you, Yoseph, for speaking up ❤
More people should hear this.
The truth behind the initial evacuations of Arab's from what is now known as Israel is well known in the region as well as, well published historical documents in the west and the Middle East. The fact is that there are "small sects" backed by various Arab nations that wish to continue "The Lie" that Israel "stole the Land" that was originally "Judea" as it helps maintain discourse.
@@malcolmwatson9032 Yep and help this Arab elites line their pockets with aid money. They don´t give a fly about Palestinians, too bad Palestinians doesn´t recognize how their Arab leaders betrayed them..
dude is a rando. look Norman Finkelstein. I dare you.
Those people(Palestinians) are mostly in denial 😅
@@andreandree4384 what are you?
As an israeli arab, yousef is our voice❤❤
Were simply afraid to speak up because of repercussions out of out own community.
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Khasbara.. lol
I'm kinda confused seeing your community did agree to stay...why is it a taboo seeing you are living with other Israelis in peace and want to nationbuild?
@@zjzr08 lots of young people here identify as "palestinians" and speak badly about our country and the jews, arab nationality first i guess
@@DB-uf6md I have a feeling there's social media propaganda too (similar to how it's influencing young people in other countries as Palestinian news is more prevalent than Israeli news without full picture of the conflict in social media like Tiktok).
My testimony is similar. My grandparents were told to leave by the Arab rulers.
THE TRUTH HURTS AND SO MANY CAN'T SEE OR HEAR IT!
I am really impressed by your attitude towards the Israel!!! Alas! Many people should understand & come out like U!!!
Wow. Heart breaking and inspiring to hear a level headed man look at things for how they were and are, acknowledging the terrors of war while trying to find a way forward. So sad that leaders on both sides close their eyes to hard truths in order to fulfill selfish desires while people die all around.
Thank you so much for this post. A bright light for peace in a dark world full of darkness.❤
This is truth that MSM , Islamists,, and Liberals hate to get out. I am so appreciative of this man.
THIS is true history. Facts. Cannot judge without all the facts.
Thank you for speaking the truth and with your honest and calm mode giving a chance for healing and peace which cannot raise from false narratives and still and always is possible and holds every option. Humans like you are needed and are the Real Heroes ..!! Thank you for All🙏🏼🙏🏼🙇♂️
The main stream Medias will never document air truthful stories like this that has the tendency to stop the ongoing madness between these two wonderful creations. The world is seeking for more bad and evil news,so life saving truths like this will be swept under the carpet.
Translation: his grandfather stayed put, committed himself to cooperating with Jews and lived well. I strongly suspect he was one of those guys who always got along with everybody regardless of religion, etc.
Reckon if he was American in 18th century, he'd be a unionist.
There was no moral right for the State of Israel to exist on its own. It should have been a Palestinian state co-opting any Jews into this state.
Just so you know, this is the exception, not the norm. A Palestinian friend of mine was told the Jewish Army would rape their wives and daughters if they did not leave. His family fled to protect the women in their family.
The Jews had a plan to amass military equipment and displace people. It appears there was no plan to work with the local population. The lack of a plan is the source of the problem. Today, we do not need a plan for a Palestinian government. We need a plan for each Palestinian family.
@@MrTodayistheday Oh, that's strange because Israeli soldiers have been treated as racists because they never raped any Arab women (!!!)... So somebody lies here, and knowing Israel from the inside, that is not Tsahal... Now whai I find very interesting is that the fact you don't talk about what your "Palestinian" friend lived himself, but rumors he heard, and I perfectly know Arabs leaders from the countriues around have spread horrible and wrong things towards the Jews in the radios to scare the Arab people you call "Palestinians" to make them leave the country
You should learn about that instead of spreading it as a truth ! Everybody knows that those are the stories, the lies, the Arab legion has aired to push the families to live because old persons, women and children would have bothered them in launching the war against Israel, so they had to make them leave !
@@elodie2404 I did not say the Jewish soldiers did any raping. I said the Arabs were told or believed this. I have an extensive understanding of the history. It would be best if you were more sensitive to what the Palestinians think. When you are concerned with their well-being, you will find peace.
The FACT is Israel is racist. Zionism, at its core, is racist. Zionism dictates that Jews must have their own country and that other people must be displaced and incarcerated. The impetuous for this conflict is Zionism. Zionism is the devil that needs to be confronted.
Indigenous girl here for Israel 🥰🎗🫶🪶💛🇮🇱🥰
Simultaneously, the Arab nations drove their Jews out. Those Jews found a safe haven in the newly established state of Israel.
The Arabs didn’t commit the holocaust, and Jews , coexisted for centuries in Palestine among Christians and Muslims ! Jews were literally kicked out from every country in the world, they were never Arabs problem , they were Europe problem and even that , doesn’t give them the right to kick Palestinians out !
We Indians, especially Hindus always support Israel.. we can understand what they are going through..
Do you realize that Muslims protected Jews in Jerusalem , When Omar made his way to Jerusalem in 638 the Jews asked him for permission for 200 Jewish families to live in the city. Because the Christian patriarch vehemently opposed this suggestion, Omar fixed their number at 70. Omar gave these Jewish families their own area in Jerusalem, located in what is now the Jewish Quarter of the Old City. Also Jews were expelled from everywhere in the world and the Muslims or Arabs didn’t do the holocaust… I hope people will read some history before judging anything .
@@MsHSpring how come ? You have no relation whatsoever with them , they consider your less level than them , if you are ok that thousands of children were murdered in Gaza , just because you hate Muslims , then you have to do a humanity check !
Jews got drove away from 109 countries throughout the history,that too for no reasons 😢 but cruel Muslims like Caliph Umar, Salahuddin and Ottomans accepted them! 🤬
Thank you for posting it!
He's absolutely right! And you can't call Israelis occupiers. Jews were there way before the first Muslim were born
Very good point.
Jews were also abundantly present in what is now Saudi Arabia long before Mohammed found his way into his poor daddy's ball sack😉
You’re wrong, prophet Abraham was a Muslim. He was there before Jews existed. So there you go
@@fgd9775 The term Muslim in this context must be understood correctly. Ibrahim was someone who submitted to God, followed God's order ... eg. a Muslim. He DID NOT pray in a mosque, recited the Quran, or proclaimed that Muhammad is a Rasulullah (the last one would be completely absurd).
@@fgd9775 Tell that to the God of Israel when you meet him, and you will not like his answer.
Thank you for sharing this story!
Thanks for shining the light of truth on this endless fighting over land. Someone has to break the cycle of untruth that leads to new generation dying😢
Thank you for taking time to share this.
Beyond the message of this Israeli muslim, his appearance is shockingly different from Palestinian Muslims or other Muslim nations.
-Islam disfigures and poisons minds and faces.
Thanks to you, man. The world needs to see this. May God blesses you more❤️🙏
I never heard much about these events. He used the term "evacuate" Were these orders given by leaders of Arab countries to remove Arab populations because they were going to attack?
Intelligent yet sensitive. Great man❤
It's very commendable on the part of Yoseph to so very clearly state the truth as it happened. Thank you 🙏
This is a brilliant piece. Over time the details get lost. This is a VERY important detail. Thank you for sharing your families experience.
very important detail, I wonder why he didn't discuss why the Arabs rejected the borders, must be unimportant.
wonder why he didn't mention that Jews and Arabs lived together in peace prior to the Zionist movement, must be unimportant.
VERY helpful. Grateful to you. Looking for the truth about that time
Your grandfather was very wise.
I'm happy when someone tell us the truth.
Can we see the full interview? I would love to hear more from him
An intelligent man speaking that knows his history. Most of us want to live in peace and in harmony with others regardless of race or religion. Acceptance and respect for each other and to celebrate each others differences. As long as your beliefs do not harm others, we can happily all live in peace.
The truth is ALWAYS best - thank you SO much for your story Yoseph...we need to hear these stories...they matter~!
You can't steal something that has already been yours for 4,000 years.
Somebody also has to own whatever it is your stealing. People have invented a fake people (Palestinian) and invented a fake country (Palestine) in order to create this fallacious theft that never happened.
The issue is that land doesn't really belong to anybody. Land ownership is a social construct of nations, and therefore only valid by leave of the particular nation currently occupying that land. People in the very civilized nations of today have the luxury of naivety to that and other important factors. Ultimately, only those who can forcibly deny entry to others actually own that land. Thus arguments like this get pretty much nowhere in the global theater, because other, more old-fashioned nations have not forgotten this fact.
This is just one of the many arguments surrounding this issue that lack grounding in reality. Most of those arguments revolve around the "pro-Palestine" side, but clearly, not all.
Too bad for you that nobody has ever reached 4000 years of age
@@someone-yj2imhuh!
As an American Im so glad you were brave enough to tell the truth. Thank you. As Christian I am praying for the light of Truth to be seen by all his beloved children and know other truth tellers will be lead by God to speak out. Bless you!
He doesn’t need bravery to say that in Israel. Israeli Arabs are integral part of Israel society.
We need to preserve these stories. Thanks TH-cam. Still, there maybe people will say he lies. Use your own judgement people. But in the end God knows.
Educated man. Respect
Thank you very much for revealing this, your family's story Yoseph!
I must shamefully admit that I once supported the so called 'Palestinian cause' over the Israeli one (when I was young, naive and not very well-versed in history - to my 'defense'), although wasn't really 'passionate' about it (I guess I grew up in an environment where I just assumed that 'so many ppl can't be wrong..?).
However, I'm now much more well-read, informed and not so young anymore....and I must say that at least from what I've understood so far - it is not looking so great anymore for the so called 'Palestinian cause'!
I'm not saying now that there are "no innocent civilians" amongst the Palestinian people - of course there are. There always is. But it is still a fact that all the Palestinians are governed by non-democratic, fundamentalistic and violent Islamists! And I don't believe that there can ever be peace and peaceful coexistence in the region - as long as the Palestinian people either do not de- & renounce that kind of Islamist 'ideology', or refuse to let themselves be led by criminal, barbaric and corrupt Islamists!!
Also - I feel that Islamism (as well as all 'extremist ideologies') is surely becoming a serious threat to and in all 'Western' democracies....and we need to 'adress that' - as soon as possible! Which means that both so called 'political correctness' as well as the gloves must go. For all our sakes (irrespective of ethnicity, religious identity, etc..).
Well, that's MHO anyways.
Love from Sweden - and my support to the people of the democratic state of Israel (again, irrespective of religious inclination - if any ;-) )!
Fantastic talk by this man...telling the factual truth....cheers to him!
He gave an anecdotal argument from his recollection of his grandfather. There are NO PRIMARY SOURCES for the claim the Arab states instigated the flight of refugees.
Great video! But even if Israel had stolen the land, which is not true but even if it was... would it be enough to justify the brutal massacres perpetrated by Hamas? It's crazy how people argue that stealing land justifies Hamas, but raping women killling and kidnapping man children and babies doesn't justify Israel. ❤🇮🇱
Israel did not steal the land in 1948 they paid for the land that became the state of Israel, and the Arabs also received land , I don’t know if they paid for it or not ..
Islamic scriptures justifies each of the actions that Hamas committed... this is why an informed muslim can't condemn hamas, unless they follow the doctrine of deceiving the enemy. Also know that in islamic law, any land where a muslim lives, lived or had lived is muslim land and needs to be re-conquered. Until Westerners learn islam as much as a muslim scholar, they can't understand the rules of engagement and mindset. Jihad mentality is something else entirely. How can one negotiate with someone, that explicitly curses them 5 times a day in their prayers...
that is a load of crap, they did not buy any land after the creation of Israel, the Arabs that were already there owned the land. You sound like a Holocau- I mean Nakba denier.@@ofrapeters3952
Pray for Palestinians to break away from this demonic Hamas ideology!💔🙏
I think one of the issues is that originally when the Gazans/PLO refused to fulfil their side of the deal for peace 2005/6. The PM said that he would keep on building settlements until they came to the table for peace, of course, they haven't. His strategy of building more settlements to force them to make peace, didn't work.
Thankyou for telling the truth! Thankyou so much!
Since the dawn of recorded time the world has known endless war . Since the dawn of time there has only been Two Rules of War . Rule 1 To the Victor go the spoils. Rule 2 The Vanquished must adapt or die out . Israel won both wars , 1948 and 1967, in the past Israel feared the 22 Arab nations surrounding them and tried half measures of Victory. Israel is now strong and must enforce Rule 1 to protect their citizens and their future generations.
In my lifetime 1954 to 2024 I was ignorant of the important history that shaped the Middle East. But my ignorance ended during and after the Munich Games.
So proud of this young man just telling his story...
The youth of the West should do diligence and study World history before making public condemnations on the International stage.
Thanks for posting this interview. Deep respect to Yoseph Haddad's empirical wisdom.
Having great wisdom is knowing deep sorrow...
Great explanation