Who are the People of the Holy Land? (Historical & Modern Demographics of Israel & Palestine)
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- Today we're going to be looking at the people of the Holy Land (Israel & Palestine) and the history and demographics of the region which includes dozens of unique people groups divided by language, religion, ethnicity/ancestry and other cultural groupings giving an extremely diverse and complex makeup in the region that is unique from anywhere else on Earth and is of extreme significance to billions of people around the world due to the religious significance to followers of Abrahamic faiths.
Starting with the ancient Semites, Canaanites, Israelites and many other groups that have come from near and far to add their own distinct cultural impact in the region, today we'll be looking at the Jewish, Islamic, Christian and other unique groups in an around the Holy Land, dispel some widely held myths regarding these groups and their history and how their demographic share of the population in their home nation and abroad has changed due to the tragic and somewhat ironic history that has troubled this region for thousands of years. No offense or bias is intended for any groups in the region. This video is the longest I have ever put out since there is simply so much to cover without missing important details. Let me know what you think of these longer videos that combine history with modern demographics. Thanks for watching!
Check out the collection of ethnographic, religious, cultural and historical maps over the Holy Land and the Greater Middle East by Dr M Izady at the Gulf here: gulf2000.columbia.edu/maps.shtml
Paypal link if you would like to donate: paypal.me/masonstahl?country.x...
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Y’all need to understand that Israel is actually not a Jewish state but a Freemasonic state sponsored by them to bring in the New World Order. Jesus was born in the same place and that is where he will return. And he is going to show you the Truth vs Falsehood, Good vs Evil.
Just a little remark, it is widely accepted that Hebrew was no longer the common language for most Jews during the Roman period. It was still the predominant liturgical language, as it would continue being for all of Jewish history, but due to the Babylonian exile, by the time Jews were able to resettle Judea under the Persian empire, they had switched to Aramaic as their common vernacular. That's why some books of the Old Testament end in Aramaic.
No, not just any sort of Aramaic. An Aramaic of their own: Judeo-Aramaic. There’s a reason why the Jews had already adopted the standard alphabet used for Aramaic when they were still Hebrew speakers
Salam, Shlomo, Shalom, Peace.
Archaeologic and genetic data support that both Jews and Palestinians came from the ancient Canaanites, who extensively mixed with Egyptians, Mesopotamian, and Anatolian peoples in ancient times.
Thus, Palestinian-Jewish rivalry is based in cultural and religious, but not in genetic, differences
@@omarlittle-hales8237 we are very closely related, but that’s not true. Just as Jews have a strong European admixture, the Palestinian Arabs have…a lot of Arab admixture.
@@Mer1912
The Palestinian admixture predates the Islamic conquest and comes principally from the Nabataean and Ghassanid people who lived in the south and east of the present borders of Israel/Palestine
@@Mer1912Not quite. Genetic evidence has proven that Palestinians derive the vast majority of their ancestry from the Levant. The same can't be said for Jews, including Sephardim.
This video has a very strong "What could possibly go wrong?" vibe.
Y’all need to understand that Israel is actually not a Jewish state but a Freemasonic state sponsored by them to bring in the New World Order. Jesus was born in the same place and that is where he will return. And he is going to show you the Truth vs Falsehood, Good vs Evil.
@@Atilla__Oguz That story only proves that this one person was an ignorant self-hating Hebrew and nothing else really. On the other hand, the combination of the actual historical, linguistic, genetic, archeological, cultural, and religious evidence debunks the khazar myth and proves Ashkenaz Jevvs come from a Hebrew origin, originating in the land of IsraeI
@@knows_too_much It isnt a myth, Truth hurts I suppose
naaah, this video is going to be an "audience engagement" diamond mine.
@@Th3Chuzzl3rProve it ISNT a Myth.Thats right,you cant.
This is a much better breakdown than the recent Armchair Historian video discussing a related topic. I’d definitely like to see more regarding the genealogy of the Palestinians as well as a future video discussing the political divides. The breakdown of the Jewish genealogy was also very well done. I’d definitely look forward to a part 2!
ancestral brew did an excellent breakdown of the holly land's current and past genealogy
Note:Between 150 and 200 Vietnamese people, including their descendants, are thought to reside in Israel.The majority arrived in Israel between 1976 and 1979, having been granted political asylum and entry into the country by Prime Minister Menachem Begin. Israeli citizens who are also active in the Israel Defense Forces are the Vietnamese residents of Israel.The bulk of the community now resides in the Gush Dan neighborhood in the heart of Tel Aviv,
Gush Dan is the name of the tel aviv Metropolitan area, not a neighborhood. For experience I'd imagine most of them live in the neve sha'anan neighborhood of tel aviv though I'm not sure.
Gush Dan is a region encompassing about 300 separate municipalities of all sizes, centered around the Tel Aviv District. It's the area of densest urbanization in the country.
Wth I didn't even think they reached those areas
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Coincidentally, Israel's first PM, David Ben-Gurion, was friends with Ho Chi Minh, who offered Ben-Gurion the opportunity to start a Jewish state in Vietnam. The involvement of the communist world in Israel's early history as a nation is something that people on both sides of the debate often ignore.
Good job Masaman. There is absolutely nothing controversial about this video. But when has that ever stopped TH-cam from deeming it otherwise.
Modern Jewish people have 0% Semitic DNA 🧬 that’s why in Israel is DNA Test illegal and banned, mostly are descended from the khazars a Turkic people who converted to Judaism
TH-cam doesn't even let me insult 20 year old video games anymore
@@belstar1128 Not just TH-cam. I caught a 7 day Facebook ban for commenting “white trash” on a friend’s pic of a bologna sandwich.
@@VanirTraditionalist Yea its on all mainstream platforms .youtube isn't even that bad they just delete the comments. but i did get muted for a day once
Pro Palestinians will find in offensive because it debunks their propaganda
I believe the US should take the advice of our founders to stay out of these land disputes and stop providing military aid to all of these countries. We are supposed to be a Republic, not an Empire.
Well put
The oceans can no longer protect us. The founders themselves realized that a nation has to adapt to new situations.
Otherwise America is doomed to extinction.
Should be going to education and infrastructure or rehab centers for addicts. We should go towards a more isolationist since it seems everyone hates our country even our own citizens sad.
@@jtmassecure4488 I agree that our funding should go to education, healthcare, infrastructure, almost anything besides military intervention. But, I think isolationism is the wrong direction. The reason everyone hates the US is because our foreign policies have been largely based on throwing around our economic and military weight. We have used our nations various strengths to bully other countries as much as possible. That’s obviously not a good way to make friends. That only creates people who like you as long as you have strength. But, no nation’s strength last forever. So, instead we should start cultivating real and mutual relationships with our ally nations.
That would be a mistake. According to pew polls much of the Arab Muslim world holds dangerous ideology that is a threat to the western democracies. The hatred they harbor for us in not due to our actions abroad but to their interpenetration of their dogma. We need Israel as an ally in the region for our own security interests.
The best video on the internet on this extremely complex and sensitive issue. I expected nothing less from you, mate 😊👏
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Oh my god it’s you.
Ask mason to post his sources?!he won't because he's full of shit...
Today the divide among Ashkenazi and Mizrahi Jews is less common as most people including myself are of mixed origin. I am of polish, Afgani and Jewish Palestinian descent and I have cousins who are Iraqi and other descent’s. I wouldn’t be surprised that in a couple generations this divide won’t be a thing as intermarriage is very common
Its Palestinians who mostly make this claim. That should tell you everything you need to know.
You will start to realize Palestinians are behind a lot of anti semitism and myths about Jews
Ask yourself why is it always an Arab behind everything anti semitic?
You can’t understand how long I’ve been waiting for you to make this video, I can die in peace
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In 2006, Shlomo Sand's The Invention of the Jewish People stirred up controversy over its claim that most modern day Jews do not share an "unbroken genealogy," and are the descendants of Khazar converts to Judaism who originated from the north Caucasus region.
@@Atilla_Kaanhe was wrong. The myth still persists for political reasons most likely.
You are brave for keeping the comments open, my friend.
Only real men, keep comments open
EDIT: And real women, not snowflakes
So far, this comment section is very civilized
This guy could handle 2016 youtube he has no fear of any word
@@LuisSierra42 because they delete comments that contain swear words now
@@LuisSierra42 Sort by new for maximum retardation.
So glad you're finally back and tackling this complicated topic. Can't wait for more this year!
Great to have you back Masaman! Your presence has been greatly missed. Fascinating and timely video!
A surprisingly well-informed and balanced take on an otherwise extremely polarized and combustible topic.
Elsewhere I've learned that both Israeli Jews and Palestinians are of about 50% Canaanite ancestry, on average. So they are essentially cousins who were separated genetically almost 2000 years ago.
Yep. Fact of the matter is that both groups have claims in one form or another to the region.
And so they fight over it. And it likely won’t end until one or both sides wiped out the other.
Jews from the Europe!
@@sophiawilson8696 No they aren't
@@LukaKarra What? So who they? Lebanon people are the Canaanites. The European Jews have NO TIES to King David. Research Info
@@LukaKarra
Do you actually have citations in MLA or APA format to back your claim?
But in general a well balanced and informative video. Well done! Happy new year :)
Love how we just got him back and he just drops the most possible controversial video possible! All in all though, I didn't hear anything too spicy ~80% through the video so far
Love you bro no matter what other people say. You did something far greater for our society than you think! 🙏🏻
Good to hear from the good man again
YT has been empty without you!
Excellent video.
Thank you, Masaman. 👍
So glad you are back, man. Great video!
Excellent video, as always.
great to see you posting again.
Dude good to see you back making videos!!
German Historian here, while my Focus is on Contemporary German History i've always been interested in this after doing a Research Paper on the Balfour Declaration which lead me down certain Rabbitholes. So thank you for making this Video and keeping it factual and neutral.
Since this is one of those Topics where even some of the most respected Historians clearly show Bias towards one Way or the other and sometimes not even going into Detail on the insanely diverse Makeup of Cultural Groups and Ethnicities in that Area.
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Oh you mean the rabbit hole that lead you to the fact that maybe Germany wasn't quite as bad as people try to make it out to be? I'm not a historian like you but I am a lifelong learner and history is one of my favorite things and I'll tell you actually Germany got screwed by the world and you can put both world wars if squarely on the shoulder of the people who act like victims and it really Burns me because the whole Holocaust thing and then you take an account cities like Dresden and Hamburg and the Terror bombings it's like they thought that was a joke or something. The people who control this world are sick
Havaara Agreement - 1932 with Zionist who funded Nazi is interesting.
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Oh don't worry, while this wasn't the Rabbithole i meant, i can guarantee you that we Historians of Contemporary History here in Europe are all very "logically minded" including when it comes to WW2. There is a Reason why a lot of one of the most respected German Historians have garnered Criticism by the Media in the USA etc. for simply stating Facts.
In fact when we become Historians here in Germany we had almost a whole "Semester" (dont know the english word, but basically a Chapter of when we get our PHD in History) that focused on how as Historian you should always be aware of your own Bias but be especially aware and prepare for Attacks by the Media on whatever you comment and whatever you release.
Regarding Dresden etc. among Historians this is taken very seriously and broadly still considered a War Crime.
Never mistake "Media" with what actual Historians write about, publish and defend.
The Media can be very "Oh Dresden wasn't so bad" because they are very politically minded. meanwhile among Historians it's the opposite.
In fact, pretty much every Historian i ever worked with from the USA, Russia, Poland, Israel, Italy and even the UK was of the Opinion that Dresden and similar Incidents were not justified.
the Media of course always loves to invite some "Pop Historian" (as we call them) on to give their Commentary some "Credibility" where the average Watcher will think "Oh! A Historian, so this Report is accurate!"
My point being: As much Issues are there are to this Day regarding Historians and WW2, never ever mistake it with whatever the Media in whatever Country focuses on and spins.
Thanks for another great gem, Mason!
It's great to see Masaman make new videos again.
Very good to see you back at making videos!
Happy you're back
GREAT to see/hear you Mason!!!! Thank you for your extensive hard work and sharing its results. PEACE and God bless your steps continually in this New Year.
WE NEEDED YOU. THANK YOU MASA
Great to have you back Masaman~!
This is a very well put together video and deserves more views.
As always, another very well documented video of yours, with lots of interesting details and nuance. Thanks, and happy new year.
I am glad you are back!
Thank you sir for coming back!
This video is simply fantastic ❤
The worse violence we see the worse takes arise on the internet. This is very complete thank you for this
Was hoping to hear from you! Great work.
Very glad to see you're back!
So many Masaman videos in such a short period of time, I'm living for it!!!!
He does a great job of explaining things with historical contacts
Are you kidding? How so? The guy is a liar. Mason plagiarized everyone else's.youtube channels on TH-cam.. mason is BS artist. Ask mason why he doesn't post his sources? He's a liar that's why.
Great to see you back Masaman!!!!
Glad your back Masaman, Love your work.!
So happy Masaman is back!
I'm so so so happy you're alive!!!! I thought you were gone this whole time!! I'm so happy you're healthy
Good to see you back man!
Super fascinating video, this was an amazing breakdown of the situation
Welcome back, one of the best channels on YT
Very good video as usual, Masaman. And welcome back!
Just three comments:
1) Nowhere in the video is it mentioned that some Kurdish people arrived in the area hundreds of years ago, to the extent that there have been Kurdish quarters in places like Gaza. (Saladdin, who reconquered the Holy Land from the Crusaders, was Kurdish himself - but that's just scratching the surface.) Of course, these days they're mainly assimilated into the Palestinian Arab population.
2) The Dati (or national-religious) sector, roughly equivalent to the Modern Orthodox (like myself) among North American Jews, is pronounced "dah-tee", not "day-tee".
3) Evangelicals, among Protestant Christians in America, can be the equivalent of all mainstream Orthodox Jews (Modern and non-Hasidic Haredi alike). As for the Amish-Haredi comparison, it's quite a bit misleading, as really, Old Order Amish ~= Hasidic (e.g. Satmar, Belz, Vizhnitz), New Order Amish ~= Habad (an outward-looking Hasidic movement seeking outreach among fellow Jews), Old Order Mennonite ~= non-Hasidic Haredi, and New Order Mennonite ~= Modern Orthodox.
Nice to see you back! ❤
This was a great video masaman. So glad you’re back
Comprehensive & Accurate.
Thank you for not mincing your words!
After a lot of research and deep profound contemplation, i have to come to the conclusion that this is definitely a video that i watched
Good job mate, as I expected from you :)
So good to see you're back!
Very interesting video, Excellent work as always. I believe the goal for both parties should be Peace.
Masaman is back! We missed you brother and you had us all worried.......🙂
I am glad Masaman is back. Your old videos have been worthy watching.
Welcome back
Welcome back and thanks for this informative and objective video
I never comment, and I logged into the app just to comment. This was so freaking good. I watched your videos back in he day and loved them and my god have you hit your stride after your return! I feel this is the best video of yours I've seen. It's the best I've seen on his nuclear bomb of an issue too. I learnt a lot, even though I'm very much historically literate. You really did your research and it shows. I was re-playing sections multiple times to make sure I got everything, and I don't remember the last time I did that for a You Tube video.
Commendable and pertinent work. Thanks masaman.
I was hoping for a much more in-depth genetic breakdown of the people in the region.
Yup....thats what it should be about.....If jews are native to the Land it should be in their genetic, even if they are mixed.....And I suspect that Ashkanazi are not even geneticaly jews, cause they very likely converted in the 9th century, so they shouldnt be a thing in Israel if their ancestors didnt even fight Rome in the holy land
Indeed. Too much speculation and not enough genetic studies are discussed here. We have bones from inhabitants from every era of Israel, we have Palestinians, we have European Jews, we can just do genetic tests and get a definitive answer.
Alot of Palestinians have Jewish ethnic roots, but were forced to convert to Islam during the Islamic conquest and the Ottoman empire. Modern Israel is now a melting pot of Jews from all over the world, especially Morocco, Yemen and Europe. As for the Palestinians are themselves mixed Jewish ancestry with neighboring arab levantine countries and even turkish, and European decent.
theapricity has a DNA test a Palestinian took, it's not a full video documentary as it is more of a genealogical breakdown on their dna.
Search "Palestinian Christian/Muslim Gedmatch results"
The Apricity: "Palestinian Christian/Muslim Gedmatch results"
-Iraqi Jew
-Libyan (Egyptian) Jew
-Syrian Jew
-Samaritan Jew
-Yemenite Jew
-Tunisian Jew
-Persian Jew
-Mountain (Caucasus) Jew
-Kurdish Jew
Very well put together. Great work
Thanks, this presentation was pertinent.
Excellent presentation, both in scope and detail. Such knowledge and understanding would help lower the temperature a little bit...at least of outsiders, imo. Here's hoping your presentation goes massive.
Decent video. A lot of important things were skipped over/massively oversimplified but that is to be expected when such a complex topic is boiled down into a 25 minute video. Much more nuanced, historical, and fact based approach than most of what you see covering the region today.
he literally ran through everything at a very fast pace.
i imagine the nightmare of writing this script, what to include, exclude, and how to change topics without feeling abrupt.
i would love a more zoomed in version, specially early 20th century.
What was skipped?
What important details do you think were skippedv
Straightforward. Thanks!
Welcome back 🎉 awesome video, super informative
Masa is back? Niccccce
I’m so glad he’s back!
Masaman you did great job 😊
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Kudos for this video. People are horrific on topic but you treated it with nuance. Thank you 🙏🏻
I am so happy that you are back❤❤
You are back! 🎉
THE ONLY PERSON I ACTUALLY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THIS SUBJECT FROM!
Amen
@ArmadilloArmadaexactly this video was weird. like the last one.. probly paid..? would be sad.
@ArmadilloArmada I was looking for this comment, masaman heavily disappointed me today, he completely white washes israel's history and focuses solely on jewish ties to the land, clear zionist vibes
The Neanderthals were the first hominins to live in the Holy Land. The first modern humans to live there, that we know of, are the Natufians who lived there during the Stone Age. They first were hunter-gathers who then settled into semi-sedentary settlements.
No one talks about the
NAtufians much
Amazing job, Masama
Missed you so much! Glad you’re back 😁
where to download the map?
Masaman gives a TRUE objective reasoning behind the inhabitants of the Holy Land. They are people who settled there and had gone through admixtures for millenias
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Good to see you back
Great work overall! I think that the only reason why Judeo-Arabic is considered a separate language from Arabic in the data is that the speakers of this dialect are Jewish. As an Arabic speaker, I understand every single word of Judeo-Arabic as it is part of the existing Arabic dialect continuum. In my opinion, considering Judeo-Arabic a language is like saying Egyptian Arabic is a separate language from Arabic. Therefore, the only difference between Arab Jews and other Arabs is religion. They all speak the same language.
I personally think that treating Egyptian Arabic (and any other dialect) as a separate language from (Standard) Arabic, does make some sense. After all, Standard Arabic is essentially an updated version of 7th century Arabic, while the colloquial dialects are natural evolutions of it, so they're about as similar as the modern Romance languages are to Latin, the only difference is that Arabs never switched to their vernacular languages for formal use.
Do you even speak the language you act like you are a authority when you know jack shit @@FairyCRat
@@FairyCRat good point. What I meant to say is that the data considers Arabic spoken by Jews as a separate language from Arabic even though it is 100% mutually intelligible with the local dialects where the Judeo-Arabic speaker is from.
Wait, you think jews who lived in arab countries have identical genetics to the arabs?
You may not know but the second reason is, that Judeo-Arabic in its different iterations ALWAYS used the Hebrew alphabet. That immediately sets it off slightly from the local vernacular, as use of the Hebrew alphabet ultimately had linguistic influence.
This video won’t get demonetized, oof.
My church in America always tried to do our best to support local Holy Land Christians.
Good thing to remember when talking about this topic is just how similar through Semitic origin of local peoples the inhabitants actually are, ironically.
Well a proportion of the inhabitants also are descendants from the Khazars, which is quite far away.
@@thomasvenneker Actually, more likely they’d be mixed with the Khazars. No different than other Jewish groups that are rather mixed.
Their “Jewishness” might be little more than a few fractions of a percentage, but it’s still enough for them to claim that background.
Khazars were steppe peoples, no different than the Huns or Scythians. We’d be able to tell more if they were so rooted in the Khazarian background. Heck, even the Khazarians as a group didn’t last very long. Cumans supplanted them.
@@inregnumdeiby that logic african Americans have rights to claim England and Scotland...
@@inregnumdeiKhazars have nothing to do with the middle east and it is ironic having them labeling themselves as semite while we see them making fun of Palestinians' looks on tiktok
@@thomasvennekerno, that’s the Khazar theory. The maker of this video has a video on that lie and myth
Great video, thanks
Great video
"Please leave a comment on how to solve the Middle East Crisis."
Bold move! :D
Get on it, guys, there's Nobel Peace Prize to be had here! :-)
Jews and Palestineans are both indigenous to the Holy Land. This is true. Peace and equality between the two groups is the only path to lasting peace. Period. All people deserve safety.
Unfortunately when I see interviews by Palestinians arabs most rejected they have jewish blood Insist they are 100 % arabs 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
@@justiceriser8970 they infact do but they deny most of them dont even look like arabs compare saudis and palestinians theyre completly diffrent people
@amouri0307 yes in fact the jews even thoese who came from Europe look like lightskin arabs
Welcome back, missed your content.
Glad u back
I do appreciate your effort and I recognize your goal is to be balanced, but I do have some things to nitpick:
-Painting the region as being constantly being in conflict is a bit inaccurate. Yes, over the thousands of years of documented history that has happened, you could say the same about Italy or even Texas, which was dominated by multiple native groups, then controlled by the Spanish, French, Mexican, American and Confederate forces, as well as it's independant Republic. If you compared Palestine to Texas over the course of the last 600 years, you could argue that Palestine has been far more stable, having been under solid Ottoman rule for the vast majority of that time. Point being, the idea that the region is particularly turbulent is very much skewed by recent historic events, and in particular the introduction of Jewish settlers.
-While commonly reported, there is no hard evidence that the region was renamed to Palestine as a punishment for the Judean revolt. This may indeed be true, but it mostly is only part of commonly accepted history because of writing by Jewish, and in particular, Zionist historians. The name Palestine had been used to refer to the region previously and it's use currently and throughout history shouldn't be attributed to some petty revenge of a Roman emperor without greater historical documentation.
-While the Hebrew-speaking people of the region were evidently the most important group throughout most of Ancient times (prior to the Judean revolt), historicial evidence does not demonstrate that the region was a monocultural, purely Jewish society at any point. In the Old Testemant times Hebrew-speaking people co-existed (peacefully or not) with Phillistines, Canannites, Moabites, and even Arab tribes among others. By the time of Jesus, not only had Rome conquered the region, but it had previously been colonized by Greeks, whose pressence was so strong that the New Testemant was written in Greek. As well, Hebrew had already become simply a lethurgical language for Jews, replaced by Greek and Aramaic. All this to say, a unified and uniform Jewish identity tied to the region that the modern State of Israel claims to represent isn't completely historically accurate.
-"Arab Muslims and Arabic-speaking Christians"- this seems to betray a cultural bias to marry the identities of Muslims and Arabs, which in turn divorces the identiy of Christians, and identity many Westerners understand, from the identity of being Arab. Arab Muslims and Arab Christians are both Arabs. There were Arab Christians in Palestine before Islam existed. There were Arab bishops in the region before Islam existed. Arabs are a people with a shared culture. An Arab who is Christian is still an Arab. Calling them an "Arabic-speaking Christian" seems to denote that not being a Muslim negates someone from being an Arab.
-Genetic studies, your forte, would have been great here. Showing that both Palestinians and Israelis have genetic ties to the land is a good element to understand.
Now, nitpicking is over. I think beyond that there is a serious critique to be made. By attempting to be balanced when we speak of this conflict, we then tend to smooth over Israel's rough edges. Palestinian Arabs worked the fields, fished the seas and traded in the cities of Palestine for generations before Zionism inspired Jews to settle in the region followed by a course of history that allowed for a Jewish state to be established and to take more and more control, which has resulted in immense suffering and loss for the Palestinian people. Of course, there were wars launched by neighboring countries, and Palestinian militant groups have perpetrated acts on Israelis that have been horrific, the overall narrative should clearly show the inbalance of power and the disproportionate harm that has been done to Palestinians, not with the goal to demonize Israelis or condone Palestinian/Arab action, but to frame the conversation in a place that more accurately because that will be the only way to get to a place of peace.
Thank you! I had pretty much the same issues with this video. My other nitpick is that there's a needed a distinction of Old Yishuv vs New Yishuv in the early Zionist migrations. I wish he'd mentioned specifically that Palestinians are an Arabized Islamized people but are Levantine in essence
Great points, thanks for elaborating. I felt like some major points were touched on but glossed over without context. Im glad you touched on the history of the name and the timeline of conflict in the region. It’s a hard history to fit in 25 minutes. Bias is inherent in filmmaking and even in the idea of neutrality. He does have a video on the Jewish “race” that goes further into the genetics.
There was no Arab Palestinians, Arabs are from the Gulf, Levantines didn’t even speak it till they arrived
@@artair70 What are you referring to? Of course the Arabic language was only spoken in the Levant after it was brought to the region by Arabs from the Arabian Peninsula. Who is saying otherwise and why would they make that claim? Another confusing claim is that there are no Palestinian Arabs... Contemporarily the word "Arab" refers to anyone for which the Arabic language is their primary language... Most Morracans, Sudanese, Egyptians, Syrians, etc. Millions of Palestinians fit that description. Their DNA is primarily Levantine, but culturally are Arabs.
@@andrulemon You've clearly never heard of the "Arab invasion" as it's historically knows as the "Muslim conquest of the Levant"
It wasn't Arabic they spoke and it wasn't people who would call themselves Arab in that region either. You named North African nations that had the exact same treatment and Sudan is a Black nation.
Berbers aren't Arab, it was Arabised, same reason places like Australia now Speak English, it's hardly the native population there.
They're not culturally Arab, historically they became such, the most famous man in the region Jesus spoke Aramaic, not Arabic.
Brilliant and informative presentation of the demographics, but the history is another matter. I'm genuinely curious where you sourced the historical overview from.
There is of course the issue of the Babylonian exile, Hellenization and the Maccabean Revolt, which could have been mentioned (although I get just distilling it down to Roman annexation for brevity's sake). You say the demographics weren't affected much (genetically I suppose), but the demographic changes in terms of religiosity were enough to get the Maccabees and Pharisees riled up. I think it's essential information in terms of what motivated the revolts but I get omitting it from an already 25min long video.
It is however a bit weird how you just zoomed past "Jewish revolt" (no mention of Bar Kokhba, the Kitos war etc.), but when the crusaders show up it's straight to detailing the slaughter of Jews (with no mention of the slaughter of the Muslims that the Jews had fought alongside during the siege).
As for the Balfour declaration, it's strange how you tacitly accuse Lionel Rothschild of "wanting to get rid of them", and the Brits being willing to jeopardize their relations with the Arabs is just taken for granted (no mention of Lawrence, Faisal I etc.).
And calling groups like Lehi "paramilitary organizations" is just rich. Even the Israelis designated them as a terrorist group (before hiring their leaders to found the IDF and then voting them into the Knesset a couple of decades later). No mention of Folke Bernadotte, Walter Guinness, Deir Yassin or the King David Hotel, of course.
I really like your channel, but whether these omissions were intended or not this video undermines your usually solid objectivity.
He also didn't mention the Palestinian pogroms against Jewish civilians.
So you complain both about not talking enough about Jews, and about Muslims and Palestinians?
Unexpected, in today's political climate?
@@erdood3235 Nor did he mention Baruch Goldstein, but who's counting.
Not sure what you're getting at in your second reply. Care to elaborate?
I highlighted a throughline of pro-zionist bias in the presentation. Had it been biased toward the other side I would expect you to highlight that.
Boss, very well explained in details. You are great.
Great to see you back my friend
Philistines are native to the region, but it was just an umbrella term for east-med islanders
This will surely not be controversial at all.
And yet, the comment section is quite civilized
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The Levant has been politically heated and fought over since the days of King Saul.