Comments by "Sandy Tatham" (@sandytatham3592) on "Israelis react to growing tensions between their government and Hezbollah tensions" video.

What nonsense! Actions have consequences. Some cultures prosper and other cultures fail because of their core beliefs. If one group is focused on violently destroying the other group, you think we should feel sad for the violent group?
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@imwatchingyou954 : The Arabs of Palestine have never been able to accept defeat in war. In 1918, the Ottoman Empire ☪ was DEFEATED by the Allied Powers. The Arabs of the Palestine region fought with the Ottoman Turks and they LOST the war. Losers don't get to choose who gets what land, especially when they were on the side that started the war of aggression. Same situation in 1948 to which they now plead 'nakba'. The Jews accepted the UN partition plan and the Arabs rejected it. It was a catastrophe for the Arabs. There are consequences to all actions. The #displaced Arabs should long ago have been integrated into the surrounding Arab countries.
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@mohammedxzadoali : Please do remind me. I'm happy to be educated by you.
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@ianbirkinhead4103 : The majority of the Judeo-Christian world supports Israel. They are happy that the Jewish people are back in control in their ancestral homeland. Israel is an "indigenous rights" success story...🇮🇱🙏💙
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@mohammedxzadoali : And what is your point? The Jews have been acknowledged by the United Nations as the #indigenous peoples of the land west of the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. They are a unique cultural group which has had a continuous connection to that specific land for over three thousand years, even when most of them were scattered across the globe. They have ancestral burial places, well-documented historical references, archaeological sites, artefacts, and age-old traditional practices which all centre on Judea and Jerusalem. Which living cultural group today has had a continuous connection to the Holy Land which pre-dates the Jews?
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@ferhanakhan5706 : Are you aware that DNA is NOT a criteria for being #indigenous? What matters is the continuous connection by a unique social group, usually with their own language, to a specific land, even when they are displaced from that land by slavery, persecution, exile or economic survival.
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@thomasnoon9974 : Jews living in Britain were very well-represented in fighting in the Palestine Campaign. In return for the support of the global Jewry, including American Jews, both in terms of fighting and other resources, they were granted the right to reconstitute their ancestral homeland on the land west of the Jordan River to the sea, so long as this did not prejudice the civil or religious rights of the occupants. This land comprises less than 1% of the carved-up Ottoman Middle East land. And they share it with one-fifth Arab Israelis who have equal rights and freedom of worship. The Hejazi Arabs also fought with British Lawrence of Arabia. They were granted self-determination in 99% of the Ottoman land, much of it very rich in oil, today's Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. The Kurds and Assyrians also wanted control in their ancestral lands, but the imperialist Arabs retained dominance in the region, with the exception of losing the Holy Land to the #indigenous Jews.
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@ferhanakhan5706 : This is the World Bank definition: "Indigenous Peoples are distinct social and cultural groups that share collective ancestral ties to the lands and natural resources where they live, occupy or from which they have been displaced." You can believe whatever you want, but DNA is not a criteria for establishing who is indigenous to a specific land. The Jewish state of Israel is a legitimate sovereign state. The indigenous Jews were granted the right to reconstitute their ancestral homeland in return for their support in the war effort which was successful in DEFEATING the Ottoman Caliphate in 1918. Israel has the right to give citizenship to any person whom they believe is Jewish, based on that person's claim to be part of the unique cultural group which calls itself the Jewish people. One quarter of Israeli citizens are not Jews. They are Arabs, Druze, Circassians, Samaritans, Muslims, Christians, Baha'i, and all of them enjoy "equal rights" and "freedom of religion".
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@ferhanakhan5706 : You said quite a few things and I'm happy to respond as follows: = Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Christians are safe and secure and their numbers are growing. = Can you give me a couple of the 67 laws which you say apply to 'Palestinian' Israelis? I only know of one law that discriminates on the basis of race, which is that Israeli Arabs do not have to do the compulsory military service. But it's nice to see that the trend is for more and more of them to volunteer to do so. = I am aware that there are housing estates which have committees that select who can join their estate by purchasing a home. This happens all around the world. It's not a civil government law but more of a community regulation so that residents can be sure that their neighbours have similar values. I don't like it, but you will see it all over the world. It is a form of discrimination "in practice" but not in law. = I didn't know that there are roads that 'Palestinian' Israelis can't walk on, unless you are referring to Hebron which seems to have some serious security issues with Arabs from the PA and there are strict procedures in place. Nothing happens without a good reason. But I do know that Jews are forbidden to enter cities in the Palestinian Territories and Gaza, whereas Arabs from the PA and Gaza had permits to work in Israel before the massacre of October 7. = Indigenous rights are recognised the world over these days. You have a name which suggests you might be a Muslim and I understand you would be against indigenous rights because it's not an Islamic value. Islamic armies invaded and conquered much of the known world and imposed Islamic values and Arabic culture upon the conquered people, and their indigenous rights were taken away. But this is slowly being overturned. I wouldn't be surprised to see more indigenous groups like the Kurds, Assyrians, Nubians, Copts, Siwans, Berbers, etc. demanding that their indigenous culture be more widely recognised in future.
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@ferhanakhan5706 : Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Christians are safe and secure and their numbers are growing.
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@ferhanakhan5706 : I don't know about these roads that 'Palestinian' Israelis are not allowed to walk on, but I do know that Jews are forbidden to enter cities in the Palestinian Territories and Gaza, whereas Arabs from the PA and Gaza had permits to work in Israel before the massacre of October 7. I am aware that there are housing estates which have committees that select who can join their estate by purchasing a home. This happens all around the world. It's not a civil government law but more of a community regulation so that residents can be sure that their neighbours have similar values. I don't like it, but you will see it all over the world. It is a form of discrimination "in practice" but not in law.
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@ferhanakhan5706 : Can you give me a couple of the 67 laws which you say apply to 'Palestinian' Israelis? I only know of one law that discriminates on the basis of race, which is that Israeli Arabs do not have to do the compulsory military service. But it's nice to see that the trend is for more and more of them to volunteer to do so.
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@ferhanakhan5706 : The statistics do not lie. The Islamic world is horrible for Christians who are forced to live as second-class subjugated #dhimmis. In Egypt the churches all have heavy security, and Coptic Christian parents tattoo their children with a cross to deter kidnapping by Muslims. In 1950, Bethlehem and the surrounding villages were 86% Christian. Then the Palestinian Authority took over the area, and by 2016 that figure had dropped to 12%. It's likely to be even lower than 12% today, no matter what antisemitic Pastor Munther says. You are entitled to believe what you want but please try and keep to the facts.
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@Lynn1228ify : It's not possible for the Gazans to prosper under Hamas. BOTH Israel and Egypt have a military blockade on Gaza due to the fact that Hamas is an Islamic #jihadist terrorist regime. Egypt has an obligation under international law to allow safe passage for people through Sinai so the Gazans could seek temporary refuge in another country, like the Ukrainian women and children did. But Egypt refuses to let anyone leave unless they pay a bribe of $2500 minimum, which most Gazans cannot afford to pay. It's a horrible situation. Once Hamas is eliminated the people could elect a government which chooses to live without violence. Then they could have an amazing place to live.
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