Comments by "nuqwestr" (@nuqwestr) on "The Jews NEVER Stole Any Land (But the Arabs did)" video.

Simcha Blass (November 27, 1897 – July 18, 1982; Hebrew: שמחה בלאס) was a Polish-Israeli engineer and inventor who developed the modern drip irrigation system with his son Yeshayahu
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very late bronze age, more like early iron age.
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@RocketGator05 contraception is not sterilization.
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@jessereichbach588 the usage is clear, in dictionaries all over the world, but a poor choice as it turns out. We have word meaning issues all over the place. Saying Arabs are a semitic people tpo is just deflection, a form of taqiyya.
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@truthseeker96 ? Jews never left, Jews may have been people of the "book", but were 2nd class citizens, Dhimmi, Apartheid. Odessa is closer to Jerusalem than Oman.
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@bandanakabana4494 Jacob, he who wrestles with G_d. Wrestle=Israel. Jacob/Israel's people were known as Israelites, the people who wrestle with G_d. Israel is a people who inhabited a place now known as Israel.
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@bandanakabana4494 Fun fact, Golda Meir was a Palestinian before she was an Israeli. Said so on her passport. She liked to mention that on occasion.
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@konyvnyelv. No question assimilation was difficult, but please provide more info. Are you saying circumcision was sterilization?
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Yes, 22 Arab league states with 450 Million, One Jewish state will less than 10 million. Some perspective.
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@bandanakabana4494 yes, didn't I write that? "Those who wrestle with G_d", and of the land, just as the Greeks wrote about.
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@bandanakabana4494 Good question, and I imagine you thought about it. Many answers. One answer is Israel is the result of the 17th Century Westphalian agreements, which first established sovereignty for much of Europe. The Levant did not sign on then, but did to subsequent sovereignty frameworks like the League of Nations and United Nations. Israel is a modern nation/state within this framework and definition of sovereignty, just as Jordan is. Is Jordan a people or a country?
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@bandanakabana4494 In good faith, I want what's best for all in the region. The Gaza strip has 42 miles of coastline on the Cote d' Azur. If Qatar and Israel worked together, they could turn it into a paradise in under a decade. However, this narrative I'd like you to read, which is over 100 years old, is still all pervasive in the Arab world. Time to end the hate and lies "Report on the State of Palestine presented to the Right Honourable Mr. Winston Churchill P.C., M.P. by the Executive Committee of the Third Arab Palestine Congress. Jerusalem, March 28, 1921." - Available as primary source PDF.
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@bandanakabana4494 Really, you might want to check out how the British created Jordan.Too bad they backed Hussein instead of Ibn Saud, Saud ended up with the oil and the Americans. "Settler Colonialism" is a trope out of the Marxist playbook taught by the Soviets to liberation nationalists post-WW2. Lots of nasty stuff came out of that, including Libya and genocide all over Africa and Asia. Abbas, the PA leader, even got his PhD equivalent in Moscow. The stale Soviet dialectic has to end, too. It's failed everywhere it has been evoked, including Egypt. I'm dealing with a brand of "settler colonialism" myself here in California. In the town my parents were born in the early 1920s, over 100 years ago, they rarely speak English anymore. Some say it's a "return" to a homeland called Aztlan. The majority population in Israel is not European, but just so you know, Odessa is closer to Jerusalem than Oman.
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@bandanakabana4494 You can google it, she had a passport in 1921 as a "Palestinian" and one in 1949 then said "Israeli" fact check ok by me. As I said, Odessa is closer to Jerusalem that Oman. Some of my family actually walked there in the 19th century.
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@bandanakabana4494 Soviet-era propaganda often portrayed settler colonialism, particularly in the context of Western powers, as a tool of imperialism and exploitation. The Soviet Union used various mediums, including posters, literature, and films, to condemn colonialism and depict it as a form of oppression and injustice. Here are some common themes and messages found in Soviet-era propaganda regarding settler colonialism: 1. **Exploitation of Indigenous Peoples**: Soviet propaganda frequently highlighted the exploitation and suffering of indigenous peoples under settler colonial rule. Images and narratives depicted indigenous populations being displaced from their lands, forced into labor, and subjected to cultural assimilation. 2. **Imperialist Aggression**: Settler colonialism was portrayed as a manifestation of imperialist aggression by Western powers. The Soviet Union emphasized the expansionist motives behind colonial endeavors, framing them as part of a broader strategy to dominate and exploit territories and peoples. 3. **Resistance and Liberation**: Soviet propaganda often celebrated the resistance efforts of indigenous peoples against settler colonialism. It portrayed them as heroic figures fighting against oppression and colonial rule. The Soviet Union supported various anti-colonial movements around the world and depicted them as allies in the struggle against imperialism. 4. **Solidarity with Colonized Peoples**: Soviet propaganda aimed to foster solidarity with colonized peoples by highlighting shared struggles against imperialism. The Soviet Union positioned itself as a champion of decolonization and supported independence movements in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. 5. **Critique of Capitalism**: Settler colonialism was frequently depicted as a product of capitalist exploitation and inequality. Soviet propaganda emphasized the role of capitalist interests in driving colonial expansion and portrayed socialism as a progressive alternative that prioritized social justice and equality. Overall, Soviet-era propaganda on settler colonialism sought to delegitimize colonial practices, condemn Western imperialism, and promote the idea of national liberation and self-determination for colonized peoples.
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1921 Proof, primary source, available as PDF. Report on the State of Palestine presented to the Right Honourable Mr. Winston Churchill P.C., M.P. by the Executive Committee of the Third Arab Palestine Congress. Jerusalem, March 28, 1921. - Library of Congress website.
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7 Arab countries: Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen Benny Morris writes not all were "into it" and at different times had few significant troops. Iraqis were already in the fight in 1947, some at Deir Yassin in April 1947. What you describe is one story, there are perhaps 3 main narratives. Some say Arab leaders ran away to Beirut while calling on others to fight, some say Arab radio told them to leave, temporarily, until we win. It's a mixed bag, and as Oren has told us, 160,000 remained and now number 1.9 million. 21% of Israeli population are Arab. None comparable in the 22 Arab league states.
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@ME-ot2ce Absolutely, Oren has a massive bias, and so do many of his sources. I don't just take things as they are. Here's a primary source. There is NO BIAS from Jews, it's all ARAB bias. Read it online in its original english translation, just as Churchill read it, you can, too. "Report on the State of Palestine presented to the Right Honourable Mr. Winston Churchill P.C., M.P. by the Executive Committee of the Third Arab Palestine Congress. Jerusalem, March 28, 1921". - Library of Congress.
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@RocketGator05 Ethiopian Jewish population in Israel has grown since their initial immigration, they have a higher birth rate than average. Same claims of "sterilization" made here in the United States against Planned Parenthood. It was Arab and Ottoman slave trade of Africans which included mandatory Eunuch mutilation and sterilization. Fact check it.
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@brindanlasten7073 Yes, it is an indo-European word of Greek origin, the Romans loved all things Greek, and used their words. "Pale" in ancient Greek means "to wrestle" or "the place of wrestling" Israel also means "wrestle". possible connection just speculation on my part. However, why would a people who use a semitic language, one that doesn't even have a letter "P" or a "P" sound, take on a name given to a region by a Western Imperial Power?
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@juliannaruffini "they", who is "they"?
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@Sommste Ah, I posted this question 6-months ago. Drew the same conclusion, but have found no direct references. I need them Jacob wrestled with the angel, not sure he "won", but g_d name him Israel, and his people became known as the Israelites in that land. That is the story. Love to find evidence of the connection between the greek word and Israel.
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@juliannaruffini agreed, but what is your point?
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@juliannaruffini Jews never left the region, were persecuted by both Christians and Muslims, cleansed from many cities like Safed and Hebron. The point of a nation/state, when framed in the Westphalian agreements which led to the UN, was sovereignty for a people. Jews would never had sovereign rights in that region without a nation/state. Same reason the Hashemites wanted a nation/state which is called Jordan. Even have a King, which really has little historical foundation. Why the double standard?
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@juliannaruffini "international law"? UN 181, and the first attacks on international law by the fedayeen in the early 1950s which never ended?
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@Sommste thanks. I made the connection myself while researching origin of the word Palestine, Palesteen, Palestina. I already knew the origin of the word Israel. It's also clear there is no "P" in Arabic but there is one in Hebrew. Thanks again. I thought I was the only one making the connection.
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The ICC charged Hamas with Rape and Torture, not Israel. Read the warrants.
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Wow, am aware of some in Asia, but this is news to me. I'll check it out. After 1492 Jews were expelled from the Iberian Peninsula but those who converted instead were still restricted from travelling to the "New World", however, many did, even with Cortez and Pissarro. There were secret Jews in Brazil who converted back when the Netherlands captured the area from Spain, at least for awhile. Of course Spain held your Islands, and there was also an incursion of Muslims, so must be a very complicated history.
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What we are still fighting: Soviet Era Propaganda Soviet-era propaganda often portrayed settler colonialism, particularly in the context of Western powers, as a tool of imperialism and exploitation. The Soviet Union used various mediums, including posters, literature, and films, to condemn colonialism and depict it as a form of oppression and injustice. Here are some common themes and messages found in Soviet-era propaganda regarding settler colonialism: 1. **Exploitation of Indigenous Peoples**: Soviet propaganda frequently highlighted the exploitation and suffering of indigenous peoples under settler colonial rule. Images and narratives depicted indigenous populations being displaced from their lands, forced into labor, and subjected to cultural assimilation. 2. **Imperialist Aggression**: Settler colonialism was portrayed as a manifestation of imperialist aggression by Western powers. The Soviet Union emphasized the expansionist motives behind colonial endeavors, framing them as part of a broader strategy to dominate and exploit territories and peoples. 3. **Resistance and Liberation**: Soviet propaganda often celebrated the resistance efforts of indigenous peoples against settler colonialism. It portrayed them as heroic figures fighting against oppression and colonial rule. The Soviet Union supported various anti-colonial movements around the world and depicted them as allies in the struggle against imperialism. 4. **Solidarity with Colonized Peoples**: Soviet propaganda aimed to foster solidarity with colonized peoples by highlighting shared struggles against imperialism. The Soviet Union positioned itself as a champion of decolonization and supported independence movements in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. 5. **Critique of Capitalism**: Settler colonialism was frequently depicted as a product of capitalist exploitation and inequality. Soviet propaganda emphasized the role of capitalist interests in driving colonial expansion and portrayed socialism as a progressive alternative that prioritized social justice and equality. Overall, Soviet-era propaganda on settler colonialism sought to delegitimize colonial practices, condemn Western imperialism, and promote the idea of national liberation and self-determination for colonized peoples.
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The 1st draft of the Israeli Declaration of Independence was by a man born not far in Safed. His family had been there for 100s of years, but the Jewish majority fell to Ottoman rule.
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@shahafsagi7257 Tt's cool enough you think it's cool, check out Zvi Berenson
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@GardenerGeorge "Shallow"? "Converts"? you just through under the bus the cultural underpinnings of most of the planet for thousands of years. Regardless of modern identifications, which are many in a liberal democracy like Israel, which you call a failure, is their justification for any group to have recognized physical borders of a nation/state. Do you believe any nation/state has the justification to exist? I'm not hiding in the "bronze age" but living in the modern age of the Westphalian agreements from the 17th century, still with us in the form of the United Nations. If you mean justice requires the "right of return" to 1967 borders for displaced descendents, that's possible, with the caveat certain land must be retained for security reasons, like the Golan Heights. But the right of return to 1947 is not justice. Israel is a nation/state with a majority Jewish population, and that's no "Bronze Age" fantasy.
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@RoninDave Yemenite Mahras are the purest Yemenis with the least foreign admixture besides a few individuals having SE Asian ancestry.They also have the most Natufian DNA. The deserts of Arabia did not come into being until 6,000 years ago. The Natufian lived in rather lush surroundings, every different from what's there now. About 14,400 years ago in the Black Desert of northeastern Jordan, someone was tinkering with the recipe for the perfect pita. This auspicious moment in culinary history has been captured by researchers who sampled the contents of two stone fireplaces at the site of Shubayqa 1. The team, led by University of Copenhagen archaeobotanist Amaia Arranz-Otaegui, found that the people living at this small campsite, hunter-gatherers who belonged to a culture known as the Natufians, were making unleavened bread-like products at least 4,000 years before the dawn of agriculture. Canaanites were a mixture of Zagros/Caucasian migrants and ancient Levantine farmers. Quasi-Canaanite ancestry is a major genetic source for Jews and Palestinians alike, though Palestinians have had less European admixture over time. I'm not one to point to the bible for justification of a nation/state for one and not the other, nor DNA. The current framework for civilization is the Westphalian agreements from the 17th Century and the concept of nation/state sovereignty. That framework is under attack by some Arabs and some Western Europeans, but for different reasons. Live in peace, share the land, let each have sovereignty.
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@RoninDave Yemeni Jews have the deepest roots to the Natuian people. 50,000 refugees By the time Operation Magic Carpet ended in September 1950, 28 pilots had made some 380 flights and airlifted nearly 50,000 refugees to Israel- almost the entire Yemeni Jewish population.
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