Comments by "Sandy Tatham" (@sandytatham3592) on "Middle East Eye" channel.

  1.  @richardgabriel1801 : Egypt has been occupied by many different civilisations, including Romans, Greeks, French and English, and the Persians, Arabs and Ottomans. The favourite foods from these other civilisations have been adopted by the Egyptians, and vice versa. It's likely that cookies originated in 7th century Persia. After the Muslim conquest of Egypt they brought their foods to the Egyptians. After the Muslim conquest of Spain, their foods spread to Europe. Butter cookies are famous in Denmark.
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  2. @hend H: So it's a tradition from ancient Pharaonic times? I find that fascinating. Thank you so much...🙏
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  3.  @techtimei6091  : Thank you.
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  4. The village of Susya lies in Area C of the West Bank. The Oslo Accords designated this land to be under Israeli military control. It's very sad but these Arabs should probably try and find another place to live in Area A or B, which is under the control of the Palestinian Authority. They have no long-term security in Area C, and it's not a good way to raise children.
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  5. @Hanan Albataineh: I don't know if you live in Gaza or not, but why would you encourage the perpetuation of this horrible situation on Arab children? If their families had the chance of a better life in another country with a similar culture, they should be encouraged to settle in that new country. Millions and millions of #displaced people have been resettled in the last 120 years due to redrawing of borders, the founding of new countries, and civil wars. After Israel was established, around 850,000 Jews were unsafe in their generational homes in Arab countries which became hostile towards them. They lost everything when they relocated to other countries, but today their children are thriving and relatively free of PTSD and other emotional issues. Please STOP "weaponising" the lives of people living in Gaza for your own agenda.
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  6.  @DunkmeisterFresh : I suggest you learn more about how the new nation-states of Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Syria were established out of the DEFEAT of the Ottoman Empire in 1918. Due to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the Arabs gained self-determination over more than 99% of the Middle East land. The Jews were recognised in 1920 by the League of Nations (today's UN) as the indigenous people of historic Palestine and they were permitted to establish a secure homeland there, on less than 1% of the ME land, under the condition that all non-Jews have 'equality under the law'. Those Arab families who ACCEPTED the Jewish state of Israel in 1948 today comprise 21% of Israeli citizens who have 'equality under the law'. Those who REJECTED Israel and stood on the side of the seven Arab nations which went to war against Israel to obliterate it are the so-called 'Palestinians' we see today who are still being used as "weapons" against the Jews. It's time they stopped playing victim. We should support them being relocated to third countries if they are still HOSTILE to the Jews, or if they are fed up with their corrupt terrorist leaders. The key to this horrible problem is that the Arab League forbids giving citizenship to the 'Palestinians' because they are still being used to continue the efforts to obliterate Israel. Thankfully this is all changing with the #AbrahamAccords and the fact that Islam is losing power all over the world. I would absolutely not hesitate to move if China invaded my country, Australia!!! I'm not interested in playing the 'victim'. I would happily begin a new life in a supportive country. I would be grateful that I was safe and secure. I'm not interested in revenge or 'an eye for an eye' which is the code that the Qur'an promotes to Muslims. It also sickens me that Muslims are obligated by Qur'an 2:191 to "drive them [the Jews] out from where they drove you out...". Thankfully a growing number of Muslims now openly reject parts of Islam, and we are seeing big changes in the Middle East.
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  7.  @DunkmeisterFresh : I would also hope that my fellow Australians of fighting age would stay and defend the country from an invasion, as is happening in Ukraine today. And I would hope that vulnerable people would be temporarily or permanently resettled. However a military invasion is vastly different from an international treaty as a consequence of the COLLAPSE of the 'colonising' Ottoman Empire!!! This treaty and mandate system worked towards self-determination for Arabs and Jews in the Middle East. There was no 'international convention' in 1918 which prevented Britain, France & Allied Powers from holding onto the land. I think you need to work on your critical analysis skills. A good video to help you put this into perspective is a short video "Does Israel Occupy the West Bank?" by Prof Eugene Kontorovich.
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  8. @Hanan Albataineh: Thousands of people leave Gaza and the West Bank every day to work in Israel. They need permits and security clearance because there is a huge terror risk in Israel which saw 19 people being killed recently, including Arab Muslim Israeli citizens. The so-called 'Palestinians' do have access to water but it's controlled by their corrupt leaders who are millionaires or even billionaires and who do little for their people. Some of their leaders live safely and luxuriously in Qatar and Turkey, where their children go to expensive private schools. Gaza is not occupied but it is under siege by Israel and Egypt because it harbours probably the largest number of Islamic jihad organisations in the world. You might call this jihad terror a form of 'resistance'. Others call it a high security risk. There is no 'Palestine' under international law. The Palestinian leaders have rejected EVERY offer of a peace plan, and seven Arab nations went to war to obliterate the new state of Israel in 1948–49, 1956, 1967, 1973, 1982, and 2006. These Palestinian Arabs do not recognise the state of Israel. Around 20% of Israeli citizens are Arab Muslims whose families DID ACCEPT life under Israeli rule in 1948. Today they live with equal rights under the law. Many Arab nations no longer actively support the 'Palestinian' resistance movement, as we see with the #AbrahamAccords. The victim status can only be perpetuated for so long, particularly when we see the corruption of all of the leaders.
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  9. @Hanan Albataineh: I guess you could call the 'siege' by Israel and Egypt a military occupation. But why do those two countries find it necessary to blockade the Gaza Strip? And it's not a total blockade. It's primarily to prevent warfare, so access is denied for certain things. What do you see as the solution to the warfare that Hamas and Islamic Jihad wage against civilians in Israel? They have vowed to obliterate Israel altogether so do you see a solution while Hamas remain in power? There's also a serious threat of jihad in Sinai which Egypt has to contend with, the most recent attack being in May this year.
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  10. @Hanan Albataineh: I agreed that it could be called a military occupation. It is an external military occupation, creating a blockade or siege to reduce or to prevent military action being taken by the government of Gaza against Israel and Egypt. Can you answer my questions? What is the solution when Hamas has vowed to destroy Israel, and when jihad terrorists who likely come from Gaza are still causing huge security problems in Sinai?
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  11. @Hanan Albataineh: Yes you most definitely can put a blockade on any border where the neighbouring people vow to kill your citizens. All countries have that right. All governments have the responsibility to protect their own citizens first. Israel has many times offered a peaceful solution but the Palestinian Arabs have never agreed to the terms, or have never kept their side of the agreement. For their leaders, this 'conflict' is a money-making situation. They are millionaires, maybe even billionaires. Egypt's Yasser Arafat died worth more than one billion dollars. The day of a two state solution has long gone. Palestinian Arabs have the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan which sits on 75% of the land of the Mandate of Palestine. That's the two state solution!!! No country anywhere would allow hostile people to return after they have sided with the enemy in war. There is also the reality that Islam obligates Muslims to "drive them [the Jews] out from where they drove you out" Quran 2:191. My hope is for Islam to continue to lose power and influence, and for the worldwide trend towards apostasy from Islam to continue growing. I'm very happy to see Islamic countries normalising relations with Israel and no longer supporting a separate 'Palestine'. #AbrahamAccords
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  12. @Hanan Albataineh: People who were on the side of the Arab nations which went to war against Israel are *hostile*. They made their choice. Two million Arabs who have Israeli citizenship today are from families which CHOSE to accept life in the Jewish state of Israel. They CHOSE peace and tolerance instead of hate and violence. Does Israel have an open border with Lebanon? Or is that a blocked border too, because Hezbollah is similar to Hamas? Again, I can concede that it might be called a 'military occupation' only because BOTH Israel and Egypt have closed their borders with Gaza which makes life very difficult. But Hamas has a Charter that aims to destroy Israel, and the people who voted for Hamas are reaping what they sowed. What is your stake in this conflict? You hide your identity, though I'm guessing you are a Muslim. Why do you want to perpetuate the horrible lives that the so-called Palestinians and Gazans are stuck with? Why not disband #UNRWA which has not resettled one refugee in 74 years and let the people apply to be resettled elsewhere as happens in all other places in the world? Why "weaponise" the Gazans against the Jews? Why use them as "pawns" in the game of Muslim hatred for Jews? I have Gazan friends who would love to live in Israel or in another country such as Turkey, but UNRWA holds them in limbo.
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  13. ​@Hanan Albataineh: What is Hezbollah resisting? Do they disagree with the legitimacy of the state of Israel? Which country will they go for next? They sound like criminal thugs to me. We all know that there are peaceful ways to deal with things that you don't believe are legal. When the Ottoman Empire was DEFEATED and collapsed in 1918, Arabs of the Middle East were granted self-determination over 99+% of the Ottoman Empire Middle East land, in today's Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. In 1920 at the San Remo Conference, the League of Nations (today's UN) recognised the Jews as the indigenous people of 'historic Palestine'. They were given permission to form their own nation-state in 'historic Palestine', providing that equal rights were given to the non-Jewish people who were also living there at the time. This has clearly been done. Today Israel has over two million Arab non-Jewish citizens. There are Arab Israelis in the Knesset, in security, in the IDF, in the Supreme Court, and in the top levels of industry, education, technology and science. They have equal rights under the law. Even though the same international agreements created Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, it is only Israel that is still struggling to be secure on less than 1% of that collapsed Ottoman Empire land. They didn't 'steal it'. That's a lie that unhappy Muslims appear to spread. They want to perpetuate the status of 'victimhood' for Muslims. It's sickening. What is your personal stake is in this conflict? Do you live there? Do you also believe in resisting things that are deemed legitimate under law? Do you want to perpetuate 'victimhood' rather than supporting ALL people in finding a better life?
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  14. @Hanan Albataineh: So now you are calling the closed border between Israel and Lebanon an 'occupation' too? That's just ridiculous. Countries have the right to close their borders whenever they want to protect their citizens. Resist all you like but stop playing victims.
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  15. @Hanan Albataineh: I guess you have no idea what indigenous people means? I'll leave you to do some proper research. The Jews are indigenous to Judea, the land known in 1918 as 'historic Palestine'. Arabs fled Palestine when seven Arab nations ATTACKED the Jews to try and obliterate them. They FAILED. Those Arabs are known as 'displaced' peoples and should have been resettled in the neighbouring countries decades ago. Stop supporting this 'victim playing'. Again, what is your stake in this? Do you live in the Palestinian Territories?
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  16. @Hanan Albataineh: The Jews are the indigenous people of Judea. You can't 'colonise' your own ancestral homeland. You return to your land, that very same land to which you have had a continuous connection for a few thousand years. Arabs share a culture and a language, and the majority follow Islam. I recommend this video to you "Does Israel Occupy the West Bank?" by law professor Eugene Kontorovich, 5.5 mins: https://youtu.be/wu1rkvwzshE
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  17. Well said. People seem to ignore the fact that one fifth of Israeli citizens are Arabs. They have equality under the law, and they participate in all levels of society, including sitting in the Knesset and being appointed to the Supreme Court. Those Muslims who are HOSTILE to Israel should find a way to leave.
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  18. Why do they translate the word "Yahood" as Israeli?
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  19.  @fatimazenasni1880 : We know by looking around the world today that any country which has more than 20% Muslim citizens is in trouble. Islam is NOT compatible with countries that are founded on Judeo-Christian values. David Ben-Gurion would have known that. When Turkey was proclaimed a new country in 1924, they FORCED a population exchange of around 1.5 million people. Those who were Greek Orthodox Christians living in Turkey had to move to Greece even though for generations they had lived in that land. And Muslims in Greece moved to Turkey. While this appears to be inhumane, it probably should have happened in Palestine too, with all Arabs hostile to the Jewish people moving to Jordan when the Emirate of TransJordan was established in 1921. Remember that around 800,000 Jews were also expelled, either by direct coercion or by continuing oppression, from their ancestral homes in Arab lands after Israel was founded in 1948. It's essential to look at the global perspective. Today it's pretty much only the so-called 'Palestinians' who still claim #victimhood status. Nowhere else are the refugees getting huge funding, their own UN organisation to perpetuate their refugee status, and massive publicity. It's not working and Israel is here to stay. Stop supporting them as geopolitical weapons against the Jewish people. Help them get resettled in Arab countries or elsewhere.
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  20. The Jewish people are #indigenous to the Holy Land. They were promised the right to reconstitute their ancestral home in return for supporting the Allied Powers against the Ottoman Caliphate who LOST the war in 1918. One-fifth of Israeli citizens are Arab Muslims, Druze, Circassians, Bedouin Arabs, and Arab Christians. They ALL have equal rights with Jews and freedom of worship. Their families accepted life in the Jewish state of Israel in 1948. They made a good choice...🙏
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  21.  @BelfastBodger : Feel free to educate me on my 'falsehoods'...🙏
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  22. Why not ban the Muslim troublemakers from going up on Temple Mount during Ramadan? Whoever belongs to the group that collected the rocks and barricaded themselves in the mosque shouldn't get access for a number of years. That's what happens in other counries. Why does the Jordanian Waqf tolerate this behaviour? Why does Israel tolerate it?
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  23.  @elkapitan75 : The Qur'an says that Allah gave the Holy Land to the "children of Israel (Jacob)" not the children of Isaac (Ishaq). Why don't Muslims respect that?
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  24.  @elkapitan75 : Indigenous peoples are a distinct social-cultural group that shares collective ancestral ties to the lands where they live, occupy, or from which they have been *displaced*. Jews everywhere in the world are still "the children of Israel" even if their ancestors were taken as slaves to Europe or if they migrated due to persecution. And remember that one-fifth of Israeli citizens today are Arabs, mostly Arab Muslims, whose families accepted in 1948 to live with equal rights and freedom of religion under Jewish rule. You can't side with the attacking Arab armies, flee, hoping to return when the Jewish people have been massacred, and then expect to be welcomed back.
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  25. ​ @lifeisreallyshortknowyourr4724 : So I didn't "misquote from the Qur'an" but I forgot to provide the 'conditions' upon which the Holy Land was promised to them? Where are these 'conditions' stated? Aren’t Allah's promises eternal? I understand that the Qur'an affirms the Torah, so where is there any evidence that it was ever changed? Please educate me. I've found many prominent Muslims and Muslim scholars who strongly believe that Jerusalem belongs to the Jews. [Note: I'm not religious, so none of this is a personal belief of mine.] This is from an article by Dr Qanta Ahmed... "But as a believing Muslim observing Islam, I am compelled by the Quran to support Israel’s sole claim to the Holy Land; the Quran says it is so. The 80,000-word document 1.6 billion Muslims accept as the revealed word of God, the Quran, is categorical about the destiny of Israel and the people who can claim its ownership. The Quran states: “Moses said to his people: O my people! Remember the bounty of God upon you when He bestowed prophets upon you, and made you kings and gave you that which had not been given to anyone before you amongst the nations. O my people! Enter the Holy Land which God has written for you, and do not turn tail, otherwise you will be losers.” Nowhere does the Quran make mention of the Muslims’ claim to the Holy Land. Instead, God reveals in the Quran that The Holy Land is designated for the followers of Moses. Because the Promised Land is theirs according to the Quran, only the followers of Moses may determine where their capital must lie."
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  26. The international community offered to fund a humanitarian zone set up just inside Sinai for children, women, the sick and the elderly. A secured place where the vulnerable Gazans would be safe. Egypt refused, and the Egyptian people are happy to keep the Gazans TRAPPED in the war zone. It's horrible. A #displaced peoples camp could also be set up near Abu Simbel for the Sudanese women and children. I'm sure the international community would fund it if Egypt gave permission.
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  27.  @PeleRana-pp6zc : The so-called Palestinians are being used as #pawns in the Arab Muslim game of hate for Jewish people. They should wake up and ask to be resettled in another country.
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  28.  @shaynelahmed6323  I wouldn’t be so sure of that. As with ISIS in the last decade, the barbaric behaviour of Hamas jihadis on October 7 will probably see an increase in the trend towards Muslims leaving Islam. Their eyes are being opened to the extremes of Islam and its founder. The whole world also sees that if Israel 🇮🇱 doesn’t stop Hamas, this behaviour will spread to Europe snd the US. Islam has problems. And the ‘Palestinians’ are being used as #pawns in the Islamic ☪️ hate for Jews.
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  29. Over two million Arabs are citizens of Israel today. They have "equal rights under the law" with the Jewish citizens and "freedom of worship". Israeli Arab Muslims sit in the Knesset and Israeli Arab Muslims serve on the Supreme Court. They are the descendants of those Arab families who accepted life in the Jewish state of Israel in 1948. What more do you want?
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  30. So-called 'journalists' who double as Al-Nukhba elite operatives for Hamas.
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  31. There was the Great War which the Allied Powers won in 1918, remember? The Jewish people supported the British, French, etc. Wars have consequences. You don't get to choose who gets what if you start a war and then LOSE.
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  32. ​ @gilbertowuor6071 : Of course not. The Germans started WWI and the Ottomans foolishly joined them. Then the surrounding Arab nations started a few more wars against Israel that they lost. Most of the Arabs living in Palestine quite naturally sided with the Arab countries. Those Arabs who were displaced should have been resettled in the surrounding countries.
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  33. ​ @flyingluftwaffe9617 : Sorry. I should have said that Germany and the Ottoman Empire joined the side of the parties that started WWI. Is that better?
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  34. If it's "just for show", why do we see thousands of dollars in economic agreements between these countries, including medicine, technology and energy? Plus increasingly strong diplomatic relations, and direct flights? The Abraham Accords will benefit millions of people who want #peace in the Middle East.
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  35. What's your resolution to this when the 'Palestinians' want all the land "from the river to the sea" with NO Jews?
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  36.  @ihateshorts32 : Nice idea but the Hamas don't want anything like a secular state. They're clear that they want an Islamic State, a Caliphate with Sharia law, with no Jews and with its headquarters in Jerusalem.
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  37. Egypt🇪🇬 is complicit in this tragedy by refusing to permit a “secure” and “temporary” humanitarian camp to be set up just inside Sinai for babies, children, mothers of small children, pregnant women, the elderly and sick. Where else have #innocent people ever been kept TRAPPED in a war zone. Why are Muslims so horrible to their fellow Muslims? 🙄
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  38. ​@Hanan Albataineh: I'm very sorry for those families who were exiled. I would say this occurred mostly on the basis of religion, not race, because Islam obligates Muslims to fight against the Jews. And remember that 850,000 thousand Jews were also expelled from their multi-generational homes in Arab countries where they were no longer safe. Wars are horrible. But you have to get on with your life and stop playing the #victim 73 years later. Millions of people have been 'displaced' over the last 100 years due to the creation of new nation states. The creation of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan saw 13 million South Asian Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists and Christians fleeing, leaving behind property, in fear of their lives or of being raped. China persecuted the Tibetans in the 50s and an estimated 150,000 peaceful Tibetan Buddhists fled from their homeland and an estimated 87,000 were killed. The creation of Turkey saw in 1922 a vast population exchange of around 1.6 million Greeks and 400,000 Muslim Turks. And what happened to the 40 million Kurds who also have a claim for their own nation? Can you tell me why today we only focus on the #Palestinian problem? Why does this get special UN funding and so much publicity?
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  39. ​@Hanan Albataineh: It doesn't matter if the Jews were the minority or majority in the Holy Land at 1947. The Muslim side LOST the war in 1918, and they LOST the next wars too. As a result, they did NOT get to decide who ended up with what lands. There was no 'vote'. However, Arabs did finish up with a huge 99% of the old Ottoman Empire Middle East lands. If your family was in the wrong place at the wrong time, or they refused to accept rule by a Jewish state, then that's your loss. But you have to get over it. Resistance is futile. The Arab states no longer support it. India was invaded as early as the 11th Century by the Ghaznavid Dynasty, who captured Lahore in 1021. It was occupied by the Mughal Emperors from 1526-1761, who converted around one-fifth of the Hindus to Islam. The last Mughal emperor was enthroned in 1837. India was then ruled by the British from 1858 to 1947. Ali Jinnah's Muslim League was primarily responsible for the split along the lines of religion before Independence. The British were almost bankrupt from the two world wars and just wanted to get out. It might have suited them to leave behind a divided India, but this could never have happened if the Indian people hadn't wanted it. Muslims are obligated to struggle to live under Sharia so wanted to create their own nation state.
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  40.  @soniahemmati2372 : You do realise that over 60 MILLION people have been displaced through wars and the founding of new nation states in the last 100 years? The vast majority have now been resettled in THIRD countries such as Australia, my country, and are living thriving lives. Do we talk about any of them today? No. It's only the co-called 'Palestinians' who get all the publicity and funding. They are being held as geopolitical weapons against the Jews. After the defeat and collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Arabs were granted self-determination over more than 99% of the Middle East land. The Jewish state of Israel is on less than 1% of that land. If it's fair and just for Arabs to have self-determination in Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon, then it's fair and just for the Jews to have Israel. All Israeli citizens, including the 21% Arab-Israelis, have EQUAL rights under the law.
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  41.  @soniahemmati2372 : I'm not saying that displaced people have to go to a country where the same language is spoken. Obviously it's LESS of a cultural clash if refugees and/or displaced peoples are given citizenship in a country where the religious and cultural values are similar but it's not essential. How do you think the US, Canada, and Australia came to be the most multicultural countries in the world? I'm glad you recognise that the Jews are indigenous to the Holy Land. And over 20% of Israeli citizens are Arabs whose families CHOSE to accept life under Jewish rule. What you call the 'West Bank' is under the security arrangements put in place by the Oslo Accords. Palestinians have never wanted their own state, and their leadership is corrupt. Those Palestinians who are hostile want a Jew-free area from the river to the seas, and most don't want Israeli citizenship. The area of Judea and Samaria (your West Bank) is 'disputed territory' and the word 'occupied' doesn't apply today, however it was annexed and 'occupied' by Jordan between 1950-1967. What's your stake in this? Why do you propose perpetuating the horrible situation for those so-called Palestinians who want to live in peace somewhere else in the world? Why don't you acknowledge that there is a terror wave in Israel right now and that extremely severe security measures are necessary, both by Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Gaza is a law unto itself as it's governed by a terror organisation, supported by Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood.
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  42.  @soniahemmati2372 : The Israeli government maintains that according to international law the West Bank status is that of disputed territories. Can you tell me whose territory is being occupied? The last occupier of Judea and Samaria was Jordan, before that it was the British Mandate of Palestine, and before that the Ottoman Empire which is now defunct. Judea and Samaria is the heartland of historic Israel. As Arab aggression dissipates, which we see happening with the Abraham Accords and the closer ties being formed with Arab countries, my guess is that Israel will one day move to annex this disputed area. They must then offer citizenship with equal rights to the Arabs who currently live there. Or an arrangement might be made with Jordan to give them citizenship, and Israel will then provide them with long-term residence permits, which happens in many countries around the world. That would safeguard Israel from losing its majority Jewish citizenship. I see no problem with a country wanting to uphold certain values so long as equal rights are given to all citizens.
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  43. ​ @soniahemmati2372 : I get where you are coming from regarding Arabs also being considered indigenous, but it's not my rule. It's the League of Nations who recognised the Jews as the indigenous people of historic Palestine, deserving of the right to return to their ancestral homeland (San Remo Resolution of 1920). The Arabs were granted the right to self-determination over the REMAINING collapsed Ottoman Empire, comprising more than 99% of that land. Those Arabs who currently lived in historic Israel were to be guaranteed equal citizenship to the Jews, and that's the situation today where Arabs sit in the Knesset, in the highest places in judiciary, health, education, technology and business, as well as the security services. If the Arabs had not conducted a war of aggression against the Jews in 1948, during which thousands of Palestinian Arabs fled to Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon and Syria hoping to return within days after the Jews had been obliterated, we might have seen more of an equal demographic balance today. As for the Golan Heights, they contain over 100 ancient synagogues and are therefore considered part of historic Israel, though some deal was made by Britain with France at the end of WWI to tack that area onto the French Mandated area of today's Syria. I'm not interested in the Bible but in the archaeological evidence for the traditions of the Jewish people dating back thousands of years, certainly predating that of the Arabs. The Golan Heights was only annexed by Israel AFTER the wars of aggression against them by Arabs. This has validity in international law. I stand for the rights of all indigenous peoples where pragmatic to have sovereignty in their own ancestral lands, so long as equal rights are granted to others who currently live there. I am disappointed that the Kurds were not granted the right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland by the League of Nations conference in 1920. Do you support indigenous rights in principle?
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  44. @aahabashey : At the time of WWI, when the Allied Powers DEFEATED Germany and the Ottoman Caliphate, there were no international agreements about who gets what land after one party declared war on another and then LOST that war. The British, French, etc. were under no obligation to give up the Middle East land for self-determination to the occupants. But they did. The outcome was that new geopolitical regions were created and Arabs today have self-rule in 99% of that land, ie. Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Israel is less than 1% and the Jewish people share it with 21% Arabs who have equal rights under the law and freedom of worship. But you're still not happy?
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  45.  @aahabashey : This was back in 1918 and, yes, there were NO international agreements. If the Ottoman Turks had not been defeated in WWI they would have kept all of the land, killed the men, possibly raped the women, and enslaved the children. They would "steal and plunder" EXACTLY as the Qur'an allows them to do so, even today. Do you disagree?
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  46. I think you greatly underestimate the support that Israel has, especially in the Judeo-Christian West.
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  47. ​ @thetruth476 : The Iranian Islamic regime can't win by warfare, so it has resorted to using #lawfare as well. The cases against Israel and Netanyahu in the ICJ and ICC are not evidence-based. And there is NO equivalence between Putin/Russia and Netanyahu/Israel.
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  48. Where does it mention specific people? It applies #equally to all who commit 'sexual terrorism' which is barbaric.
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  49. How can you ever trust that a peace agreement with an Islamic #jihadist terrorist regime will be enduring? The ‘prophet’ of Islam ☪️ made it clear to talk peace with the enemy only when Muslims are in a position of weakness. Then they regroup and, when strong enough, can attack again, and again, and again. This is in the traditions (Sunnah) of Mohammed. Prime Minister Netanyahu and his Knesset must know this. Israel 🇮🇱 believed they had a peace agreement with Hamas in October 7 and look what happened.
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  50.  @fatimazenasni1880 : The majority of Jewish citizens in Israel today are from those families who were expelled from their generational homes in the Arab countries of the Middle East and North Africa.
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