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

  1.  @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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  2.  @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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  3. ​ @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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  4. @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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  5.  @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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  6. I think you greatly underestimate the support that Israel has, especially in the Judeo-Christian West.
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  7. ​ @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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  8.  @leangrypoulet7523 : So are you indicating that Europeans don't support the rights of the #indigenous Jews, but more the Islamic jihadists? That's sad. Israel is on the front line of the jihad which will soon come to the West, if it hasn't already. Hindus, Buddhists, and Sikhs of ancient India and Afghanistan know all too well how this ends up. Hopefully Europeans will also wake up before it's too late.
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  9.  @leangrypoulet7523 : So are you indicating that Europeans don't support the rights of the #indigenous Jews, but instead support the Islamic jih*dists? That's sad. Israel is on the front line of the jih*d which will soon come to the West, if it hasn't already. Hindus, Buddhists, and Sikhs of ancient India and Afghanistan know all too well how this ends up. Hopefully Europeans will wake up before it's too late.
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  10. @thetruth476 : The Jewish people were "chosen" by God to hold His light. The jih*dists are spreading darkness, fear and violence.
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  11. Where does it mention specific people? It applies #equally to all who commit 'sexual terrorism' which is barbaric.
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  12. 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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  13.  @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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  14. So girls in underwear, and a girl whose long hair was cut for some reason, is a serious problem when there's an actual war going on? This shows the huge chasm between modern Western-style culture and the Islamic culture.
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  15. The West? What nonsense. Hamas has brought this on themselves, and over 70% of Arabs in Gaza support Hamas.
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  16. Maybe South Koreans just want to protect their own culture? Why don't Muslims go to Muslim-majority countries to seek asylum?
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  17. It was Hamas who took away this boy's rights to live his childhood. Why do they support a terrorist organisation like Hamas?
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  18. ​ @Путь-ю2п : "If there had been no British occupation and the Nakba in 1948, Hamas probably would not have existed. Innocent people are suffering." First of all, the Allied Powers liberated the Middle East from the Ottoman Turks in 1918. The British Mandate for Palestine provided for the #indigenous Jews to reconstitute their ancestral homeland. The Jews supported the British in WWI, and wars come at great cost. The Hejazi Arabs also supported the British, and Arabs got 99% of the carved-up Ottoman land!!! Two million Arabs have accepted life in a Jewish state, where they have equality under the law and freedom of religion. I think their families were the sensible ones in 1948 because they didn't align themselves with the attacking Arab armies. Those armies promised the fleeing Arabs that they could return in a few days once the Jews had been *obliterated*, which of course did not happen. Israel is not going anywhere. These people in Gaza should be resettled in one of those surrounding Arab countries, and then Israel might give them 'residence visas' if they are determined to stay in the land. That way they can have all the benefits of living in a developed economy, but NO national voting rights and they could also be deported if they continue to be hostile to Israel.
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  19. Nonsense. Israel is at war with Hamas. Providing the IDF takes care to avoid civilian deaths, they are within the international law rules for wartime engagement. Young 'Palestinians' being "forced to live through trauma" is totally due to the actions of their parents and their hostile government. If they want "a way out" they should lobby Egypt's government to let them take refuge in Sinai. But the whole world knows that Arab governments want to keep the 'Palestinians' as #pawns in their game of hate for the Jewish people in Israel.
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  20. Some Palestinians want to leave Gaza. Why are they being blocked from doing so? Why is UNRWA keeping them as perpetual 'refugees' for 75 years? It's inhumane.
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  21. This video is biased against President Sisi, and against the truth. Do your own research.
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  22. Maybe God-Yahweh is on the side of the Jews? How many times have the Arabs tried to wipe them off their historic homeland of Israel and failed?
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  23. Absolute nonsense. There are genetic testing clinics in Tel Aviv!!!
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  24. Israel is an "indigenous rights" success story... 🙏🇮🇱💙
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  25. The aid trucks are stacked up INSIDE the Gaza border where Hamas try to hijack them. The seaport might have a better chance of getting the aid to those non-combatants who desperately need it. It might also fail due to Hamas/UNRWA meddling...🙄
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  26.  @massimilianobergamaschi7434 : There's plenty of video evidence and reports from people inside Gaza that the problem is Hamas and other looters. The trucks can't move inside Gaza because drivers get attacked. The seaport might make distribution easier, but my guess is that the US has other longer-term plans for the seaport as well.
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  27.  @LickyTee : I doubt that the Israeli protesters are achieving much at all. They are letting off steam and dancing and causing a disturbance, but the Israeli border guards and police are dealing with them. The real holdup is inside Gaza because it's so difficult to get the aid to the Gazan people who really need it in a fair and efficient way. Israel is now using private contractors and different entry points and other methods to try to ensure that the Hamas jihadists and black-marketeers don't end up with it all.
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  28.  @massimilianobergamaschi7434 : You know that Gaza is 60% destroyed so vehicles being able to get to the right places INSIDE Gaza is difficult. The trucks are banked up INSIDE Gaza, and they mostly deliver at night so as to avoid the mobs or UNRWA-Hamas workers.
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  29.  @sophiesmart4394 : I see the videos on Twitter and other social media platforms. They are from "citizen journalists". I don't keep a record of them, sorry.
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  30.  @arturferrao7353 : I see the videos on Twitter and other social media platforms, plus I get some personal communications from people in Gaza. They are all "citizen journalists" and I don't keep a record of them, sorry. There are huge difficulties in getting the aid to the non-combatants due to the destruction of Gaza and the overall control of agencies by Hamas-UNWRA. Israel now appears to be organising the distribution of aid through the powerful clan leaders who live in Gaza. Hopefully this will prove more efficient because relying on the UN agencies is hopeless.
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  31. Huh??? There are Arab Muslims who sit in Israel's Knesset and they are against the Jewish state.
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  32. Nonsense. In the last few decades the so-called 'Palestinians'' have been given billions of dollars. Where is all that money now? In the pockets of their corrupt leaders or used to build tunnels and missiles.
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  33. Even Hamza's father is known to associate with the leaders of Hamas. Is Wael al-Dahdouha a member of Hamas?
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  34. Whenever #peace talks are being held, there is violence and killing by Islamic fundamentalists. Let's see how peaceful Ramadan will be this year.
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  35. What's wrong with being a Zionist? It's just "indigenous rights" for the Jewish people. I'm an Australian Zionist. I support indigenous rights...🙏🇮🇱💙
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  36. It's human nature to focus on those who most closely resemble us. Check out Al-Jazeera to see how much more they highlight tragedies in the Arab world than those in the Western world. STOP making everything about racism.
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  37. There are some similarities between Hamas and the Rohingyas. The Rohingya are also an Islamic terrorist organisation, trained by Pakistan and funded by Qatar, I think it. The Rohingyas are not the #indigenous people of Myanmar, and nor are the Palestinian Arabs. A good percentage of Arabs in Palestine only came there after 1920 when the British and Zionists created economic opportunities for the Arabs from countries such as Egypt, Syria, Iraq, etc. The Jewish people are #indigenous to historic Palestine.
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  38.  @donHooligan : A government's FIRST job is to protect its own citizens from danger. Danger could come from an individual who has been granted permission to live in the country even while he actively supports a proscribed terrorist group. That individual has rights but he also has obligations when he is in another country. I'm in India and people here on a visa (students, tourists, journalists, etc) are all deported if caught protesting against the values of this country's government. Visitors are not citizens. Do you understand the difference?
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  39.  @A8eos_13 : That might well be the case in the US, but in most other countries "due process" for a person who is only a visa holder would be the Immigration Department deporting the person if they find evidence that backs up the claim, or for that person to be denied visa renewal or citizenship. Maybe the US should change its laws?
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  40. ​ @user-kcrpine : If First Amendment rights conflict with the conditions of a Green Card or permanent residence visa, which would trump the other?🙄My guess is that Khalid may have contravened his residence visa conditions. He should go to Algeria, his country of citizenship. And if his wife wants to be with him, she should go too. Their ideology is not compatible with Western democratic values.
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  41. She made FUN of the death of his brother!!! His reaction was totally wrong, but all people should be careful what they make fun of...🙄
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  42. The Mandate of Palestine was legally set aside for the reconstitution of the indigenous Jewish homeland by the League of Nations in 1922. You should check out Ambassador David Friedman’s #OneJewishState proposal. He proposes that Israel extend sovereignty over Judea and Samaria and offer the Arabs ‘permanent residence status’. That would give them equal civil rights but not national voting rights. All hostile jihadist occupants will be assisted by Israel and UNHCR to be resettled elsewhere. UNRWA is finished in Israel. No more perpetuating the sham ‘refugee status’ of those who have now forfeited any right to a state of their own.
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  43. If Trump wins, there’s a good chance he will support Ambassador David Friedman’s #OneJewishState proposal. I recommend that you check it out. No more keeping the Arabs of the disputed territories in perpetual ‘refugee’ status. Those Arabs who continue with violent opposition to the Jewish state of Israel will be assisted to resettle elsewhere. Those who accept ‘permanent residence status’ of Israel will have equal civil rights with all Israelis, but not national voting rights.
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  44. What laws does Israel have that discriminate on race? Two million Arabs are Israeli citizens today, and they have equal rights under the law. Arab Muslims sit in the Knesset, on the Supreme Court, in the highest positions of business, health, education and technology. To say this is #apartheid belittles those people who have experienced apartheid.
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  45.  @Aya-cr1yi : The Nation State law outlines the roles and responsibilities by which Israel is bound in order to fulfil the purpose of serving as the nation-state of the Jewish people. It's not a law for individual citizens, and it doesn't mean that all citizens have to be Jews. One-fifth of Israeli citizens are Arabs! Arab Israelis sit in the Knesset, serve on the Supreme Court, and an Arab Israeli could be Prime Minister if enough people voted for him/her.  All countries have the right to state what kind of nation they want to be. For example, Muslim-majority nations state they are Islamic and that they implement Sharia law, under which non-Muslims do not have equal rights with Muslims.  If enough Arabs were voted into Israel's government there might be a chance to overturn this law. But if they refuse to even acknowledge the right of the Jewish state of Israel to exist, they can't complain that they are always #victims going through some sort of 'catastrophe'.
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  46. Where is there? Are you an Israeli citizen?
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  47. I know whose side God is on... and it's not the side of the Arabs.
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  48.  @greenplanet7767 : I don't need to "know God". I just look at how many wars have been fought over 'historic Palestine' in the last 110 years and see which side God has favoured. First off, World War One when the Ottoman Caliphate joined Germany in its war of aggression against the British French & Allies, and LOST in 1918. Then five Arab nations waged a war of aggression against the new state of Israel, and LOST in 1948. Then there was a series of wars waged against Israel by neighbouring Arab nations, and each was LOST or a peace treaty reached. You can draw your own conclusions as to which side God is on. Wars have consequences and the losers don't get to call the shots, especially when they were the aggressors.
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  49. The Holocaust has nothing to do with the founding of the sovereign Jewish state of Israel so stop with that nonsense. It has to do with the Arabs of the Palestine region and the Ottoman Turks being DEFEATED in WWI. Wars have consequences, especially when your side started the war and lost. The Ottoman Empire ceded its land to the victorious Allies in 1918 as part of the Armistice Agreement. In 1922 the League of Nations acknowledged the continuous connection of the Jewish people to the Holy Land, and granted them the legal right to reconstitute their ancestral homeland so long as they didn't prejudice the civil and religious rights of the occupants. Today over two million Arabs and other minorities are citizens of Israel. They have equal legal rights with Jews, and freedom of religion. Their families made a good choice to accept life in the Jewish state of Israel in 1948. The majority of Jews in Israel today are from those Arab countries which expelled all Jews after 1948, or persecuted them so they had to flee to Israel and the US. Even when Jews were taken a slaves to Rome, or had to flee and live in the diaspora in order to survive, they are still indigenous to THEIR ancestral homeland. The Jews are no longer the #dhimmis of the Muslims, with few legal rights and suitably humbled. Israel is also the beginning of the rollback of Arab Islamic imperialism...🙏🇮🇱💙
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  50. Exactly. Millions of people have been displaced in the last 100 years due to wars and the creation of new nation states. Today it's only the Palestine 'cause' that gets such publicity and which has a UN human rights council #UNRWA dedicated to perpetuating their status of living in limbo. Those other 'displaced' people have accepted what happened, and are now doing quite well in their new countries.
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