Comments by "Sandy Tatham" (@sandytatham3592) on "German police storm Palestine conference in Berlin" video.

I'd be happy if the authorities are back in power to protect the culture of the German people. The world has gone crazy with people thinking they can get away with all kinds of behaviour.
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@ahmeda.3198 : Nothing is "exactly the same" as Germany in the 1930s. I get your point but Germany has now swung way too far in the other direction, letting 'political correctness' dictate how the authorities act. It's time Germany protected its traditional culture from collapse due to importing people with an incompatible ideology. And ,yes, I'm talking about Islam.
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@ahmeda.3198 : I can't be sure what I would have done if I had lived in Germany in the 1930s. What I do know is that the West has evolved a lot since then, hard lessons have been learned, we now live in the Information Age, and people have better knowledge and wisdom on which to base their decisions. We are still being manipulated and/or controlled, and there are useful idiots everywhere, but we have far better knowledge today than in the 1930s.
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@TheIsraeliHasbaraManual : DNA is not a criteria for #indigeneity. It's the "continuous connection by a unique cultural group to a specific land" that matters, even when those indigenous people were displaced. When the Ottoman Empire was defeated in 1918, Arabs were granted self-rule in 99% of the Ottoman Middle East land, and TWO MILLION Arabs are citizens of Israel today, where they have "equal rights" under the law and "freedom of religion". The Gaza war is tragic but it was started by Hamas. Hamas are to blame for the deaths and casualties. All Palestinians should be given the choice to apply for resettlement elsewhere, through UNHCR, if they don't want to live in peace within Israel or next to Israel.
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@purpleskittle94 : Are you really going to take the opinion of AH seriously? A strong religion, which wants to subjugate the world, can also be coming from a dark and evil place, no?
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@ahmeda.3198 : Thank you! You also have a good day...🙏
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@herooja : The 'Palestinians' are Arabs who were displaced when their families REJECTED the UN partition plan for the British Mandate of Palestine. They should have long ago been integrated into the Arab countries which attacked Israel in 1948. The country of Israel has got nothing to do with "white European Christian antisemitism". The land BELONGS to the Jews, to the "children of Israel" as stated in the Quran. The Jewish people were granted the right to reconstitute their ancestral homeland because they are the #indigenous people of the land.
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@aizac91 : All Palestinians should be given the CHOICE to apply for resettlement elsewhere, and resettlement in a country which has their SAME values would be best, eg. integration into an Arab country. But if they can pledge loyalty to the values of a European society, then that should be fine too. Though they would have to leave Is lam at the door because it's not compatible with Western values.
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@johnmcstabby2699 Nonsense. There’s a lot of ground in the middle.
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@RP68 : You are probably right. I didn't really understand what was going on in the video, but I feel that the authorities in many European countries have been too 'politically correct' and let certain groups create chaos.
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@ahmeda.3198 : There is no "Palestinian culture". They are Arabs from many different places in the Middle East. They've lost their #indigenous culture and succumbed to the culture of the Hejazi Arabs of the 7th century. If they migrate to other cultures, they should expect the push-back which is what we are now seeing in Europe. I do object when people say the Gaza Muslims should go to Europe. If they are going to leave Gaza (and I advocate for them ALL having the choice to leave) it would be better for them to be resettled in Arab countries which have compatible belief systems. But I'm also fine with a relatively small number of Gazans going to the West, to my country Australia for example, so long as they pledge allegiance to the Judeo-Christian principles that we value. Is it possible for a Muslim to do so?
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@TheIsraeliHasbaraManual : I don't know enough about Irgun and Stern groups to be able to comment on them. I believe there were numerous attacks by Arabs on Jews and vice versa since the British Mandate period began in 1920. If Urgun and Stern "targeted civilians", these groups would be defined today as "terrorists" so, if I had any say, they would not have been rewarded. Hamas is an off-shoot of the Muslim Brotherhood which was founded in Cairo in 1928 after the Ottoman Caliphate fell in 1918. Most of the #jihadist groups which use violent methods are offshoots of the Muslim Brotherhood, eg. Al-Qaeda, ISIS, Hamas. They all have the ultimate goal of restoring the Islamic Caliphate.
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@TheIsraeliHasbaraManual : It's not MY definition. 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. The land and natural resources on which they depend are inextricably linked to their identities, cultures, livelihoods, as well as their physical and spiritual well-being." The Copts are the majority of the indigenous people of Egypt, but there are also Nubians (in the north), Siwans, a Berber ethnic group (in the west) and Tarabin Bedouin (in Sinai). The Assyrians are indigenous to areas of north-west Syria, the Kurds to northern Syria, and so on. The Arab culture has been superimposed on top of the indigenous cultures of Egypt, the Levant, and across North Africa. There are no ancient 'Palestinians'. It is a label invented in the 1960s to achieve a political purpose. I'm happy to call them Palestinian but to pretend they are "a people" in the sense of having a unique culture, with ancient history, a specific language, etc., is just ridiculous. The leaders of the West Bank and Gaza have yet to acknowledge the right of the #Jewish state of Israel to exist. There can be no peace until that happens.
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@aizac91 : I believe that all Palestinians should be given the CHOICE to apply for resettlement elsewhere, and resettlement in a country which has their same values would be best. For example they should be integrated into an Arab country. But if they can pledge loyalty to the values of a European society, then that should be fine too, however they would have to leave Islam at the door because it's not compatible with Western values. Israel should insist that UNRWA is scrapped. It just keeps Palestinians in the "false hope" that Israel will disappear one day and they can go back to their homes. No one should be kept trapped in a war zone. I tell all the Muslims who ask me about migrating to the West that we don't want them if they refuse to accept our values. I'm a pragmatist.
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@herooja : The 'Palestinians' are Arabs who were displaced when their families REJECTED the UN partition plan for the British Mandate of Palestine. They should have long ago been integrated into the Arab countries which attacked Israel in 1948. The country of Israel has got nothing to do with "white European Christian antisemitism". It's because the land BELONGS to the Jews, to the "children of Israel" as stated in the Quran. The Jewish people were granted the right to reconstitute their ancestral homeland because they are the #indigenous people of the land. When the Allied Powers DEFEATED the Ottoman Empire in 1918, it handed over all of its Middle East land to the British, French, etc. They could have kept it but they didn't and Arabs got 99% of the land, today's Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Israel is less than 1% and one-fifth of Israeli citizens are Arabs!!! Who cares if you didn't ask for Israel to exist? Israel is not going anywhere so get used to it. Millions of people have been displaced over the last 110 years when they "didn't fit" with the new countries. But they moved on and today live rewarding lives. The only group that still complains and get billions of dollars in funding are the 'Palestinians'... 🙄
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@johnmcstabby2699 : Jews have the strongest connection to Jerusalem. The primary connection for Muslims is to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. The Arabs who have been living in Palestine for centuries have an historic connection to the land, but it doesn't pre-date or trump the connection that the Jewish culture has. The Jews are the #indigenous people of that land. Today over two million Arabs are citizens of Israel. They have equal rights and freedom of worship. Being a Jewish nation doesn't mean that other people can't also live there. Just that they have to want to live in peace with the Jewish people.
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@herooja : When the Allied Powers defeated the Ottoman Empire in 1918, it handed over all of its Middle East land to the British, French, etc. They could have kept it but they didn't and Arabs got 99% of the land, today's Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Israel is less than 1% and one-fifth of Israeli citizens are Arabs!!! Who cares if you didn't ask for Israel to exist? Israel is not going anywhere so get used to it. Millions of people have been displaced over the last 110 years when they "didn't fit" with the new countries. But they moved on and today live rewarding lives. The only group that still complains and gets billions of dollars in funding are the 'Palestinians'.
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@herooja : When the Allied Powers defeated the Ottoman Empire in 1918, it handed over all of its Middle East land to the British, French, etc. They could have kept all the land, but they didn't. And Arabs got 99% of it, today's Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Israel is less than 1% and one-fifth of Israeli citizens are Arabs!
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@herooja : Israel is not going anywhere so get used to it. Millions of people have been displaced over the last 110 years when they "didn't fit" with their new countries. But they moved on and today live rewarding lives. The only group that still gets billions of dollars in funding are the 'Palestinians'.
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@herooja : How do we know that the Quran is from a reliable source? Is-lam says that the books of the Jews and Christians were corrupted, but where's any hard evidence or proof of that? I don't follow any Holy Books myself. I just thought I should include that mention because you might follow one yourself. The FACT is that the Jewish state of Israel is legal and sovereign, and it is beginning to be acknowledged by the Arab world, via the #AbrahamAccords. The Jewish people are back in their ancestral homeland and they are not leaving...🙏🇮🇱💙
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@aizac91 : People are welcome in the west if they accept enlightenment values of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, equality for all under the law, etc. And that would mean giving up Islam, because it's incompatible with those values. In their birth country they can believe whatever they like. Who's being evicted? I want people to have the choice to be resettled. I also believe that Israel should extend sovereignty over Gaza and the West Bank and offer "residence status" to the occupants, like the East Jerusalem Arabs have.
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@ertugrulserdar5572 : In the last 110 years, 80-100 MILLION people have been displaced and *resettled*. The Partition of India in 1947 displaced around 16 million people, with one million killed. 850,000 Jews were pushed out (ethnically cleansed) from their multigenerational homes in Arab countries after 1948. And 1.5 million Greeks and Turks were subjected to an enforced population exchange in 1924 when Turkey was created, to name just some examples. They’ve all been resettled and moved on with their lives. Why is it ONLY the Palestinian Arabs who are still appeased today? Why do they get billions of dollars in funding? Even when much of the funding goes to their corrupt Arab leaders? Why? Because the Palestinians are being used as #pawns against Israel. To try and destroy Israel. Let the Palestinians have the choice of resettlement.
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@b.g.9158 : What is the "unique social group" that the Palestinians belong to? The label 'Palestinian' was only invented in the 1960s. The Palestinians are Arabs, many of them from families which migrated to the land only AFTER the British and Zionists made it economically viable from 1920 onwards. DNA is not a criteria for indigeneity. It's the "continuous connection to the land by a unique social or cultural group" that matters. The Jewish people have a unique language, ancient kings, coins, and artefacts. They have ancestral burial places, archeological evidence of traditional meeting places and places of ritual, all in the land we know today as Israel, with its capital of Jerusalem. It doesn't matter where in the world they've been displaced to. For example, when the Romans took Jewish slaves to Europe, these Jews are still #indigenous to THEIR land even if their descendants ended up living in Poland, or Russia or Germany. One-fifth of Israeli citizens today are Arabs whose families made a good decision to accept life in the newly founded state of Israel in 1948. "We are not living in the 20th century". Is this your argument against offering people the CHOICE of resettlement in a country like mine, Australia? Please stop using these people as your #weapons against the Jewish state of Israel. Let them move, if they want to, so that their children can have a chance at a better life.
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@b.g.9158 : What definition of #indigenous do you follow? Here's 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." I agree that DNA gives a "good hint" but it's not a criteria. And now that Israel is established, their government can decide who should be a citizen, and in fact I think they are now using DNA tests as a back-up in some cases. The Arabs who've lived there for centuries do have a strong historical link, but it doesn't pre-date or supersede the Jewish link to the land. These Arabs could probably apply for citizenship of Israel on the basis of their historical link. There are many Jewish tribes who are now Muslim living in the Palestinian Territories, but for the Muslim community it's often shameful to know that your ancestors were Jews. I doubt that there will ever be an Arab state next to Israel. My feeling is that Israel should extend sovereignty over all of the land and offer "residence status" to the Arabs. That way they get all of the "civil rights" of an Israeli citizen, but not national voting rights. They can live in autonomous Arab cities and communities. The Romans did take thousands of Jewish slaves to Europe. We know this because they helped build the Colosseum in 72AD. Of course there were many other reasons for Jews to end up all over Europe, mostly to escape persecution and to survive economically, but I just gave you that one example.
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@b.g.9158 : My replies get deleted/reported but I'll try one more time. You are welcome to contact me direct. What definition of #indigenous do you follow? Here's 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." I agree that DNA gives a "good hint" but it's not a criteria. And now that Israel is established, their government can decide who should be a citizen, and in fact I think they do use DNA tests as a back-up in some cases. The Arabs who've lived there for centuries do have a strong historical link, but it doesn't pre-date the Jewish link to the land. These Arabs are probably welcome to apply for citizenship of Israel on the basis of their historical link. There are many Jewish tribes who are now Muslim living in the Palestinian Territories, but for the Muslim community it's often shameful to know that your ancestors were Jews.
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