Dr. Abramson, a specialist in Jewish history and thought, serves as Dean at the mighty Avenue J campus of Touro University in Brooklyn, NY. He earned his PhD from the University of Toronto in 1995 and has held visiting and post-doctoral fellowships at Cornell, Harvard, Oxford and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of several books, including _A Prayer for the Government: Ukrainians and Jews in Revolutionary Times, 1917-1920_ (Harvard, 1999) and _Reading the Talmud: Developing Independence in Gemara Learning_ (Feldheim, 2006). His research has been recognized by awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. He is a recipient of the Excellence in the Academy Award from the National Education Association. His current projects include the Jewish History in Daf Yomi podcast on All Daf and The Jewish People: A History (3 volumes) for Koren Publishers.
great video, again! thank you! Dr. Abramson, what do you think about the theory that WE are the palestinians, since some northern tribes have been associated with the phoenicians and specially since it means the "wrestlers" in old greek, and who are those who wrestled with both humans and angels if not the Israelites? also the romans have been heavily influenced by the greeks and they would have renamed Judea with Palestina, the old greek term for Israel and it has therefore nothing to do with the plishtin people who have disapeared long before the romans came into the Land?
Dr. Abramson, where exactly was this foundation stone located? You referenced “other side of the Douro”, do you mean in Gaia where there was indeed a Jewish community? Thanks so much!
The vile, banal current environment kills IQ. Your presentations restore it. I am a real optimist. I must work to get better faster than things in the world get worse.
What an amazing history lesson. My knowledge of Israel is based on the Bible and I am constantly "beat down" by family & friends who do not believe the Bible. I will surely share this lecture with them immediately. Thank you Sir. God bless you 🥰🙏
Professor, I'm sure you noticed, but forgot to mention, that in the nice "Help him build Palestine" poster, the Yidish says Eretz Israel instead of Palestine. :)
I'm certain you did not intend it this way, but the closing image of the modern flipside of the Roman coin, with the Jewish family and no Palestinians in sight, is kind of a chilling way to end a video about the conflict. Thank you for pointing me to the correspondence between al-Khalidid and Herzl, that is most enlightening! Locals often have limited options as far as allies go, but even so the choices have not all been bad. Aqil Agha was a local Arab notable who seemed rather canny in his choice of allies. It helped keep him in power (though mainly due ro his local knowledge and connections). It's just the Ottomans had too strong a position in that time period for him to achieve real local sovereignty.
2 million Israeli Arabs live in perfect equality with Jews ( though the islamists try their hardest to destroy this harmony ) . But why should the rights of those who wish to destroy the Jews be respected . That’s irrational.
Who is prepared to Agree ?? may Absolute, Honest, Unbiased and Objective TRUTH and JUSTICE be both Sought and Prevail !! towards Peace.................
Thank you once again for the level headed analysis that shows both sides of the issue. Please please post more videos with the points of view from both sides.
I would like you to know Mr. Abramson that Παλαιστίνη is derived from the Greek word for wrestler, Παλαιστίς. That of course links to the name Israel as you know. Thank you very much for your videos.
Thanks Dr Henry. A few comments. 1. It is interesting that during the time from 1948 to 1967 there was no discussion of being occupied by Jordan. 2. The PLO started in 1964 prior to 1967 and when they talked about a Palestinian state they have never intended or meant a two state solution, from the beginning in 1964 when they say Palestine they mean all of Israel. 3. Thanks for stressing the Peel report again, as I am very familiar with it, and it seems that originally in the early 1920's when the USA Congress Unanimously approved the LON establishment of the Mandate for Palestine, the USA position was clear that a one state solution being Palestine the National home for the Jewish people was our policy but by the time of the Peel report the two state solution idea began taking off. And since 1948 onward the USA has abandoned the Mandate for Palestine and adopted a policy of a 2 state solution which has failed over and over again. 4. I have read Caroline Glick book The Israeli Solution. Seeing failure after failure of the 2SS since the Peel report, it is time we go back to the original Mandate for Palestine that our governments originally supported and back Israel toward this end. Judea and Samaria is the heartland of Israel and vitally important from a strategic perspective as well, an enemy state would threaten Israels existence. Israel should move to annex it in line with the Mandate for Palestine as Israel has never relinquished it, it went from Ottoman, to Mandate, to Occupied by Jordan, and back to Israel control. The Jihadists who will never accept this will have to be relocated. The peaceful Arabs then can choose to live under Israeli sovereignty or be compensated and relocated to the country of their choice. Those who stay can have residency and full religious and civil rights as the original Mandate for Palestine Stipulated, they can swear allegiance to Israel and with full residency status are free to live, work, etc anywhere in Israel. As far as political rights, that needs further discussion with possibility of political rights in Jordan or after some extended period of time( a generation) where allegiance to Israel is proven, their kids serve in IDF, etc they are given political rights in Israel, but Israel has to come to grips with the fact that they are first and foremost a Jewish state and secondly a democracy and if democracy threatens being a Jewish state, then being a Jewish state wins. I am interested to hear your thoughts on this.
Very interesting. My only comment is about the "occupation". Gaza and the west bank were included by international law in Israel so the correct term should be "recovered". See here for a description of the international law regarding the borders of Israel: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LCLPB2ibGNQ.htmlsi=1MuQew7c50GHIVCT
At 3:07 WHEN exactly did they travel from mesopotamia you big dummy? This is a history of the jews and you fail to give us the approximate years when they originated? Pretty damned dumb.
The leaders of both sides are not putting the welfare of their people first. Hamas could release the hostages. Netanyahu could stop the bombing but both are too stubborn to care. Netanyau
Well researched comment. You have not mentioned that the state of Jordan was created at about the same time as Israel, as part of the division of the Levant/ Palestine, intended as the "Arab portion" as opposed to the "Jewish portion" in the present administration of Israel.
Sadly this historian’s interpretation of history begins solely with the tragic and heinous attack on Israelis on October 7th. He failed to look back at the horrific crimes against Palestinians for decades prior to that date; crimes that included the taking of Palestinian hostages and imposing apartheid policies. A clear example of historical bias that serves no one. Rather than speaking in terms of Jew, Muslim, Christian, Palestinian, Israeli, Zionist, and protester, let’s instead begin with the identifier of “human”, as in human rights. And let’s look at the whole history of this conflict in those terms, and not just from October 7th onward. Then history might better be served.
I expect that the only way forward to a sustainable future here is equal rights for all. Israelis are here to stay, and Palestinians have to accept this. Palestinians are here to stay and deserve equal rights in the land they were displaced and excluded from. Not "separate but equal" but actual equally. Not you don't belong here because we colonized your land, and your existence doesn't fit our agenda. No more Palestinian concentration camps. No more bulldozing Palestinian homes and farms. No more separate Palestinian IDs (remember the yellow stars?). No more denying Palestinians access to any part of Israel, including roads, settlements, services, and voting. Palestinians must have the same rights as all other citizens in Israel. The idea of creating a Jewish settler state in the Middle East was at least as stupid as the movement to send blacks back to Africa, but here we are. What happened to the Jewish people of Europe was absolutely horrific. However, those people had not lived in the Middle East for a couple thousand years. If a Jewish state was to happen it would have made more sense to carve it out in Europe as thats where most of the settlers were from. But displacing a bunch of Europeans was too problematic. They thought that doing so in Palestine was doable as Palestinians were(are) considered to be less human and without human rights compared with Europeans. There is no justification for what Israel has and is doing to the people they pretend never existed (a land without a people).
17:41 A very important element left out is the post-Ottoman and post-European colonial rise of Arab nationalism. Except for some urban Arabs who were embracing some levels of modernity, Arabs maintained more tribal affiliations and national borders were a foreign concept. After WWI, they faced an adaptation of the political vacuum. The Baath Party is emblematic of this. But what is pertinent to this specific discussion is how they adopted antisemitism. Arabic translations of Mein Kampf and Nazi Jewish caricatures flooded Cairo, Damascus, Baghdad, etc. What we see from the likes of Hamas is a different mentality though. It transcends the dhimmitude from the Pact of Umar. They see true Islamic views of Jews to be best sourced to Muhammad's time and experience, particularly Khaybar and the Banu Nadir and Banu Qurayza prior to them. They see Jews as traitors to their prophet. This is startlingly parallel to the Christ Killer religion origin view of Jews by much of Christian history. Your presentation was quite good and hits many qualifying points that many need to understand. But Arab Nationalism and Islamic religious Renaissance (in their Caliphate building and global domination perspective) are immediately relevant to Hamas, Daesh (ISIS/ISIL), al Qaeda, etc. Most Muslims are not so neo-Islamic, but appear compelled to support them ideologically out of brotherhood and some degrees of cover for their lapsed religiosity. 42 ( I watched entirely on Roku, but reopened the video on my phone to do a comment.)
Usury, the content of the blasphemous Talmud, the Muslim invasion. The inquisition was glorious. Marranos. Torture? More like trials. Gotta love the lies and victim card
I'm so disappointed in you for posting this. I've loved watching and learning from your videos, but this makes me sad becasue even someone as decent and wise as you can fall for the Israeli propaganda. Student protests are nothing new, Student protestors were right protesting for civil rights, they were right protesting against the vietnam war, they were right protesting against apartheid in south africa, they were right protesting against the Iraq War, and now they are protesting Israel's slaughter of civilians in Gaza...But now suddenly it's because of TikTok and it's wrong?? How do you figure tiktok has anythingto do with this protest movement when prior protests happened without any such influences? Information was much harder to come by even as recently as 2003 yet we could still read an learn enough to know what we were protesting. I dare say that the kids today are probably more informed about the issues their protesting than any previous group of student protestors. Of course the students know what Hamas did. When I protested drone bombings in Afghanistant I did so despite the tears I shed for my fellow new yorkers who were killed on 9/11. We were called "Anti-Americans" but now hindsight shows we were right. It's very clear that protesting the mass slaughter of civilians is RIGHT. What Hamas did came and went on October 7th, but what Israel is doing is ongoing and orders of magnitude worse.
I’m sorry you are disappointed in me. But bear in mind your experience is not analogous: Hamas is still holding 133 hostages. For them, October 7 has certainly not “come and gone.” There is a huge difference of opinion in Israel as to how to respond to that situation, but it is misplaced kindness to stand beside those people who defend Hamas’ ongoing brutality as “resistance.”
I guess you don't have to pay attention to me since I am not Jewish, but I found your appeal to students of your faith who are protesting, both respectful and condescending at the same time.
Read the Koran and the Hadiths and then you will know the background of this stupid conflict. Those thieves, the followers of Muhummad, have no capability of critical thought and so they are carrying on with Muhummad's problem with Jews. Please, don't think I am talking nonsense, read the Islamic religious texts and you will understand.
I think Disraeli was always Jewish, not necessarily religious, but he never left it. Being baptised was for necessity as non protestent Christians were barred from most of British society.
