Arab Israelis: Why did you surrender to the Jews in 1948? 

Why did the Arabs surrender in 1948 ? There were a variety of reasons. The Arabs in Palestine were divided into factions that distrusted each other. There was no coherent united organization like the Jews had with Yishuv to coordinate social and military manpower during the war. As a result, Arab armies did not work effectively to combat the Jews. Arabs underestimated the resiliency and strength of the Jews. Since they were in the majority and had numerical superiority on the ground, the Arabs thought they would quickly overrun the Jewish state and obliterate it. The Arabs had the advantage early in the war and they informed the Arab residents living in their communities to flee from their homes expecting to make short work of Israel. Arab residents close to Israel also fled out of fear. They never expected the war to last as long as it did, that they would be defeated and not allowed to return to their homes. Arab leaders distrusted one another and aimed to take advantage of the situation for their own benefit. King Abdullah bin Hussein of Jordan was in competition with Haj Amin al Husseini, the imam of Jerusalem, the local Palestinian leader, and sought to reach an accomodation with the Jews in order to annex the West Bank. On the other side Egyptian armies occupied Gaza to forestall Israel from capturing it. Arabs also did not take advantage of the brief lull in the war of 1949 situation to prepare for the next phase of the conflict. While the Jews bought weapons like fighter planes from Czechoslovakia and raised donations to fund their war effort, the Arabs took it for granted that their numerical superiority in manpower would overwhelm the Jewish state. After the brief lull in 1949, the Jews had the advantage and captured more territory than they were allocated in the partition plan of 1948.

Hi from Israel. Once I spoke with a Arab Janitor in my work place in Tel-Aviv. His Grandfather was during 1948. I asked him what happened when Israeli came to his grandfather city. He said his grandpa didn't want to leave. I asked "Is that all?", he replied yes.

My family comes from Jish. My grandparents left the village briefly during the war and went to Tiberias I think. When the war ended they returned to Jish without any problems, to the same house they had before. They didn't take a side and are happy to live in peace with anyone in any country.

As a tunisan arab i want that peace with israel comes soon and all people live in peace if you are good or bad this does not have any relation with your country or with religion it is what your parents feeded you hate or love that is all

That last guy was very interesting.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="180">3:00</a> this guy here... ❤️

Weird question, but it's coming from someone in Syria.

In reality the difference between the Palestinians and Israeli Arabs is class related. Some had quite a bit of property, and others had nothing! Some of these respondents know exactly what I'm talking about. They've accepted Israel just like they accepted the Ottoman Empire.. and prospered as a result!!! You can see it!

They have not surrendered. Such an unfair question. Palestine was never a state. Did the people surrender to the Ottomans when the Ottomans occupied Palestine? Did they surrender to the British? Living in peace irrespective of the government in control is not surrendering.

Its good to see that some of their answers were (at least the vibes i got from some of them) "it happened, its the past and we need to focus on the future of living together for the sake of our children".. That's the right mentality imo, for both sides. Too many years people on eithe side held grudges and were "stuck" in past, regardless how hard it was and how many bad things each side did to the other. This country won't go anywhere with grudges and hate..

A wise man once said “You surrender when you accept defeat”

Brilliant comment of the third man👏

7 Arab countries attacked the young Jewish state in 1948. They lost and now they cry.. Childish behavior

They should say "hamdulillah we are lucky people and we should thank our parents and grandparents who stayed and did not leave because of the fantasy of Arab leaders who encouraged "temporary departure" before the war"

The guy at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="120">2:00</a> - wow, how incredibly insightful and knowledgeable 👏🏽

This question should have been asked to old people, all these young people don’t know their history.

These Israeli Arabs keep saying that the Israeli state is unjust and treats them as second or third tier citizens.

Situations can different people unite 🙏

The guy on the 3rd minute. Great respect

Most people in this video weren't even born yet😊

The arabs told other arabs to leave Israel because they wanted to invade the jewish settlements and finish the job of hitler for once and for all. The jewish militia won the fight and pushed the arabs far away. Ever since the jews created a multi religious and cultural state with jewish influence. Every nationality and religion can live peacefully and equally with each other. Thank Allah for Israel, he truly blessed this land.❤

i think they have better life as a israeli citizen 2 grad .so you can work live peacfully and you can be in the kneset and at the other side the palestinian in west bank they have nothing ,no work no future .after all as arab israeli you have your rights more any palestinian in syria,jordan or lebanon .my wish one country for arab,jews christian,muslim,druz . peace for all and forgett the ethnity

Surrender is a wrong word. The Arabs did not surrender, they just fled from the battle fields. Many of them even didn't see one Israeli soldiers.

All of these responses to the question were predictable, especially the response "I didn't surrender".

It's like Germany didn't like losing some land after WWI and decided to start another war (WWII).

The fact is no one is trying or ready to change the situation. 🤷🏿‍♂️

Problem with the sound Is it a new translator??

Make a video on naqba done by zionists

I would love to hear more about Israeli Palestinian's past! I was glad that you actually found someone that knew or was comfortable enough to talk about it! I'd love to know why their parents did decide not to flee and how they were treated in different parts of the country, and if they have a form of guilt of now living amongst their occupiers? I understand both the perspectives of families that became refugees and people that simply refused to move! In 1967 a lot of Palestinians fled from the west bank, hearing the plan to ethnic cleanse them like in 1948. My Grandmother and her extended families made everything ready for departure, but my grandfather stubborn as ever said he would not leave and he will be buried on his ancestor's lands! So, some small parts of the family did flee and are not allowed to come back unfortunately, but the majority stayed with my grandfather, Alhamdulillah! I also would like to hear what the newest generation learns about the nakba and if they even know about their past or what is been going on in the west bank and Gaza!

الرجل في الدقيقه 52 كلامه سليم يكفيه ان قلبه وعقله ويقينه فلسطيني.كانت النكبه الفلسطينيه صدمه ولها ظروفها فالقرارات تحتمت على جميع الفلسطينيين ولا يمكن لوم احد.الله ينصركم ويعزكم ويلم شملكم في فلسطين الحره.

I don’t understand why one of the gentleman interviewed has a problem with one Jewish country but not with the 20 Arab Muslim countries.

*"It was an occupation!"* What was occupied? ▪︎ The former Ottoman lands? ▪︎ The expired British Mandate? ▪︎ The illegally annexed Jordanian land? ▪︎ The land won by Israel from Jordan in a defensive war? *What is it that was occupied?*

*These questions are becoming stupid and offensive.*

Lol about the building without permits.. they're not being discriminated against 🤦🏻‍♀️ It is a bit frustrating to get these permits, regardless of your ethnicity. Thing is.. the Arab residents tend to keep on adding floors and parts to their homes illegaly 🙄 Simply drive by one of their villages, it would look a bit like what Gaza looks like now.. a lot of grey concrete walls unfinished, but they do live in them, cause they're constantly expanding, since they tend to live as one large family, with their kids, daughters/sons in laws, grandchildren etc.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="685">11:25</a> Iron man and Harry Potter's secret love child!

The man at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="210">3:30</a> - Israel was never established as a state for Jews only but as a state for the Jewish people. Meaning it will have a majority of Jews in it, but non Jews are welcomed to live here too with rights. If you look at the last 2000 years you see that the injustice was committed by non Jews who persecuted and discriminated Jews in every country. Zionism was a reaction to this injustice - that Jews weren't allowed to live as equal anywhere in the world.

You are doing great work and it’s very important , but it’s also very dangerous for you. I hope you are cateful

I am wondering, From a Palestinian perspective, why did they vote for Hamas in Gaza and what are their thoughts on the PLO de facto leaders in the west bank as they got segregated from Gaza as a result.

I am neither Jew or Arab but the question you are asking these people can actually get into trouble with the government

Why the guy at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="600">10:00</a> speaked french ? He said "c'est pareil" and "c'est bon" ?

The first girl is pretty

By "surrender" they mean make the logical choice to live in peace and become a part of a thriving nation rather than wallow in self pity on the losers side.

Palestinian have not surrender but still fighting for their land .

You gotta learn to ask questions in a less confrontational manner

You're just trying to get hurt now🤦‍♂️ Bless your heart🤣✌️

For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person-though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die- but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. Romans <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="306">5:6</a>‭-‬11 ESV

Before I say anything, I personally do not condone the conditions under which the State of Israel was established; however, that happened 75 years ago and not letting go for the sake of moving forward is just as stupid as it is futile and unrealistic. The problem with this conflict is strictly religious and nationalist; accepting a ruler who is not a Muslim and Arab, basically. I don't think that, even if there was discrimination, the Palestinians living outside Israel have a better and more normal life than the ones living inside. There are very few decent Arab leaders who share wealth with their people and give everyone opportunity to make a living without being discriminated against just for being a normal citizen or having to bribe government officials left, right, and center. Would you rather live under your corrupt Arab and supposedly "Muslim" leadership with limited opportunities and prospects in life because they're busy stuffing their pockets at your expense? Or would you rather live under a non-Arab non-Muslim regime that is representative of natives of the land (Jews) where you can do something with your life? Had Israelis been Muslims, like the Ottomans before, I bet we would have had a very different scenario, even if they came from Europe! One has to ask oneself, is this religious/nationalist war even worth it? Especially when everyone "supposedly" believe in the same "God of Abraham" with some disagreements on how to perform religious rituals and some other insignificant matters? I doubt that there are laws in Israel that prevent Arabs from practicing their cultural or religious identity freely and forcing them to be Zionized. Correct me if I'm wrong. The propaganda of nationalism that the Brits and the French left in the region before they drew the borders was wholesomely consumed by Arabs that they forgot there were no nationalities before, only natives of the land. And this particular land always had Jews in it as proven by many archeological discoveries and historic accounts, and even witness accounts from older Arabs. So, why is it OK for the land to be ruled by Arabs and not by Jews? Aren't both natives of the land? And if that means the end of a conflict that lasted over 75 years and bloodshed on both sides, is it really such a terrible proposition? The Ottomans, who were not even native to the land, ruled for 400 years. Does anyone else see the lack of any sense of logic in this?

The 22 Arab states have almost no Jews or Christians, but the Jews are not entitled to the same?

it's hilarious when they say "I was not here when that happened.", that is an indicator of how they are unloyal to "their country"

Stupid question, there was a war between all the surronding arab countris and israel and israel managed to win, offcourse they didnt want to surrender, they actually really wanted to win and take all the land but failed to do so

Kind of a loaded question to make someone feel subservient. Truth is Israel is beautifully diverse as the world should be . Rabbi Sacks puts it into perspective in "the Dignity of Difference and how its divine

Salam, Shlomo, Shalom, Peace. The Israeli's, Palestinian's, Iranian's, Lebanese Civilians, Need A Two State Solution, The World Needs More Peace, Instead Of More Wars.

In 1948 Israeli Army was made from rival organization (Hagana, Etzel). The overall manpower was 30K and ended as 117K (Wikipedia). As in any army maybe half are front line fighters. Almost no tanks, modest air force. Fighting was on all fronts: North (Syria), East (Jordan), South West (Egypt), West (Egyptian Navy) and other expeditionary forces such as Iraqis. Also, internal uprising from local Arabs. Add to this mix a story about forced expulsion of 600K Arabs. Reply if you understand what kind of efficiency, command and control superiority should have happened. I don't think Allies of 1945 could achieve this kind of performance, if this story is true. So the official Palestinian narrative is forceful expulsion of 600K people. All that when fighting on all fronts... I don't Palestinian and their supporters understand what they are claiming with their 1948 Nakba story. No other army in history achieved that or planned for that.

Hi Corey from Australia. I watch all your shows and am a subscriber and this question wis the most ridiculous you’ve ever presented that I’ve seen.

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَوَفَّاهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ ظَالِمِي أَنفُسِهِمْ قَالُوا فِيمَ كُنتُمْ ۖ قَالُوا كُنَّا مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ ۚ قَالُوا أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَرْضُ اللَّهِ وَاسِعَةً فَتُهَاجِرُوا فِيهَا ۚ فَأُولَٰئِكَ مَأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ وَسَاءَتْ مَصِيرًا Surely, the angels will ask those whom they cause to die while they were acting unjustly towards themselves (by prolonging their stay in the land of the disbelievers and thus transgressing against their own souls), `What circumstances were you in (that you did not avow Islâm openly)?' They will reply, `We were treated as weak in the country (to express our belief).' They (- the angels) will say, `Was not Allâh's earth spacious enough for you to have emigrated therein?' It is these whose abode shall be Gehenna and an evil destination it is!

The man at 8 minutes explains he is a Syrian. So he is a Palestinian? A Syrian Arab from a Syrian village?

Bro, they were forced to surrender. 😂😂

Make one on the Druze, Samaritans and “arameans”

A Blessed Shavuah Tov To All Am Yisroel And Friends Of Zion From Liberated Yehuda And Shomron 🕎🇮🇱🕎🇮🇱

I think Corey could have done a better job asking the many that said they didn't surrender because they were not born yet in 1948. Corey should have ask them if they think their parents, grandparents surrendered, in other words if their community surrendered. It's actually surprising from him, we are used to see him pushing boundaries when interviewees escape questions

This is a really stupid question. Everyone in this video was born after 1948 and even after 1967

The maroon guy kinda makes sense but still misses the context...Zionism was a thing even before the Holocaust, either spiritually which is older, or just the concept of a nation state which is modern like Ben Gurion.The Holocaust gave the urgency for a Jew nation state, but it was slowly being established in Mandatory Palestine. Who knew if the Jews there would've eventually want to split off from a potential single state Palestine especially if it seems many Mirhazi Jews -- who lived in Middle East -- in particular based on interviews seem to be the most nationalistic group. When the Ottomans lost, the Britsh took over the territory, and gave permission Jews to have their own state there, which can be seen as "liberating" for the Jews like how Americans helped "liberating" the Philippines (albeit we Filipinos already close to winning the war against the Spanish). If Arabs of that region did agree also to the conditions, then both Israel and Palestine could've said they both broke off from the Brits at the same time, not feeling like one is overrun by the other.

In the Palestinian psyche of 1948 the raw cruelty of the Ottomans was very much a part of their past experiences before British rule. How did they know that Israel replacing the Ottomans would not be just as cruel. This explains a lot of what happened. It's an untold story never explored or explained

the guy in the middle is delusional if he thinks an average 18-year-old Israeli has any job prospects or the ability to ever own real-estate in Israel lol

ask palestinian freedom fighter please

I think that this guy at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="120">2:00</a> has a point. I mean in a whole video :) I think he is left oriented (which is not so god) but still, I think he has a point to say.

English created the problem. There was no surrender.

This question is wrong, provocative to people already considered Israelis

Can somebody link us to the guy in maroon who had a very insightful answer of this question? He is a such a bright mind.

So, they also decided for you 3,000 years ago as well.

Faith and History is all in the Bible. Joshua, King Saul, King David, and King Solomon all settled this issue with God's direction.

Cette question me paraît brutale

Arab/Israelis: Why do you continue to live with Israeli government rather than with hamas or pa?

God forced them to surrender. End of.

Hey Cory they didn’t surrender to the Jews they were massacred

This was a dumb question. As these Palestinians in the video weren’t born yet.

"We are forced to live with them" - mentality of arabs in 1920 when jews arrived and arabs started rioting. This is what led to the current conflict.

Well we were born to this situation. I beleive they did not surrender, they had no power. They were kicked out of their homes and no Arab country stood with them.

no one surrendered....there was a cease fire agreement

They did not surrender, they were defeated, they had no chance agist the well funded and well armed Israelis. After the establishment of Israel the Arabs were placed under military rule for 19 years (until 1966). @Corey please fix your mic

Your faith in "good" people and your hospitality will be exploited later in the future. Now we see the results.

Being Jewish means attaining the sensation of two contrasting forces in nature, the egoistic force, which is our human nature, and its opposite altruistic force, which is the force of nature itself. The attainment of these two forces define the people who, first under Abraham, developed this sensation of reality. They became known as the people of Israel, and later, as the Jews. At a certain point, around 2.000 years ago, we lost the sensation of the two forces and lived solely in the egoistic force. That is the meaning of being in exile. Exile has no geographic connotations, i.e. that we left some geographic Land of Israel and now we return to it. It is rather a matter of an inner exile, that we do not host the sensation of the altruistic nature, i.e. the quality of love, bestowal and connection, between us. When we fell from this sensation, we then entered our period of exile and ceased to exist as the people of Israel.

I wasn't born yet bruv

Sad story about the Bedouins.. Reminds me of the indigenous people in the country that is now called the USA. Or the indigenous people of the land that is now called Greenland. Or the Roma and Sinti population. Or the Molukkers in the Netherlands who were kept in former concentration camps. Wiki: "Geschiedenis van de Molukkers in Nederland".

Asking people why they surrendered in 1948 when they weren't even born yet in 1948. That's logic.

the answer in very simple! they surrended because the jews in this areas got a millitary superiority important to remember in gaza strip, west bank and golan heighiest jews didn't got millitary superiority in 1948!

some comments on the guy at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="120">2:00</a> 1)there are no arab jews,we never felt as arabs and there was never an attempt to make us feel like arabs.besides the fact many mizrahi jews didnt even speak arabic(assyriac jews like my moms family,jews to turkey,iran,caucaus,central asia,jews who lived among berbers,ladino speaking jews),the middle eastern and north african jews didnt integrate into the arab population. assyriac jews and jews of iraq,iran,caucasus ans central asia married with one another and studied at each other's religious schools,and of them only iraqi jews spoke arabic on daily basis...the banishemtn of jews from across the muskim and arab world proves jews were never regarded as "arabs". 2)there were no "palestinian jews"- the samaritans were forced over many years of persecution to convert to islam(sometimes just plain forced mass conversion)and now count less than 1000 people. half of them live within israel and all of them hace israeli citizenship and non of them participate in violence against israel. as for the rabbanical jews-i think 1834 safe and hebron riots,1919 gaza banishments,1920 riots,1921 nabi musa riots and 1929 hebron ans safed riots show the arab population(especially the islamist one)never considered the ancient jewish communities here as "palestinian",and they certainly didnt view themselves that way.. 3)zionism in the land of israel started the moment tanzimat(equal rights to non muslims) was granted across the ottoman lands. tel aviv oldest nieghbourhoods and west jerusalem oldest neifhbourhoods were built by yemenite jews under ottoman era.till 1939 israel had few hundred thousand jews.jews had wish to return to israel and maintained presence in israel all through history. they didnt want to uproot anyone-they were purchasing land from willing owners registered in ottoman land registry till 1947...the violence came when the islamists started violence against jews,all thw way back to 1884 petach tikva attack. religious and ethnic groups who werent attacking the jews like circassians,certain christian villages,druze and samaritans were granted citizenship right when israel was created.

Why ask this provocative question? What are you trying to learn?

Stupid question to ask young folks Corey, don’t you think so?

Sometimes I get the impression that being an Arab Israeli is like being a North Korean. If someone asks you question as an Arab Israeli they stare into the abyss and say something the state would want them to say.

Really badly worded question! Most of these people werent alive then

They had a choice? Smh

Why would they suddenly have a problem "surrendering" when the didn't for the last two millennia when the land was controlled by imperial and colonialist powers. Mind boggling to me.

In 1948 arab countries attacked Israel without any warning or provocation. If you want to solve any conflict look at the origins.The rest are just consiquences.

Ashkenaz jews or mizrahi jews or their mixed are more in israel,especially in youngest generation thst born after 2000.

If you have to blank out answers there is something to hide so stopped watching

The Arabs that were living in Israel at its founding fled because their own leaders told them to, not because the Jews forced them out (one of the many Arab untruths). The neighboring Arabs believed that their combined armies would easily and quickly crush Israel and kill all the Jews, and then the displaced Arabs could return to their homes almost immediately. Having the Arabs out of the way would make that massacre easier. However, the Jews won that war. The Arabs that chose not to flee Israel became Israeli citizens and are living the best life of any Arabs in the Middle East. The Arabs that fled were herded by their own leaders into permanent refugee camps to be used as a propaganda weapon for again blaming the Jews. The irony is that virtually all of the fled Arabs were recent immigrants into Israel in the first place.

what you mean "surrender"? they lost 3 f times

They won the war defensively, they draw the lines😊

Ask the Jews why they have lost the land. If God promised them the land, why hasn't God kept them in the land?