Ashkenazi and Sephardic Israelis: Why do you think this land belongs to you more than Palestinians? 

Jews from Yemen were never "Spaniards". Those who are called "Spadi" are those whose ancestors were expelled from Spain at the time the Jews were expelled from Spain, most of those Jews immigrated to North Africa. The ancestors of the Jews of Yemen immigrated from Jerusalem before the destruction of the First Temple and remained there until 1949. (The majority) So there are Ashkenazim, and there are Sephardim and there are Yemenites, you can call the Sephardim and Yemenites "mizrahim"

the word "Se[hardic" (Spanish) doesn't mean they are from spain lol... that means that they follow the Halachic rules made by RAMBAM (rabbi moshe ben mimon) who was living in spain. that's why the jews that called "sephardic" are called like this. glad to help

The question is phrased in an assumptive accusatory tone that immediately puts people in a defensive mode. You should have rephrased it to "do you think...? " and "why?"

The guy at 10:00 is a typical case of “I don’t believe in God but I belive God gave us this land”.

In earlier years, this was my favorite channel. I used to be so happy with each new video but I began to lose interest. The responses don't seem to add anything to my understanding of Israel, Palestine, Judaism, or Islam. Jews tend to be more open and express a wider range of opinions but nothing unexpected. Palestinians in the West Bank express the required anti-Zionist mantra. Israeli Arabs express a wider range of opinions. Reading the comments is a nightmare. Thoughtful comments are overwhelmed by knee-jerk stupidities from idiots wanting to further their agenda, often anti-semitic and not relevant. I am not sure why this channel worked better in the early days. Maybe all the questions have already been asked.

The holy land argument makes no sense, if that were true then Americans would hand our land back to the native Americans

God. There are so many things wrong here... Let's just start with the question which shows such ignorance. The fact that you call the people who are not Ashkenazi - "Sephardi". That in itself is wrong. It's important what word you use. Sephardi are a small minority of the people who are not Ashkenazi and they usually came from places like Greece, Turkey, maybe Bulgaria and a minority of the Jews from North Africa and some of the Jews in the land of Israel. These people have a unique heritage like the Ladino language which resembles Spanish a bit and was to the Sephardi Jews what Yiddish was to the Ashkenazi Jews. And I think that they are indeed descendants of Jews that were expelled from Spain in the 15th century. BUT, most of the non Ashkenazi Jews are what we call MIZRAHI (eastern) Jews. They come from ARAB countries. They didn't necessarily come to the middle east from Spain. Some lived in these Arab regions for millennia and their language was ARABIC. Now to be fair I would add that in Israel also these names - Sephardi and Mizrahi are used in an ambiguous way to refer to non Ashkenazi Jews without a distinction. That's why many of the people you interviewed agreed when you told them - so you are Sephardi? even though many of them were probably Mizrahi and not Sephardi. I think that ambiguity stems from the fact that many Mizrahi Jews prefer people to connect them to Spain rather than the Arab world which is considered more primitive. If they'd say they were Mizrahi, people would know that they came from an Arab country. If they say they're Sephardi, it's like not exactly clear if they came from the Arab world or they come from the true Sephardi community which is more connected to the Jewish-Spanish heritage.

As a latin american part-jew, i think the strongest argument for israelis isn't God's promise, but the fact that most people in this video were born there and their parents too. I ask this of every one of you reading this: ask yourself, did you choose to be born where you did? None of us did. So now we have to fix the situation we're in, hopefully without disturbing peace (that goes for both sides)

Imagine if we based all our arguments from 2000 years ago most people will own anything

Thank you Corey for your work 👏🏻

The entire country should get their heritage tested.

إسرائيل هي الدولة الوحيدة بعد 80 سنة من تأسيسها ما تزال تطرح أسئلة شرعيتها في الوجود .. السبب هو أنها تأسست بطريقة فريدة، دعوة جميع يهود العالم للتجمع في أرض تاريخيا كان يعيش فيها اليهود.. لكن هذه الأرض لم تكن أبدا و في أي مرحلة من التاريخ لم تكن أرضا خالية، حسب التناخ أبراهام جاء من العراق و سكن فلسطين التي كانت مسكونة بالكنعانيين، و حتى موسى بعدما خرج من مصر و عاد ببني إسرائيل إلى فلسطين كانت هذه الأرض مسكونة بشعوب أخرى.. كذلك عندما ظهرت الحركة الصهيونية الحديثة كانت فلسطين مسكونة بالعرب و الدروز و غيرهم من القوميات .. حق تقرير المصير لليهود لا يعطيهم الحق في إلغاء حق تقرير المصير لسكان فلسطين .. كذلك حق العودة لليهود لا يجب أن يمنع اللاجئين الفلسطينيين أو العرب الذين خرجوا في هذه الحروب من العودة.. الأنبياء مثل إبراهيم و اسحاق و يعقوب و اسماعيل و موسى و يسوع ليست حكرا على دين واحد، الاسلام مأخود أغلبه من اليهودية، كذلك اليهودية كثير من قصصها مقتبسة من أديان سومر و آشور و حتى الأدعية و الصلوات و الكثير من التصورات عن الحياة بعد الموت مقتبسة من معتقدات المصريين القدماء.. لذلك لا أرى أن " الرب " يلعب دور منعش عقارات فيعطي أو يعد شعبا بأرض و يترك الشعوب الأخرى.. في السياسة الإسرائيلية الحالية هناك تجاذب بين قوتين متنافرتين : دولة يهودية و ديمقراطية .. كلما زادت نسبة الديمقراطية تقل نسبة اليهودية .. والعكس صحيح .. تحياتي للجميع .. و سبت سلام لكم جميعا.

As a dual Israeli Australian citizen I'm shocked by the last guy. Australia very much does not let just anyone immigrate (unless they have a few million dollars to invest in the country). Also, to say that everything is dandy and there's no ethnic strife in Australia is frighteningly myopic.

You should ask Palastinias why they think Jerusalem belongs to them more than Israelies

Simple answer because the Koran, Bible and Torah says it’s the land of the Jewish people.

"Who are the Palestinians?" If you can't see how that question alone is part of the problem then all is lost.

The question is why did Jews come to Europe in the first place? They exiled from the Land of Israel because of the conquest of different missionary empires such as the Hellenistic, Roman, Islamic, Ottoman and other empires. Jews had to flee! Even those who were in Spain fled in the deportation of Spain to other countries in the Middle East. Jews in Arab countries underwent ethnic cleansing. The fact is that there is no safe place for Jews and Jews should live in their own country. Probably in the country where they were created and arose as endigines

Sephardi means spanish but is a bit of a misnomer as it refers both to ethincally sephardic jews, as well as the Mizrahi Jews of North Africa and the middle east. Mizrahi were heavily influenced by sephardic culture after jews fled to their countries after being expelled from the Iberian peninsula. However ethincally they can be descendent from jews who always lived in MENA or a combimation of multiple ethnicities.

Archaeology , science. Indigenous people. You can go on and on how it was wish repurchased at a huge price from the British. The Arab was Jordan.

I understand the question, but it isn’t the smartest, to be honest. even though Mizrahi Jews have stronger connection to this land genetically, also Ashkenazi Jews does. apart from the fact that they belong to it historically, culturally, and religiously, a good amount of Ashkenazi Jews are connected to the Israelites genetically. the fact that they were expelled to Europe a long time ago, does not mean they’re indigenous to Europe, or belong to it at all. the holocaust happened for a reason. because even though some Jews had blue eyes and blonde hair, the Nazis believed they were a different species that did not belong to Europe. and they weren’t wrong about this part. they really didn’t belong to Europe. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Remarkably simplistic question! They're in Israel now, they were in Morocco before, and they were in Spain before that. Why would someone start at that point in history. Jews are characterized as Sefardim or Ashkenazim (as well as others). This isn't too suggest that they originated from Spain or Europe - duh! They were all expelled from the land of Israel. I could be more tolerant and go along with the "every question is a good question" line, but this question is almost always brought by antisemites as another attempt to eradicate our connection to the land of Israel.

No land belongs to any particular religion Mankind have always occupied land based on power and premiership

The reading that I have done on the matter says that during the inter-war years, the word 'Palestinian' meant 'Jew.' The Jews were the Palestinians who were re-settling their ancient homeland. Indeed, there always was a Jewish presence in 'Palestine' from the time of the destruction of the temple (A.D. 70) until the beginnings of the Zionist movement in the mid-to-late 19th century. Furthermore, depending on the source one uses, between 52% and 65% of Jewish Israelis have their origins in the countries of North Africa and the Middle East. They and their descendants can tell of how the Arab nations did a very thorough job of ethnically cleansing their countries of their Jewish citizens. Finally, I find it very telling that many Arab Israelis have very quietly decided that, regardless of Israel's shortcomings, they are better of living in a Jewish state than in any of the surrounding Arab nations. A final note here: I understand the term 'Arab' to be a linguistic one designating the 22 Arabic-speaking nations of the Middle East and North Africa.

Because the books we wrote state that we're god's chosen people and god gave us this land. It sounds so ridiculous 😅

“I think the world belongs to everybody!” This is sooooo beautiful..❤

the land belongs to whomever is strong enough to hold it. like it or not this is the way of the world throughout human history. the palestinians aren't strong enough to hold it.

The Palestinians are Arabs from Algeria Egypt Jordon Syria and Lebanon Origins the Jews Originated from Israel end of Story.

Last answer was the most rational and logical one, we conquered, we own it. If they will conquered back then it is theirs This is how politics and life works

Great work Cory I tell people all the time about you and the great work you do on the ask project! Am YISRAEL Chai

"Most Zionists don't believe that God exists but they do believe he promised them PALESTINE" - Ilan Pappe

They only know promise land given to the jew, but they didn’t obey God’s commands and land taken from them by God. They can’t have any land until Jesus come , stealing land from others there will be a big punishment.

The claim of the Jews to the land is HISTORIC, not biblical, anyone who traveled in israel knows how strong and deep the connection of Jews to that land is, there are Hebrew writings in every archeological site, that israeli kids can easily read today. Jews always lived in Jerusalem, zfat, akre and Tiberius, and even Napoleon himself back in 1780 initiate a movement of jews returning to palestine (google it). The last guy is correct too, in all of the wars that were forced on the israelis they have won. if that doesn't give them entitlement to that land , I don't know what will. Pro palestinians thinks that Israel started in 1948, but the mass return of jews to Israel started in 1860 with the "old Yishuv" at the same time when native american experienced the Trail of tears. if Israelis need to give the land they "stole" in 1860, than please expel all European Americans from New york, and give it back to the natives.

My answer to the question, as a third generation Middle Eastern Israeli Jew, that the Jews are not only a religion, they are also a people! how does it work? How can it be said that all Jews are related to a country in the Middle East, if some of them are Europeans, or Sephardi? Very simply, the most fundamental difference between Judaism and Christianity and Islam is this: Christianity and Islam are religions founded on preaching and spreading the religion to all the surrounding nations. Christianity sent messengers all over the world, and Islam conquered huge territories in order to spread the religion. Both Christianity and Islam have engaged in forced conversion throughout history, which is why they now number billions of believers all over the world. If you take a random Christian or Muslim, and investigate how the religion came to his family, you will likely end up with a charismatic preacher who taught them about Jesus and the New Testament, or Muhammad and the Kuran, or armed conquerors who converted by force or torture. Judaism is completely different. Judaism supported that Jews keep the Torah, and non-Jews keep the seven mitzvot of Noah's sons. Judaism is a religion of tradition. A tradition that passes between father and son, mother and daughter, rabbi and his community, and so on. And the tradition was preserved in such a way that thousands of years after the destruction of the house, all Jewish (religious) communities preserved it. In Asia, Europe, Africa, they prayed in Hebrew, observed the mitzvot and the Jewish Halacha, read Hebrew Torah books, performed the Jewish ceremonies, and always prayed that a day would come and they would see Israel and Jerusalem in its glory. The Jewish religion has never abandoned the desire to return to our homeland. If you take a religious Jew and investigate how Judaism came to his family, most likely it is a tradition that is thousands of years old, preserved despite the endless attempts to exterminate Judaism and the Jews. No, I am not saying that the land belongs only to the Jews, and I am not saying that the Arabs who lived here have no right or connection to it. I believe that Jews can live in peace with everyone in the Land of Israel. My midwife was Arab, and so was my teacher. I certainly hope that a day will come when Arabs will not be afraid to live among Jews, and Jews will not be afraid to live among Arabs. And I am a strictly orthodox Jew.

You can lie to yourselves but it's simple and everyone knows it: you came and occupied the land. Took it by arms and killing original owners. Period.

1) Because even when under the caliphate they NEVER ONCE EVER fought for a land, territory, or people called “Palestine/Palestinian.” 2) Because according to the UN the definition of “Palestinian” today mean someone there for 18 months! Tomorrow it will be different. 3) Because Zahir Muhsein, PLO executive committee said in 1977 “the creation of a Palestinian state is only a means of continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our a r ab unity. In reality, today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since a r ab national interests demand that we posit an existence of a distinct Palestinian people to oppose Zionism.” 4) Because Yasser Arafat also proudly stated in his authorized biography that, "If there is any such thing as a Palestinian people, it is I, Yasser Arafat, who created them."!!!!!! How many reasons would you like?

And God said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, look with your eyes and see from the place where you are, the north and the east and the west, for the whole world Whatsoever you see, I will give you and your seed forever, and I will make your seed as dust The land which, if a man can number the dust of the land, your seed also shall number" (Genesis 13) This is the Jewish claim to the Land of Israel, a 4000 year old divine promise

You should ask Palestinians why they built their mosque on the ruins of the Jewish Temple and why they lie to the world that they are the natives of the place and not Jews. Why don't you ask about the Muslim occupation that this country suffered for years?

Here is my explanation as a Turkish born American Sephardi: Let's say the family called the Smith family owned a large piece of land somewhere in New Mexico USA where siblings and cousins - extended family lived a modest life. One day another family - the Andrews family - comes along and offers to buy all that land, houses etc. for a very good price. The Smith family take advantage of this once in a lifetime offer and sell the land to the Andrews family. The Andrews cultivate the land, start a farming industry, educate their children who later start building technology and an industry. Three generations after the Andrews' bought the land and their grand children are living there, one day the grand children of the Smiths come back and tell them this was their grandfather's land and they want it back. Would this be acceptable? Would it be legal? After the Zionist congress in 1898, Jews bought land on Ottoman controlled Palestine. (The land records, the deed records still exist). For example the Sursock family - Christian Arabs - sold their vast amount of land around the Jezreel valley to Jews from 1901 to 1925.In 1948 there were lands owned by Jews as well as land owned by Arabs, everything else was passed from the Ottoman Empire to the British Empire by Treaty of Versailles. UN decided to partition the Palestinian land left after Jordan was carved out from Palestine, to be shared between the Jews and Arabs, each ethnicity to create their own sovereign state where they held the majority of the population and dividing the British land in proportion. This way Arabs received about 60% and Jews 40% of the land. Jews accepted the deal and declared independence while Syria, Egypt, Jordan and Iraq, without asking what the local Arabs of Palestine wanted, decided to wipe out Israel and the rest is history as we know it.

The last guy is the most sensible.

Hello people in the comments who have issue with us, I don’t think the land belongs to me more than to Palestinians. Now what’s your issue?

Ask them are they okay with annexing Gaza and giving its people full citizenship?

Thank you to all the AI bots who have contributed to this discussion.

5:41 I am not letting you set up a state in my country. I will however allow you to live here as a citizen under our country.

"The problem with Israel, in short, is not-as is sometimes suggested-that it is a European "enclaves" in the Arab world; but rather that it arrived too late. It has imported a characteristically late-nineteenth- century separatist project into a world that has moved on, a world on individual rights , open frontiers, and international law. The very Idea of a "Jewish state"- a state in which Jews and Jewish religion have exclusive privileges from which non-Jewish citizens are forever excluded- is rooted in another time and place. Israel, in short, is an anachronism."---Tony Judt, historian

Im a jew with roots in Bulgaria (both sides of my family). Both sides of my family have Hebrew surnames (and no, they werent hebraized, we've had them for all of our traceable history) - Mashiach (משיח) - means Messiah in hebrew, and Melamed (מלמד) which means Teacher (the one who used to teach Torah to the small kids in the Cheider was called Melamed). Even my grandma's maiden name was "Yisrael". Im pretty sure non of these are "european" surnames and are much more indigenous than any arab surnames, especially those such as Al-Masri (literally means "The Egyptian" in Arabic), as Hebrew is the indigenous language of the land and the only canaanite language to still be alive to this day. Unlike arabic which is a colonialist language and doesn't belong to anywhere outside the arabian peninsula.

Gaza is Jewish land, Judea and Samaria is Jewish land, there is no Palestine

Ask arabs or isrealis why u think gaza and West Bank is not a part of isreal? while it is the only nation declare independence and according to international law uti possidetis juri, Ukraine borders include crimes, why exception made for isreal which should have according to the norms, inherit the previous borders of British Palestine borders (from Jordanian dead sea to the red sea)?

There was only one person who seemed to understand why. The reason is that because in 1922 the land was divided between the Arab Muslims and the Jews. This is what the Arab Muslims wanted and demanded. As a result they got 80% of the land and the Jews were left with 20%. The 80% is now called Jordan. Therefore, the Jews have more right to live in the 20% that is left (Israel) than the Arab Muslims.

I came to Israel around 7 years ago from Russia, I'm Jewish, not religious. Since 7th of October I started more deeply searching for the answers on my unpopular questions. The problem of historic books is the rewriting them in different periods, and probably it happens everywhere. There's such a thing as replacing Arab people from the land of today's Israel when the state was established. Some of the people left by themselves, some were replaced (though finding this info is extremely difficult as it doesn't fit Israeli propaganda), but I'll find it. Since the beginning of this war suddenly everybody from both sides became historicans (the same in Russia-Ukraine war), but probably everybody does this reading differently

The last interviewee with the Australian passport was the best in my opinion. Or at least the most aligned with common sense. Yes there are deeper questions about what is happening in Gaza and how to humanely deal with the situation but generally speaking... he was correct.

It's a historical fact that Jews left Syria Palaestina because they were driven out . While living in Europe for about 2000 years, they picked up some European genes, but that doesn't make them "European" . The scope for asking such a question is very narrow.

These Jewish people were expelled from the land for 2000 years. Their ancestors had to live somewhere until 1948 so why does it matter if a couple hundred years ago their ancestors lived in Morocco or Spain? The ancestors from Morocco or Spain had ancestors too and they trace back to the Biblical land of Israel. The land belongs to the Jewish people because God says the land belongs to the Jewish people. Their land deed is in the Bible. The truth is, Jesus Christ is God and He is coming back. Everything is happening on His time. He is the Creator, The Beginning and the End, The Word, The Messiah, etc. He said in the latter days the Jews would return to their homeland and that is what is happening. The Jews are God’s chosen people, and He is not done with them. If you have an issue with this then talk to Jesus Christ who is The Almighty God about it. No matter what you think or how you feel will stop or prevent the truth. The Jews will call out for Jesus at the end of the tribulation, and He will return. Jesus Christ is God and He came to this earth 2000 years ago wrapped in flesh. He came to this earth to shed his innocent blood and die on the cross for everyone’s sins. He is the Lamb of God. Anyone who puts their trust in Him and Him alone will be saved and will spend all eternity with Him in Heaven. Ephesians 2:8-9 “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast.” John 1:29 John the baptist 29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

historically jewish are the native of the land of israel

גם באוסטרליה יש קריטריונים. בישראל הקריטריונים הם יהדות ונאמנות למדינה היהודית ישראלית. כמו שיש דרוזים ישראלים, ערבים ישראלים או נוצרים ישראלים...

Many Palestinians descent from neighoring arab countries. The arab , mamluk, egeptian, ottman colonial powers enabled arabs to migrate to Palestine. They were also unjustly prioritised and protected while jews were persecuted and often prevented from migrating to the land.

What about The Ethiopian Jews(Beta Israelis), why don't you ask them the same question.

How blind one has to be to think that Moroccan, Yemeni, and German Jews belong to the same genetic cluster. The average Palestinian is way closer genetically to the first people to call themselves Jews than are European Jews.

this gonna be racist as hell but there is significant amount of intelligence difference between Ashkenazis and the rest

I love jewish people I wish one day to visit Israel

Ask to Israelis and Palestinians: *1.* What do you think about some female ISIS group members who're freehair as minorities in reality? *2.* What do you think about some female ISIS group members who're without headscarf and veil as minorities in reality? All female ISIS group members wearing long dress like long pants,long shirts as their indress and long gown as their outdress.

Both Sephardic and ashkenazi jews have significant middle eastern ancestry with southern european admixture

1. Before Israel, there was a British mandate, not a Palestinian state 2. Before the British Mandate, there was the Ottoman Empire, not a Palestinian state. 3. Before the Ottoman Empire, there was the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, not a Palestinian state. 4. Before the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, there was the Ayubid Arab-Kurdish Empire, not a Palestinian state. 5. Before the Ayubid Empire, there was the Frankish and Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, not a Palestinian state. 6. Before the Kingdom of Jerusalem, there was the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, not a Palestinian state. 7. Before the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, there was the Byzantine empire, not a Palestinian state. 8. Before the Byzantine Empire, there were the Sassanids, not a Palestinian state. 9. Before the Sassanid Empire, there was the Byzantine Empire, not a Palestinian state. 10. Before the Byzantine Empire, there was the Roman Empire, not a Palestinian state. 11. Before the Roman Empire, there was the Hasmonean state, not a Palestinian state. 12. Before the Hasmonean state, there was the Seleucid, not a Palestinian state. 13. Before the Seleucid empire, there was the empire of Alexander the Great, not a Palestinian state. 14. Before the empire of Alexander the Great, there was the Persian empire, not a Palestinian state. 15. Before the Persian Empire, there was the Babylonian Empire, not a Palestinian state. 16. Before the Babylonian Empire, there were the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, not a Palestinian state. 17. Before the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, there was the Kingdom of Israel, not a Palestinian state. 18. Before the kingdom of Israel, there was the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, not a Palestinian state. 19. Before the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, there was an agglomeration of independent Canaanite city-kingdoms, not a Palestinian state. 20. Actually, in this piece of land there has been everything, EXCEPT A PALESTINIAN STATE. (Borrowed from a friend) A little more history for those wanting to 'restore Palestine'. In 132 AD the Emperor Hadrian resolved to stamp the Jews and their religion out of existence. He sold all Jewish prisoners into slavery after the revolt of Bar Kikhba, forbade the teaching of the Torah, renamed the province Syria Palaestina, and changed Jerusalem’s name to Aelia Capitolina. He renamed Israel to wipe out the national identity of Israel and the Jews. So if you are looking to 'restore Palestine to the Palestinians', you need to give it back to the Jews.

Imagine if Jews had instead made a New Zion in, say, NW Australia…..

Stealing people's home is wrong

מה זה קשור לנושא של ספרדי\אשכנזי? אפשר פשוט לשאול יהודים שעלו לארץ (או שהסבים\האבות עלו לארץ), בלי קשר לעדה שלהם...

Do you believe in God? No. What is your right to colonize Palestine? Because the Bible says so! Okaaay...

10:42 simply PERFECT… there was a war they won it….period… also kaliningrad or breslau were german… they loose the war they loose land… i don’t care about religion bullshit or other stupid stuff…this guy was perfect

​all these haters in the comments are just confused. The jewish attachment to the land of israel is stronger. That's why they won all the wars against the Palestinins and other Arab nations. That's also why they built a country. New cities everywhere and a thriving economy. Palestinians never contributed anything to the development of the land. They were a tiny people that lived in poverty for hundreds of years in cities that were once jewish.

And also, the powers that created the counties and boarders of Lebanon, iraq, Syria and jordan also decided Israel as the home for the Jewish people, so if you respect iraqs or Syria's right to exist you also have to respect Israel being the Jewish home

Also, both the diaspora and the in-gathering are prophesied in the Tanach. We’ve been saying “Next year in Jerusalem!” for two thousand years. Arabs have got 56 countries. Why shouldn’t we have one?

The last guy was refreshingly honest.

God gave me that land, it's too easy, bla bla bla, but the problem is that when archaeologists search the ground of Israël, they find coins which are more than 2000 years old, and any Israëli could read what's written on it. So it is not only God promised this land to me, but also my ancestors used to live there.

Always love you videos Corey

Unbiased and unemotional response from the last guy 👍🏽 pretty much sums it up imo

Good episode. Thanks. My belief, based on observation of historical conflicts, and speaking as an outsider, is that people want "Nation". But that word "Nation" means "refuge" to many, "enterprise" to others, and a "mixture" to yet others. The fact that Arab Israelis are exempt from army service, says that something remains unclear. The Arabs want it all? Not committed to Nation?

"If I don't steal it then someone else will" - Fat Yakob the settler from NY

No response at all except it's a British project.

The concentration of the people from a religion or a nation in a place, country etc, is a matter of geopolitical situations... Situations created a Jewish state, so these people came to their ancient homeland ... So easy to understand. What is the problem ??

Some lands were conquered, some were bought, some were uninhabitable and had no owners. The fact is that the last border expansion happened almost 60 years ago (voluntary border reduction at 2005 btw) and there are many hundreds of thousands of Israelis living on those lands. This is just a fact of reality, and no one on earth can change it or cause those hundreds of thousands to evacuate. If it was my land lost I would be salty too tbh, but by now (60 years later) its a fact that can't be changed, I would just accept it and try to make the best of the situation I am in.

So, with this way of thinking, the U.S. belongs to the American Indians? I better get packing and move back to Europe..

Because of Balfour declaration, sam remo conference and mandate system and international law. Almost the same reason why syria belongs to syrians, lebanon to lebanese, jordan to jordanians. Not because religious books, like many people want to answer. Watch great educational videos fro m Eugene Kontorovich.

They have no clue why the land belongs to them. Deep down they know this is not their land.

It's very simple... the last man explains it... the Jews went from being victims to victimizers, but some come out with stories and biblical fables that they are God's chosen ones..

40% of ashcenazi DNA originate in the the anciant levant

Ashkenazi Jews dispersed in Europe as a result of the Spanish Inquisition. So ur notion that only Jews from Arab countries are Sephardic is wrong. My family ended up in Holland and Poland. They’re considered Ashkenazi but are originally from Spain.

A crash course on history of the State of Israel: ‎‏1. Before Israel, there was a British mandate, not a Palestinian state ‎‏2. Before the British Mandate, there was the Ottoman Empire, not a Palestinian state. ‎‏3. Before the Ottoman Empire, there was the Islamic state oYf the Mamluks of Egypt, not a Palestinian state. ‎‏4. Before the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, there was the Ayubid Arab-Kurdish Empire, not a Palestinian state. ‎‏5. Before the Ayubid Empire, there was the Frankish and Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, not a Palestinian state. ‎‏6. Before the Kingdom of Jerusalem, there was the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, not a Palestinian state. ‎‏7. Before the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, there was the Byzantine empire, not a Palestinian state. ‎‏8. Before the Byzantine Empire, there were the Sassanids, not a Palestinian state. ‎‏9. Before the Sassanid Empire, there was the Byzantine Empire, not a Palestinian state. ‎‏10. Before the Byzantine Empire, there was the Roman Empire, not a Palestinian state. ‎‏11. Before the Roman Empire, there was the Hasmonean state, not a Palestinian state. ‎‏12. Before the Hasmonean state, there was the Seleucid, not a Palestinian state. ‎‏13. Before the Seleucid empire, there was the empire of Alexander the Great, not a Palestinian state. ‎‏14. Before the empire of Alexander the Great, there was the Persian empire, not a Palestinian state. ‎‏15. Before the Persian Empire, there was the Babylonian Empire, not a Palestinian state. ‎‏16. Before the Babylonian Empire, there were the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, not a Palestinian state. ‎‏17. Before the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, there was the Kingdom of Israel, not a Palestinian state. ‎‏18. Before the kingdom of Israel, there was the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, not a Palestinian state. ‎‏19. Before the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, there was an agglomeration of independent Canaanite city-kingdoms, not a Palestinian state. ‎‏20. Actually, in this piece of land there has been everything, EXCEPT A PALESTINIAN STATE.

Two words: cognitive dissonance

The truth is and according to documented history and DNA studies ; ancient Hebrews branches off the Canaanites and invented the stories of the fictional character Moses and the Exudes to give themselves a glorified and distinguished history. They also invented “ god gave us the land” . What happened after that is mostly, glorified facts mixed with some fiction.

“So if it’s all or nothing, that’s what you get” Pretty much sums up all that’s going on there for the last ~ 150 years

The land belongs to hashem it is his home and we are the gatekeepers. I think all should be welcome however it is a lot more complicated

have dna test and if they are european, they are european, if they middle eastern, they are middle eastern

God gave us this land is the most wild reason, and god gave manhattan, I guess they got to move!

In 1948 a million Jews were ethnically cleansed from Arab countries. 700,000 Arabs left Israel because of threats by the Mufti and Jordan not Israel. Those Jews now number 2 million. Do you expect them to go back to Muslim countries?

The last guy made the most sense. He was so blunt, and put it in simple terms. Only solution is one state for Palestinians and Israelis with equal rights. Anything less than that will never work

I believe 40 to 50% of Israeli Jews are mixed of the diasporas being part Ashkenazi Sephardi Mizrahi etc Jews regardless.... although i believe the majority of Prime Minesters and many party leaders tend to be Ashkenazi heritage due to the fact most Zionist movements where Ashkenazim origins.. not that odd really..

The story is done thankfully. The lie of Palestine is vanishing and soon forgotten.

Im a muslim and i think all the answers Are good and human Like 👍

God never ever give it to Egypt or Palestine or Ishmael or Muhammad,

The 2000 years since the destruction of the 2nd temple is the blink of an eye in terms of genetics. Jews fled to places in Europe but even with some intermarriage over the centuries it doesn't change genetics. It's how you got people who are pretty brown, in places like Lithuania which is north of Poland. Some of those brown people emigrated to the US, first to the East Coast and then California, and a few generations later there was my mom, who was pretty brown and I'm a bit too brown to be considered "white" in most of the US. People would say "You're 'something'" or "Really, what are you?" it's pretty funny. My mother and her people wanted to bury the past so thoroughly that we kids were told we're a bit brown because we're part Navajo. At least it's a bit more imaginative than the old Cherokee lie. But it turns out not to be true. I'm probably about 2 years out from making aliyah.

COREY... I love your work. But please understand these are tough times, and MANY have family currently in the IDF. Even if not on the front lines or on the battlefield, for many, they may not have an easy time answering right now.