Debunking the Palestine Lie 

Cant believe that this video is from 13 years ago, and tons of people still simply refuse to study history.

I guess you can't have a 2-state solution when the Palestinians will only accept one state as the solution.

Imagine starting a war because you refused to have peace, and then get destroyed in the war, and then start complaining the other side were the evil ones.

Starting wars @ losing them doesn't make you the victiim

welp, this aged well.

Firstly a disclaimer: Not a Jew, not an Arab, simply a Brit who studies Arabic at university and lived in Jordan (Amman) and Palestine (Ramallah) for a year. I lean more towards supporting Israel on the conflict (I refuse to use the term "pro-Israel" because it gives the impression that I side with Israel on all aspects, which would obviously be ludicrous), but ultimately see both sides as having good and bad within them. While overall this video is correct in the information it provides (and is 7 years out-of-date), it does also leave out events and information (the Deir Yassin massacre of 107 Palestinian villagers, the controversy surrounding Plan Dalet, the exploitation of Ottoman home ownership laws etc) that would more correctly portray both sides of the conflict (although admittedly not every single facet can be shown without the video becoming hours long). It also jumps from the conclusion of the 1948 war to the Camp David accords of the early 2000s, completely ignoring many important things that happened in-between such as the 6 Day War and the start of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Khartoum Resolution, Black September, the Munich Massacre, the Yom Kippur War, the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty, the Israeli invasion and occupation of southern Lebanon, the First Intifada, the Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty and the Oslo Accords. Post-2000 the video also ignores the construction of the West Bank barrier and checkpoints, the 2006 Lebanon War and the 2008 Operation Cast Lead. As for the information provided, whilst (as previously stated) the information is generally accurate, there are some mistakes that I'll correct: 0:45 - There were no borders pre-1967. After the conclusion of the 1948 war, the Israelis and the Arabs agreed to armistice lines separating Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt from Israel. The Arabs made it explicitly clear that these were simply ceasefire lines and didn't demarcate country boundaries, for the simple fact that it would unofficially be a recognition of Israel (which they refused to do). 1:46 - True, but while 10% were Jews, the majority of that 10% were recent refugees and immigrants from Europe making Aliyah. 3:28 (with reference to 2:31) - The Palestinian people didn't exist at this point as a national identity. Palestinian nationalism, the idea of the unique Palestinian people, arose as a response to Zionism and Israel and came to the forefront after the Arab defeat in the 6 Day War. At this point the now-Palestinians saw themselves simply as Arabs, no different from the other Levantines of Greater Syria, and pan-Arab nationalism and support of King Faisal was very much the default at the time (in fact his defeat and exile to Iraq after the 1920 Franco-Syrian War is one of the causes of the Nebi Musa Riots discussed from 3:22). It was mostly the collapse of the United Arab Republic in 1961; the humiliation of Abdel Nasser, the figurehead of pan-Arab nationalism, after his defeat in the 6 Day War; and the work of Yasser Arafat and his opposition to Zionism that led to the modern Palestinian national identity. 4:05 - Everything depicted here is true; however, it should also be noted that, along with 4 Arabs dying and 21 injured, sheiks of 82 Arab villages surrounding Jerusalem and Jaffa condemned the riots and attacks on Jews. 4:54 - Very true, there were many more riots and pogroms against the Jews, the worst probably being the massacres of 1929; however, as previously stated, this ignores Jewish attacks against the Arabs, the worst being of course the massacre at Deir Yassin. 5:49 - The Jews rejected the Peel Commission. 7:09 - Wrong order of events. After the declaration of the proposed UN Partition Plan in 1947, the Arabs started a civil war against the Jews which saw the beginnings of the Nakba. The other Arab states invaded in 1948 after the expiry of the British Mandate and the declaration of the State of Israel. 8:09 - The widely-accepted number of Palestinian refugees displaced in the Nakba is 700,000 or 80% of the population. 20%, or 150,000 Arabs, remained within Israel and became Israeli citizens (although under martial law until 1966). Specific cases to mention would be Haifa, where the Jews of the city pleaded with the Palestinians to stay and not flee as refugees; and the expulsions at Lydda and Ramle, where Palestinians were literally forced out of their homes at gunpoint under the threat of death. 8:14 - Not so much sent as they were already there due to fighting in the war, and they also occupied East Jerusalem. Worth mentioning as well that the Jordanians expelled every single Jew living within the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem and throughout the West Bank; denied all Jews, not just Israelis, any access to all holy sites within East Jerusalem and the West Bank (eg the Western Wall, the Temple Mount, Rachel's Tomb, the Cave of the Patriarchs etc - too many to mention really, the entire area is riddled with important historical Jewish sites) until their loss of the territory in 1967; destroyed synagogues, including blowing up the famous Hurva Synagogue in Jerusalem; desecrated ancient Jewish cemeteries; and looted and vandalised Jewish property. 8:40 - This is annoyingly misleading, painting the notion that the Palestinians reject peace agreements simply because they're against the very idea of peace with Israel. Just because the Palestinians disagree to the terms of a peace agreement doesn't mean they're anti-peace; similarly, just because Israel rejected the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative doesn't mean Israel is anti-peace, it just means they disagree with the terms of the agreement. 8:54 - Conflation of the Camp David Summit of 2000 and the Taba Negotiations of 2001. Yasser Arafat walked away from the Camp David Summit, true, but the terms of the agreement were nowhere near as favourable as the video says; instead, the terms the video talks about were part of the Taba Negotiations, which were ended by the Israeli PM Ehud Barak because of the upcoming Israeli elections - his successor, Ariel Sharon, never resumed the negotiations. This is still widely claimed to be the very closest they've ever got to a peace agreement, stating they were only mere weeks away from a final resolution. 9:16 - The Second Intifada began after Ariel Sharon visited the Temple Mount with an entourage of 100-odd Israeli riot police. Palestinians rioted against his visit, the Israelis cracked down of the riots, voilà Second Intifada. 10:06 - Skipped a bit. The Palestinians in the Gaza Strip then held the legislative elections in 2006. Hamas got the highest amount of votes, 44%, with Fatah getting the second highest at 41%. Hamas then took over the entire Gaza Strip, executing not only Fatah but all their political rivals, throwing them off buildings and driving them out to the West Bank; then they started the rocket launches against Israel, leading to the blockade in 2007. 10:12 - The Olmert Peace Plan is misrepresented here. The then-PM Ehud Olmert was convicted of corruption and bribery, indicted and sent to trial, stepping down as PM. This all happened just days after he summoned Abbas to the private meeting where he first brought up the proposed peace plan, saying that Abbas had to accept ASAP or it was off the table. At 10:43 there's a crucial mistake in that Abbas was forbidden from taking a map of the proposed agreement - Olmert refused to grant Abbas one after he asked. Abbas went back to his advisors and had to hand-draw the map from memory on a napkin, with his advisors rightly saying that agreeing to anything without proper perusal would be idiocy. Frankly the entire thing was dead in the water before it ever really began, it had no chance of happening. Wow this became a very long post, but the video needed a few corrections. Everything else mentioned in the video is correct to the best of my knowledge.

And the Grand Mufti of Palestine went to Nazi Germany and recruited 40,000 Balkan Muslims to fight against the allies and Hitler asked them to commit Jihad and the Gufti spoke Nazi propaganda until the end of the war!

The fact that Palestinians cheered in the streets during 9/11 tells me everything I need to know about them.

At least you know he isn't biased by recent events in this video lmao

Every single time I try to research and understand the history of conflicts in this region, I just get more and more confused....

Well, I have stuck to a very neutral position on the current mess (condemning the Oct 7 stuff though). I just haven't had time to research all this history. Here it is in a nice concise package. I mean I support the idea of a two state setup and kept wondering why it hadn't been done. Now I know.

Among the many ironies of the history is that since 1948, the Druze have almost always been supporters of Israel, including serving in the IDF. But it was the Druze who attacked Jews or led the attacks on Jews back in 1660 and in the 1800s.

A correction...It says "in April 1920 Palestinians poured into the old city"...but these Arabs refused to be called "Palestinians," in fact at the time and throughout the first half of the 20th century it was considered an insult to Arabs, like calling them "dirty Jews" since the Jews were the ones known as "Palestinians." They insisted on being called simply "Arabs." But yes, these are the people who perpetrated regular massacres of Jews in the 1920s and 1930s.

The fact that this was done 12 years ago, is amazing.

That's been known a long time: "The Palestinian people do not exist. There are no differences between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians, and Lebanese. We are part of one people, the Arab nation. Lo and behold, I have relatives with Palestinian, Lebanese, Jordanian and Syrian citizenship. We are one people. It is only for political reasons that we carefully endorse our Palestinian identity. Indeed, it is of national interest for the Arabs to encourage the existence of the Palestinians in the face of Zionism. Yes, the existence of a separate Palestinian identity is only for tactical reasons. The establishment of a Palestinian state is a new means to continue the struggle against Israel and for Arab unity." - Zuheir Mohsen, Palestinian leader of the Syria-controlled as-Sa'iqa faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

the tik tok generation should watch more videos like this before they protest on university campus

People will still be watching this video in a 100 years except the situation will be a little more confusing than now.

This creator must be surprised that their 12yr old vid has become super relevant and goes viral after all this time. Never abandon hope.

Excellent video, but important to note, since it can be misleading, on the point of Jews making up 10% of the population at the time. That might seem to some to imply that the muslim arabs made up the other 90%, but this was not the case. There were many different peoples living in the land at the time. To name a few other groups: Druz, Circassians, Christian Arabs, Baha'i, Bedouin,... Many of those groups stood with the Jewish people and are now citizens of Israel. Some of them even serve in the Israeli army (for instance the Circassians and the Druz are required to serve in the military).

Strange to hear you refer to the Arabs as Palestinian prior to 1965..... that's not what they called themselves until Egyptian born Yasser Arafat invented the ethnicity......

This is why i get triggerd of people that choose sides without knowing any history. The fact that this shows just how important history and knowledge is

Name a famous Palestinian before 1900.

This should have millions of views, but the truth is never popular it seems

Love how a simple bit of research keeps showing me information just like this. very information and enlightening!

I remember when this style of video was sweeping through RU-vid. The good ol’ days

You left out that only 'Palestinian' Refugee have their own UN Department (UNRWA) and that theirs is the only refugee status that is hereditary so that number of refugees grows instead of diminishes. No other group is treated this way. For all other groups only the initial displaced persons are considered refugees. Their descendants born elsewhere are not.

I think most of palestinians are ignorant of these details. Thats y we always hear Israel being blamed for this current state

Yet the Palestinian people are hated by the other Arab nation. Why!

Funny , there was no such thing as a Palestinian during the Ottoman Empire.

Sad that 12 years later there's actually even more people deluded about the truth. Especially the truths of history and it seems this particular conflict. More young dingbats than there ever used to be. Teaching the next gen is so important!!!

This should be required reading for all students around the world.

The sky is black in Garza but it’s always sunny in Qatar

Earlier muslims in the Holy Land admitted they came from the desert of Arabia.

I am 17 years old girl with a learning disability. this is so hard for me to understand but I'm trying every day to be more informed......

Ive watched this many times....and posted in as a link in many threads.... Lots of good info here

I don't think that many people in the 2020s were ready to see this video

Why no mention of the killing of Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli Prime Minister, in 1995, by Yigal Amir, an Israeli extremist? It bids to be one of history’s most effective political murders. Two years earlier, Rabin, setting aside a lifetime of enmity, appeared on the White House lawn with Yasser Arafat, to agree to a framework for limited Palestinian self-rule in the occupied territories including ceding most of the occupied territories back to the Palestinians; the next year, somewhat less painfully, he returned to the White House, with Jordan’s King Hussein, to officially end a forty-six-year state of war. Within months of Rabin’s death, Benjamin Netanyahu was the new Prime Minister and the prospects for a wider-ranging peace in the Middle East, which had seemed within Rabin’s grasp, were dead, too. Twenty eight years later, Netanyahu is into his sixth term, and the kind of peace that Rabin envisaged is more distant than ever.

I like the quote by Dennis Prager I think, " if paletiitans lay down their arms today there will be peace. If Isrealies lay down their arms today there will be a total inaliation of the Jews."

The Palestinian leadership died not and does NOT want a two state solution, nor do they desire the creation of a government and society that prioritizes the humanity and rights of their own Palestinian kin. The Palestinian leadership has only been interested in their own power and wealth, while weaponizing Islam as a tool towards the same.

A good explanation of a great deal of the historical diplomatic attempts at resolution of the issues. Unfortunately this skimmed over the circumstances and outcomes of both the 67 and 73 wars. This is something of a problematic omission and a new version of this video with further explication of these issues as well as the past 10 years would be really welcome. What is useful however, is the inclusion of the honest timeline of the real politics that led to the 47/48 crisis and subsequent refusal of any resolution. The establishment of Trans - Jordan and its implication in the now, 'refugee' status of Palestinian people, cannot be ignored but so often is - thanks for including it here. Equally, the fact of the Ottoman Empire and it's dissolution during and after WW1 is rarely discussed but quite essential to a broad understanding of this complex matter, again, nice job to include mention of this.

No one ever talk about ethnic cleansing in Muslim countries. Population of Christians and jews in Muslim countries reduce severely overtime. Meanwhile Palestine experience growing Muslim population since the 1940s. Muslims are so caught up in their own victimhood.

The fact that it's done 12 years ago and it's still telling the reality - and that the video is not the pretend-to-be-writing animations! So amazing

And that was 11 years ago.

Unfortunately the narrator gets something wrong from the start - the Arabs who lived in Palestine pre-1948 (really, pre-1964) did not call themselves Palestinians. In fact, the dispised the term because it lumped them in with the Jews of the region.

It seems to me that in our contemporary world lies have so much more power than the truth.

The best thing the Palestinians could do is get rid of Islamic Jihad and Hamas

I am gobsmacked that this was done 12 years ago and still people today have no idea what the history of that area of land is.

You remember that kid in school who would always talk a big game, start shit, get stomped every time, and continue to talk a big game while complaining about how he's treated _so_ unfairly? I'm not saying it's relevant here or that it might apply to any group. I'm just throwing it out there.

It would be nice to have an updated slide to include the more recent two presidents, and how the UN and others are behaving towards these groups today.

“When experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

There was no "land", all the land of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Turkey, parts of Greece, Egypt and more were part of One large empire. The Ottomans had nothing called Palestine for their 400 years of rule. The land was divided into 3 to 5 Sanjaks (provinces), none called Palestine. The British illegally gave 77% of the Mandate of Palestine lands to the Arab Hashemites to become trans-Jordan, leaving only the 23% to become the future Jewish state!

I wish someone could tell this story using a graphical time line.

If you don't want to lose land, don't start a war.

That is a brave move to leave the comment section open.

In the end truth will prevail. May we find peace and live in unity worldwide!

You forgot to mention the terrorist attack on the King David Hotel in 1947 by Irgun.

The lesson here seems to be don't lose a war.

You will never be able to reason with Palestinians or Muslims. You say the Earth goes around the Sun, Palestinians will say no it doesn't. I pray there will be peace for the Jews and Israel one day!

Can we get a version of this video , or a similar video that includes the more recent history of the conflicts. This is extremely important to continue to update as the situation is on going , no?

Do you think there is a single American student who will watch this to the end and consider, even for a moment, that perhaps they might moderate their views in a minuscule way?

Oh boy can't wait to read some 8 years olds roasting each other through the internet

He forgot to write the most famous quote from an Israeli, Abba Eban, about the Palestinians: "They never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity"

The best, easiest to digest, and most concise history of the subject I’ve ever seen. Should have included the part where Jews fought an anti British insurgency in the 40s. Juicy stuff. Bravo. I will use this video to better inform my family of this history as I often lose people venturing into all the nuances and relationships to other historical events which turns from a linear story into a spider web

But what about the Balfour Declaration....?

12 years later, and this video is still extremely relevant. The "two state solution" is only talked about when Hamas or Hezbolla are on the brink of annihilation.

Would be nice to have an updated video with every US president’s slant since this video.

87K thumbs up that understand Truth and 35 K thumbs down that don't accept Truth on this video

The Jews angered the Arabs even more by creating a thriving, vital nation with first world status where even the Muslim citizens had a good life.

Palestine is a name given by the Roman emperor Adrianus during the Roman occupation, to delegitemize the Israelites/Jews, and exiled them. The name comes from the Philistines - the sworn enemies of the Israelites during the Biblical era. They were actually Greeks, and have long disappeared since. In Hebrew its pronounced: "Plishtim", which means: invaders. Throughout history, there have been 3 Jewish States in that land, but NEVER a Palestinian State. The Arabs living there today are originally work labor that the Turks brought with them from Arabia during the Ottoman rule. By that time the land was a desert, with no habitats. Mark Twain wrote this in his 1869 novel Innocents Abroad. Everywhere you dig in Israel, you find ancient Hebrew/Jewish artifacts, but no Arab/Muslim. The cities Jericho, Hebron, Shkhem have no Arab names. Shkhem was renamed Neopolis by the Romans, but the Arabs can't pronounce the letters "P" and "E", so they call it "Nablus". Not even Palestine, which they pronounce: "Falesteen

The Palestinian state is called Transjordan! Free Kurdistan!

@ephemeralcreek 6 months ago "Every single time I try to research and understand the history of conflicts in this region, I just get more and more confused...." You might be confused by propaganda but the history is very clear. Listen to the video...again?

It isn't about a Palestinian state, isnt about two states, it's about the existence of the state of Israel. That should be clear to those who want to see. From 1299 to the fall of the Ottoman Empire after WW1, up to the beginning of the implementation of the Balfour Declaration, there wasn't a peep from the people in the province of Syria Palestine about independence or whatever. Once any inch of the region was no longer under Islamic control, rather under Jewish control, all hell was let loose.

even if the jews gave em the lot they still wouldnt be happy

Some key omissions in this version of history - The unfair treatment of Arabs by the British during their mandate, the over-zealous ambitions of the Zionist political movement, the work of Haganah in massacring Arabs and ethnic cleansing after WW2. Not saying the Arabs were angels, but to selectively re-tell history (as here) is unhelpful (to put it mildly), actually appalling. Can I suggest to those watching this, they do further research to fill the gaps in the history told here before taking a position on the Israeli-Palestinian issue.

I still learning more about the total history, but as I heard, each solution to an own Palestinian state came with a number of restrictions or clauses that would not lead to a independent state. That was why all those offers were declined.

Broadcast all info like this on all the campuses..

The Russians have a saying. The future is certain. It is the past that is unpredictable.

Moral of the story:"don't start a war you can't win"...

I believe references are essential for any historical retelling, especially one as multi-faceted as this one. Certain choice words of this narrator indicate that this is not an impartial account of historical events.

so everyone is fine accepting Jordan as mandated but not Israel and Palestine. makes sense 🙄

The question i have is who gave the league of nations the power to give away other peoples land?

It would be good for this to be updated to include the events from 2011 to 2023

What the fuck was that drawing of Obama 😳

As expected, all the pro palestinian comments are empty sloganeering and bumper-sticker level cliches. Yawn. Am Israel Chai!

The UN: There's five of them! Israel: Then it is a fair fight.

Apparently, I liked this video 12 years ago because I don't remember it in 2023. Watched again for good measure!

People of the Netherlands never called themselves "Netherlander"/ Dutch. Their identity was always Protestant, Catholic, etc. That does not mean civilians are not bound to the village, ground, identity, community etc. The Netherlands was in history part of the Holy Roman Empire. Suppose someone says: Move away, you are not Netherlander, you are part of the Holy Roman Empire. Move away somewhere to Germany.

yer man was talkung about the palastines as NO other arab ciunretery seams to WANT THEM

It’s ridiculous how people seem to forget or simply dont know the history between jews and arabs and the invention of the palestinian arab identity

Damn that guy can draw fast!

The October 7 attacks have forced me to properly look into the history of modern day Israel and Palestine. And now I believe ignorance is the worst thing to have right now - especially on the Israel/Palestine issue. Its been a long history of issues. The more I learn, the more pessimistic I am of there ever being a two-state solution. The history shows the very things that will forever complicate the situation. From the religious ideology underpinning decisions to the politics in the middle east. And when you consider the relations between ancient Israel and the Phillistines (Palestinians)...longstanding peace is never going to happen. I honestly believe this is a situation that's beyond the capabilities of man. God alone can cause change.

the big lie is the word Palestinians instead of ARABS

The UN, US, and world community misses the point, by agreeing to a 'two' state solution means recognition of a Jewish State, something the PA, Hamas, and Hezbollah will never do.

More hours spent trying to sort this out whereas Ukraine or Boko Haram no one spends this sort of time trying to fix

Thanks, very well done, I appreciate it. The sad part is that's why I refuse to engage in conversation with lay-people on this subject, they have ZERO clue what they're talking about, I'm not very smart, but I take the time over the years to educate myself, I can't regurgitate the info well, but I do take the time to listen and try to inform my future opinions on facts and logic.

It would be really instructive to learn what Palestinian children learn in school… you can sure bet it isn’t this. But I’m curious what they do learn and if it has any veracity at all.

To note: this land was called OTTOMAN SYRIA under the ottoman empire.

They should settle things by a dance-off. 🎵Be my lover wanna be my lover, lover🎵

You think when something is this ridiculousy biased, people would recognize the lies but no.

7:28 When I look up this quote by Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam I am told he actually said this in 1947 and not 1948 and that it has been taken out of context and that sources citing the quote originally attributed it to the year 1947 but then moved it up to 1948. I know Wikipedia is not always accurate but perhaps the quote here is being taken out of context.