Israelis: Are you indigenous? 

It seems like most of them didn't really understand the question because of the language barrier

Indigenous is ילידי not מקומי (local). Get a Hebrew translator. You asked the first lady, whose English is obviously poor, what makes her 'local'. Of course she's going to answer it's being born and raised in Israel and feeling a commitment to the country. Had you asked her what makes her indigenous she probably would have answered it's being ethnically and culturally Jewish.

הרבה מהישראלים לא מבינים את השאלה הזאת נכון. אם הבחור האינדיאני הזה יחיה במשך 150 או 2000 שנה באנגליה עם כל השבט שלו, אז הוא יחשב אנגלוסקסי? ואם אחרי כל השנים האלה הוא יעבור עם השבט שלו בחזרה לאדמות אמריקאיות, אז הוא עדיין יחשב יליד אינדיאני? ואם האינדיאנים היו כובשים את אנגליה, אז כל אינדיאני שהיה נולד באנגליה היה נחשב יליד אינדיאני? לפני קום המדינה רוב היהודים חיו ומסביב לארץ ישראל ובתוך ישראל (יהודים מזרחים) הם ילידים אמיתיים של ארץ ישראל, והערבים הם ילדים של "חצי האי ערב",

It's obvious most of them didn't understand the question well. It would be much easier to make the question by asking them if they feel they're related by blood to the ancient Jews who lived there before the Assyrian, Babylonian and Roman/Byzantine occupation periods. That's how you know if they see themselves as indigenous.

Jews dont realize that the entire jewish calendar is agricultural tied to the seasons in israel.

The person asking the question said that he feels his concept of being indigenous is what he does culturally/spiritually connecting to the land. There are numerous mitzvahs in the Torah that only apply in the land of Israel. We just finished a Shemittah (sabbatical) year where many farmers in Israel did not work the land. Lots of produce was imported and even the citrons we used for the holiday of Sukkot were imported from Morocco. If you read the prayers in a jewish prayer book you will read how many rimes we pray to RETURN to Israel. Any time Jews eat bread or a piece of cake we make a blessing afterwards to thank Gd for the food as well as the land of Israel and we pray that we all RETURN to the land. Yes, we are most definitely spiritually connected to the land of Israel.

As a jew who's not israeli, every dna test I ever took said that my genetic relatives are all levatines and that my ancestry is 85% canaanite.

The problem is that they don't understand the question. Most of the Jews believe they come from Judea which is ancient Israel. Also, not all Jews were expelled, some stayed. Is it important to the current situation? I don't think so. The problem is most Palestinians (Arab) think the Jews are foreigners, so maybe it is important after all.

According to Dillon definition of indigenous then Jews are definitely indigenous to Israel. All the Jewish calendar and festivals are definitely linked to the seasons and agriculture of Israel. The cradle and history of the Jews is based in the land of Israel. The seven species - are all indigenous to the land of Israel. Grapes , figs, dates pomegranate, barley, wheat, olives.

People have to understand that Jews has continuous presence in that land for more than 4000 years. That's where their nation, culture, language and religion started, so of course that makes them indigenous to that land. I mean, what is the land of Israel without the Jewish people?! Even those who were forced to live in exile for 2000 years kept dreaming and praying every day for "next year in Jerusalem". It's ingrained in their traditions that started in that land. No one has stronger connection to that land than the Jewish people. Anyone saying Jews are illegally colonizing that land is simply ignorant antisemite!

Fact: If you asked Moroccan Muslims if the Moroccan Jews were/are indigenous in Morocco, they would answer - no, they came to Morocco from a different land, If you ask Christian Polish, German, British, Russian, Argentinians etc., if the Jews in their countries are indigenous in these countries, they would answer - no, they came to these countries from another land. Even if you ask Christian American that live in a land of immigrants if the Jews are real Americans, they would answer - no, they are not considered true Americans like white Christians are considered. If you ask anyone in the world where the Jews are originally from, originally, not a few hundreds years ago, they would answer they come originally from Judea/the holy land/Palestine, which ever name you want to give it. And the reason they didn't stay in this land is because they were chased out of it by mighty empires.

Fantastic question! Thank you!

▪︎The Jewish calender that is still used today is based on the seasons of Israel. The festivals are based on the harvests in Israel. ▪︎Every day twice a day the Shema is said, which goes _"Hear O Israel, the Lord is God, God is one"_ ▪︎The first fruit of a mother's womb is bought back from service to the Temple in Jerusalem to this day. ▪︎Every synagogue around the world faces Jerusalem ▪︎Every Jewish home around the world has a Tzedukah Box for charity, the organizations are often in Israel to help the aged, infirm, or children. ▪︎ For over 100 years the Jews have bought "Trees for Israel" replanting forests destroyed by the Ottomans and other conquerors that just took from the land. ▪︎ The Hebrew language is the only indigenous language of Israel. It is a Canaanite language, and many archeologists believe the Israelites were a Canaanite tribe that stopped child sacrifice and believed in the one true God. ▪︎Every Jewish cemetery in the world faces Jerusalem. ▪︎ In burial, often people are buried with soil from Israel, to return to their holy land after death. ▪︎At Passover, at every Seder dinner, We state, "Next year in Jerusalem!" To hopefully return to our roots. ▪︎At Chanukah, on the dreidle, there are 4 letters that stand for the saying, "A great Miracle happened there" in Israel the dreidles all have a different last letter. It changes from a "shin" to a "pay". And the verse is now, "A great Miracle happened Here!". ▪︎ At a Jewish wedding, the groom steps on a glass to signify the destruction of the Temple. And to swear that any children born of the marriage will be Jews and to yearn to rebuild the Temple and culture in the land. Even in the happiness of a wedding, we must always remember our people, Israel.

I would turn to the native Americans and ask if some of their nation were exiled ( with some being massacred and some still live on their land), if those exiled family/nation members were forced to make a home for themselves in let’s say Brazil. They speak Portuguese, they eat Brazilian food, but they still speak their native tongue, they still have recipes, traditions, literature, history, and spirituality all connected to that land, continuously passed down through centuries. They pray several times a day over the last two centuries for their homeland to be restored so their nation can be whole again and dwell in peace in the land where their nation first made its home. If I asked them if they still believed they are or felt indigenous to North America, what would they say? Would I be as condescending to imply that at some point their ancestors should have given up on their indigenous status, because a certain amount of time has passed or because of politics? I think we all know what their answer would be. Don’t arrogantly hold others to a standard you aren’t yourself willing to meet.

Min 10 - Jewish holidays and traditions are based on the climate and agriculture of that land, and the Jewish nation of people have remained connected to it, no matter where they are. If that level of connection to a land, by people dispersed to all ends of the earth, after century after century of exile, doesn't reflect an indigenous connection to a land, wtf does?

The problem with the question is, how far back do your ancestors have to go in an area before you become "indigenous"?

It’s historical indigenousity, the Jews are connected to this land from historical and cultural aspect.

Native Americans also migrated there from Asia, the only difference is that it was a longer time ago. But it's not like they've sprung out of american land exclusively with no roots elsewhere whatsoever.

If you cannot trace your entire tribal lineage to the land you currently reside in, you cannot consider yourself indigenous to that land. For example, in my country, which is tribal in nature, everyone knows their tribe, and I grew up visiting the burial grounds of our tribe's chiefs who passed away centuries ago. All of my ancestors from the tribe are buried in the same land, and I can name over 30 of them

I thought Moses led the Hebrews out of Egypt to Israel 🤔

I just started watching and doesnt seem that the people being asked the question are being explained what indigenous is

So interesting. I think this is the best episode ever.

Not a fair question to ask when you can't even properly translate it. It paints a wrong picture. Jews are indigenous. Jewish roots lay in Israel. Diaspora is not their origin.

They way the question was made and all the remarks they used through the conversations trying to guide the answers, looks like they are trying to make people believe they don't have the right to live in Israel. Plus that Native American is totally confused, off base and mistaken. He was trying to compare two different cultures with two different history. Native Americans were never forced to leave their land and go to the diaspora.

LOL what a question. No matter where a Jew is in the world, what time of year does Passover (Israelite festival of Spring) happen?? When the barley plant ripens... in the land of Israel! When does the Israelite/Jewish 'New Year of the Trees' happen?? When the almond tree begins to flower... in the land of Israel! When does the Jewish festival Shavuot happen?? When the wheat is for harvest in the land of Israel! When does the Jewish festival Sukkot happen?? When the agricultural harvest of Israel's crops is finished, before the season is ready for the next sowing of seeds i.e. Israelite holiday of relaxation and happiness! This festival does not go by Iceland's climate and nature cycles! In the Jewish ancient texts, how is the hut meant to be built for Sukkot?? Using native Israelite plants. How is it decorated?? Using native Israelite fruits. I could go on... Our culture, calendar, *language* are indigenous. The world's academic experts in archaeology all agree in consensus that the Jews' (Israelite) origin is Samaria, Israel - from the evidence found in the ground. The diaspora exile of 2000 years proved one thing, its that we have not forgotten our homeland, our forefathers wept every year thinking of Jerusalem. Every Jew, atheist or religious, in the diaspora continues to say "next year in Jerusalem" several times per year, their whole life.

Might as well ask if the earth revolves around the sun. Swab any cheek of any Jew and no rational person would deny we're native.

you don't really asking. you trying to force a narrative. this land been conquered and passed so many times.. at the end we mange to go back to Abraham land. your such a amateur RU-vidr..

This is a hard discussion because it’s difficult for most people to separate ethnicity and nationality and what clearly defines “indigenous”. The indigenous Americans and Australians were cut off from most of the world until fairly recently and the rest of the world had constant movements of peoples and different nationalities and ethnicities coming and going with empires rising and falling and countries forming and collapsing. ESPECIALLY for the levant region which is a region that has seen the MOST comings and goings of different peoples and cultures. But its undeniable the Jews have a unique tie to the land and its also undeniable that a lot of Palestinians have lived there for many generations and also have a unique tie to the land. The indigenous argument of the levantine region doesnt make sense because of the nature of its positioning and place in the history of the world. The Jewish/Palestinian conflict is incomparable to the european colonization of the Americas for this reason

get a hebrew translator ffs

بارك الله بني اسرائيل. انت من هذه الارض

Let's look at some prominent "Palestinian" Arab families to see if your assertion is based on sound historical facts or just quotidian Arab propaganda. 1 - The Husayni (Husseini) clan claim descent from Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Mohammad, the founder of Islam; Husayn hailed from Medina, which is in the Arabian Peninsula. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Husayni_family 2 - The Nashashibis clan are of Kurdish, Turkoman or Arab origin. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashashibi 3 - The Barghoutis are a sub-clan of the Bani Zeid tribe that hails from the Hejaz, a region in western, present-day Saudi Arabia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bani_Zeid_al-Gharbia 4 - The al Khalids hail from Mecca. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Khalil_(family) 5 - The Nusseibehs hail from Medina. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nusaybah_clan

7 min "At what point does a group of people stop being indigenous to a place and become indigenous to somewhere else" ... Various places around the world have been homes to various groups of J, but ONLY Israel is the indigenous homeland for ALL. And it has been so for millennia, during which there has been a continuous Jewish pop there. It does not stop being the ancestral Jewish homeland based on how many are there at any given time.

very simple we are call yehudim (jews) that comes from the word yehuda(judea) its one of the tribe of israel its the land of israel and judea where all the tribes of israel where living for thousands years . king david was from judea he united the tribes of israel and judea

It's not true that native Americans never left their lands. They moved from place to place, both voluntarily and involuntarily. Likewise, Jews have been forcibly removed from Israel and were prevented from returning for most of the common era. There were always a small community of Jews in the Galilee continuously since before the common era.

It's such a simple question: where all those jews in the world come from. Where did they become what they are, just today? The Land of Israel.

The people asking the questions are very condescending/rude. They are trying to tell the Jews “you are not welcome in your homeland.”

What's the point of asking this when this topic is clearly not a part of their socio political discourse and when they don't know how that is being twisted and instrumentalized against them? (Even when Jews are in fact indigenous)

This question is insulting to Israelis and absurd. ALL peoples of the world have migrated at one time or another. If you can find the location of the Garden of Eden (which no one can) that is where it all started and where we all migrated from. This question is pure politics and insulting. Doesn't deserve a response.

Any time archeologists discover ancient objects in ISrael, they are Jewish in origin and not so-called Palestinian. What does that tell you about who is indigenous?

Surely the answer to this question comes down to DNA and the Levantine link within most ethnic Jews DNA, whether that be Ashkenazi, Mizrahi or other minority Jewish groups?

Corey , most of them didn't understand the word indigenous .. You should ask them ( Shorashim ) , meaning do you believe you have Shorashim from this land , and that your forefathers are originally from here ..... The only guy who understood , was the religious hassidic at the end , when he said Abraham , isaac and jacob ... All others didn't understand

Song about Tu bishvat (Jewish holiday of the new year for trees) The almond tree is blooming And the golden sun is shining, Birds atop each roof Brush (bless) the arrival of the festival.

Corey really nailed it with this video ! Wow ! Great video

Some Israelis are indigenous (Jews and Samaritans) and some are not indigenous (Arab israelis and Palestinians)

Corey man, I gotta agree with the rest of the comments here - You can't just drop a word like "Indigenous" on your average Israeli without at least knowing yourself the Hebrew equivalent (יְלִידִים)

Ok so I’m from Israel. people here don’t know what indigenous means. You also explained it poorly in Hebrew and said its like being a local. You should have asked if they think they have clam to this land and if their ancestors are from here. If you would have said that they would have answered with yes. We are indigenous to this land because unlike any other group of people, there is historial and archaeological findings that prove we were here over 2000 years ago. Like the Qumran scripts for example. We didn’t leave this land willingly, we were forced out. Its exactly the same as Indians today that still feel indigenous even though they we exiled by Americans.

23:51 BRAVO!!!! Everything that I wanted to say; he said. KOL HA'KAVOD.

By definition, Judaism is an ethnoreligious religion. Its entire language, culture and belief system connects it to life in the Land of Israel as its place of origin, whether one aspires to do this while living in diaspora or actually fulfills this by residing in Israel. From that aspect, it makes Jews indigenous to the place.

They dont understand what indigenous is. Corey should have asked them did Jewish culture start in Israel. Are Jews an ancient people coming from Israel.

The present day Israelis Jews are not indigenous, who are mainly from Europe. The ancient Israelites Judahites are not indigenous either because according to their Torah story Abram(Abraham) came from Chaldean not Palestine (Canaan, Philistine). Both the Canaanites and Philistines are Hamites. I don't know why any of you are brining up DNA, as far as I know no ancient Israelite tomb with a bone has been found to this day. If they did find any Sumerian tombs, I am sure they made it a secret for obvious reasons. The only ancient DNA to compare to find out who is Indigenous in that area are the ancient Egyptians(Khemites, Hamites, Mizraimites) that is a fact. I say this because in the Moses(Mosheh) story, in order for him to pass off as a Hamite(African Mizraim) he will have to look like them African. It is some crazy people on here who want to say the ancient Egyptians(Hamites, Khemites, Mizraimites) are Caucasians or Middle Eastern anything but what they are African. This is an ancient Hamite Pharaoh, Ramses the third's DNA. newsrescue.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/rameses3dnaresults.jpg As you can read, he is African. Not Mediterranean, Middle eastern, Levant and all the other nonsense names to cover the truth.

There is no definition of indigenous as its used in the progressive world that excludes the Jews from laying claim to it in the land of Israel. Ancient Jewish Art, culture, and religion all speak of returning to Israel. "Next year in Jerusalem" Jews have said for centuries at the end of the Seder. "If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill." is written in the Tanakh written thousands of years ago. coming after jews for not being indigenous to israel is so bizzare considering all 3 of the worlds major monotheistic religions have it recorded that jews come from that land. Palestinians, although they didnt always go by that name until recently, have also been there a long time.. enough to also claim that title. because honestly, if one peoople group have been there 3000 years and another people group have been there 1700 years, does one really have more of a claim than the other? the land should be shared and jews and palestinians should learn to forgive and live together in peace. and way more jews want that, than palestinianians. a much larger perecentage of jewish israelis would be happy to share hte land with equal rights if there was a truly a guarantee of peace. how many palestinians would say the same? probably less than 5%. both populations have serious problems with intolerance but its far worse among palestinians

At 14:10 or so he mentions how they have an oral tradition how they came to the land, Jews also have an oral tradition. It's just that it was written down and now we call it the Talmud.

Smart question, says it all Their answers didn’t make any sense

Did you read the Torah portion this week? The land was given to us by HaShem! So that was a really inappropriate question, because of the Diaspora, we all come from somewhere, I have Cuban cousins I have Puerto Rican cousins, Greek cousins Turkish cousins, Romanian cousins and even Ashkenazy‘s. We are a melting pot, and yes originally we are indigenous to the land from the time of Moses, that’s why it’s the promised land because it was promised to us and now that we inhabit it, what is all the fuss about? It is our land, what do you mean are we indigenous? And do you think that the American Indian is indigenous? Do you think they were in the Americas the same time that the Jews were in the Sinai desert? I don’t think so, because all the Indian populations from the Alaskan, to Central and South America, and the rainforest, have the same DNA markers, they are all one people, and they don’t just inhabit the south western part of the United States. They were all over the East Coast as well. I choose to go by DNA markers, and you can get a Moroccan, A Tunisian, Yemenite, Someone from Tripoli, to a Turkish And Greek Jew, And we all have some of the same DNA MARKERS. Even some of the African tribes have the same DNA markers. No we are all one people, never mind that we all look different, and that we have absorbed different cultures, and yet the Cohen‘s of every race and ethnicity, all carry the same DNA markers. We are all Yahudis, all B’nai Israel.

The respondants clearly didn’t understand the word ‘indigenous’. However, towards the end of their responses when speaking freely they began describing how Jews are indigenous to the land of Israel though not as a direct response to your question which they did not understand. Throughout the entire video I was wondering why Corey was choosing to use the words ‘local’ and ‘native’. In my head I kept saying, “Use the word ‘originate’.” He finally asks the last woman in the video, “Do Jews originate from Israel?” She responded with an immediate, “Of course!” Her answer is correct.

There has been a continuous Jewish presence in Israel since the end of the last Jewish-Roman war in 135 CE. The Jewish Zinati family, from the village of Peki'in, trace their unbroken presence in the land from the end of the last Jewish Commonwealth -- that is, nearly 2, 000 years ago! No Arab family can make this claim. Here, see: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9Gkm7DOTa7Y.html

Ancient Jewish history, origins, religious symbols, and objects connect the earliest known Jewish traditions to present-day Jews in Israel. SHEMA: is “the” most important prayer in Judaism: "Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is One; Deuteronomy 6:4. the fifth and final Book of the Laws of Moses; also known as the Torah and passed down from generation to generation to present-day Jews who inhabit their Holy Land of Israel. Jews recite the Shema as their last words on earth, and in times of crisis. The first record of the Shema was found in the Nash Papyrus dated 150-100 BCE (BEFORE CHRIST’S ERA). Jews progressed from Bar Kokhba (132CE) days when our ancestors wore woven, flax fabrics to today’s jeans and synthetic t-shirts - our casual dress and modernized, slang Hebrew, do not make us any less Jewish than our forefathers who spoke Aramaic/Hebrew and who wore long, flowing robes and shawl head coverings and lived in communities in the Kingdoms of Judah (JERUSALEM WAS THE CAPITAL) and Israel. Jews, who were exiled from Israel in 70AD by the Romans and later from Arab lands, carried with them and treasured with love, reverence, and respect, for their rituals and religious symbols, (proved by Roman and Egyptian historical records of that era). The Arch of Titus in Rome, carved in stone, is a testament to Jewish origins in the land of Israel. Modern-day Jews preserved these traditions, rituals, and Judaism which they carried with them during their expulsion to “distant lands” and continued the love and respect of Judaism even during the darkest days of the inquisition and holocaust. SHABBAT: lighting Shabbat candles is an ancient ritual, blessing the incoming JEWISH Sabbath. Lighting candles and the blessing of Shabbat started about the 8th or 9th century CE and still remains one of the most basic and important JEWISH commandments - “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy”. Millions of hidden Shabbat candles on Friday nights, brought the light of HaShem into secret, dark corners, concealed from the evil eyes of German and European Satanic forces. Even though Israel is partly a secular society, many secular and observant Jews still strictly uphold this commandment. KIDDUSH: Origins of Kiddush (Blessing of the wine on Shabbat and Jewish festivals). The tradition of Kiddush originated between the 6th and 4th centuries B.C.E. (Babylonian Talmud, Brachot 33a). However, the text that is in use today originates from the time of the Talmud (200-500 C.E.). KIDDUSH CUPS: have been used for centuries for blessing wine and the bringing in of the Sabbath - still used in Israel and throughout the Jewish world. MENORAH: hundreds of 3,000-year-old menorah(ot) (candelabra) have been discovered all over Israel in ancient SYNAGOGUES and wherever Jews congregated for religious festivals. The Menorah is an ancient symbol of Israel and was adopted as the national emblem of the modern State of Israel. Confirmation of ancient Menorah can be found in Rome on the Arch of Titus - proof of Jewish existence before the Roman era. Replicas of ancient, religious objects were fashioned according to original early specifications and were used faithfully in ceremonies and rituals in secret “Synagogues” and Jewish homes in the ghettos and death camps of Europe. These precious religious objects were brought out of the ashes of Europe by Jewish refugees after the war to the USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and Asia and most importantly back to ISRAEL after the historic rebirth of the land of ISRAEL and the return of Jews to their homeland. One can enter any observant Jewish home to find Jewish religious symbols and vessels which were used by the Jews before 70AD and centuries before the 1964 Arabs aka Palestinians were invented by Arafat the Egyptian. STAR OF DAVID: (MAGEN DAVID/SHIELD OF DAVID) is one of the most obvious emblems of Jews. The Star of David was created in the 17th century to symbolize JEWISH communities.

It is actually sad, that these young people don't really know about their roots, ancient history, and connection to the land through centuries of Judaism where it started with Abraham. Every rock, hill, and valley, the sacred sites tell the story of the JEWS. It is told in archeology, the Bible, Torah, and even the Quran - Every song, and yearning prayer sing about returning to King David's Jerusalem, and every ancient map shows the lands of the 12 Tribes of Israel: including Judea and Samaria. People from Yemen, Syria, Iraq, and Europe are Jews; who most probably light Shabbat candles and at least go to synagogue on Yom Kippur; and even if they don't, ancient Jewish traditions, rituals, and customs originated here in this our holy land; and those who came back from the Galut don't know this fact. But.... at least they came home. 🥰🥰🥰🥰

Fascinating!

This is perhaps the most fascinating and relevant video. I'm guessing that the two questioners are Native Americans. They are forcing their subjects into some really important self examination. It is truly wonderful and perhaps should be extended

I love the lady at the end. I am a Canadian who has spent time in Israel and with FN/Metis communities in Canada and I love them both.

We are indigenous to Israel more so than native Americans are indigenous to America. Native Americans evolved in Asia and migrated into the US 18,000 years ago. We jews have ancestors in Israel going back a hundred thousand years.

Here's Greco-Roman historian Cassius Dio (164-c.235) as to whom the land belongs to: "At Jerusalem, [Hadrian] founded a city in place of the one which had been razed to the ground, naming it Aelia Capitolina, and on the site of the TEMPLE ... he raised a new temple to Jupiter. This brought on a war of no slight importance nor of brief duration, for the JEWS deemed it intolerable that foreign races should be settled in THEIR city and foreign religious rites planted there." [All emphases mine] (From Cassius Dio, Roman History 69.12.1-14.3) Question, where were the "Palestinians" when the Jewish People were defending their homeland from the Romans?

This is what you get when you don’t live a religious life.

uhm, because her ancestors were in israel thats why.

Both of these Native Americans obviously have European ancestry that being said. Now even if these two never had any admixture they still do not originate in any part of the Americas because their DNA can trace them back to Asia, specifically the Siberian region.

זה למה אני אוהב את הערוץ שלך ועוקב שנים אתה מראה לעולם את הישראלי.

We have 55,000 years old skeletal remains of our ancestors in Israel that we found in a cave. There's nothing like that in the United States. We actually evolved in Israel since the prehistoric. Native Americans are technically just Siberian Eskimos who kept chasing buffaloes until till they got to north America.

It's surprising , they don't know the word indigenous 😳😳

Is Jewish History not taught in Israel? Even the College Professor from Denver gets swept up in Academic jargon, instead of sticking to the actual History of the Jews. Most Israeli Jews feel that their ancestors originated in Israel/Canaan/Palestine and were dispersed by the Romans - and that they feel that they are 'Coming Home' to the lands of their Ancestors.

Jews are "indigenous" or, more correctly, originate from Judea and Samaria. Israel is the native homeland of the Jewish people, regardless of where a Jew may have been born. For example, if a Native American from the Cherokee tribe is born, raised, and lives in the UK, for whatever reason, he/she is still an Indigenous American.

Could be asked like an analogy after definition Who are the indigenous people of US? Then, Who are the indigenous people of Australia? Then Who are the indigenous people of this country?

The Torah renders Jews indigenous to Israel, whether one believes in it or not. I have spoken to a Jew, who goes back 500 generations living in Israel. I think to the 17th Century, if i remember correctly, hes most definitely indigenous to the land. But i think what qualifies us being indigenous to Israel is our Jewishness.

At 10:19 where Dylan, the young Pueblo Native American ties his sense of indigeneity in his culture's connection to the land, and the rituals connected with it, one sees, unfortunately, that completely secular Isrealis don't know how to answer in a way that he could relate to. A religious Israeli, or someone educated in Jewish custom and culture, would have heard about the "Mitwoth ha teluyot ba'ares" the commandments connected with the land, such as shmitta and yovel that can only be observed in Israel. I am a very secular person myself, but it's too bad that young seculars have never heard of these things.

Ask the Persians. They allowed the indigenous people return to Yehud province. BTW the sound is not great.

I’m Canadian, and my family has been Canadian for 400 years. Am I indigenous? No. Am I connected to the land? Is my culture connected to my country? Yes. Does being indigenous make you a better citizen? Probably not

All Jewish people (aware or unaware) are of ancient Judean (Israeli) origin. We are definitely ‘indigenous’ to the Land Of Israel. We as Jews were even nicknamed Jew for Judea, - in Arabic Yehud, in Hebrew Yehudi , which all means Judea - Today known as Israel. Modern Hebrew is no different than ancient Hebrew other than the new words (nouns) added to the language for the Modern era which were non existent in ancient Israel. It’s the same grammar. For the most part of the 2,000 years in the Diaspora we’re there small numbers of Jews living in their Homeland Israel. History can prove that. The Rest of the Jews living in the Diaspora were exiled and expelled from their homeland suppressed under the many world empires such as the Greek, Persian, Roman, Byzantine, etc. Eventually the overall Jewish Ethnicity changed according to the Native (or rather the Local) country they lived in. However the Jewish Biological Gene is still intact. There’s DNA testing that genetically separate Ashkenazik Jews apart of the Europeans. While it’s been proven that Israel is the Land of the Jews through it’s History and Literature, some people had an initiative of creating a Theory called the ‘Khazar Theory’ (saying that we are of Turkic Origin and not Jewish), which denies the connection of the Ashkenazik Jews to the Israel. The point was to target the Zionists (who are of Ashkenazik origin) who fought for the Modern State of Israel. That theory has been disproven. Our Torah has been given to us 3,334 years ago on Mount Sinai in the Sinai Desert. The Torah Scripute has not been changed since. We traveled in Exile for almost 2,000 years witnessing many Empires Rise and Fall, we were persecuted by the infamous crusaders , Spanish Inquisitors, Cossacks, Nazis etc. We carried the Torah throughout our long painful Journey. Whether you come from Iraq or Morocco or Germany we go by the same Torah and it’s commandments in it’s original format. Same Scripture, Same Oral Tradition. We kept our faith in GD throughout the massacres and persecutions. Our Longing for the Ultimate Redemption, the coming of the Messiah and the Return to A Rebuilt Holy Temple in Jerusalem hasn’t stopped in the past 2,000 years since the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. We are the Jewish Nation From Israel granted to us from GD and we have a Connection to the Holy Land. Am Yisrael Chai!!!

I liked everyone in the video from beginning till end. Congratulations

It's funny they couldn't answer the question? Being Jewish is not the same as being a Jew. Israeli is not the same as Israelite. A good question to ask is why don't they fit Prophecy . Isaiah ch 2:02-3 it says when the Israelites return their will be no more War, but in 1948 they had to fight to get in the Land till this day. Question 2 Isaiah 14:01-02 When has the Israelies enslave the rest of the 17 Nations as promised? Thank You.

Most people didn’t understand your question!

Lol, and you think the Arabs are indigenous to Israel and Palestine/Judah ? Until the Ghassanid tribes started moving ? Lol 🤣

Well if the issue is to embarrass Jews to admit they are not at home, that is bullshit, the academic guy was more obvious but he elaborated the subject too much, The point is that Jews originate from Israel even if there were hundreds or thousands of years in diaspora, DNA tests show very clearly even with European Jews that they have at least 30% middle eastern DNA contrary to Polish, Russians ,Ukrainians or Lithuanians. On the other hand most of 95% of Palestinians weather with or without Israeli citizenship can trace their Indigenousness to Israel for no more than 120 years or 4 generations as well as most of Jews. I would also add to that argument the fact that most countries in Western World do not have an indigenous majority (like China, India, Japan, Korea) and probably making that questionary in France would be less interesting although there most are not indigenous. So the subject could be much more complex and every place has its own degree of indigenousness to its peoples. The point I am trying to bring up is that author (of that video) took his liberty to define indigenousness as presence of one in a place for thousands of years - that can be redefined again.

So Anglo Saxons and Germanic peoples are indigenous to Europe and the British Isles. Do they have any rights to preserve their culture and history in the same way that indigenous American Indians do?

It really felt like the Indian American was trying to push his agenda of 'you can't be indigenous because you moved 2,000 years ago'. Who is he to decide what defines indigenous. The Jews were kicked out from Judaica by the Romans, and kept their Jewish traditions for over 2,000 years - if that's not indigenous, then I don't know what is... If you feel connected to a land as a collective with people of the same culture and blood, then you are indigenous to a land - simple.

If the native Americans get exiled for 2,000 and come back to America, are they still native?

Ryan Bellerose, a Metis indigenous rights activist from Canada, explains why the Jews are indigenous to the land of Israel: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-v6k1gugifwA.html

There are myriad of historic mentions of the Jewish people as being indigenous to the area, alongside other peoples. And if they are not, where are Jews indigenous to?

This isn’t a hard question at all. I’m so amazed how it’s made to sound so difficult.

although i have roots in Yemen and North Africa. im still an Israeli Jew. i was born here. as well as my parents. Hebrew has always been my language not Arabic. although i Appreciate Jewish Yemeni tradition, i have no connection with Yemeni idenity or the land. would love to travel in Morroco but Israel is my homeland.

I didn't watch the whole thing, but you intentionally left out the reason for the existence of Israel. Did you ask Holocaust survivors (or their kids) where they came from originally and if they feel more connected to Israel or Germany or Poland?

The older woman spoke true words to the young couple at the end. First know us and our history/ culture/ religion, then question our authenticity.

It seems to me that they didn't understand the question because of translation issues.

This question would become obsolete in a normal society. If people would act humanely toward each other, it wouldn't matter if one is indigenous or not. We are made of dirt and we go back into it. But in order to preserve a resemblance of sanity and logic, I would consider indigenous, a person born out of the land, of the minerals coming of a particular piece of dirt, the human body is built from. This is just strictly technical speaking, the same way some would say " we are what we eat".

Jews indeed have Indigenous costumes that specifically related to the land of Israel: just one example of it is the 3 Pilgrimage holidays, that were known as Agricultural Holidays in their Origins and essence: all three are shared with the Samaritans as well. 1. Passover: literally the celebration of the Exodus from Egypt and coming to the land of Israel 2. Sukkot - also known as the Harvest Festival. celebrates the camping of the Israelites in Tabernacles as they travelled from Egypt towards the Land of Israel. - . also, it is a commandment to take "the four species": A. etrog - the fruit of a citron tree B. Lulav - a ripe, green, closed frond from a date palm tree C. Hadas - boughs with leaves from the myrtle tree D. Arava - branches with leaves from the willow tree Jews also hang the Seven species the land of Israel was blessed with in the Tabernacle itself: A. Wheat B. Barely C. Grapes D. Figs E. Pomegranate F. Olives G. Dates all species that the jews celebrated as blessed in the land of Israel. and took their first fruits to the Temple in Jerusalem as offerings . as a thank to God. the prayers include a prayer for rain. (Shemini Atzeret) as expected from agricultural society, especially in the Levant. 3. Shavuot (the feast of Weeks) : also known as ""Festival of Reaping" During the existence of the Temple in Jerusalem, an offering of two loaves of bread from the wheat harvest was made on Shavuot according to the commandment in Lev. 23:17. individuals could bring the Bikkurim (First-fruits) to the Temple in Jerusalem ,also from the seven Species. 4. in addition, you have Tu Bishvat (15th of Shevat) - The Holiday of the Trees of the land if Israel. you also have Tu BiShvat seder in which the fruits and trees of the Land of Israel were given symbolic meaning. Jews eat dry fruits and Almonds, eating ten specific fruits and drinking four cups of wine in a specific order while reciting the appropriate blessings. in short, the Jewish culture itself is definitely native/indigenous to the land. the whole religion/culture can't be separated from the land of Israel (spiritually for sure). Judaism is originally an Agricultural religion specific for the land of Israel. and Hebrew is also an agricultural language, specifically related to the Land. just an example for different words for "Harvest": A. Wheat - קציר חיטה - Kazir B. Barely -also Katzir C. Grapes - בציר ענבים - Batzir D. Figs - אריית תאנים - Aryia E. Pomegranate - no special verb, just the regular קטיף - Katif F. Olives - מסיק זיתים - Masik G. Dates - גדיד תמרים - Gadid so yeah, the Jewish culture is interconnected to this land.

Lost in translation. Jews are indigenous to Israel because that’s the origin of the Jewish people, nation, culture, and religion. Jews have a connection to the land as that’s where it all happened.

This Yemeni guy looks very Yemeni 😂

Jewish from JUDEA

Oh they don’t even understand your question!!!!! What is this?! Very disappointed, you need a translator.

fantastic question! I actually wish I met those guys because it's such an interesting topic that can be looked at from a number of different aspects. One of the subjects that wasn't addressed by anybody in the video are the differences between the cultures and religions. I'm not an expert but in my understanding native-americans have a more polytheistic belief systems that are more connected and dependent on land and nature. Judaism on the other hand is a monotheistic religion that is less dependent on the land and can be practiced anywhere. Of course judaism has rules and beliefs that are connected with land and nature, some can be traced to the polytheistic cultures and religions from the levant that were the precursors of judaism. I believe that this differences stems from geographical and political reasons. The levant was always a meeting place for different cultures and religions. It was a sort of gate between east and west and was conquered many times by empires from both sides of the world, each empire comes with its own pantheon of gods and rules. Its no wonder that the levant is the area from which monotheism originated, a religious method that is more durable to political, cultural and geographical changes.

This is an interesting vlog, perhaps the most important in Corey Gil-Shuster's entire series of encounters on the streets of Israel. However, Mr Gil-Shuster should enlighten us with further and better particulars of his guest interviewers, the gentleman and gentlelady, who bring into the mix existential perspectives that will encourage Jews in the diaspora to think - perhaps, rethink - what it is that connects them as "indigenous|" to Eretz Israel vis-a-vis the modern State of Israel. And then, of course, we have the same real estate conflated with what is still a proto-state in the making (however that may emerge, if at all) and its Palestinian denizens