From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free | Explained 

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You cannot chant something, you don’t understand. It’s your responsibility to get educated.

Before 1964 Arabs in the region did not call themselves Palestinians.

"History is very clear about what happens when you smash together a bunch of hostile populations into one country and tell them to play nice." I think most of us can agree that the British made a colossal mess of things. At any rate, both the Israelis and the Palestinians are here to stay. Somehow, a way to live in peace must be found.

Chanting slogans like "From the River to the Sea" and "Globalize the Intifada" without knowing what it means and what it can imply to different people is just irresponsible. Educate yourselves, kids. Stop repeating slogans you really don't understand.

Dude, Israelis and palestinian arabs are NOT intertwined, they do not have deep roots in our land, they were created in 1964 by yasser arafat, Imach shemo.

When we ask them which river and which sea, and they can’t answer those same people will try to deflect or get angry. We are showing them they know nothing and are just obsessed. I find those are so angry and hate-filled.

Unfortunately, the option of a two state solution has now almost certainly passed into history. What comes next is completely unknown!

College students chanting something they didn't know it's meaning? how do they even achieve to go to a college?

The big question is why don't the Arab countries help the Palastine people. Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan do not help because they have wlways tried to overthrow there governments.

Now show the video of the persecution of Jews and Christians in the 1000 years that Islam conquered the area. Where did the large Jewish and Christian communities in the Arab countries go?

Man in one of the Montreal protests the speaker was chanting “Palestine arabiye, Palestine will be there.” Blatantly misleading all the non Arab speakers into thinking he’s making a translation.

Only one "small" correction: the PLO decree is from 1964. Prior to the six day war.

Another brilliant video and educational briefing with a responsible and reconciling conclusion. Thank you.

Thank you for explaining this in a way that diverse people can understand. Thank you again for furthering my knowledge.

Language enthusiast here. I'm pretty sure that the river in question is the Jordan, and the sea is the Mediterranean. Stop me right now if I'm wrong, otherwise, please indulge me in a detour. I like to see languages thrive, and I'm always enthusiastic to see moribund language groups pull themselves out of a hole -- one usually inflicted by hostile enemies in pursuit of territory. I root for Irish, Navajo, Cherokee, Nahuatl, Guarani, and the countless other languages that define ethnic groups even more than their creation myths and whatnot. In my own country of America, there was a popular expression that said "The only good Indian is a dead Indian". At some time in history, the perpetrators of that idea began to notice that it wasn't very nice -- "unchristian", you could say. So they changed the phrase to "Save the boy, kill the Indian." Not much better, IMHO. Even though most of the original Americans are now Christian speakers of European languages, they still live at a clear social and economic disadvantage. Are we, as modern Americans, willing to say that we must be Euro-Christian "From sea to shining sea"? Is there NO room for ANYBODY ELSE, even if they were here a long time ago? Now, right before I return to the topic at hand, let's put this in the back of our minds: Anglophones have always had an affinity for one another, more or less. However, people in The US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand or other part-English speaking places like South Africa, India and Nigeria never call ourselves English, or "Englishmen". We acknowledge our kinship with Britain and its offspring, but we don't call ourselves a group -- except "Anglophones." Arabic speakers, on the other hand, DO indeed call themselves Arabs, regardless of their genetic makeup or what state issues their passport. I remember Nasser's call for pan-Arabism. It didn't come to pass, but the concept IS a thing, and there IS an affinity between, for example, Algerians and Iraqis -- of a different sort than exists between Americans and Scots -- neither of whom is "English". That special affinity comes up often. (There's even an extended affinity with non-Arab coreligionists, but we'll skip that for now.) So, let's get back to "The river to the sea". Arabic culture already exists from the Atlantic ocean (Mauritania and Morocco) to the border of Iran. While there are normal linguistic differences over a three-thousand mile span, there's an "official" Arabic dialect (based on classical language) that is mutually intelligible over the whole swath of land.* It's pretty clear that the byword a long time ago was "The only good non-Muslim is a dead non-Muslim." Maybe the conquerors, a bit apprehensive about participating in genocide, chose to relax things and say "Well, if you recognize God as Abraham did, then you can still live here -- as long as you pay a special infidel tax." I suppose there was redlining too. So everybody from the old school is gone. Nobody in Egypt speaks Coptic, except a few Christians in church -- and even they're on the way out just as surely as Jews were pushed out. ALAS, there's a fly in the ointment. Those pesky Hebrews on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean keep inviting their coreligionists in diaspora to come back! WHAT A HORROR. There's no place for THOSE PEOPLE -- ANYWHERE FROM MOROCCO TO PERSIA, or South Asia, or Xingang, or the 'stans. NO PLACE WHATSOEVER. REMOVE THEM! This is a matter of religion, specifically supernatural religion, even more specifically among frightened people in parochial and provincial places who depend on the approval of neighbors as much as they depend on air and water. To say it's not a matter of religion is like saying the American Civil War wasn't about slavery. So there you go. Depending on the scope you choose, you can make any group a majority or a minority. (After all, pale Caucasian people form a minority in the world, but in America we call them the majority.) You can call the Arabs of Palestine "an oppressed minority" if you have severe myopia, but the Jews of the area are the real minority. Unlike Kurds, Yazidis, Roma, and other stateless people, Jews DID have a state that got put out of business about 2000 years ago. They returned and rebuilt the language. The basic laws and customs had been kept largely intact, even in diaspora. They integrated skills they had learned elsewhere and put it all to good use. But those small-time, small-town gossips of Arab Palestine can't stand them. (Although Israeli Arabs might see things differently.) So, if you think about the phrase "river to sea", and expand your view a little, you get to see how stupid a sampling it is. If all you see of a hand is the fingernail, you won't get a very good picture of the whole thing. Finally (at last), let me continue to wear out my welcome with this parting thought on language, this time regarding the word "genocide". There are 4 million native Hebrew speakers. There are 350 million native Arabic speakers. If you kill 4 million Hebrew speakers, that's a genocide. The language, thus its people, will be dead. If you kill 4 million native Arabic speakers, -- no let's make that 40 million, or 1/2 the population of Egypt -- you'll only have 300 million left. That would be a disaster and a crime, but not a genocide. So please, people, open your scope of view and use words that mean something. End of rant. *The history of how that happened is not known to me, but I find it difficult to believe that the indigenous people from Morocco to Egypt deliberately abandoned their languages, cultures and mythologies simply because they were impressed by the Arab businessmen who were expanding their trade routes to Spain. I suspect coercion and violence were involved -- just like in the Americas -- but it was a long time ago, so we can let is slide for now.

As always I appreciate the fact that you present an honest and objective viewpoint.

I would not consider an identity, that only originated in 1964, as deeply held. Sixty years ago, Palestinian meant the native people, the Jews, and the Arab occupiers were simply called Arabs. Anyway, the Arab invaders already have a country, that comprises 78% of the Jewish homeland, Jordan. That is more than enough for the invaders.

They are Arabs not Palestinians who came from Egypt and Jordan

Good to know what INTIFADA really means

Wait a second, Are we really surprised that the same Americans that flunk geography and get it wrong when asked where a country is in a map to know which river and which sea they are alluding to? 🇮🇱

Mossab Hassan Youssef said that Palestine only existed less than 30 years, in the Mandate period. Fully agree with him and almost everything else he says!!

From the river to the sea means palestinians soon will be living in a sea.

So we are supposed to be offended by people chanting for a 'maybe genocide' rather than an actual ongoing one? Got it man...

Its too far gone to have a two state. They will never play nice.

57 Muslim countries, among them 22 gargantuan Arab countries chock-full of oil. 1 Jewish state. Seems fair.

That’s true. The original 1964 PLO charter even renounced claim to Gaza which was ruled by Egypt, and the West Bank which was ruled by Jordan. The creation of a Palestinian Arab identity was to destroy Israel and then an attempt at pan-Arabism

Nice effort juggling words not to say the blunt truth and being "cancelled" , the fact that no Arabic nations want to accept any refugees from Gaza already tells the story. Also, Israel has many Arab people living their lives in its territory, but how many Jews live in Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, etc... ? That shows how compassionate those neighbour Arab countries are towards anyone that is not Arab ... or even towards their Arab Gaza neighbours...

I teach the History of the Middle East. This is a good video. I made a similar video, a bit shorter, a couples months ago on this as well. More recently I made a video debunking the lie that Israel is commiting "genocide"

Nice job once again Unpack'd!! Always reliable, quality content one can trust to have been well researched and factual! Thank you!!

Your analysis truly earned my subscription for your channel. Good job man

good job explaining things

You should have tell the whole slogen :"From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free - of Jews"

It's a very problematic slogan. What about the jews who bought the lands and the ones who farmed in it? Hamas is the one stalling the peace, and who is supported by hamas? Iran, who's ironically also destablizing the whole region

The Golan Heights are not and never have been part of Palestine. It is occupied Syrian Territory, which is recognized as such by the U.N. and the vast majority of the world. Please stop including it as part of Palestinian claims. And the Arab citizens still call themselves Palestinian.

It means free of jews, from the Jordan river to the med sea, be honest. It's not confusing at all. They can't live as neighbors how you expect them to live together? Maybe don't attack Israel and nobody will die. Let's try that.

If the Arabs of Palestine were truly interested in peaceful coexistence they would have accepted one of the many offers for their own state next to Israel over the past 80 years.

I love how you say you dont wanna shame anyone... Relax they shame themselves very nicely

I had family that served in both world wars and I lived next to several veterans. They had to sacrifice so much for peace their innocence there best years there conscience. All they wanted for us in return was for us to think for ourselves to show kindness and live good and peaceful life. It makes me sick seeing ignorant people advocate for violence and genocide. Anti-semitism is disgusting.

My slogan is: "Palestine free without Hamas! Israel free without hate!"

In the one area where I do have some personal experience, the narrative does not seem to me to be correct. The story that the pro-Palestine camps on college campuses are anti-Semitic and or make Jews unsafe. I spent some time in one, and boy were there a lot of Ashkenazi Jewish faces. Although the Jews and the Arabs tended to hang out in operate small groups within the camp, they were clearly working together to maintain the camp, with takes effort, organization, and a fair bit of team work. It was actually pretty gratifying to see. I"m not saying that I agree with everything I heard. I would have preferred that the messaging focus on a call for a cease fire, instead of all the other complex issues. Regardless, a young Jewish woman was probably safer walking though that camp alone at night than she would be on many city streets.

They don’t know the Jordanian River but claim enough knowledge to make a judgment..interesting

It means destroying the apartheid regime and integrating the minority and majority populations as in post-apartheid South Africa. Many Jewish leaders such as Miko Peled are leading campaigns to increase the proportion of both Israelis and Palestinians willing to consider such an essential evolution.

Change from the river to the sea with slogan from the kill to the hell. What about your opinion ?

One of the best videos of your channel so far. Good job on this.

Sunak got it right. Good for the Prime Minister.

This stupidity is still going on all over the world 😢

You fast forwarded a whole 20 years of military occupation

Awesome to my mind very unbiased and well explained content showing both sides. Thanks a lot. It is very much needed in these heated times

There is no such thing as Palestine since 1948. This was a name given by the colonialist British Empire. There are Israelis who are Jewish, Christian, and Moslim. There are Jordanians who lived in Samaria and Judea and there were Egyptians who lived in Gaza. The Arabs are all a mixture of different tribes.

11:45 Sounds like have you ever lived through the Soviet siege of Berlin to me

How is it different from what's written on Likud charter?

This means.....Asking them to build Tunnels 🕳from RIVER , which ends at SEA.....🤣

*Israel 🇮🇱 has been in existence before the birth of the Prophet of Islam and from River to Sea, Israel will live forever*

If someone says from the River to the Sea Eretz Yisrael will be free, does that automatically call for the elimination of all Palestinians?

great info

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The one state solution is quite possible. It already happened after 1948 nakba/war of independence. Although the arabs and the jews were at each other's throats (many died and many were expelled from their homes). The remaining arab population in Israel lives largely peacefully with the jews in Israel, even though they were subjected to military rule for the first 20 years of the establishment of Israel. This is really what this slogan should mean. The 2 state solution was possible in the 70s or 80s, now its dead. the only alternative is the one state.

Best video I’ve seen on the conflict! Thank you.

Just to remind you- Israel is controlling the area for 80 years and nothing bad happened to Palestinian arabs - their population even tripled under Israel rule. And what happened with Jews during 8 hours of "Hamas rule" we all seen

You unpack things brilliantly. Great video.

Keep on unpacking!

well explained 👍

From the chip shop at the sea, fish and chips should be free😂

"many students walked back after realizing their mistake" is that a fact? i wish it was, but those students dont seem to be going away, even after learning taht they are standing in support of terrorism and genocide. if they had the mental capacity to actually learn and be inquisitive they would be on the side of israel..

@unpacked Please don't continue using the fake, propaganda term "palestinian". There's never been a palestinian state or people. Palestina (or philistine in arabic) was a region, kinda like saying Middle East, or North America, or New England. I do feel compassion for the arab/jordanian people living in Israel. Their arab brothers have forsaken them and use them as fodder for their jihad and political aspirations.

I thought this was a vey fair and objective explanation.

95% of Palestine fanboys don't know what river and sea they refer to.

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Once again they never bring up 402 years of being colonized by the Ottomans. It is highly relevant

Thx for the clarification and information 👍 many people in the world dont get it too !

Rishi Sunak is calling those who chant "From The River To The Sea" as idiots. If he says this while looking into a mirror, he will see who that idiot is for suggesting that chant as a notion to wipe out the Jewish state fro the map.

These from the river to the sea people can't name the river or the sea hell they can't even find Israel or Palestine on a map

From the mountains lol

What did it mean when Benjamin Netanyahu said from the river to the sea?

Very nice job👍🏼❤️

1:53 UN had no business giving over half the land to a group that made up less than a third of its population

PM Sunak is right.

From all the rivers to the Persian sea Iranian people will be free!!!!

Scary that 30% does NOT say they will walk it back after learning what it means! One day.... (as in "one day my prince will come....")

I am a zionist from Massachusetts who is 72 years old. In June we are going to Israel for a wedding and to Petra and Eilat.

From the river to the sea Palestine will be free… From Hamas

Apartheid era South Africa tried to get black South Africans to accept a multi-state solution in which they would have autonomous tribal microstates with names like Transkei and Bophuthatswana. The ANC rejected this and insisted on majority rule in a united South Africa.🇿🇦 Ultimately the ANC got what it wanted and white South Africans had to accept it.

Great vidoes

I would emphasize that the people that call themselves "Palestinians" lived over a much wider area than what is now the State of Israel. The language they speak is Arabic, the ethnonym "Palestinian" refers to a regional people who live or originate in a geographic region designated during the Roman Empire as "Palestine", while it was mainly inhabited by Jews and Hebrew and Aramaic speaking people. If there was displacement that needs to be talked about, needs to be somehow resolved - the solution should not be further "displacements".

6:50 I see no problem with this, the problem would be if they said that there would be no place for the Jewish people

You get it

Some precisions that need to be addressed: the "river" is actually a sea, the Dead Sea or the Salt Sea, which is also the lowest place in the world and is located in eastern Israel. Another fact that is important to mention, from 1949 to 1967, for almost 19 years, it was Jordan that controlled the west Bank and calls for a Palestinian state were never heard during this period.

Thanks for the truth 👍

What was liqud party thinking in the 70,s when they spreading the slogan from the river to the sea

The way that was recently put by some politicians it means that not only gaza but the west bank gets full sovereignty, stopping the settlers which the israely goverment has allow since 1967 and for what it has been hardly critized after the Oslo Accords. So from the jordan river where the west bank is, to the mediterranean sea where Gaza is. Not denying that some people want the end of Israel too, but usually is Gaza and The West Bank having Jerusalem in shared control is how politicians had view it historically and also what has been negociated historically with palestinian authorities.

This was really good Unpacked major kudos to you guys for giving a very unbiased and factual based analysis of the horrific situation.

אין דבר כזה עם פלסטיני .תבדקו עובדות.לערבים יש המון מדינות .ליהודים רק מדינה קטנה🇮🇱♥️🇮🇱

As a non Jew in fact I am simply not religious. I am a man who believes extremism is rife globally and the Jewish fight centuries old deserves full support. Thanks for such an insightful summary. You have my thoughts Jewish community

We pray you oh our dear Muslims, from Ghana

Well said, brother.

"From the river the Sea, Palestine is Arab" is the original slogan 🙃🙃🙃

I wonder if the protesters actually know what it means? I think a lot of people only say it because it rhymes.

exactly!

But ultra Orthodox Jews also used the same phrase.