Al-Nakba: The Palestinian catastrophe - Episode 1 | Featured Documentary

Al-Nakba: The Palestinian catastrophe
"The Nakba did not begin in 1948. Its origins lie over two centuries ago…."
So begins this four-part series on the 'nakba', meaning the 'catastrophe', about the history of the Palestinian exodus that led to the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948, and the establishment of the state of Israel.
This sweeping history starts back in 1799 with Napoleon's attempted advance into Palestine to check British expansion and his appeal to the Jews of the world to reclaim their land in league with France.
The narrative moves through the 19th century and into the 20th century with the British Mandate in Palestine and comes right up to date in the 21st century and the ongoing 'nakba' on the ground.
Arab, Israeli and Western intellectuals, historians and eye-witnesses provide the central narrative which is accompanied by archive material and documents, many only recently released for the first time.
For Palestinians, 1948 marks the 'nakba' or the 'catastrophe', when hundreds of thousands were forced out of their homes.
But for Israelis, the same year marks the creation of their own state.
This series attempts to present an understanding of the events of the past that are still shaping the present.
This story starts in 1799, outside the walls of Acre in Ottoman-controlled Palestine, when an army under Napoleon Bonaparte besieged the city. It was all part of a campaign to defeat the Ottomans and establish a French presence in the region.
In search of allies, Napoleon issued a letter offering Palestine as a homeland to the Jews under French protection. He called on the Jews to ‘rise up’ against what he called their oppressors.
Napoleon’s appeal was widely publicised. But he was ultimately defeated. In Acre today, the only memory of him is a statue atop a hill overlooking the city.
Yet Napoleon's project for a Jewish homeland in the region under a colonial protectorate did not die, 40 years later, the plan was revived but by the British.
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[@namazlur78]

Everything the British touch has turned into chaos until today.

[@LambsyLamb]

Chaos still

[@HanGangSiyin]

@@researchdesignz "top countries"? go speak to the native populations. It became heavens of development for Westerners, while denying basic rights, oppressing and systematically erasing the presence of indigenous populations.

[@researchdesignz]

@@HanGangSiyin -- LOL LOL LOL !! may i ask where do you live ??? I can guarentee you that wherever you live, it doesn't belong to you either... your land was ALSO once taken over by wars, invasions or immigrants! And I can ALSO guarantee that if you don't live in one of the "top countries" I spoke of, your country has much much WORSE human rights abuses, oppressions & discriminations! So I would like to know where you're from... & I would be GLAD to do the research & REMIND you what your own country or your own ancestors are ! And let me know if you would be willing to give yours back to those ancient civilizations , religious / ethnic groups different to you today ! Second point --- Do you know that Those "Native" , "indigenous populations" you speak of, were NEVER owners of those lands ?? They never owned or governed the land, neither had a governing tribe or a ruler! They had many tribes spread around, & killed each other for territory ! Literally, stronger tribes attacked other tribes, looted, hacked, raped & wiped the other tribe out ... even gave human sacrifices ! So the truth is keyboard warriors like you wouldn't last a DAY with those tribes... Many tribes actualy surives upto this day, only because they were trained in guns after the europeans arrived ! so instead of learning about "native" people from hollywood movies, STUDY history in details before you speak !

[@hanoitripper1809]

Except Australia Canada Nz and the empire

[@HanGangSiyin]

@@researchdesignz haha you picked the wrong person mate. I'm Algerian and was raised in France most of my life. My ancestry is full Amazigh, who have been living in North Africa for over 10.000 years. We've been invaded by so many dynasties, but still our people, language and culture has survived. We've been victims of settler colonization by France for 135 years (just like Palestine is suffering) but thankfully we kicked them out and yes, even the French born in Algeria had to go back. I was born and raised in France because on my dad's side, they had to move to France during WW2 to help during the war (against their will, and got dispossessed of their lands). Algerian people feel a great connection to Palestinian because we've been through the same, and we know that no matter how strong your colonizer is, you can regain your land and your dignity. So no, I don't have colonizers blood.

[@Killshot15]

I admit i am not the most knowledgeable on the Palestine-Israel conflict but I found it very interesting that is actually illegal to acknowledge the “Nakba” in Israel while also letting Israelis have all there rights but Palestinians aren’t given those same rights and live under martial law most of the time. I’ve been doing research recently and another thing I noticed is how the media shows every atrocity committed by Hammas yet the atrocities committed by Israel’s IDF are not shown also the death of innocent Palestinians is barely shown yet a single Israeli death or casualty is shown everywhere.

[@Cerceify]

I did recently see an interview with an Israeli professional. She said she had all sorts of benefits including health care. Her Palestinian, Israeli born husband has none of that. He is a doctor and is working in Gaza.

[@Mystic-H]

Nice to see someone educating themselves and seeking truth unlike too many people who blindly believe mainstream media which doesn't report Israeli crime because they own all major mainstream media conglomerates. As mentioned in this documentary Zionists are prolific in propaganda. A common method they use is to commit a crime then say their victim committed it. But taking this into account you can figure out the truth by realising they are using mirror propaganda. A recent example is the bombing of the hospital and the Oct 7 attack. Very narcissistic behaviour which is upheld by not only Israeli officials but many of their citizens. It's like they have all agreed to perpetuate propaganda and when presented with facts they call that propaganda. Furthermore Hamas is a creation of Israel.

[@Never_again_against_anyone]

I also recently started to educate myself better on this matter. Words cannot really grasp how disappointed I am on with politicians always talking about human rights and not caring a bit about them. Regarding the media: I, too find this awful. Even media that do very good journalism on most other topics seem to do everything to not show anything of the harm the Israelis do (And if they have to downplay it etc), but report five times about every stone thrown by some Palestinian rid of hope and rights.

[@lidiaki9721]

could you link here that video pls @@Cerceify

[@kutie216]

Abby Martin has some good videos on Palestine

[@allalone393]

Imagine that you are living in your land in peace...and someone comes and takes your land, demolishes your house, and steals what your ancestors earned in the past just because his religion tells him that this is your land...which religion accepts this crime?

[@martinparry9137]

I said this in a bar in tel Aviv ! I was nearly killed by some guys listening to me?

[@sloeberdoet]

Islam did the same with a lot of cultures and nations and also christianity has its part I think it is in the poison of those ideologies that make people violent or maybe it is just a biological thing of greed, dominance and ugly human nature.

[@chewy.666]

This happened all over the world. See north Ireland, Schotland, Amerika, Australia, need more examples? If we go back long enough, all countries have faced this same sometime in their past.

[@fredrickmeredith513]

History tells us that "Certain" people feel like if they see it and they want it then it's theirs irregardless of who actually owns the land or how long they've been there. That's just how they see the world.

[@junejune8492]

​@@chewy.666 so what happened to them in Germany was ok?? Is that what you are trying to say??

[@sabrinaamir1272]

A 2nd Nakba is happening in Gaza right now as we speak!!! May Allah protect the Palestinian people and give victory to them

[@naynayonecreator8290]

ALLAHUMMA Ameen 🤲🏻 🇵🇸❤️🖤🤍💚

[@UmmuFarras]

There's no such thing as "the second nakbah". The nakbah has not ended since the day it began.

[@platitudeypus]

​@@UmmuFarrasindeed

[@supeskrim]

What about addressing some of my question to help me better understand your cause? Listed as one parent comment.

[@markjohnstone1618]

The 2nd Nakba is the day Hamas took over the Palestinian people - on this I agree with you. May God help the Palestinians free themselves from Hamas.

[@Dziekelama1948]

My life stories with Israeli apartheid: Since the Nakba in 1948, my Palestinian family has been displaced by Israeli forces from Jericho, their birth place, to three different refugee camps in the West Bank until they settled in one camp near Bethlehem, where they started their fourth new life after all of their assets they had in Jericho like houses, farms , shops, and lands were confiscated by the Israelis and simply given away to Israeli settlers who immigrated to Palestine from Eastern Europe. After that my dad worked almost all of his life for Israeli building companies in the occupied West Bank to secure basic needs for his children. My mum and despite her mental illness caused by the displacement trauma, had somehow and miraculously managed to keep us all alive , and together. However the saddest aspect of this brutal Israeli occupation was not the loss of our land in Jericho itself, but the overall poor living conditions we experienced under the apartheid military control where the Israeli soldiers can shoot and kill innocent Palestinians without being prosecuted. Of course, lack of basic human rights has been the main highlight of the Israeli occupiers who did not give neither my mum nor dad any health care, social care, life or health insurance , compensation for displacement , care home or even basic retirement salary as they later became frail and ill. My parents were lucky to bring up a family in such inhumane circumstances and for me they were my biggest heroes and without whom the story of my life would not be possible to tell. The story of my family is just one of millions of similar stories in Palestine and I’m sure there are more horrific stories to be told, but there are also many that can never be heard as their heroes are no longer with us.

[@davidharner5865]

Your Jewish (Palestinian) family was displaced by the Israelis?

[@willemheerema6]

Hopely the world will help, as we do with Ukrain.

[@_WinterSnow]

Sorry this happened to your family, dear. I feel for all those families. It breaks my heart to see what you have to endure everyday. They're cruel and inhumane, but you know what? Karma is always watching and justice will be served someday. Stay strong -the good people of the world stand by you. 🖤💜🖤

[@aseel7276]

@@davidharner5865 what jewish most of them are muslim not jewish stop and read history

[@aseel7276]

@@davidharner5865 and yes Israel did that to the Palestinian people

[@JOneHundredTV]

I've watched this series a bunch of times. This video series needs to be shown and viewed now more than ever!

[@johnstrawb3521]

5:55 - in short, Jews knew from the beginning they would be stealing Palestine from Palestinians, and this would require a long campaign of terror, murder, land theft, and ethnic cleansing. And they went ahead without compunction. Would anyone care to dispute this on a factual basis?

[@farsalami8605]

No Not really, most people can not see the skillfully made documentary's objective. As you should know this is made to present the Palestinian case. The other side makes a totally different story using the same facts. Let's forget that historical facts do not help to resolve this... this conflict has nothing to do with facts , history etc. It is a dumb geopolitical game. Yes the weakest of them all ( the arabs of palestine).... pay for it!

[@MonikaPetkanova]

I wonder how they didnt ban those episodes yet after 10 yrs in ytube??

[@mastersnet18]

@@farsalami8605which is why almost half of the people interviewed are Israelis………..

[@mastersnet18]

@@farsalami8605you don’t seem to realize that Israel doesn’t hide it much. This information is easily seen in the declassified historical documents from ISRAEL. Or is that too biased for you? Coming from the horses mouth.

[@ilona3793]

One of the best documentaries on the history of Palestine. Historical documents and photographs are worth thousands of words

[@nelsonlourenco3781]

This is a one sided documentary. You should watch documentaries from other side as well.

[@user-fp7rz5vg8w]

arabs stole the land titles during the armenian genocide

[@philmulrooney7020]

It’s a work of fiction

[@MohamadAlb]

@@nelsonlourenco3781Why would we watch documentaries created by the oppressors and colonialists? There are no sides to the Native American tragedy. There was only colonizer and colonized. And so it is, too, the same for Palestine.

[@ThomasMorrison141]

@@MohamadAlb Exactly.

[@mdog111]

If you've landed on this page for whatever reason, I urge you to watch all four parts of this documentary. It is a masterpiece, documenting the inter-war machinations to dispossess the Palestian people of their land, the tragedy of their forced expulsion in 1948 and the indifference of both the Western and Arab countries to their plight which sadly, continues to this day.

[@hagaiabeliovich4276]

I am sorry to hear that you believe these silly conspiracy theories

[@PodcastCentral333]

Palestinians need to go back to Egypt syria Saudi Arabia and Yemen where they came from 👍

[@user400]

@@hagaiabeliovich4276 please stop

[@michelej9496]

@@hagaiabeliovich4276 what are they exactly?

[@jaynesimmons2403]

I have supported the Palestinians from the time I became aware. So sad but don’t give up. Ignore that ignorant comment that came before. Zionists feel threatened by this incredible documentary series and will say anything to discolor the Palestinians. I can’t wait to go back to Palestine for a visit.

[@idiotic1021]

The least the world can do is learn and understand the plight of the Palestinian people and their decades-long struggle for freedom.

[@sl...h]

I am just watching this series for the first time as I am searching about the cur6 sad plight of Palestinians. I feel so sad for them. All the horrors and atrocities they had to go through until today at the hands of Zionists. This is one of the biggest mistakes that Britain did establishing a home for the Jews and displacing thousands of Palestinians. This is a very sad story. Shame on British and all those who put Jews in and Arab state. I pray that may God help the Palestinians get freedom

[@simonazulay4781]

hahahahahahah.....freedom for muslim people....what freddom muslim have in syria under the butcher bashar asad...what freedom have the people in Iran..what freedom and good life have the people in Gaza with Hamas regime.....the only place arabic live in freedom is in israel the jewish country home for 2 million arabic israeli....and for 7 milion jewish...israel is the only place jewish can live with confidance in entire world...and that should be for ever....and if there is one that dont accept that can go drink the water of gaza sea shore..

[@rickbaker382]

On the other hand, Menachem Begin, in his 1952 memoirs, said that without Deir Yassin there wouldn't have been an Israel, and that after it the Zionist forces could "advance like a hot knife through butter". Under advice, he removed these words from subsequent editions. In June 1967, the USS Liberty, an unarmed Navy technical research ship, was attacked by Israeli aircraft and motor torpedo boats in international waters off the coast of Egypt. The attack killed 34 and injured 171 Americans. Israel slaughtered the people in Deir Yassin to advance the zionists dream of world domination , the NWO. American is in this bad of shape due to the zionist bank known as the federal reserve. It’s a zionist privately owned central bank that controls the issuance of America’s economy. Together biden and the zionist central bank are causing America’s next depression. Over 35 years ago I read that the NWO/Zionists were willing to use a global depression and or WWIII to achieve their goal of World Domination. It looks like they have chosen both the way things are today. With their puppet biden who is willing to destroy America for his zionist puppet masters.

[@sarasarah1810]

yes, but not when zionist backing countries dont care.

[@sarasarah1810]

shame on america for continuing it and even making it worse.@@sl...h

[@timothybrady2749]

An excellent presentation. A lot more historical analysis of events than displayed in most programs discussing the Palestinian issues. The British colonial objectives are explained and factually supported. I have a much better understanding of why Palestinians feel they were dispossessed of their land. A very informative program.

[@lechat8533]

They don`t "feel" their land was stolen from them. They KNOW! As should everybody with two brain cells to rub together.

[@shadahampton2528]

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[@shadahampton2528]

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[@shadahampton2528]

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[@shadahampton2528]

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[@salehamin1221]

“Our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians” -Nelson Mandela

[@ceaseless246]

@Hugh G. Rection very many people

[@fatimajaffer1745]

I for one as a South African cares about it.🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@fatimajaffer1745]

@Jp Ira Not Mandela. The president's that came after him.

[@davidberrebi1161]

Pa lie stine never exist here is Israel 🇮🇱 Jews land not Muslim

[@pressftopayrespects6325]

Who cares?

[@charlescote3119]

Rewatching this as a reminder of todays event in the middle east... People please learn ur history!

[@supeskrim]

And please address my queston about disinformation from tis video? One of the root comment.

[@collins48lc]

To bad it's fake history

[@sonofkenyaa]

@@collins48lc which part of this is fake

[@annisahherya3068]

I wish you have various subtitles for this documentary, so it would help people around the world to know the history well

[@emsee90210]

False history

[@gps831coast]

False history is just a perception of history. People have different perspectives. People also just have no idea what they are saying. I don't.

[@supeskrim]

@@gps831coastHistory is the truth if you tell them as it is, without removing any parts. You should be suspicous if all are in line in harmony.

[@dramer6782]

Thank you Al Jazeera, I urge you to repeat the telecast of all these historic documentaries about the Palestine.

[@supeskrim]

This video will only create even more bad image of your side biased propaganda. See my inquires in one of the root comment.

[@bilal3827]

What a tragic story of human suffering

[@jbninjah1776]

and it goes on at this very minute. Truly macabre.

[@subhaschandradey6747]

Only refugees those are displaced from their own home land they're feel what is happening to Palestinian people who are now refugees. British🇬🇧💂 government fully responsibil for the situation created britraar all over world they applied divide and rules. Congratulations to you❤❤❤❤❤

[@supeskrim]

Aren't you suspicious of why it's so align in harmony and Palestinian portray like vicitimized angle?

[@bilal3827]

@@supeskrim I could say the same thing about Jays in WW2 after Germany. They portray in a victim angle. Portraying a victim angle doesn’t discredit the situation. I’m sure we can all agree what happened in WW2 was tragic. What happened in 1948 to today in Palestine is tragic.

[@supeskrim]

@@bilal3827Yes tragic but not by Israelis wrong doings, all are caused by their own behaviour & Arabs 1st by refusing any partitionin 1947, not even 1% for Israelis. Then become a sore losers for the last 75 years, Karentitlemet was narrated by fellow Arabs to their mind as sole onwer native of the land. While official international/UN recongnise no single native that has more right over the other: Bedoin, Druze, Arab, Jewish, other tribes. The bloods are in Hamas hand or their own parent who breed like crazy for some crazy purpose in their life.

[@MonaBradbury]

This is a very important documentary to watch. Everyone needs to see it. 👍🇵🇸✨

[@Ex-expat]

Its so frustrating to learn there was so much more than to what we have been told, learned in school; "there was WW2 and Israel was created to give jews a safe haven". And this reportage provided the most informative early background I have found so far. Thanks!

[@adamb.m4844]

There was ww2 and israel was created for jewish poeople this sentence IS too good to bé true

[@chas6723]

I'm watching this on Al Nakba day. It makes me ashamed and sad to be British. I pray for justice and peace for the Palestinian people who have suffered so much for so long.

[@shainazion4073]

Please watch the video, *"How we really became refugees, 13 Palestinians tell their personal stories"*

[@semsamatanovic5296]

ALLAHU AKBAR....LA IL LAHE IL ALLAHU!!!!!

[@Petal4822]

In 1947 Palestine was offered an independent state along with Israel but they rejected the two state partition… because they didn’t want to live in peace with Israel. Living in a country doesn't give you an automatic right to make it your country. Arabs moved there from neighboring Arab countries, like Egypt and Jordan. NONE of them were Palestinian, it has been ruled by the Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Fatimids, Seljuk Turks, Crusaders, Egyptians and Mamelukes. The Ottomans 1517 /1917. Then it became British mandated Palestine till 1948. There was no King of Palestine because Palestine was NEVER a country. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

[@Petal4822]

@@semsamatanovic5296 The Jewish people lived in Judea (Jerusalem) 2000 years before Allan was invented.

[@dexterwestin3747]

@@Petal4822 Agreed - but you will never hear that from Al Jazeera. There never was A Palestinian state. They were long term squatters that are upset that the rightful owners returned home.

[@Sidiqi]

In 1977 I was in Amman with my wife and daughter collecting a visa from the Saudi Arabian Embassy, which un expectantly took 2 weeks. I had been given a contact person there, brother of a Palestinian who I worked with, his family name ‘Alami’. The Naqba resulted in him moving to Jordan and starting a new life there and he became a businessman of repute. Despite us being English he went out of his way to be sure we were looked after, including arranging our Hotel - difficult at that time, even arranging payment. He had every reason to dislike the British yet he displayed a kindness we always remember - a true gentleman. Thankyou Mr Alami.

[@SusanMShort]

Yes because Arabs are very kind and hospitable and its not your fsult you ars british

[@jesseresendez1809]

Am 71 i was always thought that Palestinians were the bad guys ty for enlighten me

[@Truth_is_hard283]

No ,you are bot account owned by a Muslim teenager.

[@LayLoow]

History can’t be erased 🇵🇸❤️‍🔥

[@Truth_is_hard283]

@@LayLoow yes they can be

[@wisedove7092]

So now you come tonthe conclusion that Palestinians are the good ones.

[@wisedove7092]

​@@LayLoow You are very correct... that is tje Israelis doing. They had a very very deep root in that land.

[@warrenpaine]

Why hasn't this documentary been shown on American Public Broadcasting channels? This is a highly informative program and a perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that we don't normally see in the United States. Much of the film footage shown here is rarely seen.

[@emotionalinvalid]

PBS went corporate 20 some years ago . They would have showed this back in the early 1990's or earlier .

[@helenturner3657]

Truth is always hidden...

[@Palatard]

Because Al Jazeera is a biased source that cannot be trusted.

[@iangoldberg7245]

Because it is Propaganda from Al-Jazeera.

[@brianpatrick8787]

Because much of it is false. Calling the legal purchase of land stealing tells you the bent of the reporting. Also the population numbers are wrong. The 60000 they claimed displaced by one land purchase was laughable.

[@niks966]

Hard to watch this documentary without tears. So sad....prayers for all.

[@Yazzie101]

It makes me so sad the a nation can be so robbed of their entire being !!! 😢

[@lawrenceidorenyin4477]

Noise making

[@sambear6079]

By white racists.

[@kimberlywaldrop5959]

Banker wars

[@emsee90210]

First 2 minutes: Lie #1. Everything starts at 1948. That's a very convenient starting time for arabs, as they always "forget" to mention how this "naqba" started. - They forget to mention that 5 arab armies attacked Israel the day after it was established, BEFORE THE "NAQBA". - they always forget their own role in attacks on the jews and massacares that have been doing since the begining of the 20th century (for example: 1929 Hebron massacare) - they ALWAYS forget to mention their cooperation with Hitler, promising (and executing) to throw all jews to the sea... "From the river to the sea" heard of that? - they forget to mention how they escalated this whole situation for the previous 30 years, starting with trying to rob jewish settlements and causing the jews to establish their own armed forces. Lie #2: actualy its "mind shaping". in the intro when they are talking about jews they always show someone with a gun, when they are talking about arabs they are showing women and children... does it make sense? Lie #3: "Forced out of their homes" Some where indeed, some fled, some were told by the arab leage to leave their homes. Just FYI 20% of the population in Israel are arabs, who didnt leave... dont you think they would be "forced" too? *BTW they live much better lives in Israel than in ANY of the neighboring countries. ~30% of medical personel in Israel are arabs I have lots of coligues and friends that are arabs

[@kavve3h]

why did they attack israel?? could it has something to do with declaration of balfour?

[@juniahmad786]

This reminded me childhood story "THE CAMEL & THE NOBEL MAN". Once upon a time a man was travelling through the desert along with his camel. It was winter season and nights became very cold in desert. After sunset man decided to take rest and set his camp. Outside camel felt too much cold and requested the man if he can enter his face inside which was accepted. After sometime camel again requested to enter his front legs which was also accepted. But it was not enough for the camel and he entered his rear legs as well. There was not enough space in the camp & the man had to sleep outside in the cold. Israel is"Camel" in this story and the "Nobel Man" is Palestine.

[@supeskrim]

What a story, except that in the real life outside your one sided view, The camp is large enough for both, but the evil man would not let the camel in not an inch. Then came an animal lover who ask the man to share and they did so, but as soon as the AL leave, the evil man want exclusive right attack the Camel but lost and keep n repeating from outside camp, while begging for spport outside. The animal lover is the mandate holder.

[@Arabtheworld]

​@@supeskrimThe United States if big enough for the Jews why don't they go live there? Also the Jews living in occupied Palestine are not native

[@supeskrim]

@@Arabtheworld UN recognise natives of Palestine were Bedoin, Jews, Arabs, Druze. Let say there were no Jews immigrants and zionist in 1900, but Chinese immigrants buying lands. Then when any of the natives want to self determination like Israel, Chinese follows Israel, and UN decide the partition size according to Jews + Chines vs The rest. You don't get decide or have rights to reject the Chinese as private land owner, or to determine Chinese have no right to their bought land, or Chinese must follow Islamic majorities. Sense of belonging does not constitute land ownership including unregistered verbal only wakf.

[@supeskrim]

@@Arabtheworld Funny that you must mention United States, did you know that Palestine/Israel is less than 0,25% of Middle East? What's up to the ikhlas concept of Islamic and greediness among the nations?

[@Arabtheworld]

@@supeskrim Dawg being Jewish isn't a race and who cares about UN law if nobody even follows it not even Israel and the conflict is about an oppressive entity which came under the defense of the world's major powers to fight off the underdeveloped natives and to proclaim a nation which is based on an apartheid,and this is not a theory many Israelis say apartheid of Palestinians is the only way Israel can exist safely,you don't share a land to ppl from Europe,it's like saying Christians should go displace Turkish people because they owned it at a certain time of history,you are full of bs

[@vernonbrana8205]

This is all so fascinating. This was only mentioned briefly in our history classes when I was a kid but digging deep into it now is just.... it brings all sorts of emotions and I'm Filipino.

[@doubletrouble9503]

Its easy to respond emotionally to this video but did you know that more than 800 000 Jews were expelled from Arabic countries in revenge after 1947. We don't see or hear about this in the news .. why ?? Because Israel took in nearly half of them while others fled and integrated into countries like America, Canada and France. By contrast, Palestinians are deliberately left rotting decades later in refugee camps by Arab countries without full working rights or citizenship. As one example, the Jews of Iraq were expelled and PAUPERIZED overnight; forced to sign over their property and business and leave with whatever they could take in suitcases. In Algeria and Egypt, there were anti-Jewish riots. In Libya, a country where there were 30 000 Jews before 1947, not ONE remains. I would love to hear coverage of this from Al Jazeera and the shrieking left.

[@tumeke4328]

Didn't the Spanish colinise the Phillipines first and named it after King Phillip the 2nd hence the name Phillipines. Then US came pretending to liberate the people and work with the indigenous to push out the Spanish, but in the end the Spanish handed the power over to the US. They both role played a war and the last stand of the Spanish and purposely kept the indigenous far out so they wouldn't know?

[@Jasmine-lj8qw]

​@@tumeke4328dammit rich ppl suck so much

[@user-fp7rz5vg8w]

arabs stole the land titles during the armenian genocide

[@travellintravis6373]

Easily the most informative documentary I've seen on this tragic situation. Well done.

[@nedludd7622]

It is not a tragic situation, it is a crime perpetrated by Europe against a third world country.

[@PropheticAngel75]

@@nedludd7622 Nope, this was predicted many thousands of years earlier. The Jews would go back to their homeland.

[@nedludd7622]

@@PropheticAngel75 Who predicted it and to whom? Didn't the people you mention steal the homeland of the Canaanites? Something about a battle at Jericho? All mythology though, as that battle never happened along with most of the things mentioned in the books Look up the names of those who created the new state. They are all central and eastern European. Herzl, Weizmann, Mabovitch, Grün, etc. Check on their real names as they often changed them to sound more "authentic". They knew nothing about Palestine and had no connections to it.

[@PropheticAngel75]

@@nedludd7622 Palestine is really just philistine. Go do your research

[@nedludd7622]

@@PropheticAngel75 You should not stop at reading your mythology and try doing some historical research. You avoided commenting on all the damning points I made but one, and that one you got wrong. The Philistines were the people who lived in southern Canaan. "Palestine" is the Latin translation of the Greek word which is a cognate of the Hebrewd "peleshet". The ancient Egyptians also had their form of the word. Your book has nothing historical from the beginning to at least Joshua. All that was just vague oral tradition which was only written down after 600 BCE, i.e. hundreds of years after the supposed events. The creation myths were borrowed from other cultures. Exodus never happened. Joshua never fought a battle at Jericho whose walls were destroyed by an earthquake at least 100 years before before his imagined battle. The falsehoods just continue.

[@yunshuiseng8]

Definately a "Must see", in these times mandatory for everyone who opens his mouth to say something about Israel, Palestine, Gaza ...

[@NG-fq5lf]

The evilness that was done to the Palestinians knows no end

[@supeskrim]

They dig their own grave. The evilnes that was done by the Palestinian by brining a child into this world with breeding like crazy is astonishing.

[@original_me6505]

When you strip a people of their humanity, you feel free to treat them however you please. FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸

[@agafoz]

Imagine if millions of people watched this instead of hundreds. This would definitely change their perspective of Palestinians. Here in America we believe Palestine is the bad guy.

[@davideloi9176]

Show this documentary to as many people as you can :)

[@merciedejoie4249]

❤❤❤

[@-yacino1434]

​@@davideloi9176 This movie, with its four parts, is banned for many age groups by KZbin, so everyone should share it

[@solomiiak1779]

Thank you for amazing explanation. I’m very ashamed i didn’t dig deeper into the history of Palestine ,i knew nothing about it. Free Palestine and big support from Ukraine 🇵🇸🇺🇦. Please , don’t think everyone from my country support Israel ,It’s not true. I’m praying for freedom and the end of that injustice and genocide in Palestine. „From the river to the sea Palestine will be 🆓”

[@muhammadhamza3562]

You have a big heart brother, you are truly blessed. May God make it easy for your country and you as well!

[@xavisanchez7522]

Never existed palestine, stop spreading lies f fs

[@bsahmed1]

It is not what you know, it is what you could have known if you wanted to find out. Please search for the truth. It is very easy to find it and once you do, you will be liberated from all biases and prejudice. There was peace and security in Palestine until the Zionist European invaders stole the land from the natives. Advice them to go back to their countries and leave the poor people alone.

[@user-fp7rz5vg8w]

Arab titles of land were stolen from the dead during the Armenian genocide. So most of the land titles they sold to the Jews coming from Europe were simply stolen land from the dead. Likely they were the killers. So it' laughable when they claim anyone stole off of them. But the Euro Jews were buying land at high prices well before the founding. Then add in that Jordan was taken from Israel. Jordan was 75% of the total land. It was the two state solution. Something that media seems to have forgotten and Arabs of the area want to keep very quiet.

[@makedonistoi]

from the sea to the river,israel will be free

[@bodicea186]

Educating oneself is mandatory to making an intelligent opinion...especially when the shoe is on the other foot or we are condemned to repeat such tragedies.

[@IsraelistheJewsland]

That's true 2500 years before Islam was made up Jews lived in the land of Israel and now they are back where they belong Without Israel who will really have the Jews back?

[@michelej9496]

Absolutely

[@johnmac4094]

This has been repeated since the Ulster plantations, America, Israel.. they're doing it in Europe now in an inverse fashion.

[@alexanderwalters7657]

yup

[@fatimaahmad8702]

Thank you so much for this documentary. Right now, Israel is causing a genocide in Palestine. Palestinians will not give up; they are strong souls.

[@pluto5746]

This is just too sad to watch and hear. Such a unfair world.

[@adameckard4591]

This is a really fair and balanced documentary. One of the best ones on the subject I've seen. It deals with the Israel and Palestinian issues fairly.

[@GPBKM]

I wouldn't call it "fair and balanced", it is a one-sided propaganda video from the studios of Qatar's Al-Jazera, which is one of the most vehemently hateful countries in the world towards Israel. This video is dangerous in the way it twists historical facts and has dubious "historian" like Ilan Pappe in it, which already been discredited by other historians for lies and false historical facts in his books. Shameful really.

[@saraabbah4408]

There is nothing fair when it comes to the Palestinians. So sad!

[@ramsaysnow9196]

LOL! If it is balanced why don they talk about all the others arab-jew states like egypt,Lebanon,iran... and why dot they mention that arabs in those lands exterminated the jews! there wer jews ther till ww2! Where are those jews now?? Go go Izrael destroy those faschists!

[@aseel7276]

Only palestine 🇵🇸 Isreal no because they didn't suffer like palestine

[@SuperMookles]

​@aseel7276 you clearly aren't aware of European history

[@georgebrowne5935]

A Shocking History not unlike the Irish experience of British Colonialism.

[@ChrisSmith-ro1ev]

Exactly! Hope one day Irish will get back rest of their land.

[@juliefreeborn5906]

You might have a point but shouldn't you be more concerned by the mass immigration from the Third World into Ireland.led by the same globalist elite who caused the native inhabitants of Palestine to be replaced by Jewish immigrants?

[@robbiehoekstra7727]

Respect for AJ. Children at school around the world should be teached by this documentary.

[@michelej9496]

When we depend on ourselves to teach our own children we will do well.

[@user-sj8fu8cw9g]

Watching for not only educating myself but my future generations. This will NOT be forgotten. Even seas away. We will remember.

[@JoseSoto-tz4cz]

Best documentary on the subject. For sure

[@shahnazkabir1]

"Don't trust foreigners" very wise words... Who understands these words more then us India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.. 200 years British rulled these India and sub continent countries. This is very sad to see how a country snatched slowly with a blue print plan. It's painful to see that your country is not anymore yours. You don't have a country to live... #FreePalestine

[@riddler3121]

Pakistan hasn't even existed for 100 years yet and your talking about 200 years. That's afghan land back then.

[@riddler3121]

Wake up please

[@fresatx]

Hold your breath until Palestine is free!

[@jonathanciccone2914]

@Mr steal your wife where was this in the video? thanks! "do not trust the foreigners"

[@donnywai8599]

Don't forget the Philippines, our country has been ruled by the Spaniards for 333 years in the past before and was ruled by America as well. Our people were oppressed, and we lost most if not all of our culture.

[@clayburris2757]

The music throughout this film is beautiful and brilliant! Id buy the soundtrack. Great editing, the timbre matches the segments alloted. Just great work!

[@Human-Failure]

Outstanding documentary... keep up the good work!

[@gogonina671]

This the historical book ever you can ever find " the bible" I'm not an israelite but that's their land thousands years ago; the Israelites cannot be defeated even if the whole world should gather, its fact Daniel 4:17 This is the decision of the alert and watchful angels. So then, let all people everywhere know that the Supreme God has power over human kingdoms and that he can give them to anyone he chooses -- even to those who are least important.’ Genesis 15:18-21 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram and said, "To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates- the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites." Genesis 17:7-9 I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. The whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God." Then God said to Abraham, "As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.

[@original_me6505]

​@@gogonina671​​stop trying to fool people. People are learning the TRUTH for themselves. Just asking though, WHEN DID YESHUA RETURN AND ENTER THE HOLY LAND WITH HIS PEOPLE IN TOW, TAKE PLACE. Forcing scripture to fit their likeness 😵‍💫

[@padajsiloinepravdo6299]

@@gogonina671the Bible is myths and legends which has been destroyed by modern archeology. The ancient Israelites did not follow Judaism but Canaanite paganism. There was no united kingdom under David or Solomon So any appeal to the Bible is very weak

[@abrarhameem1000]

This documentary series is a gem, so valuable knowledge, to the point without anything unnecessary, makes it very simple and easy to understand.

[@azizkhowaja9726]

So now I know where this Al-Qassam Brigade name inspired from. Thanks for this history lessons will watch the remaining episodes now.

[@kimrecreant]

Fantastic documentary series. So good to hear the "other side" for a change!

[@hughjazzole2037]

You mean FAKE NEWS.

[@johncoheno4934]

@@hughjazzole2037 oh year for sure

[@VincentIrkallaOfficial]

Any news that doesn't serve or uphold your delusional beliefs is "fake news." Stay mad.

[@mohamedammar5122]

@@hughjazzole2037 Point out at the fake information. It's all true and documented. And the worse is not even discovered yet, truth will always prevail whether you like it or not.

[@eheaalasm5776]

@@hughjazzole2037 Truth is always hardddddd😉

[@mandynam7581]

A very moving documentary. Thank you.

[@blebonick7088]

what can you say when witnessing a lost homeland? 'I'm sorry' will never be enough. 'how could this have happened' has been answered in the video. In the past few months, we have witnessed bombardment after bombardment of palestine, and the media will still say that it is a complex issue. This is not complex. It is simple. The strong - the Western World - crushed the weak - the Palestinians - in order to have a friendly foothold in the middle east. Where is the nuance. All I see is loss.

[@TARAdubbleyuu]

Well said. No nuance in a bludgeoning.

[@emsee90210]

ill tell you how First 2 minutes: Lie #1. Everything starts at 1948. That's a very convenient starting time for arabs, as they always "forget" to mention how this "naqba" started. - They forget to mention that 5 arab armies attacked Israel the day after it was established, BEFORE THE "NAQBA". - they always forget their own role in attacks on the jews and massacares that have been doing since the begining of the 20th century (for example: 1929 Hebron massacare) - they ALWAYS forget to mention their cooperation with Hitler, promising (and executing) to throw all jews to the sea... "From the river to the sea" heard of that? - they forget to mention how they escalated this whole situation for the previous 30 years, starting with trying to rob jewish settlements and causing the jews to establish their own armed forces. Lie #2: actualy its "mind shaping". in the intro when they are talking about jews they always show someone with a gun, when they are talking about arabs they are showing women and children... does it make sense? Lie #3: "Forced out of their homes" Some where indeed, some fled, some were told by the arab leage to leave their homes. Just FYI 20% of the population in Israel are arabs, who didnt leave... dont you think they would be "forced" too? *BTW they live much better lives in Israel than in ANY of the neighboring countries. ~30% of medical personel in Israel are arabs I have lots of coligues and friends that are arabs

[@BRaff-hl4ip]

What happened in South Africa will eventually unfold in Israel. I try to understand both sides of the story with the Jews being displaced thousands of years ago and what they had to endure with worldwide anti semitism. But to see the Palestinians so brutally treated since 1948 and especially now in 2023 as the world looks on, it's heart breaking.

[@basmam3366]

So in this case Italy can claim all Europe, middle east and north Africa bcs they had the Roman empire and ruled those places for a long time The same logic Iran can claim the surrounding countries too due to the Person empire The same logic Russia has the right to claim Ukraine and the surrounding countries due to Soviet union That's mental

[@stevewonder9523]

If it’s mental, then Palestine can’t claim lost land. At what point can you look back at history and say that’s the cut off point, in which we can determine who owns what land. Let me guess you want to stick to just 75 years, because that fits he narrative of the current conflict. If you lose land that was technically not yours, or due to war, then you have no claim to it anymore. @@basmam3366

[@raidakhamis6660]

My mom who is now 83 , and dad is 87 years old never stopped talking about the Nakbah in 1948 . Both of them,their sisters,and brothers were in grade school at that time. Almost every time the family gets together we listen as my parents and family members tell us what happened to their family members, friend, school teachers,and neighbors during the Nakbah. They talked about the farmers who worked in the farms and gardens,and what happened to them. Mom sometimes talks about what happened to their many farm dogs who lived on their farm.😢 Mom has been talking for many years and we have been listening for many years. 😢 We now have social media, cell phones, computers and the electronic world which Mom/dad didn't have much of when they lived through the Nakbah. Sometimes I watch Aljazera news channels, listen,and see how Palestinians are still being genicide. Watch soo many Palestinians genocide videos on social media posted by eye witness people like doctors, journalist,red cross,unraw, hospitals,and victims themselves. Nothing changed things are still the same as mom/dad told us for many years. BUT, ONE DAY GOD WILL FREE PALESTINE. 😢

[@serinersis7960]

Azerbaijan and Israel crimes against humanity will be exposed one day and the people who have suffered these atrocities will have their long deserved justice🙏 🇵🇸🇦🇲

[@user-kr3ng2dj7e]

During the 1947-1949 Palestine War, an estimated 700,000 Palestinians, constituting about 80% of the Palestinian Arab population, fled or were expelled. Nearly half of this number (about 250,000-300,000 Palestinians) fled or were expelled before the declaration of Israel's establishment in May 1948, and in the period following the war, a large number of Palestinians attempted to return to their homes; Between 2,700 and 5,000 Palestinians were killed by Israel during this period, the vast majority of whom were unarmed and intending to return for economic or social reasons. Some historians have since described the expulsion of the Palestinians as ethnic cleansing.

[@jonathanreiser120]

Apparently, those Historians don't understand the meaning of the concept. There are about 2 million Arabs living in Israel proper, another 2 in Gaza and 2 more in the West Bank in a country smaller than Rhode Island. After WW2 there were 3.5 million Jews left in all of the European continent (6 million died). Which one sounds like Ethnic cleansing to you?

[@alexs5349]

@@jonathanreiser120 Both are ethnic cleansing. Dumbfuck

[@pkysam1853]

⁠​⁠@@jonathanreiser120disgusting whataboutism. Palestinians did not partake in the holocaust so why do you people always bring it up to compare? Also there are many Israelis now, so by your standards, they were not ethnically cleansed. Loser. Also Palestinians population by age distribution is destroyed because of Israel, half are under 17.

[@rmd8790]

​@@jonathanreiser120I'd say that both situations sound like a case of ethnic cleansing... it's pretty obvious, wouldn't you agree?

[@jonathanreiser120]

I can't tell if that is sarcasm. 2/3 of the Jewish population were wiped out in Europe. The Arab population has grown eightfold in the borders of Israel since 1948. You see those as the same?@@rmd8790

[@mariaelizabethsilvarezende3061]

Não tenho mais como traduzir em palavras a minha tristeza em relação a desumanidade do mundo 😢😢😢😢😢

[@wendyfay16]

ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING! Who else would allow this to happen in their own lands?

[@Spacecowgirl78993]

British divided India into Pakistan and later Bangladesh.

[@KokosNaSnehu2]

So called "Palestinians" trying to genocide jews is heartbreaking.

[@alexandrasymeon5893]

@@KokosNaSnehu2 They didn't, they were defending their land from the jewish occupation.

[@DigiologyStudios]

What A FOOL! Are U @@KokosNaSnehu2

[@ruirodtube]

“Their own lands”? Are you talking about the Romans? Or the Persians? Or the Turks? Who exactly owned the lands at that time?

[@audreyheart2180]

The world is watching. Loyalties are aligning. Only God, using righteous men & women, can save us. Any moment now… in this dimension… or another.

[@zeeshandogar9406]

Informative, honest and factual, excellent storyline, thank you! 👍

[@hagaiabeliovich4276]

Far from it. This documentary shows exactly the fallacies and prejudices that led the Palestinian Arabs to unfortunately cause their own demise. There was no plot to dispossess them. They created a zero sum game and the other side had more to lose. They lost but are perpetuating the lies that led them into the abyss in the first place.

[@nhasigwanyanya6730]

Jerusalem has been at the center of Jewish existence for thousands of years ago. Why is he documentary silent on this?that's dishonest.

[@ghinwaj8858]

@@hagaiabeliovich4276 Go watch "Tantura," an Israeli documentary about the horrors they committed against Palestinian civilians -- including rape, theft, flat out slaughter, and pillaging. "Lies" didn't lead anyone into an abyss; weaponry in the hands of your corrupt Zionist leaders did. Why don't you ask yourself why Israel is so invested in erasing the word "Nakba"? People literally get jail time for even mentioning there were mass slaughters, even though we've now PROVEN that they exist beneath parking lots and theme parks? You're delusional and uneducated. The world is waking up. It's time you did too.

[@zafarisrar96]

@@hagaiabeliovich4276 god almighty. Have you even watched the documentary? Talk about being blind to the obvious! Ofcourse there was a plan. That is literally the point of the documentary!

[@doubletrouble9503]

​@@zafarisrar96 Did you know that more than 800 000 Jews were expelled from Arabic countries in revenge after 1947. We don't see or hear about this in the news .. why ?? Because Israel took in nearly half of them while others fled and integrated into countries like America, Canada and France. By contrast, Palestinians are deliberately left rotting decades later in refugee camps by Arab countries without full working rights or citizenship. As one example, the Jews of Iraq were expelled and PAUPERIZED overnight; forced to sign over their property and business and leave with whatever they could take in suitcases. In Algeria and Egypt, there were anti-Jewish riots. In Libya, a country where there were 30 000 Jews before 1947, not ONE remains. I would love to hear coverage of this from Al Jazeera and the shrieking left. There is still a sizeable Palestinian Arab presence in Israel whereas the Jewish communities across the Arab world (one exception being Morocco) have DISAPPEARED

[@lynnoble8229]

Excellent documentary, thank you

[@richardfox9495]

The British should be compensating lots of different countries.

[@researchdesignz]

LOL don't get too emotional now :) this's aljazeera's version ... doesn't amount to facts ! You should know, often when people blame "colonialism" or others, its to coverup their own failures... when corrupt leaders cant provide for their people, they provide "nationalism" , or religion to control its people's minds... The ONLY catastrophe palestinians had was the failures of their own palestinian leaders who didnt accept the 2 state plan given to them in 1948 and wanted it ALL ! Brits actually gave more land to the palestinians than jews ... but their GREED & HATRED against jews lead them to wage wars against israel, that's how they lost their land... Blaming isreal is only an excuse for their own failures !

[@den264]

Starting with my country Ireland.

[@BingoFrogstrangler]

Oh wait the bog hopping croppies , wondered when they would show up in comments, whining as usual.

[@mpsfuup]

​@den264 In discussions on colonization that is mostly missed, that we were colonised. Even in English discussions.

[@marilynbouziane5530]

​@@researchdesignzit's not for the British to give the land as they're not the owner. And this isn't al Jazeera version~don't you see all the material arguments brought here? Zionists were always good at manipulating the truth and falsifying history..the major mistake that arabs did and do is they're always being so naive,and short sighted ,they're paying for their naivety.

[@jkengineeringarchitecture.]

Thanks Al Jazeera for this documentary

[@corazoncubano5372]

Knowledge is king.

[@michaelegan1999]

I have gained my moral views largely from my Mother. She was a free thinker and considered herself a humanist. She was against all forms of racism and was horrified at the treatment of a young officer she had met whilst serving for the British Army in the second world war. He was from Ghana. He had come to fight for Britain in the war but once the war was over he was regarded as nothing more than a black man who had no place in Britain. They married and gave birth to a daughter. That was in 1948. My Mother had huge admiration for Israel. It was, for her, a country that had been a desert that was turned into a garden by the hard working Jews that had moved to the country. It is an appealing story based on the information that was given to people in many western countries at the time. But what this well researched programme shows is that this appealing story was based on a lie. The land of Palestine was a fertile country occupied by Palestinians of many religious persuasions. What has been done to the Palestinians is wrong. It represents a huge injustice which wil continue to blight the entire world until that injustice is addressed. The world in which governments can control the information that is availabe to their populations is a bygone world. More and more people are becoming aware of the reality that underpins the current horrors of the Middle East. The Palestinian people need to be treated in a manner which recognises their rights and aspirations. Until that occurs this horror will continue to blight the whole of humanity.

[@peayen5008]

This was very illuminating. Looking forward to watching the next episode. Well done!

[@LTMoro]

Great Documentary full of resources.

[@knowledgeispower6726]

We can't go back and change the mistakes of the past but we can learn from them and do better going forward. The leadership of Israel - and those governments which support them - know what is needed to change things for the better. We must assume, given their failure to do the right thing, that they are ok with compounding the mistakes; which must lead us to conclude they have a completely different agenda than world peace!

[@zainabshams1885]

I have scanned a barcode on one of the Melbourne’s street to find this beautiful video ❤.. this video is amazing 😍😍

[@silverlakegirl9078]

My heart was screaming for the Palestinians! The injustice done to them is ineffable.... To this very day.

[@edihayat]

Where are you from may I ask? Do you know there has been been an independent Palestinian state? Do you know anything about the 1million jews In arab countries who were killed, tortured, robbed, and thrown out of their homes just for being Jewish? Why doesn't your heart cry for that?

[@silverlakegirl9078]

@@edihayat And your suggestion is?

[@Petal4822]

The Jewish people lived in Judea (Jerusalem) 2000 years before Allan was invented.

[@Petal4822]

@@silverlakegirl9078 ..In 1947 the Palestinians were offered an independent state along with Israel but they rejected the two state partition… because they didn’t want to live in peace alongside Israel. Arabs moved into Palestine from neighboring Arab countries, like Egypt and Jordan. NONE of them were Palestinian, it has been ruled by the Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Fatimids, Seljuk Turks, Crusaders, Egyptians and Mamelukes. Then the Ottomans 1517 /1917. Then it became British mandated Palestine till 1948. There was no King of Palestine because Palestine was NEVER a country. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

[@liammulcahy9506]

@@Petal4822 Arabs moved into Palestine from neighbouring countries...... None of them were Palestinians!! That is so funny. What about all the Fake Js who converted to Judaism who moved into, and continue to move into Palestine from countries such as...... Poland.. Russia.. Lithuania.. Germany.. Ukraine.. France.. America.. Australia.. Argentina.. Spain.. Italy....... And the hundreds of other countries. None of these usurpers are Palestinians or have any connection whatsoever to the Middle East. By the way...... Palestinians are not Arabs...... Neither are Iraqis.. Syrians.. Jordanians,. Moroccans.. Lebanese.. Egyptians.. Libyans.. Algerians.. Tunisians or any other country outside of the Arabian Peninsula. Ethniic Arabs come from a single part of the Middle East... The Arabian Peninsula. They did not migrate from the Peninsula in significant numbers until the Arab conquests started in 622. Palestinians are Arabs only linguistically... Not racially.... Zionist Trolls telling Palestinians to go live any of the above countries is like telling Austrians to live in Germany because they speak the same language 🤔

[@imsickasboiii4873]

This is amazing

[@freesatellite3204]

It is a great documentary of enormous value..

[@janbodno]

This was not in my school books, everyone should know of this it should be in school's

[@TheresaGraf]

Try being autodidactic, teach yourself! School doesn't teach HALF of what we need to know. Education nowadays is more indoctrination than true education, which teaches people to think for themselves, not regurgitate propaganda of the state.

[@unmouscat]

Well done Al Jazeera.👏👏 Amazing documentary. We expect more such documentaries❤️❤️

[@ANDEZ]

I wish we was taught about the British empire in high school I did school in the uk and only got taught about the good the royal family did and never about what we did to India and how we have Israel land in Palestine 🇵🇸 it’s like they hid it from us

[@nolinassessor9602]

Thanks for this, I now understood better how the criminal British caused the displacement of the Palestinian people.

[@ayakid921]

British colonialism has a lot of tragic legacies around the world, but i doubt any have festered and turned as ugly as this particular conflict. The worst part is its hard to see where a peaceful settlement will come from.

[@alibrown6268]

I can see no peace until Palestine is recognised as a nation and Palestinians get their land back or at least some of it back

[@ayakid921]

@@alibrown6268 Israel's refusal to do that is what the main problem is. And now the cancer to the Palestinians that is Hamas has made things more unreconcilable

[@jb2736]

​@@ayakid921The Israeli Apartheid government genocidal slaughter of unarmed defenseless unarmed woman, children and elderly etc., over 11,0000 massacre. as of today will not bring peace. Revelation 2:9. (Eastern Europeans)

[@makedonistoi]

the tragic legacy is arab islamic colonialization of jewish lands for 1400 years and their stubborn refusal to accept the only jewish nation on earth in their own land that archaeology proves

[@alibrown6268]

@@makedonistoi I don't see the American colonisers handing the country back to the first nation people. I think things would have been fine if the Jewish refugees had integrated and not got greedy and taken over Palestine

[@rayg8848]

Thank you for the excellent documentary which helps to provide understanding and a foundation for the current crisis. As an American citizen, I've always wondered why foreign aid to Israel is at the annual level that it is, and this piece helps to put it into context. A two state solution, as mandated by the earliest agreements, is the only solution.

[@-yacino1434]

Watch the remaining parts, then share it with others, because it is not shown to many age groups due to KZbin’s ban on this documentary.

[@emsee90210]

If you been wondering, then maybe investigate a bit further in order not to fall into the fake ElJazirra propaganda movies... Heres a taste First 2 minutes: Lie #1. Everything starts at 1948. That's a very convenient starting time for arabs, as they always "forget" to mention how this "naqba" started. - They forget to mention that 5 arab armies attacked Israel the day after it was established, BEFORE THE "NAQBA". - they always forget their own role in attacks on the jews and massacares that have been doing since the begining of the 20th century (for example: 1929 Hebron massacare) - they ALWAYS forget to mention their cooperation with Hitler, promising (and executing) to throw all jews to the sea... "From the river to the sea" heard of that? - they forget to mention how they escalated this whole situation for the previous 30 years, starting with trying to rob jewish settlements and causing the jews to establish their own armed forces. Lie #2: actualy its "mind shaping". in the intro when they are talking about jews they always show someone with a gun, when they are talking about arabs they are showing women and children... does it make sense? Lie #3: "Forced out of their homes" Some where indeed, some fled, some were told by the arab leage to leave their homes. Just FYI 20% of the population in Israel are arabs, who didnt leave... dont you think they would be "forced" too? *BTW they live much better lives in Israel than in ANY of the neighboring countries. ~30% of medical personel in Israel are arabs I have lots of coligues and friends that are arabs

[@danielleduggan8857]

It is important to know these things but yet so frustrating to sit back and not only watch the pure evil that was happening then but to know it's continuing now. 💯🙏🏻😩

[@gogonina671]

Consult the most remarkable documentary book on earth called the bible you will know what is beyond in this documentary

[@gogonina671]

I'm not an israelite but that's their land thousands years ago; the Israelites cannot be defeated even if the whole world should gather, its fact Daniel 4:17 This is the decision of the alert and watchful angels. So then, let all people everywhere know that the Supreme God has power over human kingdoms and that he can give them to anyone he chooses -- even to those who are least important.’ Genesis 15:18-21 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram and said, "To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates- the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites." Genesis 17:7-9 I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. The whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God." Then God said to Abraham, "As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.

[@Palestinians]

@@gogonina671 I always love watching people try to justify putting my family in camps and destroying our home Palestine.

[@empireoflies7268]

@@gogonina671 lol the ones there now are nothing as described in the bible.

[@irenesorina3934]

Thank you Aljazera for this documentary, I have learned a lot.

[@sexinessrules]

This was an EXCELLENT documentary. EXCELLENT. Thank you for this information. There was a lot of things I knew, but a lot that I was unaware of. Thank you!!!!

[@stephanieking4444]

Excellent well researched documentary on the historical roots of the Palestine-Israel conflict. There are four parts, which require full attention.

[@merrimac290]

The images and music are so moving. You're looking at a time and place that will never be again.

[@hdrsiy2132]

I hope this video resurface and going viral

[@pennycaldwell8141]

Al Jazeera, Thankyou for posting.

[@abrarhameem1000]

A must watch documentary, watched at a stretch, no time wasting, to the point facts, clear as the daylight. There can be no back and forth after this, the truth is clear.

[@CrazyJoeClark429]

This documentary is very educational. Great job. The Brits have been doing this since the Roman era. Now I see why they refused that black girl who thought she could be Queen. These people invented fascism.

[@corazoncubano5372]

Meghan Markle should have known what she was getting into. British colonial history is taught in American grade school through high school. Maybe she wasn't paying attention.

[@l-kin3480]

Meghan is mixed race, not black. Surround her with black people and she'll look like a Spaniard. That was just white women competing with a mixed girl over a white guy, which is quite common in Europe

[@jmccullough662]

​@@l-kin3480hands down dumbest comment ever.

[@MdMridulBapary]

I am watching this documentary from Bangladesh 🇧🇩 and i am willing to for Palestinians right

[@georgettelevesque277]

Fantastic doc. All the more relevant today. It helps understand the hatred…

[@j.arelylopez3053]

After 80 and a few days after October 7th, I’m finally watching a documentary on the Nakba.

[@TM-wt5wq]

Thank you so much for this incredible work

[@researchdesignz]

LOL don't get too emotional now :) this's aljazeera's version ... doesn't amount to facts ...! You should know, often when people blame "colonialism" or others, its to coverup their own failures... when corrupt leaders cant provide for their people, they provide "nationalism" or religion to control its people's minds... The ONLY catastrophe palestinians had was the failures of their own palestinian leaders who didnt accept the 2 state plan given to them in 1948 and wanted it ALL ! Brits actually gave more land to the palestinians than jews ... but their GREED & HATRED against jews lead them to wage wars against israel, that's how they lost their land... Blaming isreal is only an excuse for their own failures !

[@munonomusa5394]

The British Partitioned all nations, why do you think you are special. Come on be realistic

[@aseel7276]

@@researchdesignz the f palestine 🇵🇸 people the one who suffered and got wars not Israel ok palestine people got killed trying to save their souls what Israel got wars no they don't never zero

[@aseel7276]

@@researchdesignz and Israel is the one who steals palestine lands and steal homes from their people

[@unmouscat]

@@researchdesignz oh yeah we have to believe the BBC 's version right. Truth hurts anyways, so cry harder

[@HarryBluu]

The world is still suffering from the after effects of the British empire.

[@lg4360]

All ethnic groups had an "empire" at one time or another. No different than the British. Which empire dissolved and their former colony is far superior than they otherwise would be? What do you think India would be like today? How about Australia? Hong Kong? How about America where EVERYONE wants to immigrate? There is no migration to the Middle East, yet there is to Britain and the U.S. Why?

[@mariebelle3493]

Thank you for this documentary 👍🏽💔

[@ReminiscenceTheater]

Thank you for these lessons.

[@davideloi9176]

I realise today that the Nakba never really ended. It was not an event, it is a process of dispossession and expulsion of palestinian people from their land and it continues to this very day.

[@fi0rella]

I'm raging seriously, it makes no sense? how could anyone support colonization??? it wasn't the 1400's it was just a century ago. Side note: don't the English have some mfking shame????????????? And the French! the more I learn abt this the angrier I get. This world won't ever change

[@lecoqjeannot3358]

Deeply researched documentary. An interesting view from "the other side" compared to the classic British narrative. Can't wait to see the next episode. Well done Al Jazeera !

[@liegesaboya33]

England and France more than any others western imperialist states , brought much of the injustice , environmental disasters and the wars we have been seeing today . My heart is with the Palestinians forever .

[@venod96]

Palestine will never give up remember all the brothers sisters mother father kids babes and many more killed by the Israeli and the loss of the home never forget

[@jerryh.9960]

Living in hatred causes one to die much sooner.

[@georgehanciuc8124]

Talk about jihadists fanatics barbarians killers criminals HAMAS “government “of Gaza!!!!Whit Terrorist “government “. “palestine “NEVER WILL BE FREE!!!!

[@pressftopayrespects6325]

Well, it’s surrender or fall. Choose wisely.

[@shainazion4073]

No, these people died in wars started by the same Arab "Palestinian" people, there was not the Jews attacking the Arabs. The Arabs sought to annihilate the Jews.

[@ritarossi1805]

Sabra chatila 😭😭😭

[@dao.808]

🇵🇸 FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸

[@witch18Lho]

Informative,

[@muditjain8784]

The true story of the occupation of Palestine. Excellent documentary

[@Imucknukchuck]

In the opening of each episode, there is a really beautiful peice of music playing. Anyone know who/what it is please? Thanks.

[@den264]

Sorry can't help. But if you are interested in similar sounding music go online and search for a superb Jewish composer / player called Yari Hermen. He is a modern pianist with some of the most melodic haunting music out there.

[@amina-pr8xt]

What a wonderful country it was

[@paulleighton7078]

It never was a country! Part of Ottomam empire, never a Palestinian State ever

[@syedali-rs8cj]

What is a wonderful country it is, Palestine and Native Palestians will remain, the Israeli colonization will fail, and Israeli occupation of stop, Native Palestians will regain their lands, Inshallah.

[@suecollins8199]

Benjamin Netanyahu states that Palestine was a desert/wasteland & the Arabs had not improved the land. But, we see photos of Arab farmlands, thriving markets with agriculture, water wells & fishing in the ocean. And merchants shipping wares & produce to other countries. The development of the state of Israel was facilitated by the British, in allowing massive immigration of 'settlers' at the expense of Islamic & Christian Arabs who already lived there. And, that was already happening PRE 1935 (WW2)

[@jonathanreiser120]

In what way was it at the "expense" of the Arabs? The British tried to overcompensate by denying Jewish immigration and giving the most fertile areas to the Arabs.

[@SaveGodsChildren369]

My grandma said she used to walk to Palestine from Lebanon to get wheat. The people never locked their doors and it was a rich country at the time and I’m not speaking financially. I mean in how the people lived. Zionism is evil.

[@suecollins8199]

Many of the existing citizens of Palestine were forced to flee as refugees because of the war actions of the British & new Jewish settlers.

[@usedtobe-tp7ex]

Changing the maps of other countries was the job of imperialisme