Israeli Arabs: Do you accept Israel as the Jewish state?

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[@rolfen]

Okay I found a solution that would satisfy both people: Hummus anthem, hummus flag, national day of hummus...

[@josephford8686]

That's not a good idea I don't get poisoned

[@S444a7]

Hummus is arab tho

[@khalilkibbi7084]

@David Guez this guy made a resulation and you guys still fight ur fighting over fuckin humus israelis and palestinians are gonna keep fighting till the day they die.

[@MarkJames-hy9bg]

Hummus is Lebanese

[@alialanssari3998]

@David Guez sionist. Pig

[@banabonbonz]

The first guy has just had the best joint in his life right before he was interviewed

[@dhammupandit3582]

I don't think he knows good English

[@Sammygrav]

@@dhammupandit3582 I mean, the interviewer asks him a question and then proceeds to say he doesn’t care...

[@alexalex-is2ck]

Lol im from israel and the first guy is so funny lol

[@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447]

@@Sammygrav the "I don't care" stuff was a part of an example.

[@Joebonjoe]

Basically I love this attitude, no matter who says it, but with Muslims I always have to doubt their honesty. It seems to me that Mr. Muhammed is thinking very carefully about how the text was again.

[@user-ve5bm6hd3r]

that last guy is clever!! I'm also from haifa (and am jewish) and our city is known as a city of coexistence, this is the city with the biggest variety of religions- christians, muslims, jews, druze, etc.

[@miriamsackler5002]

Noga Itach From the entire Israel, there are only two places that I like the most: Haifa, including this small Christian village, and Jaffa, the small town next to Tel Aviv. TLV is OK, but I am form London and married to a New Yorker. So TLV doesn’t attract me. I want to like Jerusalem ...... But I can’t. It’s like in the Middle Ages up there. 🙀🙀🙀

[@jabranashiq5439]

@@miriamsackler5002 love you👀

[@miriamsackler5002]

negro bsr This question, after your opening involves the word “dummy”? 🤦‍♀️ -- Who raised you? A wild boar?

[@LNCRFT]

It's quite multicultural indeed. I've been there twice and it's just interesting to see so many different people. And I must agree that the last person was the most kind one out of all. אני אוהב חיפה ^^

[@youngman42]

it is not about the religion,it is about a land that was taken by force by different people ,and this city of coexistence is not yours,its people were forced out to lebanon,syria,and to west bank,no matter what religion they had,they are the palestenians ,the native people

[@SManji-yx8hx]

The last one is epic... that cool man is the evidence that peace between the Arab and Israeli is something achievable

[@Gatzlocke]

I've watched a few of his videos. Arab Christians seem to tolerate Israel fairly well.

[@Elana803]

But he's obviously from abroad, hence more tolerant.

[@msigurko]

I wish I could thumbs up this video 10 times. What a great project. I'm happy to be a patreon of this channel. You are doing sacred work. Thank you!!

[@stefan2serb]

Guy at the end is the best person you’ve ever had on any single one of these videos. What an intelligent, warm and personable young man. A credit to your country. Not the usual reactionary types you see in your videos at large.

[@RebeccaMalakhov]

I want to meet him

[@svgilkog8181]

He appreciates living in this country, but not every like him

[@theworldisgreen2580]

Yea cuz he is on ur side ☠

[@itsytyt5192]

Cc

[@SRBOMBONICA86]

Ха ха ха,,,гарантујем да га сматрају издајником,у Палестини

[@grngal6156]

(Random observation)…Arab-Israelis tend to convey a far more relaxed, easy-going and open-minded persona in comparison to Arabs who reside in some of the surrounding Middle-Eastern nations.

[@solvingpolitics3172]

grn gal Because they live in a civilized country not a 5th century dictatorship.

[@mouradnrd]

grn gal you have never been to other places i Think

[@user-we4ih1tp7n]

@Ian Miles something tells me that every "western country" would arrest people who plant bombs and stab other citizens . while in israel they can be at the kenesset after participating in attacking israeli soldiers ,speak up publicly against israel and it goes like daily basis that they stone public traffic here in jerusalem

[@grngal6156]

@@mouradnrd Your assertion is quite wrong. But, nice try :)

[@grngal6156]

@@solvingpolitics3172 Amen to that!

[@BlackLight7Gaming]

The last guy is the type of laidback type of guy more people be like, he focus on enjoying his life while not bothering others to enjoy their lives

[@user-sx3ki7vo6z]

@Levantine Patriot stop ignoring Hamas

[@HusseinDoha]

@@user-sx3ki7vo6z I don't care if you call it a Jewish state, I just don't care. It operated as such since day one. So to have a new law calling it "Jewish state" doesn't change anything. The weird return law (which gives any jew who shows up, a citizenship) has been on the books since inception. Call it Jewish state, who cares!!

[@user-sx3ki7vo6z]

@@HusseinDoha then all Muslim countries can't exist. All christian countries must go. The majority that live there are Jewish. Its not to say others don't matter.

[@user-sx3ki7vo6z]

@@HusseinDoha And it was run by the british so what's ur point?

[@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447]

yeah

[@speedygrasshopper9768]

Loved the video, loved the guy at the very end, he was very thoughtful before making statements. Overall great job on these interviews!

[@jaybloomfield5082]

The guy at the very end, with the black tank-top, I cannot figure out how he spoke English so well. He must have been raised in the United States.

[@monocle8868]

Jay Bloomfield Educated Arab Israelis and Palestinians mostly speak English better than the Jew Israelis, because they want to keep the Heritage from the British Mandate. No, he didn’t speak with American accent. It’s more like Trans Atlantic accent.

[@guy9606]

as an Israeli, I think if the state representatives will congratulate the Muslims in every Muslim holiday. Than it will make most of people happy.

[@lelevontin1814]

Guy you want peace with muslims in 🇮🇱? Imagine when there is full peace ☮️?

[@segevkrespi8609]

@@lelevontin1814 It's not about "peace" which is a stupid term IMO since humans are peaceful only when it suits them. I'm talking about maintaining good relations between the different ethnicities in the country as much as possible and working to make sure no one is neglected. easier said than done though..

[@shlomtzi84]

It does every year...

[@gomuningen18]

@@segevkrespi8609 love the idea of it.

[@ijjimem]

No other country does that although they have a multitude of religions or nationalities.

[@joefisch2724]

Such an incredible platform for people to be heard and for people searching to hear them. You, my friend, have a gift for making this happen.

[@peterpen7551]

People should answer in their native language. Thoughts would flow easier.

[@noamstopler7776]

Im an Israeli , and Corey's hebrew is rather average (not native level) , he confuses a lot in verb conjunctions and feminine and muscaline nouns , so i suspect he feels more comfortable speaking english

[@muhyusuf1263]

@@noamstopler7776 hmm

[@shivamrai2886]

Israeli Arabs grow up learning Hebrew.

[@beebee242]

Agree

[@aymensaid3149]

@@shivamrai2886 and speaking arabic at home and on the streets

[@axisz5226]

This was one of the better ones of these videos! Some smart and well articulated opinions.

[@ViniFreeMan117]

@Corey Gil-Shuster Thank you for a very cool interview, I was wondering when you were going to upload this. You have great influence and very charming viewers ! :D

[@zabenaleid2547]

@Starhopper Would you look at that. You said something nice to a muslim Arab. I am Flabbergasted.

[@solvingpolitics3172]

Zaben AlEid Would you be interested in a site where part of what we do is work together?

[@MrIsh-cw9tr]

you stupid you should who he is first.

[@MrIsh-cw9tr]

if you were to be a Palestinian you would care but you're not.

[@rickytikitavi4101]

If you're up for it, maybe you could contact Corey and set up an entire interview? I think many people will be interested in what you have to say and your experiences as an Israeli Arab.

[@freeto9139]

Your ability to lead the interview into profound thinking and allow/encourage the people to articulate what is in them was refreshing, in that it surprised even them. It's impossible to show someone how much you care, until you show you care for who you are talking to.

[@robertogomez-flores23]

Of course. His role as the interviewer is to extract information. If he doesn't have to extract information, he doesn't have to act in that role.

[@itsytyt5192]

Hb

[@EvanCarrollTheGreat]

I don't agree sometimes it's just simple manipulation. "Jewish state means the culture of the state is culturally Jewish". That's not true. Jewish state means if a citizen is Arab and Muslim his family can't immigrate from Jordan though they have roots there, whereas a Jewish citizen of Israel can welcome his distant family from New York and the state will extend them citizenship. The more he talks during the interview, the more propagandized and leading it becomes.

[@freeto9139]

​@@EvanCarrollTheGreat There is much more history behind what you bring up as your objection. This is not that conversation. There are certainly good reasons for the way things are in Israel. Some Muslim people are friends; and many more (especially, outside the land) are not!

[@EvanCarrollTheGreat]

Doesn't matter who are friends and who are not friends. It matters that there are objectively three sets of laws, one for Jews, one for non-Jews that have been offered citizenship contingent to them accepting second class citizenship, and one for non-citizens which fled when fascist militias pushed for recognition (occupied people). @@freeto9139

[@semsemeini7905]

It's OK for Britain to be a Church of England State.

[@DieFlabbergast]

Hah! That's a good one!

[@MRGUSTAVOCHICKENFRING]

Its a secular country tho where half the population are atheist

[@screamtoasigh9984]

@@MRGUSTAVOCHICKENFRING England has an official religion. The Queen is the head of it.

[@MRGUSTAVOCHICKENFRING]

@@screamtoasigh9984 i know that. Its still a secular country, that is largely irreligious,it also has a queen, still democratic.

[@screamtoasigh9984]

@@MRGUSTAVOCHICKENFRING Democratic is unfortunately increasingly flexible in the West. Tommy Robinson was locked up for reporting on a trial, the police are investigating Twitter posts for "misgendering" and they even arrested a woman for it. How democratic is that?

[@knightofnever]

I found your video very insightful. The recent eruptions of violence made me curious to find out more about this conflict. your videos have such a humanity to them and give an outsider like me who never has been to your country, a glimpse of what life feels like apart from the sensationalized headlines, tv talks or google searches. thank you so much. I believe you contribute to more understanding. hopefully to a better future, where the state of israel can be more inclusive.

[@scottseltzer]

I compare growing up in the US as a minority (Jewish) and thinking about all other minorities there, that nobody thinks American culture should be changed to accommodate them more. We were affected by predominantly Christian culture around holidays and such, but didn't think much about it. I don't really understand why minorities in Israel aren't as accepting of things in the same way?

[@nikosz66]

On of the best , if not THE BEST, of your videos so far. Well done and Regards from Athens !

[@fiddleronthebike]

it's interesting that those who don't accept it or say there have to be changes mostly can't name one single thing that has to change - even if they say "everything have to change", can't say what have to change. That shows quite obvious that in reality things are pretty fine (not perfect of course - no society or state is perfect...) and it's more at a subconscious level; and that is something you can not change with ANY action - in can only change by long periods of time, 2 or 3 generations later may be it's gone...

[@TakiMitsuha2016]

Yes mostly who identify as arab Palestinians tends to find more problems in Israel than bedouin or arab

[@stefanisolomon725]

This project is brilliant

[@johngibson2884]

You do a great job of having the interviewed relax and answer these questions honestly ...this tells me you're very true to people and very open which is incredibly important prerequisite to being a good interviewer ....thanks ..don't change anything

[@daynat2349]

Very true observation

[@habalaha1872]

2:41 “What comes to your mind? “Oh nothing” Basic logic 😂

[@Noortje394]

Lmao true😂

[@MRGUSTAVOCHICKENFRING]

@@justsomeshinychewtlewitham6097 neither do racist 😾

[@justsomeshinychewtlewitham6097]

@@MRGUSTAVOCHICKENFRING You cant be racist to garbage

[@justsomeshinychewtlewitham6097]

@BA62015 Motivation is the key-word

[@nysenysenysenick9333]

@@justsomeshinychewtlewitham6097 Must be your first thought in the morning in front of the mirror lol

[@hsk2978]

When there was Czechoslovakia, our anthem consisted of two parts: czech anthem in czech language and then slovak anthem in slovak language. After splitting, each part kept it's own part of the anthem.

[@rolfen]

I really think that in cases like these they should go with a musical anthem or a hummed anthem. It's like the idea of putting all religious symbols on the flag. Just don't put any.

[@nitzan3782]

As an Israeli I don't think there's room to compare Czechoslovakia. I see little to no bad blood between the two countries aside from them being forced to be one entity when they were obviously split between 2. Israel and Palestine is so much messier and bloodier, and breaking off of Gaza changed nothing.

[@vendysmith4886]

Exactly what I thought when I heard that question. The only issue might be which would come first. The Czech part was always played before the Slovak part, not sure if the Slovaks were ok with that

[@soulscanner66]

In Canada, we have a French and English version (the original was actually in French) and we mix them up depending on the occasion.

[@SolomonSunder]

@@nitzan3782 As an Indian Tamil, I think it is the fact that both the Czechs and the Slovaks had their own anthems that made even the split bloodless. Not to mention that the split was initiated by the dominating ie Czech side on a economical reason and the languages are almost dialects of each other in a way. Sri Lanka on the other hand tried to impose Sinhalese on the minority Tamils, stripped the Tamils out of government jobs etc after the British left and the result was a 30 year civil war. It is still not healed though one of the newer attempts is autonomy to both sides as well as the national anthem being sung in both languages. The Indian anthem on the other hand is in a language which no modern Indian speaks and hence no one feels favoured or left out. While people from my region do feel angry at the frequent attempt to impose Hindi as the national language, as of today, it is not and hence I feel equal as an Indian from any other region. IMO, Israel should think of a form of the Czechoslovak or Indian way. Else, the current system will fall as soon as the US looses interest in the region. Considering that there are enough Jews now in Israel, and that there is no longer an existential crisis for Jews in the world, it would make sense to only allow Jews who feel discriminated to immigrate to Israel and not everyone who is a Jew. Currently, it does not seem much different from Australian "white only" immigration policies which were till the 70s. As of now, it seems that Arab Israelis have to apologise to their Palestinian counterparts for having a "privilege". If Arab Israelis have to be ashamed of their identity, it won't last long.

[@jonnymambo2697]

12:13 women: "it is not ok to call it a jewish state, because there are also muslims, christians and atheists" but it "should be bi: jewish-muslim" absolutely incoherent.

[@davidhwanginspiration9529]

Muslim states is a lot, but still muslim want all.

[@AQWOMAR9]

which muslim states? there are not many arabic muslim states. For example in Syria the majority are muslims but the law has nothing to do with islam. Everyone have the same right.

[@josephford8686]

@@AQWOMAR9 I don't know why no one else gets it

[@yurichtube1162]

@@josephford8686 not 100% true. Conquering land was made populair under the second Khalif, Umar ibn Khattab. He was the one who started warfare to conquer and islamise the neighbooring nations. I be honest as a muslim, back then those regions were better off islamised because of the crazy things they did. But now, in 2020? Muslims need enlightement.

[@hunterfabio]

@@yurichtube1162 I agree, I think that Islam and the Quran are very old fashioned and they still tend to do things that in the times we are in, are unacceptable, I do think a little bit "bad" about muslims currently as I know several and they tend to be over aggressive and the whole family honour/proud thing is scary, but if they start to slowly adapt to what is the modern world I think it would be just fine. Also, I believe that the fact that it's called The Jewish State it wouldn't be a problem, and the last guy on the video nailed it, public holidays for arabs in their citties are celebrated as they want. So yeah.

[@loomzoom]

@@AQWOMAR9 not many? You kinda idiot right? Syria jordan iran irak quatar lebanon livan turkey dagesstan(kinda coutry) turkmenistan kuwait yemen UAE oman egypt and plenty in africa...not many?

[@carlosacta8726]

Kudos Corey! Another great video! I look forward to more!

[@buffymtl]

I was in Jaffa and the prayer was sounding everywhere without any problems...in Hebron the same...where is the problem??

[@marksimons8861]

In Jaffa the Arab residents are regular citizens; in Hebron they've actually been under military occupation for 50+ years. Nobody likes that. Hebron is actually a stronghold of Hamas so they also don't like the PA.

[@E0011]

@@marksimons8861 Not really. Only people living in H2 see military presence.

[@chenmassil9154]

The problem is about the definition and the lands control

[@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447]

@@marksimons8861 but the thing is, israel only limits arabs in the west bank with checkpoints on the border with israel proper, and limitations on acquisition of bi-use substances. all of the other "oppression" is done by the PA

[@strix-kv3bn]

@@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447 false

[@ahyaok100]

Ask them if Israel changed to a country with a separation of church and state, would they accept that all Muslim countries be converted too in exchange.

[@monocle8868]

AhYaOkRgT Uhmmmm. Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria never took other people’s land to begin with. And they do have separation between Religion and States.

[@Longordon1]

@@monocle8868 great lie

[@razannassar]

What do other Muslim majority countries have to do with this country(Israel)? This is what I can never understand. Many supporters of Israel argue that they don’t understand why Muslims and Christians want to be acknowledged. The argument is that this is the only Jewish state and there are many other Muslim and Christian countries and the Jewish people only have 1. But what I can’t understand for the life of me what one has to do with the other. That’s like asking Egypt to become a Jewish/Muslim state would Israel then convert to a Jewish/Muslim state? No right? Cause what does Egypt have to do with Israel? Same goes for any other Muslim majority country...what is the connection with Israel? Nothing. But the reason they want to be acknowledged is for one -they were there before the Jews migrated. Yes a war was won and now the Jewish people are a majority. I get that. so why can’t it just be a country. Why does it have to be a “Jewish country” Judaism is just a religion. Just like Islam and Christianity and Hinduism and Buddhism and all the hundreds of religions of the world. Countries have names not religions.

[@asedelstein]

@@razannassar So what happened to the Jewish population of all of those Arab counties you mention? 850,000 of them. They were all forced out after 1947? Where did they go? Where could they go? Who would take them in? Israel. And where did the majority of Arabs who live in Israel and the territories come from? In the last 25 years before the partition the Arab population doubled. That’s immigration baby. In the 19th century Jews were the majority in Jerusalem and a minority elsewhere in the land. Arabs and Jews are native to the land. Arabs and Jews are immigrants to the land. The partition gave less than half to the Jews and none of the historically important areas of the Jewish people was given to the Jews. Half of the land was given to the Arabs including East Jerusalem where all the Jewish holy sites are. But the Jews accepted and the Arabs didn’t and they went to war to take it away. 5 giant Arab countries against one tiny Jewish one. Had the Arabs won the Jews would be dead. We won, you lost, get over it. Make peace, have your country and leave the Jews in peace.

[@davesvens8697]

​@@monocle8868 That's bullshit. Muslims are conquered. Also, they aren't secular. In a long shot they are not secular in any means.

[@8kigana]

Omigosh woman! Stop pushing that little girl on the swing,,,ha ha, she was crying the whole time for her to stop.

[@tsopuaifa]

Great comments on this one. I like it when the people interviewed get outside themselves and get less emotional in their views and answers. Good work!

[@israelichannel]

20+ arab countries. 1 jew country and they still want to ake it.. sad people

[@seifmohamed5994]

what a logical fallacy , imagine kurds talking over tunisia lets say then say '' you guys have 20+ arab countries yet you still want to take the only kurdish country''

[@SyrianApostate]

I will invade Ireland tomorrow, I mean do the european union really need to have that one island? They already got so much other lands.. right?

[@razannassar]

What an illogical statement ....20+ Arab( ethnicity) countries and 1 Jewish(Religion) country and people can’t stand it. Who does this make sense to?

[@yakigesher-zion7289]

It’s both Jewish and Arab and Christian state. It is for everyone!

[@MS-qd1jj]

@Starhopper classic smearing

[@BrightFallsTV]

You are amazing , i really love you @Corey Gil-Shuster, you are doing the best thing the world, thank you for that, thank you for the people voice! all my friends from around the world, either they are muslims, jews, russians, or whatever, i send them your videos to explain the reality here! i really love what you doing there, you bring love! thank you for that!

[@Eshel61]

Last guy, that is pictured in the heading, excellent perspectives, great objectivity. It seems like you like to leave the best for last in some of these. Another great video Corey thank you.

[@TheAnikeenko]

Corey, im not arab, but a good advice to make a proper interview is to ask questions to people in a language they can talk deeply about the topic you are asking. You could bring someone that speaks arabic with you. Or ask just in hebrew. Some of them couldnt explain exactly what they wanted to say.

[@marksimons8861]

I can't quite imagine how it is that you don't speak the majority language of the state even with reservations. When Jews lived in Arab countries they all spoke Arabic, though often with French, as well as Ladino (whatever it was called locally), and other world or local languages, such as Berber.

[@TheAnikeenko]

@@marksimons8861 i think they speak hebrew but this guy just wanted to ask the questions in english to sound more neutral to them

[@fuscinula]

@@marksimons8861 Ladino is called Haketia in Morocco ;)

[@MintGum-sy8zs]

he usually gets a translator to do that

[@MintGum-sy8zs]

@@marksimons8861 Arabs of 48 do speak Hebrew

[@alterkooper431]

Why not ask American Indians whether they recognize the USA?! What's the obsession with the true indigenous people of Israel? Funny how Americans of Jewish heritage have no trouble living on Indian Land after genocide was committed but are literally obsessed with Israel.

[@harrydamour7564]

Two wrongs make a right ?

[@Mas_Tun]

The person who submitted the question had Corey ask about their opinions on the Jewish identity of Israel, not whether they recognize Israel's legitimacy. Comparing it to the US is a bad analogy because we do not have a Basic Law which defines as white or Christian state - even though most Americans are both - (and yes, I know the law in Israel is mostly symbolic), and our national anthem is not specifically religious or in favor of a specific ethnic group. (p.s. they're Native Americans, not Indians, and many American Jews are vocal opponents of their treatment. Likewise in Canada in regard to their indigenous peoples) (p.p.s. you can have more than one indigenous people to a land)

[@alterkooper431]

@@harrydamour7564 definitely not but it's called hypocrisy when the perpetrator is actually the one lecturing the TRUE indigenous people of the land (but that's besides the point)

[@alterkooper431]

@Starhopper I was referring to the Jews of course the Arabs are Intruders.

[@hassanmohamudali3065]

@Starhopper You come to land full of Arab muslims & simply expell them to build your racist state in their land then you want peace?

[@williambenghozi6850]

I would just like to point out that the idea of a Jewish state only seems to pose a problem to Israeli Arab Muslims. When it comes to Christians, they seem not only to be pretty much ok with the idea but also to enjoy it (as much as can be). Second thing, when you ask people to elaborate on their opposition, they seem incapable of doing so showing their only problem lies in the Jewish description of the state they live in. Yet, in predominantly Jewish areas of this state: - Your pack of cigarettes has arabic scriptures on it - Your every day bus is displaying stations in Arabic - Your traffic signs are in Arabic as well - Your food packagings are in Arabic - You could perfectly live in them and be an Arab Muslim who doesn't speak a word of Hebrew (would be hard to find a job but still) Israel has an Arab population of 20% and that is counting Arabs that are not muslim. Some European countries have now more than this and: - I don't see any of this states changing their traffic signs and including Arabic as their national language - I don't see any of them reflecting upon changing their national anthem - I don't see any of the Arabs living there asking for a bi-national state (yet) Apparently, the attachment of Arab Muslims to secular values only seems to be a force to reckon with in states where they are in minority The guy saying that the Thora invented racism really made me laugh 1 - the Thora doesn't speak of gentiles, the talmud does and those are 2 different things Kind of like the Coran and the Sunna 2 - the Coran on the other sides repetitively refers to Jews in terms that are far from respectful (Muslims in every day prayers thank their God for not being Jewish or Christians) Israel is a Jewish State, like it, don't like it... The very point of it's existence is to say that we don't care about your opinion, and it is not a statement of content but more or less the reason why we're still alive and thriving. I have no problem with Arab Muslims in this country, they're more than welcome to stay, thrive and participate in the evolution and the well being of this state - it is just as much their country as it is any Jew's On the other hand, the guy who complaind about the "discrimination" of the law of return didn't really look like he had a problem with not being drafted for a 3 years national service..... There's 2 sides to everything... I'm not here to say Israel is perfect in its management of communities, but, considering the state of the Region it lives in and even more the State of Europe today.... I'd say it's doing a pretty good job at at least trying

[@mtadmin4961]

Let's ask Ethiopian jews their opinion.

[@Robert89349]

Muslims in the EU are 1.8% of the population and come from many countries. They do not speak one language and apart from some suburbs in big cities they do not form a majority anywhere else. In countries like Albania or Kosovo where Muslims are the majority, they are from the same ethnic group with non-muslims so their language is the state language. In Russia Muslims have their own republics actually, where their language is co-official along with Russian and learnt at schools. No country in Europe has similarities with the history and the complexity of the population changes and movements in Israel/Palestine of the 20th century, so your argument about European countries is completely irrelevant.

[@solomons5669]

biggest crap what you just said. They only interviewed one christian not the whole christian population. You’re such an idiot.

[@GoldenuggetZMC]

Your acting as if they need your permission to live in their own homes y'all the immigrants😂

[@strix-kv3bn]

ethnonationalism is cringe

[@semsemeini7905]

We Jews who fled Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Libya, Sudan cannot return. So the guy who complains about the Palestinian Naqba has a nerve to complain they cannot return. I can't even get my Birth Certificate authenticated by Egypt because I am a Jew.

[@odaenathus7825]

You never asked to return, the Ashkenazim imported you as cheap labor and to colonize our villages and cities. You left after we were expelled. You are victims of Zionism and your European fellow citizens!

[@morenitomoreno1282]

Semsem Eini what does this have to do with the people of Palestine? Are they Egyptians? and since you know what it's like the be forced to leave your home forever shouldn't you understand their perspective?

[@alialanssari3998]

We donth like zioniat people.

[@chenmassil9154]

Also Germans who expelled from their country at the world war cannot return until today

[@DeusHex]

@@odaenathus7825 "chose to leave" We can say the same thing about palastinans

[@Som-Hanoolaato]

Good program, thanks for sharing

[@user-se4zv7hc1y]

You can go to Jordan. Egypt. Lebanon. You will have a better life😁 not!!! Say thank you to live in Israel. You have better life than on any other arab country

[@han1218]

Even with the "Jewishness" engrained in the Israeli state, it's still the most democratic in the region. The fact that it allows citizenship to people other than Jews is way ahead of its Arab peers. Try that in any of the Gulf states. They don't even allow Muslim Pakistanis to become citizens because they're not Arab. Well, none of the Arab states are really democratic, except Egypt, which is really a dictatorship now.

[@hansfrankfurter2903]

Half of the population of Israel came from Arab and Muslim countries. Egypt has over 10 million Christians, and Syria still has 1-2 million Christians. Morocco still has a sizable community of Jews.

[@han1218]

@@hansfrankfurter2903 so what's your point?

[@rawansafadi1968]

The gulf Arab states don't give the nationality even to other Arab muslims not just to Pakistanis simply because they don't have an immigration law. However, citizens in those countries are equally represented. Israel, on the other hand, represents only Jews, whether they're Jews that originally immigrated from Arab or European countries.

[@hishamalaker491]

Bruh the Arabs had been there before any of the Jews had migrated to Palestine, so they are de-facto natives while Pakistani expats have no connection to the gulf states do you see the difference? Did these Pakistanis inhabit the gulf states before formation no? did the Arabs inhabit Palestine before zionsit incursion? yes?

[@user-vg4ps8jy7r]

If we went to Arab Muslim nation as a Jew, imagine saying we want a different national anthem.

[@iestebanez]

I'm trying to make a parallel with Brazil. We have a vast majority of Christians here (80%+), national holidays are mostly Christian holidays, we have for decades the inscription "God be praised" in our currency and a crucifix hangs on the walls of the Parliament. As a non-christian, these don't really impact my life negatively. In fact, gradually some events that originally had religious origin such as the Carnival or the June Festivities start being assimilated and transformed into national folklore. The real danger is when religion (or any type of identity) starts to drive the actions of people in power. During the presidential run, our president Bolsonaro had "Brazil above all, God above everyone" as a slogan, he ranted against the minorities, threatened leftists and now intends to put an "extremely Christian" judge in the Supreme Court. That's alarming. That's what IMO really hurts secular democracy. I'm sure that the situation in Israel is far more complex than ours. I really enjoyed how Omar (09:32) developed his ideas on the matter. It must be difficult for an Arab Israeli to feel represented there. I understand that it must be similar to what I felt while living in the UK for a year: I knew I was an "outsider", I didn't understand or feel included in all the cultural aspects. The difference is that an Arab Israeli also sees that land as their home, so it would be close to feeling like a foreigner at home. Thanks for the video, Corey :)

[@GideonDavis]

“I’m an minority Muslim Arab it is offensive to me and us (20% of the population) that Israel is regarded as a Jewish state. We need to change the national anthem, flag and names of public buildings to be fair” “How about all the Muslim nations? Eg Egypt has 15% population who are not Muslims?” “That is different”.

[@alangervasis]

i know rigtht ..Typical islamic hypocrisy

[@gomuningen18]

@@alangervasis u cannot blame the religion for hipocrisy man, its the people not the whole religion, im a muslim myself live in the biggest majority country on the Earth " Indonesia " but here the fact, that Indonesia is not a Islamic Country is always worth being proud of, peace.

[@soniahemmati2372]

Egypt has less than 15% Christians I think, but Israel has 26% non-jews. It doesn't matter which country does that, it still is wrong if a country discriminates against its own citizens based on their ethnicity or religion. Israeli leaders themselves openly say that Israel is not the country of all its citizens and it doesn't even suppose to work for the interests of a fourth of its own citizens, eventhough there are extremist individuals that go after Christians in Egypt, I have never seen Egyptian leaders themselves openly saying that its not the country of all its citizens and Christian Egyptians don't really belong here. Or even a much worse regime like Iranian regime never says Iran isn't the country of Iranian Arabs or Kurds or Iranian turks. While there is an sraeli law openly declaring that self-determination and sovereignty is only unique to Jews.

[@hishamalaker491]

@@alangervasis Islamic? Bro really chose one random muslim over 2b muslims and called it ''Islamic hypocrisy''. What if I talk to a christian in Brazil who is a hypocrite should I blame russian christians for hypocrisy? Thats kind of your logic.

[@ilaibavati6941]

What no one ever mentions is that democracy evolved WITHIN a nationalistic framework, based on the assumption that society was unified by a clear common culture, including language, moral principles, and often a religious or ethnic heritage. Democracy DOES NOT entail a lack of identity, but relates to a system of representative government that allows for leadership changes. Even democracies that appear to be based on diversity (such as India and the US) have in reality always had a dominant culture that forms both the majority and determines the character of the state. Democracy guarantees INDIVIDUAL rights and freedoms, and in some cases also limited collective rights, but not political self-determination. A truly democratic Arab state, side by side with Israel (as was envisioned in countless resolutions and proposals from the League of Nations and the UN to NGOs and political parties) would theoretically maintain its Arab identity, even if it had a non-Arab minority. In such a reality, when BOTH peoples accept each other's right to their respective countries, there can be true peace, which turns the issue of the state's character into a non-issue. France and Germany, whose peoples had been at war with each other for centuries, came to an agreement regarding their borders, and have since allowed each other's citizens to live and work within their territories. If the Arab world were at peace with Israel (truly, not just on paper), what would it matter that there is an Arab minority in the state of the Jews? Moreover, what would it matter if there are Jews living in an Arab country? Jews came to understand that they need a cultural and political homeland to protect them, as have many other peoples, particularly in Europe. The question is when the Arabs (both the public and their leadership) will come to the same realization.

[@DieFlabbergast]

You use the word "Arab" as if it were equivalent to "Muslim." Apart from the only real Arabs -- the ones who live in the peninsula called "Arabia" (the clue is in the name!) - most so-called "Arabs" are united only by speaking a dialect of the Arab language. Their ancestors were a diverse collection of ethnic groups who (prior to the influx of Islam) spoke various Semitic languages such as Egyptian, Aramaic, Assyrian, etc. To this day, there are millions of Arabic speakers who are not Muslims but Christians, mainly in Egypt and the Lebanon.

[@ilaibavati6941]

@@DieFlabbergast I am well aware that not all Arabs are Muslim, and that many Arabs of today are descended from other peoples. Note that in the context of Israel (and much of history) the word "Jew" is not simply a religious indicator, but also a marker of ethnicity or nationality. Arabs today, including Muslims and Christians, are called Arabs not necessarily because they are genetically from Arabia, but because they speak the Arabic language and identify with the Arab nation. In that respect, "Arab" could be comparable to "Turk" or "Greek". Indeed, the locus of Arab nationalism has for the most part been Iraq and the Levant, with Egypt in particular promoting both pan-Arabism and a distinct Egyptian nationalism.

[@daynat2349]

@@DieFlabbergast wow !! Good stuff...

[@hannabard5455]

I'm a non-Jewish Zionist. I think it's very important that Israel is a Jewish state with full rights for minorities. But there is only one Jewish state and it shouldn't have to change the Hatikva anthem. It's like saying that Palestine must change its' Biladi anthem. Well the opinion that there can be two anthems - that's something to consider - but I don't support the idea that Israel must change anthem completely.

[@marksimons8861]

@Sunny Fruit Were they dropping barrel bombs on the poor, benighted residents?

[@hannabard5455]

@wownouser That's as Racist as saying that there should be no Jews in a future Palestinian state (alongside Israel).

[@eestimarksist]

​@@hannabard5455you being a Zionist is racist in of itself lmao.

[@xCUSEMEKx]

Democracy gives power to the majority, which is exactly why it's a Jewish and democratic state, the majority are Jewish.

[@hishamalaker491]

but in the 1910s, the whole land was like 90% Arab. What happened?

[@arieledelman4732]

The irony that the majority of their prophets in their religion are Jews from land of Israel.

[@hishamalaker491]

Yeah well our religion also tells us that many jewish prophets sent to jews were killed by jews and due to other evil deeds by jews they lost their covenant with god.

[@pauls7956]

It's a Jewish state, how hard is it for these people to understand? They have all the rights, they live a peaceful and prosperous lifes compared to ANY Arab country. Israel is Israel.

[@dogbert52]

In israel they can complain. In any other middleastern country , the moukhabarat will pick them up for a quick chat that will include electrodes and broomsticks being inserted. But in israel they have freedom of speech. And thats good.

[@thebig3864]

@Starhopper yes there is There is Palestinian people so there is Palestine

[@thebig3864]

@Starhopper Haha see yourself white man want to teach us who we are man go back to Europe and take your mizrahi slaves with you Colonial regime want to tell us what to believe or what not This is Arabia it's Palestine not Palestine I don't care You have to leave Hay most of the Arabs and people want to fight we don't care if we lose millions time but we won't accept You we are the majority not you You got that who is protecting your Zionist ass is America and traitors of Arab leaders like sisi king of Jordan The people won't accept you know why because it's a believe and it will be always like that until the Arab spring and our revolution succeed against dictatorship then you will be kicked and kicked really In a brutal way we will make curse the day your mother give birth to you in Palestine And it's near End of the story

[@thebig3864]

@Starhopper Of curse you will say so Thief always like that It's western mentality taking what is not yours saying it's mine because God said so Or there was no people in the country You will leave I promise

[@solvingpolitics3172]

THE BIG Another member of the religion of peace.

[@ayalaostrovsky9550]

Perfect project! Very good and unbiased job! Thank you!

[@kivsa85]

That was your best video by far! Keep up

[@marksimons8861]

Corey has interviewed Arab Israelis before and it is an important part of the mix.

[@deans5086]

5:20 "I want more rights" "Oh okay, what rights don't you have?" "I can't think of any that we don't have...hold on...nope can't think of any,

[@DasZuckerhaus]

Well right of return is one.

[@deegytf6957]

I'm an israeli arab and i have all of my rights, yes some unfair things happen with us minorities in this country but we still have all of our rights

[@deans5086]

@@DasZuckerhaus Israeli-Arabs do have a right of return though... Any Israeli-Arab and their children living outside of Israel have the full right to return to Israel whenever they want.

[@HusseinDoha]

@@deans5086 Bullshit. What about their relatives, can they bring in their relatives? No!!! But a Lithuanian Jew can show up tomorrow with all his extended family and become a citizen. Meanwhile, Palestinians who fled it in 1948, languish in neighbouring countries. That's the one thing that make Israel really abnormal. Not the weird establishment of it as a home for a certain ethnicity, as to it credit it included those who lived in the land as citizens. But the return laws are just nonsensical today. Of Israel admitted any oppressed Jewish groups as refugees and made them citizens, that will make more sense than giving a wealthy jew American citizenship on demand, just because he's a jew. ••• I don't care about calling it Jewish or bullshit. I don't care. A country like Syria call it self "Syrian Arab Republic", but it's Arabic culturally while different ethnicities live in it. No specific laws to naturalized specific ethnicity. I hope you got my point. It's known that Israel operates as Jewish state since day one. It doesn't make a difference to officially call it as such.

[@DasZuckerhaus]

קובי רוזנטל ‏מה הבעיה שלך؟

[@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt]

One of the most interesting channels in KZbin , for sure ! (hello from a Greek)

[@solvingpolitics3172]

Καπτεν Χαρλοκ What are your impressions so far?

[@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt]

Well, let's see. Everyone wants to live a normal life.That's for sure. But what normal means for each one of us is ahh... different. Apart from that and speaking extremely generally i'm pro-Jewish for a number of reasons.

[@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt]

Yes but the pro-Arab stand is changing in the last decades, especially from 2000 and on. But to be sincere many Greeks are anti-Semites like many Europeans. That is because of the church. There are also many (like myself) who really want to see a decisive alliance between the two countries as we believe Israel is the only light in a dark world(middle east).

[@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt]

Excellent question ! From those who are pro-Israel 70% is only for strategic reasons. The rest 30%(including me) is really pro-Israel no matter what.

[@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt]

I prefer a Democracy with disadvantages(Israel) than any Islamic state. For me Islam is not only a religion but a dictatorial way of life.

[@oneworld42]

You can't compare Israel with Egypt. Israel calls itself the "only democracy in the Middle East" while modern Egypt is not democratic.

[@seriekekomo]

It is not a right to be largely represented in a country when you are a minority.

[@SyrianApostate]

They won't be a minority if the ones who fled in 1948 are allowed to return.. millions and millions of Palestinians are refugees to this day all around the world

[@1979osmocote]

Migrating to a land enmasse in order to have an advantage in numbers does not give you the right to take over. My neighbor has a family of two. Do you think it would be reasonable for me to take over their home if I go there? After all, my family consists of five individuals.

[@SyrianApostate]

@nikolai bahtin You are spewing Zionist propaganda my friend. If you spend more than 5 minutes around Syrians, Jordanians, Egyptians and Palestinians you would know the differences. I happen to be Syrian myself and I probably know a thing or two about that more than you

[@morchario]

@R B J learn history, people took the land from jewish people. And now they reclaimed it. It's easy to attack and criticize jews, because they were never been known for being violent people. Go ask sweden or any other european country with a cross on it to change their flag to make it more "bi cultural", or maybe the natives in the US need to ask to change the flag and anthem, to make it more "bi cultural". Let's see how they will response. It's easy to criticize Israel and jews, even when the land is rightfully theirs.

[@aturefrati7407]

R B J Israel is the land that’s a core part of Judaism. The Tanakh mentions Jerusalem 667 times. Jews have a right of self-determination as everyone else does, especially when it’s based on historical facts

[@avtaras]

This video reflects the views of the most educated people. If you go to Gaza or even Ramallah or Nablus I am sure you'll hear much less sympathetic voices.

[@OmarOsman98]

It’s not about educated in those places it’s more about situation. Of course, Palestinians in Gaza would be the least sympathetic, look at their situation.

[@tFighterPilot]

The title says Israeli Arabs. Those in Ramallah and Gaza aren't Israeli.

[@yxndn6914]

No shit? Their situation is completely different of course you'll hear different answers

[@mediterraneanmapping9657]

I mean, a woman with a loving husband and a woman who was raped by several men would have different opinions on men for example

[@cecil123]

@@mediterraneanmapping9657 Like when Safiyyah was raped by Mohammed after her husband was tortured and killed by his fellow Muslims?

[@anandamirtharaj4400]

My observation from this video and the other videos from this Channel that the christians in Israel / Palestine are quite different from the muslims. It is so ovious that the faith plays vital role in the way you think!

[@iinventedgoogle1287]

There are many Christians who are against colonialism,by the way George Nicola Habash was Christian and he was one of the founder of the popular front for the liberation of Palastine.

[@hishamalaker491]

I mean yeah? So what? What is the arguement.

[@MrJryazdanjr]

I like the idea of the project but a lot of the answers are very vague and sounds like the interviewer is pulling teeth to get something out of the interviewee.

[@fyukfy2366]

Well you can't control the answers that's the whole point

[@Lagolop]

That is because the muslims just want to complain even though they really have nothing valid to complain about.

[@heartman2013]

That woman in the 4 minute range.....has all the rights she needs, so can't think of anything.

[@kholoudfayed5733]

Literally

[@kloschuessel773]

Heartman2013 she just doesnt like the way thinks are cause its state ruled by a jewish majority These guys have a probleme everywhere they are or go as long as islam and arabs dont rule. Same in europe

[@abdallaha92]

Actually statistically you can find many ways Palestinian citizens are discriminated against. For example Palestinian Israeli communities receive far less government funds than Jewish Israelis. 53 percent of the poor families of Israel are Palestinian. Not to mention discrimination at airports, by certain bosses etc.

[@noco7243]

@@abdallaha92 Well no shit. They don't even consider themselves to *be* Isreali citizens and want to take over the nation. The fact that they are even getting funding is weird in my mind.

[@fyukfy2366]

@@abdallaha92 if they're Palestinians they aren't citizens. Do you mean Arabs with Israeli citizenship? Because they're Israeli

[@laraelkilani8472]

The person asking should be neutral, even though his opinion is different he should just ask. He's clearly towards the Jewish state.

[@mayasidi2134]

he did some other interviews where he asked Palestinians some questions and most answers were anti-zionist and he chooses to not say anything, and when he was talking to Israeli settlers he did comment some stuff (and I think he was right)... obviously he has an opinion but its somewhere in between.

[@laraelkilani8472]

@@mayasidi2134 "anti-zionist" well if someone takes your home and kills your kids. What do you except them to say let's be brothers? Anyway FREE PALESTINE!

[@mayasidi2134]

@@laraelkilani8472 first of all, was just saying you were wrong about him having a side in the conflict. but if you insist on talking about that, let's talk some facts: Hamas- targets 3000+ missles at civilians (NOT IDF). IDF- targets at Hamas activists, informes the people surrounding to stay back. and most israelis dont support settlers. tbh honest I dont even know 1 person who supports the settlers. I'm so sorry the innocent Palestinians have to go through all of this, because they are just civilians. but you have to understand that this conflict is not just another trend, it's a 73 year old complicated conflict.

[@laraelkilani8472]

@@mayasidi2134 I'm a Palestinian myself and I know that this is not a trend since my brothers and sisters in Palestine have been killed and are being killed by the IDF.

[@laraelkilani8472]

@@mayasidi2134 if you want to talk about numbers just in the year 2018, 31, 588 thousands of Palestinians were killed, murdered by Israel. In comparison to 130 lives that Isreal civilians that died for stealing a land that it is not there's.

[@jss1877]

If you don't like it you can leave. Jews live in Christian and Muslim countries and don't whine over it

[@screamtoasigh9984]

Hardly any. They stay quiet. How many are left in the middle east out of Israel?x

[@adamanderson3042]

ScreamToASigh Literally tens of millions I’m 100% certain that the Christian population of the Middle East in totality dwarfs the Muslim population of Israel.

[@bollywoodoverhollywood8139]

To be honest I’ve faced the “where do you come from?” and “what do you do?” questions in every country I’ve been to and I’ve been to 24.

[@galutbabel7626]

As Arabic is an important minority language I propose an Arabic version of the anthem, which is more neutral, but we the same tune, so the Arabic-speaking minority can reflect themselves in it. Canada, Switzerland and Belgium have local minorities and there's a version of the anthem in those languages.

[@mohal-sal3998]

Well, I mean Hebrew barely has any semitic sounds unlike Arabic, and there's the fact that it borrowed a lot of vocabulary from Arabic. So Arabic is actually a better option for a national anthem than Hebrew

[@lotfimarok1]

It’s funny to see that when you are confronted with a person that is very well educated on the different subjects that come up , you tend to be silent but on the opposite you’re very vocal when you are facing a person that isn’t that articulated

[@strix-kv3bn]

100 percent

[@byzer1]

No.

[@ef2718]

Are you saying CGS is not educated?

[@mrmbendol]

It's interview, not debate.

[@lotfimarok1]

@@mrmbendol it’s an interview when you ask questions and let people express their opinion without intervening. When you start challenging their response while obviously stating your opinion in the questions and remarks it becomes a debate.

[@armancast]

as a muslim israeli arab myself i recognize israel as a jewish state, I may feel off regarding things like the national anthem, the flag and national symbols, but this is the country I was born in

[@warriorofbaden7945]

as a jew i am proud that in our country there are people of arab origin who live freely in our country because our country has a wonderful mix of cultures that is simply beautiful❤☪✡

[@bvc1922]

You’re a traitor

[@Oscar-yx1xx]

You're Palestinian after all don't forget that ❤️

[@Dariusuzu]

Who cares what you recognize UN for instance doesnt.

[@bigmoneymoose4644]

Your not Muslim then wallahi

[@thomasellner6331]

Minorities usually assimilate to the mamajority culture .

[@cecil123]

Except "peaceful" minorities.

[@MikeSmith-hf6sp]

Hi, I'm not Jewish and not affiliated to any Jewish movement or group, I'm a concerned citizen at what is happening between the political parties and the media. There's something I think you all should be made aware of. The British Labour Party is filled with antisemitic members, not all but enough to set alarms bells ringing. Some MP's and members have been outraged by the lack of support from the current Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn who has publicly supported both Hamas and Hezbollah, and have now left the party, which brings me to my next point. Tom Watson the Labour shadow secretary who is head of the antisemitic group is trying to deflect the racial anti Jewish sentiment by going after Mr Tommy Robinson. Regardless of his beliefs, this seems to be an attack on anyone that doesn't share their political views by deplatforming them and taking away their freedom of speech. Freedom of speech is the very cornerstone of our culture and to suppress it regardless of who it's targeted at, is an attack on us all... www.tom-watson.com/youtube_must_act_against_yaxley-lennon If you believe in freedom of speech and oppose what the Labour Party, BBC & Facebook are trying to do, then please share the link below far and wide and expose their lies. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rX_HY5WsgdusoZY

[@marksimons8861]

There are many curbs to freedom of speech. One of them in incitement to hatred, and most specifically to racial hatred.

[@DieFlabbergast]

Ah, you don't understand! You see, Jeremy supports Hamas and Hezbollah because they are mostly brown-skinned people, and therefore automatically oppressed heroes. I'm afraid most Israelis are just TOO WHITE. This is what the left has come to.

[@realstormin]

Thanks for this wonderful series!! A chance to get to know a wide range of Israelis - Jews, Arab Israelis - and Palestinians.

[@Carla39894]

Knesset is not a religious term, it is a hebre name for congregation

[@y.l7455]

Knesset is the place where Jews pray.

[@Carla39894]

@@y.l7455 knesset is the parliament

[@y.l7455]

@@Carla39894 Knesset itself is the place where Jews pray. Israel's parliament also called knesset *because* of that.

[@Carla39894]

@y.l7455 let me explain: in Hebrew, the word Knesset means Reunion, that is why the synagogue is called Beit Knesset, house of reunion. The parliament is also a place of reunion so it is called Knesset, without any religious meaning

[@adelsabet9504]

Egyptians are NOT Arabs; we only speak Arabic. We are Copts, Nubians, Berbers & only the Bedouins are the Arabs whom are from Sinai.

[@zavtradnem]

You killed all copts.

[@Ruzaini07]

outline All???? But they still here..

[@ionlydatebeckys8005]

Egyptian's are Africans just buy way

[@amitaimedan]

It is perfectly OK for all arab states to be Muslim, but alla fobid, there can not be one democratic Jewish state.

[@eylon1967]

what does it mean that they are muslim? are christians and even jews discriminated somehow?

[@eylon1967]

and there are even a state with a christian majority, lebanon.

[@kivsa85]

@KrÎştoph Pîäték in algeria Jews lived as a second class citizens.

[@amitaimedan]

@@eylon1967 In 1932! Now the estimate is 54% muslims in Lebanon.

[@amitaimedan]

@KrÎştoph Pîäték But the jews were not a majority, right!? The country was mostly muslim.

[@Avi1231]

I wanna know Adiv. Proud to call him a fellow Haifan! :) If all Arabs thought like him, we'd have peace by the end of the day.

[@ViniFreeMan117]

Thank you for your compliments, I am actually from Bear Sheva and was just visiting your beautiful city. I feel like allowing others to be what they want to be is the key to live in a peaceful society, There no need for more than one of me because in a way you are all a part of me. Arab,Israeli,Palestinian,Jewish,Muslim,Christian are simply labels and beneath it we are all humans.

[@CherryDT42]

@@ViniFreeMan117 Btw was a nice surprise to see you here ;) (~David T.)

[@pinkmissmuffett]

How can we have peace in Palestine?

[@zezu8940]

If Israel didn’t exist Arabs would live more peaceful

[@zezu8940]

perakole I think we all know why we have wars there. Going back before european countries were in the Middle East it was very peaceful. Also let’s over think things and remember the Osama Ben Ladn (terriost leader) was once in the US army. Claiming to be Muslims when killing Muslims and other innocents isn’t what a faithful person would say Muslim or Christian or any.

[@aidenw207]

These Palestinians that stayed and agreed to become a part of Israel in 1948, have a very different mentality than the Palestinians who left to attack Israel and watch it get destroyed and either became refugees in other Arab countries or that like in Gaza or West Bank.

[@screamtoasigh9984]

They're not refugees.

[@aaryankoli6274]

How is having an Islamic state fine but a Jewish state not???

[@amrelemary338]

Well no because there's millions of 0alestinians that live there or used to live there For Egypt for example, it's 90 percent Muslim Theres no law in Egypt like the 2018 Jewish nation state law in Israel which explicitly said that this is a Jewish state for Jewish people

[@gilgame748]

​@@amrelemary338Jewish is ethnicity not only religion let's make it clear Palestine is the name of the territory, but not of a state. People living in Palestine where Palestinian Arabs, Palestinian Jews, Palestinian Druses, Palestinian Christians, etc. But now the Palestinian Arabs claim that all this land belongs exclusively to them, and talk about some mythical Palestinian state. This is pure lie, and the Israelis are allergic to lie and the Arabs officially adopted the identity only in 1964 Romans renamed Judea into Palestina as Following the suppression of the Bar Kokhba revolt, Jerusalem was rebuilt as a Roman colony under the name of Aelia Capitolina, and the province of Judea was renamed Syria Palaestina Palestine is name not country or distinct people the Jews lived in the area before the Arabs if you say to give the land to the Palestinenians the jews are the first Palestinenians here is the history of the land 1. Before Israel, there was a British mandate, not a Palestinian state 2. Before the British Mandate, there was the Ottoman Empire, not a Palestinian state. 3. Before the Ottoman Empire, there was the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, not a Palestinian state. 4. Before the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, there was the Ayubid Arab-Kurdish Empire, not a Palestinian state. 5. Before the Ayubid Empire, there was the Frankish and Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, not a Palestinian state. 6. Before the , there was the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, not a Palestinian state. 7. Before the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, there was the Byzantine empire, not a Palestinian state. 8. Before the Byzantine Empire, there were the Sassanids, not a Palestinian state. 9. Before the Sassanid Empire, there was the Byzantine Empire, not a Palestinian state. 10. Before the Byzantine Empire, there was the Roman Empire, not a Palestinian state. 11. Before the Roman Empire, there was the Hasmonean state, not a Palestinian state. 12. Before the Hasmonean state, there was the Seleucid, not a Palestinian state. 13. Before the Seleucid empire, there was the empire of Alexander the Great, not a Palestinian state. 14. Before the empire of Alexander the Great, there was the Persian empire, not a Palestinian state. 15. Before the Persian Empire, there was the Babylonian Empire, not a Palestinian state. 16. Before the Babylonian Empire, there were the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, not a Palestinian state. 17. Before the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, there was the Kingdom of Israel, not a Palestinian state. 18 Before kingdom of Israel the theocracy of the 12 tribes of Israel 19. Befroe the 12 tribes of Israel there was independent cnanists city kingdoms not a Palestinian state 20. Actually, in this piece of land there has been everything EXCEPT A PALESTINIAN STATE. The land of Israel has been populated by the Jewish people since 2000 BC. Here's the timeline, in case you didn't realize that its there homeland, . 2000BC Abraham chosen as the father of the Jewish nation 1900 BC: Isaac, rules over Israel. 1850 BC: Jacob, son of Issac, rules over Israel. 1400 BC: Moses leads the people back to Israel. 1010 BC: King David unites the 12 tribes into one nation. 970 BC: King Solomon, son of David, builds the first temple structure in Jerusalem 930 BC: Israel is divided into two kingdoms, the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah. 800s BC: The rise of the prophets 722 BC: Kingdom of Israel is conquered by Assyrians. 605 BC: Kingdom Judah is conquered by the Babylonians. 586 BC: Solomon's Temple is destroyed by the Babylonians. 539 BC: Persians conquer the Babylonians and take control of Israel. 538 BC: The Jews return to Israel from exile. 520 BC: The Temple is rebuilt. 450 BC: Reforms made by Ezra and Nehemiah. 433 BC: Malachi is the end of the prophetic age. 432 BC: The last group of Jews return from exile. 333 BC: The Greeks conquer the Persian empire. 323 BC: The Egyptian and Syrian empire take over Israel. 167 BC: Hasmonean's recapture Israel, and the Jews are ruled independently. 70 BC: Romans conquer Israel. 20 BC: King Herod builds the "second" temple 6 BC: Jesus Christ is born in Bethlehem 70 AD: Romans destroy the temple After that, the people were captives to the Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, and Crusaders. Through all of these events, the Jewish people continued to live in Israel. There were more or less of them, depending on the centuries, but there was never a time when the Jews didn't live in the land. They stayed, they built their communities, they raised their families, practiced their faith and they suffered at the hands of many outside rulers, but they always kept their faith. It is what sustains them, even now. In 1948, the UN established the State of Israel, the nation of Jews. Don't buy the Palestinian lies that they are entitled to the land. It simply is not true. ERETZ-ISRAEL [(Hebrew) - the Land of Israel] was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Here their spiritual, religious and political identity was shaped. Here they first attained to statehood, created cultural values of national and universal significance jews always lived in the land there wasn't a time where they didn't live there and lot of jews do dna tests and it's show that they are originally from Israel example: Are you serious? Based on DNA analysis, my family originated southern Israel and the migrated to Syria at about the conclusion of the Roman conquest. From there, they migrated to Spain and Portugal and then to Russia. In Russia, their names changed and they immigrated to the US in the mid-1800s. It has been common that Jews changed their last names in an effort to fight antisemitism. Jews originally trace their ancestry to a confederation of Iron Age Semitic-speaking tribes known as the Israelites that inhabited a part of Canaan during the tribal and monarchic periods. Modern Jews are named after and also descended from the Israelite Kingdom of Judah Jews are originated from Judea Modern Jews descended from the ancient Canaanites. Hebrew originated from the Canaanite language modern Jewish groups show more then half of their ancestry as Canaanite there was never Palestinenian state Since 1964, they have been referred to as Palestinians the Palestinenians come from Jordan, syria, Egypt, Lebanon and more countries tell the arab occupiers to go back to there original countries!!!! Palestine has never been a state, a nation or a country. It was a geographical area belonging to the Turkish Ottoman empire before 1918. The Turks lost in WW1 and the League of Nations gave it as a protectorate to Britain as part of the British Mandate for Palestine. Britain handed the responsibility to the UN in 1947. The UN suggested a partition plan (UN Resolution 181) that separated the region into a Jewish homeland and an Arab land The Jews accepted and created Israel. The Arabs refused, declared war on Israel and have been waging war on Israel and refusing any offers of their own nation The word Palestinian is Latin for Philistine and actually means “Invader to the land” That makes as much sense as renaming a house Burglarland and the Burglar claiming the home he was robing now belongs to him and the original owners are occupying it. You are basically saying the word thief means new owner plisthim come from Crete Greece and they extinct The Palestinenians come from the middle east but you all are pretending it’s solely from one specific country in the Middle East which just isn’t true as your own DNA test even shows (primarily Egyptian and Jordanian, as is expected). Interestingly enough tons of Jewish DNA tests have also shown Middle Eastern (directly from the area of Israel in southern Levant) ancestry despite being Ashkenazi (and obviously Sephardic and Mizrahi) yet I hear lots of people claiming the same, that ties to the area are questionable and should "go back to Europe" If you’re going to downvote at least explain which part you feel is wrong other than “this went against my narrative

[@hishamalaker491]

I am muslim, using common sense I would like to live in a Muslim state not a Jewish state. I am sure a christian would rather live in a christian state than jewish state as well.

[@gilgame748]

@@amrelemary338 Egypt is for Egyptians Israel for Jews Jewish people are ethnicity

[@gilgame748]

@@hishamalaker491 in the same way you want to live in Muslim state Jews want to live in Jewish state.

[@semsemeini7905]

Egyptian Jews lived in Egypt; a Muslim State. We never complained. It made no difference.

[@nemeczek67]

Possesion is 90% of the law. If Jews control the territory at the moment, they can call it whatever they want. On the other hand, when the tide turns, Palestinians will be entitled to call the area any way they see fit.

[@HITBnn]

Only logical answer here

[@Weirdbald]

Very impressed with a lot of the respondents, even the ones who were more rejectionist and critical. Great video!

[@NomenFugazi]

„What would have to change to satisfy you?.Oh a lot. Give me an example. I can’t.“😅

[@benjaminammouial2610]

Israel has to be a jewish state with a majority of jewish otherwise its not israel anymore. Whats the debate here? Do we change the culture of a country for the minority? I dont think so it never happen in the world so why we should do that?

[@abiryaakovalmoznino3395]

It’s why it’s either zionism or Antizionism

[@mickeysuede2219]

It's interesting to me how much happier Israeli Arabs are than the Palestinians living in Gaza under the PA authority (Hamas)

[@3rdrockfromthesun23]

Adiv, the last speaker is a really cool guy. Very intelligent and he interviewed well. Good job Corey

[@pinidvash884]

The example with egypt is perfect

[@Wavyguy96]

Yeah, and he should have mentioned that Egypt was never an arab state either in history, it has always been the land of the ancient egyptians people and the copts, then the arab occupied

[@adnanabuatiya8870]

It's different... Israel occupied that land, it went from having 10% Jews to 80% Jews. Claiming it is a Jewish state is very unfair and erasing history from less then a century ago. ALSO, you can be an Arab jew... just like you can be an Arab christian and an Arab Muslim - stop claiming Judisim as a race rather then a religion ... no one is pure blood and people may have converted in and out of a religion through out history- is an Ethiopian jew racially the same as Russian jew?

[@dors.sc1]

@@adnanabuatiya8870 ohhhh and arabs didnt occupy egypt not that jews occupied anything but lets pretend for the sake of the argument

[@mira45814]

I am albanian. 70% of albanians are muslim and 30% are christian. We have based our identity not on religion but on nationality. Every institution is secular. Religion plays no part in education or politics yet people can practice their religion in freedom. I love it. Everyone is albanian and most of us are atheists. It's beautiful.

[@abdullahhodhod3779]

Abood A ism egyptian and iam stupidly multicultrlized.

[@meyroc5092]

How can Israel not be a Jewish state? What do you think the name "Israel" means? That's like asking, "do you accept hot cocoa to be chocolate?"

[@chadsmith2281]

That is saying all Americans are Christians. It's a religion not a race.

[@user-lv5gp1hf2o]

@@chadsmith2281 The Jewish religion in spite of other religion's is also a race

[@olterigo]

@@chadsmith2281 so that you understand what is being said. Jews for millennia have referred to ourselves as "People of Israel." We call Judaism - "the faith of Israel." The land, and that is not the same as the borders of the state, but along the Biblical borders - "the Land of Israel." And the official name of Israel (the state) is actually "the State of Israel." So, whatever you imagine, clearly this designation goes beyond only religion.

[@aliabdullahalhamo3641]

Israel is the name of Jacob. Jacob is a prophet we respect in Islam. There are Muslim men called Israel. But you seem not know many things about Muslim communities.

[@morchario]

@@aliabdullahalhamo3641 the purpose of the name is to show that the land belongs to the descendants of jacobs, which are the jews(according to the tradition). So the name Israel means the land of the jews, not muslims or arabs.

[@TheSithTeacher]

I LOVE the HATIKVAH... wonderful anthem... I'm not silly... but sometimes I play it to sleep better. :D I'm a Moroccan living in Germany by the way :D

[@YourFavouriteiA]

no you re not

[@tunisianoflood]

of course you are morrocan... since you bow down to zionists who else you would be ?

[@riccardopusceddu6232]

10:08 Democracy also means that the majority of citizens decides so in Israel the majority of people are Jews so why is it not democratic?

[@luluaaa7394]

The person asking the questions is clearly biased towards his “Jewish state”.

[@joeharna]

So true

[@atmaniabdeslem5553]

He is a mosas agent

[@Firstname_Surname]

@@atmaniabdeslem5553 Yes of course he is a mossad agent, considering mossad operate outside of Israel.

[@ShannonSouthAfrica]

It is a Jewish state.

[@joeharna]

@@ShannonSouthAfrica Apartheid* state, yes.

[@anthonyr963]

Palestinian national authority defines Palestine as part of the larger arab world. 18+ arab countries. 1 jewish. Soon 1 kurdish. Israel is jewish by its nature and democratic.

[@anthonyr963]

@AbolishtheNSA Palestine was never a country. Israel is a sovereign country. Just like Ukraine is when Putin illegally annexed Ukranian land. The international community recognized the historical association of the jewish people with the land.

[@anthonyr963]

USA was never a white nation. Not all Jews have these left views. The left are not all Jews.

[@anthonyr963]

@Son of Mountain yep.

[@noname-mr7wq]

@Ashkenazi Dissident Right jewish man bad!!! (Even though they are my only source of intel in the middle east, developed many of the weapons and systems used by america such as iron dome and desert eagle, and generally benefits the us economy.)

[@solvingpolitics3172]

Sergeant NPC You are the same hypocrites who scream when minorities say “ Whitey is keeping me down,” Good glad you do! However then what do you alt-right hypocrites do??....THE EXACT SAME THING! “Oh the Jews are keeping me down.” You are just pathetic hypocrites!

[@Daniel-kx7mw]

Why do israel should change its flag? Its ok that norway or the uk has a christ on their flags and everyone lives with it, but not ok when israel has a jewish symbol on its flag?

[@miriamsackler5002]

9511 Daniel There is no Christ in the U.K. flag. The flag of England has the St. George cross, the Scott has the cross of St. Andrew, and the Irish has the Cross if st. Patrick. The flag represent all Kingdoms under the U.K. Welsh is not represented, because when this flag was created, Welsh was till under the rule of the English Kingdom. Union Jack is an amalgamation of all symbols representing the land, making it the symbol of the British people, including a Jew like me. --- you know where this is going, right?

[@akapilka]

@@miriamsackler5002 st. St. St. St.

[@monocle8868]

Stalin Jiménez You got a strong point. But the commenter above suggesting “there is Christ on the flag of the U.K.” Incorrect. Crosses attributed to Saints are not the same as the Cross that symbolises Jesus’ Crucifixion. Furthermore; Those patron Saints don’t represent the nationality of the land of which they became patrons. For Example, St George was from Cappadocia, Turkey, who later moved to either Libya or Algeria. He never set foot in England, and was probably a fictional character created by the Eastern or North African Church. St. Andrew was from Galilee, Palestine, and buried in the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople, Istanbul. Allegedly visit Scotland once, very briefly. St. Patrick did live in Ireland. But he was originally a Briton, working as a slave for the Romans. So in a way he is the only “almost native” saint among the three. So the point here is, those Saints are very Universal holy figures, not the monopoly of England or Scotland. They are very inclusive, crossing nations, although not crossing faith. Whereas a Star of David is 100% exclusive. It doesn’t cross nations or faith......... Capito?

[@yangtze9176]

9511 Daniel Mate this just shows how uneducated you are in your arguments. They’re saying the flags should be more inclusive, like how the British flag represents not only Great Britain but also Northern Ireland... you can’t pull bad examples to justify your bad status quo, you need to pull better examples to see how you could improve.

[@Xtremedia01]

It's how far this have gone... The issue should have completely been dealt with long ago.. The animosity on both sides become a stumbling block

[@LanceRomanceF4E]

One nation prospers thru hard work and ingenuity while the other lives in poverty and hate in a true clash of culture and values.

[@oceanopty]

Muslim majority countries display the symbol of Islam in their flags, even though parts of the population practice other religions...Israel is a democratic country where there is freedom of speech and religion, 79% of the population is jewish, so it´s the predominant culture and represents an integral part of the country´s identity, nothing wrong with that...Peace

[@soniahemmati2372]

They don't have separate roads for different ethnicities in those Muslim countries last time I checked and even a fascist regime like Iran I have never heard their politicians openly saying that it's not the country of all its citizens and Iranian Arabs or turks don't really belong here. Unlike Israeli leaders who themselves openly say that Israel is not the country of all its citizens and it doesn't even suppose to work for the interests of a fourth of its own citizens who are non-jews, which is actually a very high percentage of minority citizens. Unlike most Muslim countries who are more than 90-95 percent Muslim in the first place.

[@marksimons8861]

Adiv from Beer Sheva (but living in Haifa?) is so handsome and speaks English very well.

[@ViniFreeMan117]

@Random Guy I am actually Muslim Bedouin Israeli from the south, I like to tour around the country. It was a matter of chance when Corey approached me. I tend not to judge people because the facts are much deeper than the what media would like to sell you.

[@marksimons8861]

@@ViniFreeMan117 Still very handsome, whatever your background. Are you single?

[@gamingfreak5913]

@Random Guy the amount of generalisations you made in that paragraph like you've met every single Arab Palestinian

[@OmarOsman98]

Adib Dabes You should be ashamed of yourself. You call yourself Israeli? The Bedouin is from long before Israel even thought of

[@louisearon8520]

Interesting video xxxx

[@flutterlump]

I wanna hang out with the last guy!!

[@marksimons8861]

Who wouldn't? Drop dead gorgeous and speaking common sense.

[@roxmittens]

Great guy!

[@mehditai]

He might be straight actually

[@elijahuteichtal1530]

@kt95 gy How he is using taqiyya ?

[@flutterlump]

@@mehditai So two guys hanging out is gay?

[@hailugebre7161]

The last guy kills/nails it perfectly

[@buffymtl]

Great point about Egypt...it's funny all Arab countries can be 100% Muslim/Arab in the flag and national anthem but not Israel ?? With 80% population ??

[@DieFlabbergast]

Yes: it annoys me how everyone says "Arabs" (meaning Arabic speakers, that's the only thing they have in common) and assumes they are all Muslims. There are millions of Christians in Egypt and the Lebanon.

[@gregoriysharapov1936]

@@DieFlabbergast Yeah, common misconception.

[@hexagramz5115]

The left is the problem nowadays. Merkel, Trudeau, Ilhan Omar and Obama.

[@alexanderbadillo704]

DieFlabbergast But the Copts in Egypt don’t really consider themselves Arab

[@amrmostafaa9451]

sorry it's not, First Egypt is considered a civil law country, second we don't call ourselves a Muslim state, third Countries laws shouldn't discriminate, fourth people who are saying they have over 20 Muslim countries so there should be a Jewish one are wrong because the only Islamic state the exists called ISIS and the whole world is fighting it even those with muslim majority, right now Israel is building settlements, driving people out of there homes, killing civilians during combat and many other actions which is against international law, the same acts done by ISIS the only different is one is called islamic the other is jewish, most important point that everyone is missing is it's not about religion it's about Palestinians rights because those people does exist by the way. have a nice day.

[@elboohy]

We call them the Arab of 1948, and honestly I don't know whether I should feel sorry for them, or disgusted !!

[@seerpou]

italy is a catholic state, france is a catholic state, russia is an orthodox state, turkey is a muslim state, saudi arabia is a muslim state... what is wrong with israel (the ancient jewish homeland, just like ancient greece for the greeks reestablished in 1830) being the jewish state? there are 50 muslim states in the world. why cant there be one jewish state in the historical jewish homeland?

[@monocle8868]

seerpou Italians, Gauls, Britons, living in Italy, France and England never took their land form somebody else and drive the native out. They did colonised, thought, outside their own native land.

[@saphyr84]

The interviewer tries to come across as unbiased but his bias shines through quite frequently.