IsraelPalestine For Critical Thinkers: #1 Ancient Roots

In this first episode of IsraelPalestine for Critical Thinkers, Richard Bass takes us back thousands of years to when the region was called Canaan, and explains why it's important to go back in time to understand the issues taking place there today. We also discuss how archaeologists and historians have used the Bible as a guide for their discoveries in the region, while working to distinguish facts from legends.
Hashtags:
#israelpalestine
Host:
Richard Bass
Animated by:
Thought Café
thoughtcafe.ca
Music Composition & Sound Design:
Allan Levy
Written by:
Richard Bass & Thought Café
Images by:
Wikimedia Commons
Additional Images by:
The Israeli separation wall cuts through Palestinian land near the West Bank town of Kalandia by Ryan Rodrick Beiler, Used under license from Shutterstock.com
BETHLEHEM, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES - MARCH 30: A Palestinian throws aside a tear gas grenade fired by Israeli soldiers by Ryan Rodrick Beiler, Used under license from Shutterstock.com
"Israel peace rally, London Jan 11 2009 P" by Chesdovi is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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"2009_Anti_Israel_Protest_Tanzania8" by Muhammad Mahdi Karim (www.micro2macro.net) is licensed under GNU Free Documentation License (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) via Wikimedia Commons
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[@morgs8563]

John Green sent me

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

Morgan Baker he Crash course video on this conflict was so full of bullshit i have lost all respect for John Green.

[@ScottNormanRosenthal]

@@snakey934Snakeybakey What in the video is inaccurate?

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

@@ScottNormanRosenthal it was full of disingenuous omitions, most notibly a map presented in the video where they show the British mandate for Palestine but intentionally exclude Transjordan, which leaves out a very vital chapter in understanding the conflict* he also insist over and over in the video that the conflict is about land and has nothing to do with religion (yes, its land that causes a mother to celebrate when her child has killed himself to kill other children, and not religious clerics describing the conflict as a holy war, even in the "socialist and moderate" factions of the PA) Green also claims that the religious populations in Jerusalem were "roughly equal" yet, even under Ottoman census, Jews were always the Majority, especially in the old city. by the Ottomans own records, (and bare in mind, under the Ottomans many Jewish families were registered as Muslims for lower taxes) the Muslim population of Jerusalem never exceeded 25%, and the Jews would maintain a solid majority in the old city until Jordan annexed it in 1949. John Green also states that "Ottoman Palestine was a place where people of different faiths lived peacefully together" as if the conflict started with the Zionist movement. when in reality, it was a man called Haj Min Al Husseini, who would later go on to found the Quasi-Palestinian Arab identity, and advise the Nazis on the final solution, who; between 1920 and 1937, lead over a dozen Pogroms and Massacres against Israelis, including the infamous Hebron Pogrom, and expulsion of the ethnic Jews which immediately followed, which was done with the aid of the British. the Israeli militant organization, Etzel or "Irgun" would emerge as a result of this in 1936 or 37. He presents many flawed censuses from the time, for example, the British census on the population of Arabs and Jews during the years before WW2, when many Jews including my own grandparents were registered as Arabs to avoid being deported by the British; who in their efforts to stifle the prospect of an Israeli rebellion against them in Palestine; brought in hundreds of thousands of new Arab migrants, while placing severe limitations on Jewish immigration, even among those who had valid visas, or family in Palestine. when he talks about the revolts against British rule, he paints the Arabs as the revolutionaries, while not only omitting Israeli resistance against the British, but paints it as if the Israelis and British were in cahoots against the Arabs. he also talks about the Arab refugees, but omits the 1 million Ethnic Jews who were expelled from Arab lands. he seems to have taken only snippets of the story to present one sides point of view, and not the other. * omitting Transjordan from the story is good if you want to insist that the conflict is territorial, and that the Israelis can fix it by just giving the Arabs more land. but it is dishonest. the Israelis gave the Arabs 80% of the land that was meant to be theirs to create the state of Jordan, but this was just met with more demands for land, and more violence, from a nation which has 714X as much land as Israel. and even after Israel won the wars in 1948 and 1967, they are still forced to negotiate as if they are the losers, with the Arabs who not only lost these wars, but who lost them after starting them with the intent to commit genocide (something else omitted by Green who describes 1948 as "war broke out") leaving out the Arab coalition, and their genocidal rhetoric, Haj Amin al Husseini described it as "finishing off the remaining Jews that Hitler left" and the Arab secretary General, Pasha Azzam said and I quote "this will be a war of extermination, a momentous massacre that will be spoken of like the Mongolian massacres and the crusades"

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

@@ScottNormanRosenthal sorry if my response is so long, there was a lot in there

[@ScottNormanRosenthal]

@@snakey934Snakeybakey Your points are also largely inaccurate. E.g.: Rhetoric of violence toward people who had just taken the homes of people is justified. Israel's genocide is abhorrent.

[@xaiper2946]

who else watched this cause of school

[@kelis8195]

same

[@xaiper2946]

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[@theejoker3686]

yo my global teacher need me to do this

[@davidadayle4249]

ME

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[@zedorbed4110]

sent by my teacher anyone

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[@ArcadianWizard]

yes😞

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here here

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[@justsnap_ant139]

who else was sent by there history teacher

[@sup9138]

Meee

[@mahakhteeb6752]

Oof ص

[@whosnico4669]

unfortunately

[@shadowdrawz8415]

yup

[@dontlookup1337]

Wow, idk why this video doesn't show up on recent searches on Israel vs Palestine

[@ZaidHmoudzhmoud]

Guys we need this, I'm half palestinian so the topic is dear to me but please stay impartial. If you lean to one side then shit

[@MagusMarquillin]

Your right - leaning to one side is probably a sign of constipation, so shit. Let that shit go and take a more holistic view of things. :)

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

Zaid Hmoud i am Israeli. i have changed my views on this before, but always peace-oriented :)

[@Frea_]

I'm looking forward to more episodes! All this time people around me leans toward one side without knowing the complete story. I don't accuse them of being wrong but to know the full story is always better IMO. Gonna watch ep 2 and 3 now.

[@GreatRedMenace]

This is quite fascinating and balanced approach. Though it has some mistakes in episode 3, about Christianity. "Judea and Samaria" included the coastline, despite being limited mostly to the mountain areas back in Roman times.

[@absolutelybonkers6312]

if you were sent here for 9th grade history (KHS) uhm here's the part where you start at and you can use it without having to keep pressing back to it exactly ---------> 2:33

[@jawsy1]

Ahh yes KHS Mr. Joley

[@absolutelybonkers6312]

@@jawsy1 didn't you move-

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

@@absolutelybonkers6312 Wtf

[@PominiLover123]

11th grade

[@Bungwaffler]

Everyone here knows more about this topic than Richard Bass, John Green and all of the writers. People are so smart!

[@lordsesshomaru8960]

History holds so much mystery and information. I marvel at the privilege to realy dig deep into history and discover priceless insight & perspective on all aspects of life and More so the possibility of legends...

[@bartolomeubutariu9600]

Si trebue sā ântelegeti 🌈🌾🌻🍀🦚🌅 numai âmpreunā vom reusi pentru cā pāmântul ne apārā ....ne hrāneste.....si ne ânveleste...splu fiti binecuvântati 🌾 multumesc

[@maiabdelalim8393]

Not all of us being here cuz of our teachers

[@kramconley7972]

It is helpful to remember Richard Bass is associated with Jewish education; so not completely independent view here

[@wericks3]

This is a very interesting topic. I look forward to watching the rest of the series. Richard needs to move around a bit more though. You only get so much mileage out of the "standing still and locking your fingers together" pose.

[@MrZemme]

Not much here yet, but I'm intrigued.

[@zoiefontana9726]

I know very little about this subject and found this information very interesting and educational!

[@royaltutorials1176]

which font do you use

[@mordechaiapplebaum8173]

Very promising series. Concise and clear. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the series.

[@amandaceglowski1304]

Most informative and interesting. Amanda from South Africa

[@gilgamessianic]

Great job, keep up the good work

[@zentoic1027]

Finally a good channel that will eventually explain what is the real problem in Palestine. Excellent work! Looking forward to see more.

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

StarTalkRadio *Problem in Israel

[@beback_]

Beni Habibi Don't get hung up on a name. "Critical Thinkers", remember?

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

***** it was called Israel before it was called Palestine.

[@mattilevi]

The word Israel came wayyyy before Palestine. Nice try though.

[@jimgiokezas9944]

This looks like a great documentary series!!!

[@acosta2493]

Great work! I would like to see where this series ends.

[@alanivar2752]

it ends right where it began: flame wars

[@72Yonatan]

Acosta, it doesn't end. The messianic era is almost upon us, and from there it is all good, all light, and darkness will be dispelled.

[@displacerkatsidhe]

This looks really amazing so far. Definitely subscribing!

[@hamoudyaziz9043]

Where can I find the song?

[@dontlookup1337]

Great video

[@AlexPope1668]

Good start. Thanks for these.

[@user-pk4nf8mv9e]

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[@henkrijstenberg3479]

Great stuff!! 🤩

[@nahuelfantino]

amazing

[@SecretplaceintheGlory]

Very relevant today....

[@DRRaoDeshpande]

Really interesting work.

[@Shanicoangel]

Amazing Video!

[@recourseconsulting5064]

this was helpful... clear lay out of information

[@akio522]

This is very good stuff

[@boozerswine156]

The Camera Angles in this

[@franks.beef.links.]

Mr.Escobar sent me Lmao, Im from the North Rockland High School

[@Pain-hw3fo]

Hey

[@Pain-hw3fo]

Can you help me

[@Pain-hw3fo]

My Instagram is blxssed out

[@ab1414ab]

John Green's Crash Course Video is much more informative and does not complicate the conflict than it already is.

[@luxo2112]

Nice work there, I hope they stay kind of in the middle

[@tracybeme1597]

For the price of one shekel this problem can be resolved. I propose that Israel purchase the land as a post war reparation for the price of one shekel. This will remove all external belligerents and peacemakers from the equation; and put the beast to bed. More than enough capital has been expended dealing with this question.

[@KT_571]

Love your videos! Keep them coming!

[@devonsliwa519]

ok but y does the angle look like dat at 1:20

[@chadvader974]

Before I watch this, is it balanced?

[@raindrops7044]

Excellent! Thank you!

[@B1gBadWo1f]

not actually sent from school unike the comments here im just israeli and saw an adevert and was way too curious not to click

[@neonisity]

who else b watching this for class ☠️

[@MayMay-no4th]

Who is Richard Bass?

[@cfwhitney]

How does one alter the course of history?

[@alanivar2752]

you just gotta want it bad enough

[@kampase]

I don’t know why this was advertised to me

[@tossicamckinnon]

Ms Royal sent me

[@Sk8er_grind-youtube]

Sent by teacher this needs to end

[@Ninjadumplings]

How do you know that some Bible stories are legends instead of historical?

[@Forcriticalthinkersseries]

Good question Richel. The statement was made on the basis that from a critical thinking perspective we don't have any evidence other than the Bible itself to support claims going back that far in history. For example, we don't have tangible extra-biblical evidence (like an artifact) to support the Bible's narrative that far back. You are correct though, in what is implied in your question, that a lack of evidence doesn't mean that these biblical figures didn't exist. It just means that we can't really 'know' in the same sense that we can know things about say the Roman era in the history of the region.

[@user-vo5mf3ly9s]

You forgot the Greek rule of Hellenistic period

[@philipparker5291]

The current upheaval sent me.

[@Ashley65854]

2:33

[@truthrangers4815]

And Canaan saw the land of Lebanon to the river of Egypt, that it was very good, and he went not into the land of his inheritance to the west (that is to) the sea, and he dwelt in the land of Lebanon, eastward and westward from the border of Jordan and from the border of the sea. And Ham, his father, and Cush and Mizraim his brothers said unto him: 'Thou hast settled in a land which is not thine, and which did not fall to us by lot: do not do so; for if thou dost do so, thou and thy sons will fall in the land and (be) accursed through sedition; for by sedition ye have settled, and by sedition will thy children fall, and thou shalt be rooted out for ever. Dwell not in the dwelling of Shem; for to Shem and to his sons did it come by their lot. Cursed art thou, and cursed shalt thou be beyond all the sons of Noah, by the curse by which we bound ourselves by an oath in the presence of the holy judge, and in the presence of Noah our father.' But he did not hearken unto them, and dwelt in the land of Lebanon from Hamath to the entering of Egypt, he and his sons until this day. And for this reason that land is named Canaan. -Jubilees 10:29- thirty4

[@avareyna5574]

lemme guess your teacher is making you watch this 🤩🤩

[@Theonegamefreak]

Yay.. not sharing.

[@dysperdotted]

the bible: based off a true story.

[@likedontcostmoney5595]

The settlers was “Hebrews” which are the Jewish ancestors ... Jewish come from word judiyah , Israel was a state saplit at some time in history from judhyia kindgdom but nationality was fairly same Jewish .

[@enn_tee_emm]

Homework brought me here.....ugh

[@esteach3]

cool

[@ziggydeath9397]

You must go back before Canaan to understand the real history. The area of Canaan was known as the land of Shem. His descendants are called Semites. Abraham was one descendant of Shem. The Canaanites stole that land from Shem and therefore the conquest was not really a conquest of a land, but a retaking of the original land of Shem by his descendants.

[@elusive7244]

theres no such thing as canaanite people. shemites are middle easterns, including canaan's first settlers. it was ruled hy city states, each with different languages and culture.

[@vejoshiraptor]

I'm a little nervous to learn about the Middle East from a team that doesn't know how to pronounce "Canaan." :/

[@xplinux22]

vejoshiraptor No, he is still correct. He is pronouncing it using the Hebrew pronunciation, not the Anglo-American one.

[@ziggydeath9397]

Ha ha. You obviously do not know how to pronounce Canaan. It is a Hebrew word, not English. This is such a silly comment.

[@bim-ska-la-bim4433]

vejoshiraptor ...get over your bias and open your ears - you might learn something

[@luke9822]

I *really* wish you would list who is behind this channel to lend some credibility to it. The website, this channel, and the Internet are devoid of any information. This could be an academic department, a political party, a historical society, or a random person hiring an actor.

[@00jdn]

The credits are in the description and also at the end of the video

[@TheLadyaec]

What religion did Arabs practice before Islam?

[@UnknownUserp371]

they were polytheistic

[@naasirfavors]

This makes me wanna play clash of clans 😂😂😂

[@xaiper2946]

Bud ur gonna like clash of clans

[@elusive7244]

palestine is a colonial name given to the land by romans. not arabs

[@ammarb293]

crash course sent me

[@jennywilliams123]

Where are the descendants of Abraham and keturah, as keturah is Indian name and keturahs children's name sounds Indian. Brahman caste in India are descendants of Abraham and keturah .

[@wyma2852]

Goatified59 Ig

[@GiordanosRetort]

Richard Bass/ A historian can only say what is most probable about the past. AND THUS, must take in to consideration all concerning fields of study. With regards to religious texts, religion isn't the current cause of human actions or nations. That would be the furthering of Human Needs as Rights. And so your bringing it up, to couch the Israel/ Palestine conflict, has literally no modern relevance beyond the esthetic inclinations of reactionary nation-states.

[@algabid9418]

عيب يا عبود الجزائر تسترجع ارضها وتربطها بحراك هل انت نسيت شعار(وعقدنا عزم أن تحيا الجزائر ).

[@sexpolice101]

Occupation 101 on you tube ...!! Nothing explains it better ...!!! Know what you need to know ...!!!

[@SAM-tw1ve]

uh... 911 like

[@SuperMacjoey]

hey why did you leave out the part that we are almost 100% sure abraham was of the hycusus tribe, invaded egypt, got kick out after 700 years and were told to finish the war they started in canaan with the canaanites while they were ruling but never did not finish the job. why dont you mention the correct translation for elohim is elamite.? Gonna leave it all out hun? Why am i not surprised.

[@lerzidmarino5868]

He also might have been Sumerian, or another local people. He did live in Ur , which was around the area after all. Plus the Hykos were from Syria and Caanan and inhabited the land far before he was even born . And the Hykos invaded Eygpt about 10 - 20 years before what most people believe to be Abraham's birth

[@nwars7408]

bro who got the answers.

[@Pain-hw3fo]

Not me😭

[@colengermany598]

The israeliest ocupied this land. This land FOR ALL the nations in the world with the or religions.

[@tompetters3328]

🇮🇱

[@shainazion4073]

Nothing is occupied, it was former Ottoman land, never Palestinian land.

[@pokoirlyase5931]

Is this guy usin'the bible as historical narative ????? How can i trust any of his info ?

[@hussamm9605]

from the star of david logo, this is biased

[@AA-uq4fy]

exactly

[@paulshevlin9121]

Just wish he could pronounce Canaan correctly

[@ziggydeath9397]

Uh...he did. You understand that Canaan is a Hebrew word, don't you? If the documentary were about Spain, it would not be right to call it Spain, but Espana, pronounced "espanya". And if it were about Mexico, it would be pronounced "Meh-hico".

[@lothlorien786]

@@ziggydeath9397 Sorry Ziggy, I agree with Paul. Who does a documentary on Mexico and calls it Meh-hico? Com'on... maybe once to tell everyone how the Mexicans say it... Everyone I've ever heard pronounce the name says it "Kay-nin" with the accent on the first syllable.

[@brotjack]

It is pronounced "ka-na-an" in Filipino. It varies so as to where you are in the world. Do not be a word Nazi

[@potatoking1656]

Palestinians have Canaanites roots

[@colengermany598]

But the jue know that this land belong to the. It is not true

[@solace9896]

yo when was Judaism made

[@user-bo8nb2mi]

Way before the other two

[@hmmyes6301]

It came before Christianity and Roman catholicism and Islam Roman and Islam came in 70 ad Christianity around 30 ad Judaism was the original one

[@elusive7244]

the religion was technically created when Abraham made deal with g-d abt 3500 years ago in israel. its an ethno-religion.

[@hmmyes6301]

@@elusive7244 Judaism was made by Abraham Christianity came after Jesus left like couple hundred years apart

[@bjasound]

Did this really teach you anything

[@user-oi2kr9eq9y]

Israel is only Israel god promise the land to Abraham itzhak and yahakov.in the Bible the book of life.and the only true book.all the riligens take everything from the Bible.

[@shebsheb8850]

Lol

[@shebsheb8850]

It’s Palestine

[@AltafBands]

smd

[@bedframe549]

IMNOTGONNAWATCHTHIS

[@Jmzz542]

and in Canaan there lived the Canaanites obviously. who are Arabs from the Arabic Peninsula.

[@Jmzz542]

they are Arabs from the Arab Peninsula ! it's our history shut the fuck up and study the Vikings

[@ziggydeath9397]

You obviously do not know history. Before the Canaanites conquered (stole) the land, it belonged to Shem, father of the Semites. I believe you are speaking about the descendants of Cham, i.e. Mitzrayim (Egypt) and Canaan, which you call "Arabs".

[@mattilevi]

Ziggy Death your version is the truth. Jamal is obviously biased as hell and not a “critical thinker”

[@l.garcia8595]

Just a Note… The name Palestine didn’t exist until the destruction of the Second Temple.

[@incogb6696]

Just a Note.. you are a weirdo obsessed Palestine existed even in Ancient Egypt time

[@IbnKh]

Disclaimer; Richard Bass is already associated with Jewish education. Biased account.

[@bim-ska-la-bim4433]

Reference the bias... I'll wait... Oh OK...didnt think so. K, bye'

[@linkgreen8620]

Mr Gwarn Stylee This is what I found when I searched "Richard Bass Jew" :p www.jedinstitute.com/richardbass Still one of the few non-emotional video about this on KZbin.

[@anaskaizen1]

spoiler : biased israeli video. you did not mention muslim empire, which was of arguably same size as the romans if not bigger than the romans:)

[@baronbattles4681]

You left out Philistine from which the Romans got Palestine. The conflict here isn’t a new one if you read your Bible. Most remember the story of “David and Goliath” don’t they? Or how about “Samson and Delilah” which came even earlier. Palestine is the name given by Rome to make Israel “feel” conquered.

[@benyamin35]

On the issue of slavery your facts were wrong! The first person abolished slavery was Cyrus the great who freed slaves from slavey 300 years before the Chin dynasty and we call China, Chaina because Persians called it Chin and Marco Polo learned that from Persians. If you don`t know you best not produce videos!

[@Love-fe5rr]

THE BIBLE IS historical!

[@michaelinsel1205]

the term Palestine is roman... the term Israel or Israelite is 5,000 years old and mentioned in the bible, Palestine or Palestinians where never mentioned in the quran and even more recent work than the bible! Israel is 5,000 years old Palestine is from the ottomans and comes from Rome to call it "Israel-Palestine" is a complete lack of knowledge of history

[@gilbertdeclerk7215]

The Romans named the kingdom of Israel "Palestina" when they conquered it, which translates to "the land of immigrants" since they kicked most Israelites who decided to stay jewish and wanted to demoralize any future jewish rebels in the area. Arab populations who lived in the area throughout more recent decades named themselves "Palestinians" because that was the name Britain stuck with when they ruled Israel. Palestinians are arabs, some have roots in Israel going back thousands of years but most of them have roots in neighboring countries such as Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt etc.

[@nicolasreyes4422]

The BIBLE IS REAL, JESUS IS LORD, REPENT OF YOUR SINS AND BELIEVE IN THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. AMEN.

[@jonathantshibula9627]

I don't know you or what you've been through, but you matter. God loves you and so do I. Believe that Jesus Christ is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead. Repent of your sins; repent simply means to turn away from your sins, don't keep doing the wrong things you did in the past. Be baptized; a symbol that the old sinful self is gone and a new creation is here in Christ Jesus. Follow the specific will of God for your life and you will be saved.

[@logannickerson4224]

I see you are a Jewish fundamentalist.

[@MayMay-no4th]

Ahahaha

[@user-bo8nb2mi]

Just offspring of 600,000 witnesses at Mt. Sinai where Torah was given to Israel. That, unlike blind believer like you of what one man's impossible to verify claimed.

[@HelicopterHatHacker]

Israeli propaganda