Lost cities of Palestine: Haifa, Nazareth, and Jaffa | Al Jazeera World

Rarely seen archival footage accompanies memories and accounts of forgotten Palestinian cities - highlighting the catastrophic effect the creation of Israel in 1948 had on them.
Haifa, Nazareth, and Jaffa have all been overshadowed by Tel Aviv, but in their day each of the Palestinian cities had magnificent commercial and cultural ability.
"Palestinians born after 1948 don't realise what they have missed," says writer Raef Zreik.
"We only realise what we've lost when we hear people's stories about Palestine before 1948. People who spent the night at to clubs and movies in Haifa, who spent the night there and the next day took taxis from Al-Hanateer Square to go back home at the American University in Beirut. You could do what you liked. We not only lost our cities in 1948, but also our open relationship with the Arab world."
Made for Al Jazeera Arabic in 2011, Lost Cities of Palestine provides a rare opportunity to see Palestine as it was in the 30s and 40s and learn about the everyday life and culture of urban Palestine before 1948.
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[@abokareem7586]

Nazareth is my city and land where my father and mother were born . I hope one day i can see and live again in my ancestors land.

[@andrewmcdonald1614]

I hope your dream comes true.

[@khuwip]

Nazareth is my city too and one day we will have our land back

[@zavtradnem]

It's not your ancestors land.

[@zavtradnem]

@@khuwip For now get back to welfare line

[@zavtradnem]

@@mikethomas4423 ok Mohamad

[@hassounr]

My grandmother’s family is from Nazareth and Jerusalem, and my grandfather’s family were from Haifa (Wadi Nisan’s) and Acre. There was so much cultural destruction, but Palestinians still exist. I am so proud of this effort to raise awareness of Palestinian culture and history.

[@sandrad9695]

When do you estimate that Palestinian culture began? What date would you give it?

[@marcelleratafia2360]

i wish you to go back there

[@imhere8380]

@@sandrad9695 It has evolved over time. The people have lived on this land for the last 15000 years (DNA data). Names may change yet their ancestorial footprints for the last 15000 years remains.

[@sandrad9695]

@@imhere8380 The Palestinian Arabs have not been on the land for the last 15,000 years. The Arabs first came in the late 600’s, but even then there was no specific “Palestinian” Arab culture. The population ebbed and flowed for the next few centuries until it became a stagnant 200,000 of Jews and Arabs. In the early 1800’s, under Ottoman rule, more Jews began to return which added to the population of Jews who had never left. The Arabs in the region had always seen themselves as Arabs, not Palestinians Arabs because the Arab world was very fluid with no hard borders and no passports needed. The question is when did Palestinian Arab culture start. They didn’t declare themselves a people until the 1960’s under Arafat.

[@sandrad9695]

@@imhere8380 And the DNA doesn’t show any of this. All the DNA shows is that the Palestinian Arabs share some DNA with the early Canaanites, but everyone in the Middle East shares DNA with the early Canaanites. The Syrians share the most and this makes sense with the Palestinian Arab connection because tens of thousands of Syrians came to Palestine for work. Thousands came during WW1 and even more came after the war and during the Mandate to work for the British. In fact, when Jews began to return in large number during the mid-1800’s, they started businesses that needed workers, and people from all over the Middle East began to come, from Egypt, Iraq, and Syria. So the fact that Palestinian Arabs share DNA with ancient Canaanites doesn’t prove anything except that they are no different than the other people in the Middle East. And it makes sense when you know that so many came from Syria.

[@carolgaribay]

Thank you for covering Palestine the way you do it 🇵🇸❤️

[@bobperrone2105]

yes by a lie

[@eastsider7301]

It's so heartbreaking to see what humans do to each other.... such vibrant and industrious people and cities left in rubble and refugee camps.... a distant memory, fading from existence.... God Bless ALLLLL of our Palestinian brothers and sisters.... this place on earth has not been a kind place at all.... if only we could all get along 😪😪😪

[@eastsider7301]

@Kat Ballou oh do get a clue you moron!! These places were never ever British.... have U ever heard of Britain?? Yeah, nowhere near.... stay in school 👍😉🤦‍♀️‼

[@bobperrone2105]

yes it is... but the jews were given the land by the Almighty Himself... Abraham and then Moses ...

[@kit548]

@@bobperrone2105 I find it hard to believe that a loving god would call some of his children to slaughter and subjugate his other children for decades.

[@blorkpovud1576]

It's not a distant memory. Documentaries like this will keep the memories alive. Awareness is also spreading through the world.

[@350kph]

Fantastic the way they light up with joy recalling the past. Such happy memories. Reminds me of Indy Jones scenes with those beautiful old busses, nightclubs and others intertwined with Arabic writing and culture. It feels like such a different age but somehow very familiar at the same time. The British certainly had a huge influence on the region didn't it.

[@rahmatsyahnusfi6946]

InshaAllah ,ZIONNIS to GO DOWN, wE HOME to ALLAH

[@annychest718]

Yes but Britain weren't their enemy.. they probably took their cut of the profit..but Palestine thrived not like those devils now..who wanted this ?

[@tinalawrence9101]

My Nanna came from Jerusalem little girl growing up with her Mum & Dad and 2 sisters. I have black and white negatives taken at the time. She met my Grandad (in the Cavalry peace keeping role I think) and after courting Nanna came back to England with him. My Dad was born in Didcot Berkshire in 1923. So I have negatives if anyone is interest.

[@imhere8380]

it was booming before the Brits even landed and stole it.

[@YssaRee]

I REALLY like many topics & much content you provide. It's frustrating, however, to end up needing to read the whole story vs simply listen. I imagine there's plenty of Aljazeera staffers that could translate so it wouldn't be some massive extra cost.. We like to watch these documentary topics while working on things; which is impossible without verbal translation. Given it's Aljazeera English, I didn't really anticipate so much content not translated to English. Unsure of any ethical contraindications, so perhaps you can consider it. Until then, we'll just have to catch things when we can be glued to the screen. Please keep the great content coming, either way! Many topics & areas you cover are totally foreign to us.. Knowledge is always power!!

[@bennetmbuvi6062]

I wish they would have more 'already translated' audio content so one doesn't have to be watching all along. Very good content otherwise.

[@salehamin1221]

One of the most enduring and deceptive slogans of Zionism was coined by Israel Zangwill almost 100 years ago: Palestine was a “land without people for a people without land.”

[@rnies6849]

when Zionism started in the 19th century Israel was very thinly populated. With the Alijahs of Jews and Germans it became populated and the land was beginning to become a frutiful place, so that also more arabs from the neighbour countries settled over to Israel. Therefore even arabs followed the sentence: "land without people for a people without land,"

[@guifdcanalli]

@@rnies6849 dude are you high? the entirety of the documentary just showed 3 big cities with over 100k palestinians erased from map by Israel

[@imhere8380]

@@rnies6849 who told you that. In the mid 1800s there were vast cotton plantations, industries, export markets etc. You must be reading too much Zionist propaganda. Learn your history.

[@paulamarsh1]

Read the Bible ! These are all ancient Jewish towns - they were invaded by the Arabs in the 7th century...from Arabia as their name suggests!

[@savantleo]

you must truly start reading history...@@rnies6849

[@khaldounmnb5197]

I can't even see this till the end. So heartbreaking. 💔

[@tommyrobinson8316]

Truly incredible what has transpired….

[@bobperrone2105]

wrong... not accurate...

[@bobperrone2105]

read the bible

[@paulamarsh1]

It's actually very credible, when you consider the facts! Please gi and read Hamas and PLO Charters and come back with something to add to the discussion. Article 15 is exceptionally pleasant!

[@aqilamuflihah6774]

it will always be beautiful palestine, forever i will remember it the beautiful palestine

[@carmenelena2903]

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT !!! A PROUFF FOR DURING PALESTINIAN PEOPLE IN PALESTINA !!!! 😢🤗😘

[@rnies6849]

Do you mean arabs or palestinian people? If you call the people of a land palestinians, there are logically such people there. But who lived there? Jews and Arabs. Therefore it is not necessary to speak of a proof of palestinian people Living there. Nobody ever doubted this. The point is that the arabs started to call themselves palestinians not before 1967, when they lost the "Westbank". Before the arabs called themselves arabs. Why? Because there was not such a state "Palestine". Palestine was just a region called so. From who? From Europeans, since the times of the Romans, who were also Europeans. The word "Palestine" is from Europeans and since many Jews lived in Europe, even the Jews called this land Palestine, long before the arabs started with it.

[@mortef]

@@rnies6849 Just let people exercise their right to self-determination. Say No to crimes against humanity, racism and apartheid.

[@bobperrone2105]

no proof... read the bible .. The Almighty gave the land to the jews in the koran too

[@paulamarsh1]

​@@mortefare you talking about Israel ? Palestine? Or perhaps both ?

[@mortef]

@@paulamarsh1Both people should yes, but only one of them are denied it. But since I wrote that, current events make me also think that Israel has destroyed its own "right to exist" argument.

[@sabr2252]

Whatever you do to others will come back to you. In this life or afterlife. So think twice before you act. God is watching.

[@UMAdePaix]

Long live, my sweet blessed city of Nazareth, Haifa, and Jerusalem where I lived my early years, my Home my all where Jesus lived with Holy Mary and St Joseph. Haifa is where I lived fro almost seven years, and Jerusalem. Blessed is their their names! Fiat! Amen!

[@the81kid]

Good documentary. We should never forget.

[@golem2237]

You would be better to learn the truth

[@yaseralsaad]

incredible job Aljazeera English! Thanks

[@golem2237]

Pure propaganda

[@raahimkhan3926]

​@@golem2237😂😂😂😂

[@mariebelle3493]

This needs to be on American TV! They need to learn about this right now! Americans are ignorant about history!

[@marcelleratafia2360]

thanks for the video

[@TheKeithvidz]

When two fight - Britain passed by.

[@ahmedhashmi3584]

It’s actually much more evil behind closed doors at the time..

[@powasjington4262]

Im American and I don’t even have a muslim name but I tried to go to Israel and they didn’t let me enter cause I told them I am muslim and I thought Arabs had a nice culture. Shouldn’t have said anything but also glad I did because after I learned about it I don’t want to go there.

[@rnies6849]

I was 4 times in Israel and it is a great country with great people. I was also in the Westbank and met many palestinian arabs who do not agree with their own government. Others want to take the money from tourists whom they tell their stories about how poor and mistreatet they are, although they have their mobiles and watches and cars. Bad and good people on both sides.

[@miriamjaimes8213]

Terrible que en nuestra era fundaran otro país encima de Palestina. Es simplemente inadmisible. Free Palestina.

[@paulamarsh1]

Israel has always been there. Please educate yourself! 🤣

[@miriamjaimes8213]

@@paulamarsh1 claro el imperio Romano solo expulsó a la élite judía, el pueblo ahí permaneció. Esta diáspora venida de Europa son descendientes de judíos conversos en siglo octavo.

[@charlielingard962]

And what was the rest of the world doing, Oh my God.

[@lindakheshiboun1623]

We are from Nazareth.❤️

[@elishaemanuel8512]

It never lost still until today it exist the Nazareth Jaffa Haifa the Israel town ship not only belong to Jewish people but Arab still living there

[@adelsansur2196]

An excellent commentary but it brings sadness and anger

[@youkouncoun6533]

It's so painful for Palestinian the true Semite with the Jew who lived during centuries together before Balfour brought European who converted to Judaizm in 1948 to occupy Palestine. Sionist are the sworn European planted in the Arab World for their benefit It is said that wars are not launched for human rights but for trade colossal benefits!

[@youkouncoun6533]

It's knowned that Palestinian descend from the old Jewich tribes who converted to Islam centuries ahead

[@rnies6849]

lies can never be excellent

[@libistur]

This documentary is so full of lies

[@badazred]

I agree with Dylan

[@bezalel5421]

Interesting footage from before 1948. As I am building a model of Jaffa railway station and harbour in the time period of 1930-1940 I love to see more footage and get more information about that time period.

[@cindyrolle6476]

I weep for Palestinians so often. If there is a God he wouldn’t allow this. What Israel has and is doing to the Palestinians at the hands and approval of America is a crime of genocide. This can’t go on forever. It won’t.

[@deeq9668]

Somalia 🇸🇴 🇸🇴 stands with Palestine 🇵🇸 and Palestinians 💙

[@scarab088]

Can't wait to return to my homeland.

[@scarab088]

@negro bsr ignorant fool

[@zavtradnem]

@@scarab088 whats your homeland arab?

[@scarab088]

@@zavtradnem Palestine. But here's what's going to happen. You're gonna reply that Palestine never existed as a country and that we're just a hodge podge of Arabs who came here after the spread of Islam in 600 AD or whatever. The truth is that my family and the majority of those who call themselves Palestinians today are a mix of Canaanites, Hebrews, Phoenicians who stayed in the land through all the bullshit and just submitted to the conquering power structure that Byzantines, Persians, Arabs, Crusaders or Turks implemented. I'm here to say that every Israeli Jew who didn't have a family member living in Palestine before Montefiores and the Rothschilds were forging fake land deeds in the 1860's should (and will) be expelled from what the indigenous people of the land call Palestine. Every single second that passes is a second closer to peace in the middle east attributed from the destruction of the Jewish state established on stolen land. You can come up with a rebuttal and try to win an internet argument, but that won't help buy Israel anymore time.

[@zavtradnem]

@@scarab088 I just asked you to name me a Palestinian King or a leader before Egyptian Arafat. You cannot name 1 person? That's my jihadi habibi is an answer.

[@raanangeberer1903]

@@scarab088 So you're advocating ethnic cleansing. The only peace in the middle east will be when both parties have a right to national independence.

[@hdmewtwohd]

Palestine, 1896: The total population was 479,000 with Arabs comprising 98% (469,000) and Jews 2% (10,000). Land ownership: Arabs, 99.6%; Jews, 0.4%. Several sources available, including "Studies on Palestine during the Ottoman Period" by Moshe Ma'oz, 1975.

[@jonathanallen9596]

hdmewtwohd that was 1896 go back a few more hundred years before the Turks running the empire imported labor

[@manbunxx1489]

Jonathan Allen Arab Christians were the majority

[@Susanc06]

hdmewtwohd I don’t know I have family Records if says they were born in Palestine and they are Jews. So more than 2 percent if I have all these historical records and documents.

[@Janemas]

@@jonathanallen9596 Turks help unlike the west watching on tv.

[@LEsL564]

Land ownership means private land. Not public land. The percentage you wrote cant be accurate in any case

[@nomylearnspalestine]

and Tiberias!

[@seancurran8249]

If only they had left the jews alone, they would still be their today ,living side by side in peace ,😭😭😭

[@pauloricardo-ik5mo]

lest we forget

[@user-wq5jb9rg3n]

Yaa rabbi

[@patriciadossett420]

Looking for a woman named Mona. I'm the granddaughter of g. Eric Matson. My mother too grew up in Jerusalem under the mandate. Please get in touch if you can. They must have known each other! That generTion, I believe, is gone

[@user-ij1qj5ze4g]

my name is mona or muna u know this is my mother s gmail never mind

[@michellekosich5139]

If all of Palestinian cities were destroyed why do they still have cities and a life in Israel?

[@dadon6055]

"land without people for a people without land"

[@mahirrahman7]

They don't, almost all the Arab villages and cities were wiped out and replaced with Zionist colonial system of apartheid

[@paulamarsh1]

​@@mahirrahman7and do tell us what happened to the thousands of Jews who were ethnically cleansed from Morocco Turkey Iraq Syria and Yemen in 1948 ..?

[@sabihatanveer8494]

Amazing documentary it's not forgotten the injustice of the Zionists will be payed back in full measure inshallah hu tala, feeamanallah

[@rnies6849]

the Problem is that the Documentary is full of lies, the arabs started the wars with Israel, not Israel.

[@mortef]

@@rnies6849 "None, with the possible exception of the 1948 War of Independence, were what Israelis call "wars of necessity." They were all wars of choice-or, worse, folly." -Zeev Maoz, IDF Chief for 3 of these wars.

[@thomastroxel2267]

The subtitles always said "Palestinians", while those interviewed stated "Philistine" or "Philistinia". No one seemed to have any prejudice. But if I called them "Philistines" here in America, wouldn't we consider it an insult? I wonder "Why"? We cause a lot of confusion for being so far away.

[@ethnicleanserberg7975]

Falastine =/= Philistine

[@leilaabdelmeguid3977]

No it's not an insult

[@MarsFranke]

There are many arab /palestinian towns within Israel. The residents can live their life, do their business and usually have a higher life standart, as arabs in Libanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt. Of course bad things happened and injust have been done to Palestinians, but the palestinan life and culture hasn't been wiped out. There are many examples of a peaceful co-existence and cultural exchange. (Best example is the Karmiel dance festival, where every year jewish and arab dance groups perform their wonderful dances). Nazareth is still an arab town, Jaffa is still in majority arab and in Haifa are still many arabs /Palestinians. Both sides have to overcome the hurt and anger from the past. They must not follow the radicals, but the peace seeking. (Peace now, Women waging peace, etc.)

[@mahirrahman7]

Well then, are you in support of the one democratic nation solution equal rights for Arabs and Jews?? The Israelis must realize the fallacy and the destructive ideology of Zionism and the same goes for radical jihadists in Palestinians

[@maybraik4733]

Israelis can forget the past because they are living a good life But palestinians under military rule and threats of expultions how can they forget the past People living in miserable conditions in refuge camps in lebanone and syria how can they forget the past of their fathers or grand fathers how the israel state had taken all their properties after they flied the war and never let them back ?? People living in gaza dense population under blockage living in extreme poverty how can they forget There is a price To make people forget the past at lease the recognition of what happened in 1948 and some compensation not for every but at least to people in difficult condition I am from tunisia France was colonising my country but when the independance happen they left all the settlments built and roads and every thing as a compensation for the people They offered medical care for the injured people of the revolution and many other things that helpt to have good relation with france after decades of colonisation Well no one wilm forget but things were cooling down What is israel doing ? More expultions more settlers more military rule more violation of human rights

[@MarsFranke]

@@maybraik4733 You can't compare Tunisia and Israel, they are completely different. And if all the jews would leave the land and the Palestinians could build their own country, it would end in a mess like all the neighbouring countries. Every israeli Arab I asked would much rather stay in Israel, than to live in a palestinian satae. i reccomend to visit Israel and see the different places.

[@maybraik4733]

@@MarsFranke i didn't say all the jews leave israel i am talking about the settlers in the west bank legally it is palestinian territories I don't need to visit israel i have seen enough docs evidence to know the situation of them all The palestinians wherever they live The palestinians living in israel are accepted only because they are a minority and there is discrimination also The problem is the whole policy of creation jews majority that have resulted in that mess

[@rnies6849]

@@maybraik4733 Israel is doing the same, what France did in Tunesia when they left. And even more. They develop the country and giving medical aid. But they cannot ignore violent enmity. As long as there are so many Palestinians who are hostile and want to eradicate Israel, they have to be treated as ennemies. What happened in 1948 is very simple. The arabs attacked Israel and they got a well deserved bashing.

[@derekhands9903]

Time to right this wrong! Free Palestine

[@patriciadossett420]

At least there are photos to prove they were there. Unfortunately that generation is all but gone

[@lenilenape]

Free America from the monopolized and embellished Holocaust from which the Zionists con the citizenry.

[@lenilenape]

Ashkenazi are not even Semites- they are descended through Japheth with no ties to the Middle East.

[@lenilenape]

Palestine is a Wester-backed and armed colony, hiding behind a faith. Hebrew scriptures are not a legal document, nor a title to any land.

[@zavtradnem]

@@lenilenape winning 3 wars over arabs is.

[@bobperrone2105]

arafat is egyptian and the founder of the pals

[@thomasellner6331]

These cities were Israeli 3,000 years before Islam , 5 Arabs armies invaded .

[@dhenyselamat9444]

the world has been unfair for palestinian, what make they do this unfairness?

[@abokareem7586]

Because of the zionist propaganda and the fair of anti-semitism. But after the last genocide on Gaza , most ppl now are aware and they became now more and more free from fake media

[@bobipapy2404]

Good question

[@rnies6849]

so you think the world is unfair to palestinians? Did you know that the world (especially the EU) gives much more Money to the palestinians than for the millions of hungry people in Africa or for Israel?

[@mortef]

@@rnies6849 And what is most of that money beeing spendt on ? -Rebuilding Gaza after every israeli massacre performed there. Why should israel recieve any support ? -They should be boycotted, sanctioned and divested from, until they follow the international laws they have commited to.

[@NickyRikki]

I was born in Yafo Tel Aviv... amazing what it was and what it is today.

[@odaenathus7825]

Unfortunately, you are our misfortune. It’s Yafa not Yafo

[@NickyRikki]

@@odaenathus7825 too bad my birth certificate and passport both say Tel Aviv Yafo . But nice try

[@NickyRikki]

@@odaenathus7825 it Yafo on all Israeli documents.

[@NickyRikki]

@@odaenathus7825 you haven’t seen Israeli official documents then

[@Nrsuperhero]

All I see is old photos of people with darbush on their heads

[@a7mado00]

Al Jazeera should not have done this documentary. unfortunate how they put a beautiful story with a bias narrator. Please be careful when watching.. the beginning and the ending will drive you the wrong direction.

[@julienlacroix4387]

Moshe Avi Rosenblatt must be your name!

[@imhere8380]

you must be one of those blood thirsty zionists.

[@davidtrak2679]

Guess what - none of these cities are lost. They still exist - with their Arab residents living in them.

[@sandraabu3797]

I don't get why they call them "lost".... Nazareth has 99.8% arab population..... Haifa still has a large arab population as well. How is it lost?

[@jeffreyerwin3665]

Here in the USA we often hear that "Israel has the right to defend itself." What we never hear is that Palestine also has that same right.

[@antiimperialista]

dude look american media is the biggest piece of worl to keep up the facade so stupid people like u dont dig deeper, try to put some effort into investigating more who trasngressed the arabs first and you will understand that the only terrorist have always been the zionist

[@roseshahin4793]

I read comments here, like "there was never a place called Palestine. King Richard was only setting sail for a magical place called Palestine in the 12th century which just happened to be....He must have entered an alternate dimension when reaching the shores of modern day Gaza and Israel to go into a new dimension which must have been called Palestine, that must have been it!" I simply like the way he goes from a clear decision (never a place called...) to a "magical place" called so by RICHARD, then "he MUST HAVE.....which MUST HAVE been... that MUST HAVE been it!". Maybe simply accidentally, Herodotus (who lived longer before the 12th century, 485-425 BC), which i bet King Richard himself had no idea about, called the land Palestine too. And i am sure he didnt choose a name from 2400 years in his future just to upset the zionists.

[@rockynanach]

Rose Shahin my ancestors fought with Richard in Acco , I’m a direct descendent from the Hammer Charles Martel.

[@michelbitt1]

The land of Israel was named Judea and Israel .The land of Israel was named Judea until 132 CE, Hadrian joined the province of Judaea with Galilee and the Paralia to form new province of Syria Palaestina, and Jerusalem was renamed "Aelia Capitolina. He named it palastina after the Hebrew Pelesheth. The term "Peleset" (transliterated from hieroglyphs as P-r-s-t) is found in five inscriptions referring to a neighboring people or land starting from c. 1150 BCE during the Twentieth dynasty of Egypt. The land of Israel was named Judea until 132 CE, when the roman king Hadrian joined the province of Judaea with Galilee and the Paralia to form new province of Syria Palaestina, and Jerusalem was renamed "Aelia Capitolina" long after king Herods. Hadrian called it Palestine after the sworn enemy of the Israelites. The Philistines who were an ancient people who came from the island of Crete and lived on the south coast of Canaan between the 12th century BC and 604 BC until they were exiled to Mesopotamia by King Nebuchadnezzar II. They are known for their biblical conflict with the Israelites. They were called Peleset, "invaders" in Hebrew.

[@dorabastable7028]

I reported him and see that his comments have been deleted--at least for now.

[@annychest718]

I wish they would dub over.. how hard is it ?

[@garrettjones1699]

If it's not hard why dont you just dub it over edit and upload it to your own channel

[@imhere8380]

you must be either English, American to say something like that.

[@roseshahin4793]

Also, these claims like palestinians look like our middle-class and they were not developed before israelis came....are ridiculous, if u judge the rights of someone according to this. (Thats what colonists were doing, without any obvious interest, just generosity). I also read bellow somewhere that "palestinians lost their homes and possessions, but they didnt lose their lives, culture, recognition". I wonder if palestinians who remained in israel have a national museum and where their history starts from in the school manuals. I believe that most of people who speak this way never tried an accupation on their own skin. I heard that the other territories (Gaza, West Bank) r occupied too, i mean having israeli civilians living in. And many ROADS r prohibited to palestinians, this is just one aspect.

[@Joker-no1uh]

Pretty much the same thing that's happened all throughout history forever and will continue to happen, just not as much

[@mczenk5095]

When did KZbin start putting notices on videos? It says that this channel could be biased due to being funded by Qatari government.

[@abbasalwan7620]

Zionism end has come israhell will not survive the next open war , long live Palestine 🇵🇸🙏

[@abbasalwan7620]

Zionism end has come israhell will not survive the next open war , long live Palestine 🇵🇸🙏

[@bobperrone2105]

like iran their persians and iraq their chaldeans and syria their syrians not arabs

[@KonstanzArrens]

So much for the " land without people for a people without land" bullshit myth. The major difference between the dispossessed native populations of the Americas and Australasia and the Palestinian Arabs, is that the Palestinians were an urbanised people rather than hunter-gatherers. The second major difference is that the Palestinians had other fellow Arabs around them who provided them with some support (however qualified and divided) for their struggle against the neo-colonialist interlopers, and kept their cause alive in the international arena. I have always maintained that the Zionist-created state of Israel is the Frankenstein's monster created out of the corpse of Palestinian Arab independence, which was a real possibility until the Balfour Declaration caused it to be stillborn.

[@raanangeberer1903]

The "Land without people for a people without a land" slogan was only used in the very, very early days of the Zionist movement. I wish you would retire that exaggerated argument. There were Zionists who tried to come to an agreement with the Arabs, but in the face of hard-core opposition from the Mufti and his followers, it was hard to do so.

[@torbenm2375]

Care to find out, where those "Palestinians" came from and especially when?

[@gajorg69]

So the Arabs not have another Homeland I'm Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and Arabia? Nvm Egypt being conquered in the 7th century?

[@bobperrone2105]

germans living in argentina massive population though they speak fluent spanish are not Latino..or those euopeans who live in brazil , argentina

[@aviperez666]

the "lost" cities of "Palestine" aren't lost at all and aren't of "Palestine" at all. They are the existing cities of Israel. Great, now you're educated.

[@savantleo]

what can I say , you need to read more history .

[@michelbitt1]

2000 years ago Long before Arabs came to Israel the cities Haifa Nazareth and Yafo = Jaffa already existed as Jewish cities mentioned in the Bible and other historian documentation

[@makaveli801]

And before that there was a people there the phoenicians ( aka Palestinians) and before that and before that ....

[@yargundev9772]

Those who lost a war that they have started to wipe the other side should have nothing to complain about...

[@yargundev9772]

@Baboy Ka You mean the Muslim invasion and conversion of the local population who were Jewish or Originally Jewish to Islam? To the point that they forgot almost completely about their origins?

[@zahidakhanom5419]

Long live resistance! ✌🏼Long live Palestine 🇵🇸 💪

[@GarryKazparog]

Nowhere in any old scriptures that says its been palestine. Even in Quran, there is no palestine. There's no such thing as palestinian people.,no palestinian language, writings names or surnames, artifacts, culture architecture, and NO palestinian rulers or leaders

[@hansjehamat2530]

Nazareth itu ada lagunya ini milik kristen israel berdassrkn sejrah

[@hendrawirawan2313]

tolong dong subtitel indonesia nya...

[@kavekinis.bulivou1099]

Palestinian by romans

[@brianlindmccafferty2893]

Just wow. Glad they have film documenting this truth. LEON URIS had me believing that prior to 1948, Palestinians were woman-hating and incest committing mad men. His books constantly depict the Israelis as the people who introduced all types of fruit to Jaffa, while envious Palestinians either bombed or took the knife to anyone who brought progress.

[@savantleo]

you must be full of bliss ..

[@user-ij1qj5ze4g]

im half palestnine hehe

[@kingdomabraham2803]

100% your father is arab and not your mother. If you're mother was arab they would kill her for marrying non arab..

[@460565]

and half cat

[@thairinkhudr4259]

6:00 the birth of Jaffa cakes!

[@9885169563]

To whom that land belongs to?

[@kingdomabraham2803]

Its the land of Israel. Palestine is fake name that was never used in history.

[@NG-fq5lf]

It belongs to the Palestinians

[@elishaemanuel8512]

Arab Palestinian change it name to the new name like Gaza west bank sheikh jarah and so on , according to the Bible the name of land in Israel is real name it first name like Judea and Samaria, Jerusalem king of Salem the Jews king, Bethlehem, Nazareth, and many more

[@arielallerhand3389]

They are far from being lost. They are prosperous cities in Israel.

[@mahirrahman7]

Wrong you are spreading propaganda

[@arielallerhand3389]

@@mahirrahman7 are you living in Israel? Have you visited those cities? Because I have

[@guifdcanalli]

@@arielallerhand3389 those are not the original cities, those are invaded occupied cities

[@katalambano2608]

Israel was there since the days of the Bible

[@imhere8380]

and so were the Palestinians..........for the last 15,000 years (dna data)

[@katalambano2608]

@@imhere8380 1500yrs😹😹from the days of your fake prophet 🤔israel 🇮🇱❤️is more than 2000yrs old it existed way b4 1000BC

[@imhere8380]

@@katalambano2608 i wrote 15000 years not 150 years. fifteen thousand years

[@savantleo]

the bible is not an accurate history book ..

[@imhere8380]

AND THE PALESTINAINS HAVE BEEN THERE, EVOLVING FOR THE LAST 15,000 YEARS.

[@DoronTuber]

What was then palestine, had a mixture of Jews and arabs. All were palestinians then. Don't make it a pure arab land, it wasn't. And I'm not even talking about the 3500 year history of the land of Israel.

[@armancast]

as an arab israeli living in jaffa, the amount of ignorance in this video is shocking, but nothing good could have come out of al jazeera

[@jordantiffany2720]

What are you talking about ? This video is spot on, you heard the man in who has been living there for over 80 years. What do you know ? There's no such thing as an Arab Israeli. You're either an Arab whose family lived there for centuries (Palestinian), a Jew whose family lived there for centuries (also a Palestinian) or Zionist colonizer. So which one are you? Where is your family actually from? Al Jazeera is one of the most esteemed news sources in the whole entire developed and under-developed world so don't spread libel about an organization that actuallly provides non bias factual based media. I'm from Dana Point in Orange County, California and know more about the place where you live and pretend to be from then you do. Take a look in the mirror and ask yourself, do I perpetuate lies so I can go on living my comfortable existence which I know has costed others their human rights to exist and have an identity and a culture or am I good person who states the truth about my easy life, and I know that the only way it was afforded to me was thru the blood and sacrifice of others who weren't even willing participants but so generously gave up their culture so u can create one and call hummus your food and Jerusalem your hometown.

[@paulamarsh1]

​@@jordantiffany2720you should get factual, dude, not emotional ! 🤣 Also develop a critical mindset - al Jazeera is totally biased to any Arab viewpoint. Arabs never really left Arabia and just colonised from there. Read the words of Zuheir Mohsen of the PLO: "The Palestinian people does not exist … there is no differences between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians, and Lebanese", though Palestinian identity would be emphasised for political reasons. In a March 1977 interview with the Dutch newspaper Trouw he stated that "between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese there are no differences. We are all part of one people, the Arab nation [...] Just for political reasons we carefully underwrite our Palestinian identity. Because it is of national interest for the Arabs to advocate the existence of Palestinians to balance Zionism. Yes, the existence of a separate Palestinian identity exists only for tactical reasons". And educate yourself !

[@user-jd3go8kd5r]

You are foolish. FREE PALESTINE NOW

[@Madmen604]

Yet Nazareth and Bethlem are Jewish cities that pre date the Arab invasion and conquest of the Levant. Their Judeo Christian history/identity is of global significance. Haifa was created in the 1700's as an Arab settlement under Ottoman rule..not as a Palestine city.

[@juneliad1160]

Who started the warsss? You cannot blame the other side... Leaders are so GREEDY that they always want wars......Now the prize is for Israel.....SORRY TO BOTH OF YOU.

[@mahirrahman7]

Your a sick individual

[@bobperrone2105]

that has bibical credibility

[@bobperrone2105]

remember Mizarchi jews lived their for over 3000 yrs... Islam started inthe 7th century.. Rome called the jew s pals to mock them a term of hate.. well the jews caused the romans many many headaches

[@savantleo]

yawn...

[@makedonistoi]

and he will be wild man whose hands will on many for war,the GOD curse

[@nedludd7622]

Everyone watching this, should also watch a film on the Palestinian refugees made by the UN in 1949, "Sands of Sorrow". It shows the plight of those who were dispossessed by ethnic cleansing carried out by the European Zionists. In Palestine, it was not a religious conflict, but a colonial conflict between European colonists and the indigenous people.

[@paulamarsh1]

Well, it seems like you only know one side of the story.. in 1948, some 700,000 Jews were ethnically cleansed from Morocco, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and came to Israel. It has been calculated that these Jews left behind property and land that was four times the size of newly created Israel!

[@lucianosollo4589]

😢the Jews never lived in Falastyin.. it's all false... The great Palestinian people have lived here for 5000 years.. They fought the Babylonians against the Romans and defeated the crusaders.. It has always been an autonomous land with its own language and its great kings who defeated all foreign armies.Iesus was Palestinian and Arabian sons of Marium and Yusuf..all Philistines.

[@meyroc5092]

Sad lies of a sad people. Stop blaming and killing and do something normal. Like not starting wars and then crying like a baby when you lose. Newsflash: Homes and villages get destroyed in war. People lose their homes and lands. If you don't like it, don't start wars! Keep your hands blood-free and you will be happy and have peace.

[@cindyfinlayson4197]

Ignorant twit

[@zavtradnem]

@@cindyfinlayson4197 you? for sure

[@cindyfinlayson4197]

@robert beniel the comment was proof enough 🙄

[@cindyfinlayson4197]

@robert beniel go look up the word - dumb 😆

[@theProfessor1379]

Now the land is productive and well developed.

[@YoUsEfHkInG]

Yea with the wrong ppl living in it . 85% of these ppl will not even consider visiting Palestine if there was no state of Israel.

[@libistur]

The land is productive and developed...now the Palestinians want it all...the Arabs are lazy...no innovative ideas of their own

[@guifdcanalli]

by genocidal european invaders

[@sequoiafire5349]

You people need to realise the past is in the past. You went to war and lost.

[@zalmykinn]

They are crying that there is modern "western" buildings well welcome to the 21st century even Gaza city and Ramallah have modern "western" buildings.

[@zalmykinn]

waryfreaky ''cultural heritage of the Palestinians'' Well Jews and Arabs lived in that land Arabs had Arabs heritage and they still do and Jews had Jewish heritage and they still do. The British did not give the land to the Jews it might have given Jordan to the Hashemites but it was the league of nations that put Britain in-charge of the land as a trustee to help build a Jewish state but Britain was not that helpful and it left in 1947 so the Jews and Arabs could fight it out and see who wins they abandoned many strategic places that Arab forces took instead of giving it to the Jews.

[@cindyfinlayson4197]

Nobody needs more souless buildings

[@xmightyxquinnx1]

From the Jordan to the Sea Palestine will be Free! Solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

[@460565]

אתה טיפש

[@rachel36ify]

What happened in 1948, happened in 1948. Its now 2017, time to move on !!!

[@messianicjewish]

rachel36ify what happened between 1940-1945 happened then. It's time to move on. It's 2017. Enough German payments for what happened then. Raised and fostered by a Jewish woman with the same name Rachel, I was brought up to look down on the palis for being second hand people who invented the story of Palestine to harass the poor chosen people. I heard about the horrible nazism until it came out of my ears. When I found out the truth I felt so betrayed by Rachel, you cannot convince me in anything good done by the Jewish state situated in Palestine. Period.

[@rachel36ify]

Lina Ganvea: The so-called "palestinian" people are a myth. Basically, they are JORDANIANS who renamed themselves after losing a war that they themselves STARTED. The only sane solution is to forcibly repatriate The JORDANIANS home.

[@messianicjewish]

rachel36ify I genuinely pity you,my dear Rachel. The poison you live with must be really torturing you.

[@rachel36ify]

Lina Ganeva: Israel captured the mountains of Judea & Samaria from JORDAN, not the non-existent pretend state of ":Palestine". You cannot change historical facts to fit your political correct agenda.

[@jamesmason1347]

negro bsr hahaha funny.

[@golem2237]

No shortage of People willing to show What hateful, small People They are.

[@imhere8380]

what.........the Zionists...yes..small sub humans.

[@ronincomedyproductions3695]

You know its 106 occupiers who disliked this video... From the river to the sea..🍉🍉🍉

[@sergiocohen450]

You lost 3 big wars, get use to it, Israel is here to stay !

[@MichaelJ04]

Can you post a link to any "palestinian" museum that has exhibits documenting arabian history in "palestine"? I'll be waiting....

[@robertbenoliel1453]

before 1940s arab countries never existed it was the kalifate.................

[@abdulbucol1646]

Boring..

[@larrythomas3623]

Very biased.

[@DMC1982]

Sad how you are talking about yourself in reality.

[@rolandodiaz6992]

I collect Coins and Bills, what was the name of Palestinian's Currency before 1948? Is there someone who can sell them?

[@user-jq5gu5xb1n]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_pound

[@GregariousAntithesis]

British Protectorate satirical like military intelligence

[@julienlacroix4387]

Lira!

[@rebbiakiva]

Very selective reporting. The Jews played a prominent part in the pre-1948 cultural and economic life of these cities and the Arabs play an important part in the cultural and economic life of these cities today. If anyone wants to visit today they can see the truth, not as presented in this propaganda piece.

[@lenilenape]

No one invited the non-Semitic Ashkenazis.

[@rebbiakiva]

@@lenilenape DNA tests have shown that Ashkenazim are mostly Semitic.

[@lenilenape]

@@rebbiakiva Mostly?

[@lenilenape]

@@rebbiakiva "What race came from Japheth? What people came from Japheth? The sons of Japheth became the Japhethites. They went north and settled around the coastal lands of the Black Sea and Caspian Sea. They became the caucasians of Europe & Asia and the Medes & Greeks. Japheth married Adataneses bint ELIAKIM on 2345 in Indo- Europe."

[@rebbiakiva]

@@lenilenape Ashkenazis spent about 1,000 of exile in Europe. Although they mostly lived separately from the local European population, they did not maintain 100% ethnic purity during that time.

[@Younglion144]

Isaiah 14:6 He🇮🇱🇺🇸 who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, Isaiah 14:16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the 🇮🇱🇺🇸man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms🎯; Isaiah 14:17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

[@Younglion144]

@Ahmad Hijaz not at all

[@user-dx8fk3tt3w]

Bullshit

[@bobperrone2105]

so Israel call them arabs their not arabs at all

[@smilingbiter]

I see people in pre 1948 living in the 14th century. The people interviewed all look like your average modern middle class. They should be grateful that they live in the only democratic country in the middle east.

[@herrschwarz1]

Lebanon is a democracy.

[@andrestomasconte6549]

Herr Schwarz Yes they should be greatful they live in concentration camps in Gaza and have their homes destroyed so Israelis can build homes there....you are an idiot

[@herrschwarz1]

Andrés Tomás Conte What? Lawrence said that Israel is the only democracy in the middle east, to which I replied that Lebanon is a democracy, as well. I made no comment whatsoever in regards to Gaza, Israeli land theft or the destruction of Palestinian homes. I am guessing that you meant to reply to Lawrence, not me.

[@smilingbiter]

Andrés Tomás Conte Sounds like Your the typical Fascist, Only state exaggerated lies that suit your sick cause!

[@smilingbiter]

Herr Schwarz I didn't know Hezbollah allowed voting? I also didn't know they allowed freedom of religion or women to dress without being totally covered. I didn't know they were tolerant of other people. I know Lebanon use to be a Christian Country, I understand that's no longer the case.