The fall of Western order, the rise of the Global South | Wadah Khanfar | The Big Picture S3Ep5

Are Western leaders sleepwalking into a disaster in the Middle East?
As regional tensions surge amid Israel’s devastating war in Gaza, its allies in the US and Europe have refused calls to de-escalate the conflict and prevent the staggering toll on human life from spiralling further.
Western countries vowed to stand by Israel as it responds to the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas, with many invoking the language of the ‘War on Terror’ and a ‘Clash of Civilisations’. But unlike conflicts in the past, these countries have increasingly found themselves isolated on the world stage, at the United Nations and on the streets of major cities.
This week on The Big Picture Podcast, we sit down with Palestinian thinker and political strategist Wadah Khanfar, the former director general of Al Jazeera.
Khanfar says Israel and its allies are desperately trying to maintain Western hegemony in the Middle East and beyond, but they cannot see that the world has already moved on.
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[@johnnymentero6313]

I'm not Palestinian, Arab, nor Muslim, Regardless, I want Palestine to be its own Sovereign independent country. I want every inch of land that was STOLEN from them returned. And I want reparations for Palestinians for ALL the atrocities they were subjected to by the CRIMINAL occupiers and their CRIMINAL supporters. And I want the CRIMINALS THAT COMMITED those CRIMES, and those who ASSISTED, and SUPPORTED them, to be held accountable. DO YOU???

[@erikalulea3608]

Johnny, Exactly. what it comes down to in the end is JUSTICE for Palestine. So my answer to you question , is YES. We need to give Illegal Occupation land back to Palestine and Give Palestine the Justice we have denied them for 75 years. You know in one of the Hospitals in Gaza there was a young Palestinians that talked with a lady (thankfully she just had some very minor injuries so she is fine, May Allah Keep protecting her) and she had her Id card with her and on that it said when she was born and her birth country : You know what it said: Born 1944 in Palestine. She is older then the state of Israel.

[@alphabeta86]

What you want and what you get are two different wishes.keep wanting.

[@rubyslippers103]

The Zionists rule the world. This is planned. The Isreal want to build a suez type canal where Gaza is. That’s why even the so called Muslim neighbours are sitting watching the massacre play out.

[@madhukohli398]

Justice to Palestinians. They have suffered for so long and in such a horrible way sacrificed at the alter of greed and power of former colonial and imperialist powers.

[@AndrewMalone_]

I used to be for the 2 state solution, then I realized it'll not give everyone justice, nor would be the most viable. Best solution for everyone is one democratic, secular state where all citizens share the same exact same rights with no exception. Ofc all Palestinians around the world would be granted a right to return to their land. This would allow an Israeli wanting to move to the West Bank or Gaza to do so, and a Palestinian family from Haifa or Tel Aviv to return to their ancestral homeland. The main obstacle is the notion of a "Jewish democratic state" which is a nonsensical notion in itself, there's no such thing as a state that is both democratic and only favors one ethnicity/religion above all others. Also if a Jewish state is created on a land where the local population is in majority non-jewish (Muslims, Christians), it means that the Jewish state can essentially only exist by denying the existence of the other.

[@erikalulea3608]

As a westerner , this guy is saying facts. Our (The West) colonial mindset and attitude of thinking that we are the world police and the arrogance and the refuse to do a lot of self reflection will make us destroy ourselves as a continent.

[@brojwz2314]

So will you vote for a nationalist next time?

[@grahamt5924]

This guy is confusing you.

[@grahamt5924]

These guys respect China and hate the West. There is no respect for the West because people in the West don't respect themselves anymore. Look what the Chinese do to Muslims in their country, and yet Muslim countries respect them. It should be obvious to you that they only pay respect to power.

[@avbhinaya]

It's not about West being world police, but rather the Godfather of thugs.

[@kathiduran9583]

The West doesn’t even exist. We don’t have a govt, constitution, freedom or anything else. We’re an oligarchy and decisions are made for the benefit of the oligarchy not the ppl, whether foreign or domestic.

[@stessistessi2116]

I'm quite happy to see the paradigm shift. I don't know what to expect with the rise of the global south, however the current status quo cannot remain. I will not shed a single tear to see the West decline.

[@elicasual4054]

And let me guess you livebilder the west ?

[@stessistessi2116]

@@elicasual4054 Born and raised in the West and currently organizing my move to leave.

[@elicasual4054]

@@stessistessi2116 wich destination u planning to move ? Kabul ? Raqqah? Mosul ? Great ”freedom” destinations

[@stessistessi2116]

@@elicasual4054 Costa Rica. We don't have the freedom that you think we do in the West. The West is doomed, and I no longer want to live where these hypocrites with their false sense of moral superiority govern me. I hate them all.

[@MI-vc9lp]

@@elicasual4054 Destination's that were destroyed because of western belligerence? Those destinations you mean?

[@castleknock19]

Great interview. I live in Dublin Ireland.If you talk to Irish people they always have great sympathy with the Palestinian people.We were occupied by the the British for over eight hundred years.During the first world war war the Irish arose against British occupation.Irish men joined the british army because the Irish were promised home rule.A parliament of our own if Irish men joined the British army and fought for the allies at the time.The rising was not popular with most Irish people but the British executed the leaders of the rising.This mobilized the Irish people up in favour of the rising.The British then left this island for the first time in eight hundred years.The British then signed a treaty which would give twenty six countries to Ireland, they still to this day still occupy six countries.This is still a contentious issue here in Ireland.The six countries have still the majority ruling class which is still pro British.We lost two million people to famine in the late nineteen century when two million died of famine.Millions more emergrated to the four corners of the world because they were starving.During this period food manly corn was being exported from Ireland.The famine was created to get the Irish of the land so the they could rear beef to feed the people in Britain during the industrial revolution this was genocide in my opinion.They still occupy six counties because the majority there are descendants of scottish and planted in Ulster by the British.Down through the centuries they took our land , our religion, our culture, our language.We had thirty years of urban war fare from the late sixties to the the early nineties.Most young Irish people have forgotten this period, but they know unfairness when they see it.Our politicians in the EU and the left wing politicians still speak out for Palestinian people.People have taken to the streets to protest against the war on the Palestinian people.I am horrified, people are horrified.We as a nation have lots of voices who are horrified at what has become of the Palestinian people.Eight hundred years of British rule here has left it on the physic of the Irish people.Zionism is a political construct.The Irish people protested against the war on the Palestinian people as unjust and disproportionate.The war in Ukraine was hatched when the orange revolution took place in 2014.The vast majority of the Ukrainian people are displaced, those left behind are being slaughtered by Russian forces.This war should not have happened.Ukraine will never recover from this war.My prayers and I am a Catholic are with the Palestinian people.We need peace in this world.The American people are not to blame.They are suffering economically.Its the elites in Washington who forge this unjust and horrible wars on their behalf.Its time for a new world order but don’t forget the ordinary citizens of the world who have no say in what is happening on their behalf.Most people want their basic human rights to feed their children, to have shelter, to educate their children, to peacefully live their lives.My prayers are with the Palestinian people, my heart goes out to them and the suffering they are experiencing.🇨🇮we are with you. From an Irish Catholic.

[@DinahMcCarthy]

@castleknock19 it was interesting to read your Irish perspective and in the same way that there is a difference between Americans and their government or the palestinian people and hamas or the Palestinian people and the Palestinian Authority, there is a huge difference between the Israeli people and their government. Before the war - for over a year, people have been marching every week demanding their government step down. They demonstrated yesterday in front of the prime ministers house to make it clear to him that the war will not help him stay in power. I dont see any media showing this reality. I agree with you, most peoples just want to live in peace but their leadership just want to hang on to power and money like The Hamas leadership in Qatar or the prime minister in Israel.

[@user-yb8tq2nu6i]

We are with the Palestinians & the Irish in their struggles against oppression. From your Italian Catholic brothers & sisters.

[@ellenpendergast6481]

🌸🍀🌸🍀🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️

[@shea131539]

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[@LabzAli]

We Muslims love u beautiful Irish people.

[@georgebrowne5935]

Colonialism was the Greatest Crime against Humanity, and even the Plantation People ( Settlers) are the most bitterness and Sectarian People you could find on the Planet. Ireland 🇮🇪 had 800 years of Horrors from British Colonialism, with a Colony still in the North of the Country, with a Settler British Community that are the most Sectarian and Racist People I have ever met in the World. We hope and Pray for Palestine 🇵🇸 and their People.

[@alexrothwell2053]

What do you propose to do with the "Settler British Community" in Northern Ireland? There is a lot of bigotry and hatred in their community, sure, but the same is also true of the other side. Nobody in Northern Ireland (apart from a few peacemakers) has clean hands and demonising a group of people for their national identity is unacceptable. Protestants have the same right to live there as Catholics.

[@georgebrowne5935]

@alexrothwell2053 I never mentioned Religion, which never had anything to do with the Conflict in Ireland. It was used to muddy the water to the Outside World, while the Land was being Stolen. If you are Born on the Island of Ireland you are Irish, you may be of Scottish English desent, but you are entitled to live in Ireland as Irish. Colonialism has destroyed the Mentality of Common Sense.

[@dvegule920]

@@georgebrowne5935 "Colonialism has destroyed the Mentality of Common Sense." Well said.

[@chrisfreebairn870]

Which particular colonialism did you have in mind regarding Palestine? That of the Egyptians, the Greeks & Romans, or the Ottomans? Did you hear what he said about the inter war period? 30 million dead. Many new countries came into being, millions were displaced, the great colonial powers were fading, quite a bit of the latter bc America was anti colonial. Context is everything. If you look at the upheaval of post war & empire collapse periods, the Middle East is but a tiny drop in the bucket. Ukraine v Russia is this, too; the thrashings of decline of the last European empire. The real reason Israel - this speck - attracts such significance, is bc it is the confluence of the major religions & their ancestral conflicts. Jews, Christians & Muslims have been at each other for 1200 years, & their antecedents for millennia before that. Disputed borders, massacres & resentments are age old, with the most peaceful periods often when a dominant power's authority kept a lid on local outbreaks of violence. This whole kumbaya conception of peace & harmony simply refuses to acknowledge human history & human nature. There is no such thing as justice for all; only trade offs & compromises. The Israelis knew they had bought themselves a thorny problem after 1967; a problem of fundamental moral & strategic significance. They failed to address that problem seriously, so by default chose the apartheid option they themselves recognised as such. 56 years of military occupation is not an acceptable solution. Such ironies are far from unique; the new America knew that war with the Spanish in their west would make of them what they had just fought to free themselves from, bc it meant projecting power globally - bc they took Spanish overseas territories, like the Philippines. Kumbaya is great for sing along moments, emotionally uplifting, but for solving fundamental human problems - not so much. One could argue the great powers at blows here each has too much emotional & historic baggage - Jewish persecution, Christian, Ottoman & Arabic colonialism & empire - to resolve this issue themselves; it is this that the global south sees & prefers not to buy into, & as yet has insufficient power to seriously influence (nor will they anytime soon bc they will never arrive at or represent a unity of values - since they're really an anti group with tgeir own internal injustices, contradictions & disparate objectives). The Israelis have been stupid in dealing with the Palestinians, strategically speaking, & America too for letting them get away with that. The Palestinians haven't been too smart either, nor their allies. Continued blaming of the other keeps Arabs, Muslims & Africans from recognising their own failure to adopt enlightenment values; I give you Afghanistan & Iran as prime examples. The defeat of medieval tribalism remains unfinished, bc it continues to serve local political ambitions, a fact abundantly evident in the Russian & Chinese propoganda designed to destroy western cultural unity. And while the Western ethos is undoubtedly tarnished by hypocrisy, the alternative offered by the proponents of the global South & multi polarism is simply not a serious contender. Russia, China, India, RSA, Brazil, SE Asia, Turkiye? That's like a bunch of tattoo'd middle schoolers offering themselves to run the world. Not one of them has any intellectual credibility as a local government model, let alone a global one. Their best path to influence would be to get on with developing credible systems in their own countries; otherwise they're like a bunch of pimps & mob bosses bitching that no one takes them seriously. Regarding universal principles, what does the Arab, Muslim, Hindu or African world have to say about Afghanistan & Iran, or Russia, China or N Korea? Nothing useful, that's for sure. This is why the west doubles down, bc it knows it's model is far better than the alternatives. It also knows it is departing from its own aspirations & ambitions, & that this is in part due to the efforts of the enemies of those principles; but it sees it's own failings too, & that is where hope is; it sure as hell is not in Russia China India Turkey Syria of Iran.

[@MrGecros]

Why would you think the Irish-British and Palestinian-Israeli situation were equal? I am confused. The jews are the people who were exiled and the Palestinians are the descendants of conquerors and colonialists. So translated, you think the British should have kicked out all Irish and than you were never allowed to come back and claim at least parts of you little island? Intriguing...

[@laurieromano4311]

100% spot on. Thank you for this clear portrayal of US leadership. We the citizens feel frustrated with the dissonance and disconnection from reality they exhibit in the current conflict. We do not support the continuation of aid for Is*****, nor do we think self defense is valid for an occupation force. The discussion here is a breath of fresh air.

[@lorascelsi8102]

AIPAC need to be closed down for good.

[@francescahamilton6856]

Brilliant, so succinct, measured, intelligently spoken. Spot on. The ignorance of Western thought is unreal. Everything said here is so profound, so true. Thanku.

[@anncarroll2708]

I am shocked to discover,only through the internet,the ignorance of Americans. They don’t know the rest of the world exists.And their soldiers only discover another Country when they go there to kill people. or be killed,they don’t know why until they are there. Bless their innocent hearts.

[@soulflower8687]

This guy is so accurate and sharp, it is ridiculous. How much better informed we would all be, if western mainstream media allowed voices like his to speak.

[@The_D_Man]

All he speaks is kremlin propaganda

[@caringforanimals]

He is describing a real situation. A former US colonel said that the south and the middle east are sensing that US and europe forces are not as powerful as 30 years ago. it's been gradually declining. and the youth global south are being better

[@annamamo3645]

Colonel Mcgregor!

[@caringforanimals]

@@annamamo3645 Anna i am glad you saw his videos. he was giving great explanations about the situation that is taking place in the middle east , ukraine and russia. one of the reasons i believe he is right is because when a state attains technology improvements people start being lazy and don't work on themselves anymore. they are relying on devices more than themselves in a certain extent while people less advanced in technolgies are working on how to be better physically and using efficient strategy to do damage witout relying much miltary equipment, on chars, plane etc.

[@Starlightndust]

​@@caringforanimalsas Scott Ritter, former Weapons Inspector/ Military analyst said of the IDF. They are weak and incompetent relying on technology.

[@ChampChamp2024]

America are the only country to drop atom bombs, so if you’re thinking America is weak then I don’t knows

[@freedom_now01]

That was Douglas Mcgregor

[@franciscofrancesco7844]

I stayed focus the whole interview. I t was very informative! FREEDOM AND JUSTICE FOR THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE!!!!!

[@naseeha450]

I agree with you 💯🇦🇪♥️

[@JewishAtheist]

World has changed the problem problem he doesn’t understand stop causing injustice headache to everybody please🙏

[@jam-fam]

I was wondering why generally good people would ignore a genocide and unequivically stand with Israel, even if just yesterday they were preaching against Russia for annexing Ukrainian land... Then it hit me... It's AIPAC, if you are a US politician who disagrees with Israel, they spend millions boosting your opposition. If you are with them, they spend millions boosting you. AIPAC is the one holding US politicians hostage, that's why we see people who normally stand up for human rights suddenly change and support Israel no matter how many atrocities they commit. There's an AIPAC in the UK and EU too. We thought America was the world's Superpower, we thought wrong, it is Israel.

[@grahamt5924]

Freedom for the Jews is a much harder problem. You can't want freedom for Muslims and death for Jews.

[@aliakkubaisi3346]

I agree with you, see his non profit organisation, the Sharq forum. Very informative, however it is in Arabic you can enable the caption.

[@joylarson9040]

There are many American people who believe exactly what you are saying😢and hurt for what this country has done to the world.

[@mariaespejo8216]

You mean surely NORTHamerican or USAmerican people. I am SOUTHamerican and feal a REAL AMERICAN because I'm a NATIVE american🌈🌈❗

[@jrgenandersen1849]

Then stand up and help us all to make this world a better place...

[@garygipson237]

Quick they are to talk about boot straps and at the same time sabotage you 🕸️

[@robincastle7641]

Many Americans are aware that corporations have bought off our government and our supreme court. Greed has literally and figuratively 'trumped' democracy. It is beyond disheartening that the US of the civil rights era has been usurped, if it was ever real.

[@MrGecros]

Which part of the world was better before the US entered the chess board? The self-blame on the left wing is similarly disgusting as the supremacy fantasies on the right wing.

[@yerberohamsa]

So sad. Even though I have been subjected to injustice and racism,still I held hope for America, but when it vetoed a cease for humanitarian corridors and after listening to senators spewing venimous hatred for the people of Palestine while they were being slaughtered, all my hopes were shattered and feel as if We all are living under a government that is not reflective of the will of the people

[@joylarson9040]

So very true!

[@stephenlock7236]

America has been living the illusions and delusions of democracy since day 1.

[@kevinjohnson9533]

Stimulating and intellectually satisfying conversation of deep ideas and political and historical sophistication. America needs exposure to this kind of convo more than any other people.

[@anncarroll2708]

So true.

[@francisogrady1832]

UK, Guilty as Charged.

[@Bgazader]

I am an American and I can agree with everything this man has said. We have lost our morality and think we are indispensable. I am not happy with our government right now. This is a racist country. I pray for Palestine to be free. It is sickening being here and not able to do anything especially when our President is not listening to 80% of our country. I fear for the world for my 9 year old granddaughter.

[@carolinehicks5417]

I'm an American as well and agree with them. Although I do think Trump won't just stand by Netanyahou. He can't stand him anymore. Trump sees him as a faker, just an evil poser. Americans are mostly stuck in the past. They won't accept that, things have been flipped upside down. It's now the west that's becoming Communistic, stuck in the hippie mentality of the 70s which was and is in reality hypocritical and judgemental. The 20-30 year olds are clueless in large part. Not realizing that other major countries are now becoming the more balanced as you saiid and more balanced moral countries. There's so much I could say. Thankfully, there is trend in young to middle aged through around 65 or so, Non Zionist Christians that are on a new more conservative, moral, balanced beliefs that protect all innocent life, and are just so done with the liberal, hypocritical b.s.

[@U4Eye]

Why don't You live in a Muslim country?

[@debwhite9432]

I'm with you - sick about it and the only reasonable voice has turned out to be Cornel West. I was for Bobby til this. I am in Alabama.

[@asterix2968]

No The worst racists are Islamists

[@richardrearick1975]

You’re not alone! I also live in the US and am heartbroken! My heart goes out for the Palestinians. I do also hope the Israeli civilian hostages be returned to their families as well.

[@laurag5648]

I could listen to Wadan Khanfar all day an amazing mind & voice, from the river to the sea! Free Palestine 🇵🇸🇮🇪🇵🇸🇮🇪💜💜

[@madutemsamany7269]

Much love to Ireland. ❤ It seems only people wich where historically oppressed can see oppression.

[@veronicasanacion]

Yes, me too!

[@amber40494]

Yes, very wise .

[@robertgittings8662]

​@@madutemsamany7269*🤭 This guy is so dumb, he should ally himself with China and Russia instead he is alienating his only backer LMAO Global South are so divided it is not even funny*

[@laurag5648]

Germany France Spain Portugal Belgium UK Holland I guess.. @@bobbagshawedeorlinc4884

[@pacoshuman7642]

I wish Palestine could be free...this situation is so out of control, with complete racism facing everyone in the u.s. It is foolish, downright stupid and murderous, for u.s. to hug its little israel so closely.

[@ChampChamp2024]

Yeah blacks are extremely racist, attacking whites and Asians daily in a high scale. Prove me wrong.

[@anncarroll2708]

I am European and I cannot make sense of what the USA is doing, only racism or personal greed.

[@erikstekelenburg3020]

Great journalism. Support from Spain.

[@nmsports01]

Im only 15mins in an i love this guy! You've got a new follower brother, from Ireland 🇮🇪 im so sick of the west and the hypocrisy.

[@finnagler107]

The points Wadah makes around the 1:00:00 hour mark are the same the Edah HaChareidis (Haredi) / Neturei Karta Jewish community make. They even fly Palestinian flags in their area in Jerusalem Mea Shearim. Which goes to prove how bogus the conflation of Judaism and Zionism is. Check them if you don't believe me; Jewish community shouting at Israeli police calling them nazis, and how they cry for their Palestinian brothers, amazing! This is the folk memory he's talking about, because the old Jews in Jerusalem remember how they used to get on well with their Muslim neighbors pre 1948.

[@SuhailButt]

Chief rabbi of Jerusalem, pre-1948 even requested UN not to allow the creation of Israel as a home for Jews as it was not in accordance with their faith. The founders of Israel were mostly atheist, secular or socialist.

[@aldovirooo]

Watching this from Sweden. Couldn't agree more.

[@wandayonder9772]

I watched from Australia and totally agree with the thinking in this interview too.

[@cooldesertknight9013]

God bless your hearts, (watching from Saudi Arabia)

[@milomahomed4993]

Brilliant analysis, historical context too, current geopolitics well covered, and yes there can be no Peace without Justice. All the way from South Africa

[@afropoet]

The decision to recall South African ambassador in Israel is such a refreshing action by you my people. Great to see you leading by example as a regional leader.

[@user-ck6yl6qb2g]

Many easily verifiable lies. "Accurate" only for racist Nazis in the closet who try hard to hate Jews based on no facts

[@concernedcitizen316]

Not brillant. Rather this is a very biased point of view which is full of twisted ideas and pieces of truth mixed into lots of lies and misunderstandings.

[@janmortimer1758]

@@concernedcitizen316You need to wake up and listen again!

[@tamekam7937]

Such accurate analysis. Shame we can't get such accurate journalism from MSM here in the UK.

[@gcinadlamini]

They don't actually analyze anything just paid actors to repeat the script

[@deepikasharma5659]

P

[@user-ck6yl6qb2g]

Many easily verifiable lies. "Accurate" only for racist Nazis in the closet who try hard to hate Jews based on no facts

[@JovicaNedeljkovic-nf2ur]

You're right. only false propaganda works in the UK

[@spaceman69]

This is interview/chnnl is meant for western viewer. You dont need every channel to be the same. There are two sides to arab controled media, one english and another in arabic with a polar opposite messaging on the respective mediums.

[@orangetara4268]

Mabruck Wadah for having such an insightful vision of how things are. You are one of the awakened souls. Unfortunately the western leaders are so corrupt to that soul level that they cannot see the reality nor truth. I agree the western hegemony is crumbling day by day. And we Westerners are also suffering day by day by such Crazy crippling policies that are destroying the fabric of our life and society. I myself have been to Israel and Palestine on several trips and you cannot unsee what you see, this was way before current escalations. All lives matter or no lives matter. Solidarity with Palestinians. 🇵🇸

[@mtz5582]

His name sounds like an unattended stool

[@isdaji]

They got drunk with power. 😢

[@user-wl2ob6jy9t]

Palestinian need military aid along with humanitarian aid.

[@crocheting1366]

don't worry they have an invincible army of angles behind them.

[@jaialaiwarrior]

And lots of rapists!

[@thecelt4807]

im in Australia westerner from UK originally , i agree with this perspective of global south 100 % , worlds changing all empires fall history repeats

[@Vivla123]

As a black American that can barely trace my history past America-All of these horrors committed against us are in our genetic memory, and the history we’ve learned but suppressed because we thought it was in the past. These past few weeks have reminded us. Now we we are crying daily, for Palestine, and for ourselves, our cousins in Africa and the whole diaspora. So painful, but inevitable. We should all pray for Justice and Peace against the evils committed against us, and align with our brothers and sisters of all colors and ethnicities that want also want peace.

[@asterix2968]

God (not Allah) bless Israel

[@MrGecros]

Did you also cry for the Jews who were murdered with genocidal intention or r-worded by the Hamasnazis? I have talked with Christian friends from Africa. They are not so happy with similar fascists like Boko Haram regularly kidnapping non Muslim girls for r-word action. Also regularly crying about that? You know what - I see a lot of hypocrisy and ignorance out there...

[@aghileshemdani3144]

@@asterix2968 ..allah IS name of God in arabic .. God does not bless baby killer jews..

[@asterix2968]

@@MrGecros you mean the Babaykillers Hamas terrorists? They are the reborn Nazis, and even worse because they still celebrate their crimes

[@wajidali4356]

Wow he is a legend

[@bibiwooz6433]

Palestine will never give up In Sha Allah. ❤❤🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@slly4276]

The British forced opium into the Chinese market and called it free trade which they imposed on the weakened Qing dynasty of that time. When the Chinese government protested , they seized and burned down the summer palace . That’s why the Chinese still remember the 100 years of humiliation when it was occupied by eight foreign countries. We can indeed relate to the oppressed Palestinians. Praying for peace and divine intervention for the Palestine and the rest of the Middle East.

[@Infodawg2012]

What a brilliant man Wadah is. My heart goes out to the Palestinians, especially the women and children.

[@anncarroll2708]

All Palestinians I wish you justice, All Jews I wish you karma.

[@user-uf5lx7lq7j]

We the people of the world need to harmonize to save children and people of Palestine ❤and elsewhere

[@zigzoog123]

Goodluck

[@Eleniyan71]

😂

[@assalaamu-alaykum]

Very good! International community glorifying Apartheid with limitless support is ridicilous and shameful...

[@zigzoog123]

The arabs have forsaken palestine. Where is your muslim brotherhood. You guys don’t take care of even your own. Shamefull

[@M183L0v3DCaspie]

​@@zigzoog123troll

[@Rentokilolexusaicuxg]

Jubal Noah States of China at work.😂

[@MrGecros]

Apartheid was what jews experienced in the arab world for centuries and once in a while a good nice pogrome. Hypocrites...btw in Israel is no apartheid, Gaza had its own law at latest since 2005...the Hamas law just isn't as good as Israels liberal democracy law...this is your pain

[@GNH-1812]

calm, collective and logical. full of insight and foresight. Wonderful program. Thank you Middle East Eye and Dr. Wadah Khanfar for this informative and helpful presentation.

[@kevinswift8654]

Well said.

[@mtz5582]

Why Arab men talk like their women..

[@bibiwooz6433]

Very good interview bless you both. We would like more interview to educate us on what’s going on. We are with Palestine ❤❤❤🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@nikinai4374]

but there is also alot of MISEDUCATIOn and PATRONIZING of "Africa" to align it to ARABISM, and as if "Africa" MUST somehow be with PALESTINE and dare NOT be with ISRAEL!????! WHY?....this "palestine" INDIGENIETY is QUESTIONABLE....not everyone believes that the Palestinian is indigenous or that Israel is an invader...or that Israel is WRONG in being APARTHEID though its NOT NAZI!...look at the ARAB countries, isnt that APARTHEID both ETHNIC and RELIGIOUS but this is NOT IDENTIFED as "NAZI" or "APARTHEID" yet that is what they are as they NEVER allow CHRISTIAN or even BUDDHIST or HINDI REFUGEES into the ARAB countries?....the only place MUSLIM REFUGEES are DUMPED on NON-MUSLIM countries is "Africa", France and other NATIONS that KNOW that this "refugees" are USED to TAKE OVER and REPLACE the NON-MUSLIM populations of their HOST countries....

[@user-uw6dk8kw2y]

The conversation was more than a breath of fresh air& very enlightening

[@MAGurue]

Fascinating thank you so much for this conversation. So much clarity.

[@sinsinsinat5377]

I agree with him that as global south becomes more educated and aware of their history their deviate from western world. Events like these surely further damage the western countries reputation. The thing the west, specifically, US has so many minorities. The combined internal discrimination and criminal political affairs causes massive mistrust in those countries from within.

[@lonconi2]

Wht about the hamas attack how is the people support this group.

[@m-5364]

Western policy is colonialism, and Western civilization did not rise except through murder, terrorism, and the extermination of other peoples. The West lives on the wealth of Africa and the Middle East. If the West ends settlement, civilization will fall, and this is what the West does not want.

[@theaconite1400]

​@@lonconi2Palistinians's other choice is Fattah which collaborates with Israel to maintain ap@rtheid and g3nicidal policies. Israel, the US, NGOs and other actors have violently repressed and destroyed all other choices. Obviously they aren't going to happily support a party that turns a blind eye to their oppression.

[@theaconite1400]

Many global south countries also have a ton of minorities. That's not a thing special to the West. India even has a specific ministry of the government devoted to maintaining the culture, language, and religions of minority groups: Ministry of Minority Affairs. Or for example Sudan which has a lot of minority ethnicities: Beja, Fur, Nuba, Moro, Masalit, Bornu, Tama, Fulani, Hausa, Nubians, Berta, Zaghawa, Nyimang, Ingessana, Daju, Koalib, Gumuz, Midob and Tagale. Places without a bunch of minorities are the exception and are typically very small places like Iceland (which does have minorities such as Poles but they make up a smaller percentage of the population than minorities do in other countries).

[@ROAR-dk7hh]

Palestine 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸

[@mareemacpherson9454]

I applaud you Wadah Khanfar for your knowledge, your truth and your rational ability to explain our world situation- if only we had politicians such as you. The suffering of the Palestinians for the past 75 is horrendous they must have a land and freedom. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Thank you.

[@IpsissimusPrime]

This is a brilliant analysis! Thanks for posting! What an amazing individual. Such wisdom.

[@staceyadams2272]

Yes, a moment of Truth! I find out my country has oppressed people. The internet is a great tool for "knowledge". Great interview, honesty.

[@homapirzadeh3930]

Thank you professor Wadah Khanfar for this amazing and excellent analysis!! Bravo 🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏👏🙌 Thanks to Middle East Eye for providing this interview for us!🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏👏🙌

[@muhammadmehdi6937]

We Support Plestine 🇵🇸 ❤️ 🇵🇰 Palestine will always be Palestine. #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

[@leekeong9272]

The cruel immoral hegemonic nature of the collective west will never outshine the bravery of the Palestinians.........PALESTINE FOREVER

[@TacticalMayo]

The United States of America will stay the leading global power in the world and nobody and nothing will ever change that.

[@Moksiwan]

Brilliant interview! Clear, calm, very informative. Great analysis. Thank you for sharing your word and wisdom!

[@coronato7988]

fantastic interview

[@ms191250]

In the eyes of the animals, human are kind of animal. So, when any so called human see's other human as animal, himself is an animal (i.e. Israeli Defence Minister).

[@IpsissimusPrime]

Thank you for posting. Wadah Khanfar is a treasure. So many outstanding insights here. In particular, the idea that antisemitism is a Western concept is spot on! Given the many broken promises in the past, by the colonialist British in particular, I can see how the Saudis, despite their wealth, are cautious about any new promises. This most definitely smells like a divisive geopolitical possible tactic. However I worry that there is still a Sunni-Shia divide that prevents the wealthiest Gulf states from being more aggressively involved in standing up for the Palestinians. If anyone can comment on that to help educate me, please do.

[@wot4922]

Great points. I'm also willing to be educated.

[@ncamisilengubane-sibiya5475]

Thank you so much for bringing on your very learned guest, who has shared insights which give us plenty of food for thought. I think we need to revitalize the decolonisation movement that emerged during the 2001 World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa. May God bless us all with courage, patience and wisdom, as we embark on this journey of total decolonisation! Ameen.

[@Deicy55]

Thank you so much for such a deep analysis! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Great guest! Palestine must be free!!🇵🇸🕊️🇨🇴

[@Bruce_S]

Excellent, intelligent conversation. Thank you.

[@garthfd]

Great talk. Calmly objective. Full of the seeds of resolving this situation.

[@saheradhalla6064]

Colonialism and occupation is a crime 😢

[@user-vq4np6bf7m]

So is enslavement. The Most High Yah has not forgotten. Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand.

[@sandrajensen497]

Outstanding interview!

[@saidumuhammadgusau]

This kind of interviews has just justify the whole issues in the conflicts , because what this man has analysts is the only way out God bless him and thanks him so much .❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Thehermitist]

I’d vote for this man

[@LindaBarton777]

Wide awakening. God and God alone will decide.

[@johnnymentero6313]

REVELATION 2:9 “I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) >>> AND I KNOW THE BLASPHEMY OF THEM WHICH SAY THEY ARE JEWS, AND ARE NOT, BUT ARE THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN.”

[@marmah740]

Especially for the infidels 😅

[@fatemehm2949]

Thank you for such a reflective interview with an intelligent and promising Palestinian intellectual

[@deniro1745]

Legendary and very informative discussion.

[@chantalhavermaet4464]

Thank you for the clear view on the world powers. As muslims living in the west we are also fed up with our racists regimes. May this be a change for the entire world. Freedom for Palestine and for all muslims in the world… peace and living together with people with the good hearts. Respect for different cultures and learning from differences. May Allah bring wisdom🤲🏼🤲🏼🤲🏼🍉

[@marissabaquilod6109]

I think your Allah cannot stop all this chaos unless followers of Allah wont stop arming themselves with sophisticated armaments,the best solution there is love God with Spirit and truth not , saying I love God but deep inside there heart there is hatred and vengence instinct.

[@NooriaKandahari-gl2rm]

Thank you that was very beneficial talk

[@gaiateatro]

Una de las mejores entrevistas que he escuchado en mucho tiempo. Gracias!❤

[@bernadettesheehy5463]

The most impressive conversation I have ever heard presented in a balanced but crystal clear delivery by a highly intelligent articulate affable human being.

[@bernadettesheehy5463]

I should have added that my heart has been broken watching the Hell on Earth that the USA /UK/EU are complicit in in Palestine . A lot of us are shocked by the Weasel Words emanating out of the mouths of some US /UK Politicians who we used to trust! Bernadette-Ireland

[@estheracosta6510]

There was a Crooked Man, who walked a Crooked Mile, he found a Crooked SixPence against a Crooked Style; he bought a Crooked Cat which Caught a Crooked Mouse and they all lived together in a little Crooked house. (Mother Goose). Love ❤️ E

[@magentaorchids]

It breaks my heart to watch the country I “ chose “ to live in ( no one gets to choose the country or for that matter the family they are born in, imagine the plight of the Palestinians here ) in the act of committing suicide America’s fall from grace has shattered it into many pieces The tarnished image in the eyes of the rest of the world cannot be restored The damage is done The historians cannot white wash it no matter how much they lie What’s done is done Even if it picks up the pieces and glues them together the cracks would always be there We should focus now on repairing the damage by acknowledging the truth as the first step

[@anncarroll2708]

I agree the USA has finished as a Country to look up to, never again to esteem,never. Murderers yes.

[@Maglupbey]

Very good interview. Appreciate it

[@nmsports01]

You failed to mention Ireland 🇮🇪 in this conversation. South Africa wasn't the only country to suffer because of Apartheid. We suffered greatly at the hands of the British. 200 years ago we had 10m people living here. Our population soon dropped to 2m. Our people was murdered, starved, enslaved, raped and immigrated to other parts of the world because of what the English done to us. My ancestors were lucky to survive. Besides all that, excellent video. I will be back for more content. Well done.

[@cobaltchen119]

I think it is because the decision makers of Ireland more like to stand with other Western countries in the international stuff.

[@celinyin1494]

I can’t imagine what they went through,thank God You never gave up on your dreams of becoming free, and for those who fought for your freedom 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@stephenlock7236]

The time has arrive for Russia and China together with those countries who believe in real democracy, not the fictitious one now in practise in the US and Western Europe, to support the independence of Ireland.

[@JaM-si6nb]

The internet/social media has opened my eyes to what has been going on around me and not reported but msm of western countries. I am now better educated about world issues. I can see and feel the distain of our leaders have for the poor and non europeans. Thank you for speaking out.

[@rakandinho1051]

Wow this was very informative all the talking points were expressed so eloquently and concisely, bravo

[@erikrochelmeyer5329]

Such intelligent analysis in our 'Western' media outlets is rare, we have to seek-out analysis to make sense of the news! Well done!

[@user-ys5fe8bp5b]

The Western Media See They Always Got Got White Envelops

[@anncarroll2708]

Media is corrupt in the West . It works hard to keep USA citizens ignorant of the facts, For instance the fact the Jews of Europe stole Palestine in 1947/1948.

[@coastal4074]

This is why I don’t consume mainstream media anymore - it’s full of xi0n propaganda. Meanwhile on KZbin we have quality journalism and voices of reason and clarity. Thank you so much. Subscribed.

[@kevinguyan522]

Less than 1 week prior to Oct 7th the entire Canadian parliament gave a 98 yr old SS Nazi 2 STANDING OVATIONS; Then tried to have the record expunged out of the historical record.

[@a_fortiori_]

A powerful conversation 🤝

[@hanni5862]

I'm sick and tired of America en and Europe. My heart breaks for the Palestinians ❤😢 love from the Netherlands

[@retiredby3570]

😂😂😂 mentally ill?

[@hanni5862]

@@retiredby3570 excuse you?

[@fuadahmed5501]

@@hanni5862you live in the West though.

[@hanni5862]

@@fuadahmed5501 wasn't my choice I was born in Sri Lanka....

[@aliabdi5369]

This is an eye opening debate-provide Hope at the time when our community is facing difficulties across the globe - he is a treasured scholar. Well done -

[@photonquantum4863]

The restablishment of diplomatic relations between Saudi and Iran earlier this year mediated by China is another game changer.

[@jfjodoin]

Great interview, your knowledge and experience on the ground make all of us better. I think that social medias too have a real impact on our understanding of the world, spreading the truth at great speed, and give us a great impact on decisions makers. Lets build a better world by talking to each other

[@isdaji]

PALESTINE were the Cananan"s they were in the land since the beginning of time. the name of Jews never exists they are call yahuud and they came to the land of Palestine after prophet Musa.

[@thornkirinsdottir9032]

Jews are called Jews because of Judea. True though that we call ourselves Yehudi in Hebrew

[@johnnymentero6313]

There're jews, and there're those who PRETEND TO BE "jews" to commit crimes in the name of Judaism. REVELATION 2:9 “I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) >>> AND I KNOW THE BLASPHEMY OF THEM WHICH SAY THEY ARE JEWS, AND ARE NOT, BUT ARE THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN.”

[@behuman3852]

​@thornkirinsdottir9032 European jews are not the real jews during Prophet Musa

[@celinyin1494]

@@thornkirinsdottir9032check the DNA and trace up your ancestors see if your real descendants in that land

[@thornkirinsdottir9032]

@celinyin1494 this is a private conversation lol

[@notbornagainbornright5046]

Thank you! Your saving Palestinian lives! #freepalestine God bless Palestinians. You're not alone !!!

[@ashoktipnis4921]

A wise man has spoken. I wish and hope, that Western leaderships listen to his commentary, and benefit from heeding his views and understanding.

[@Thehermitist]

I’m Italian and I’m part Arab and African I’m European and I’m proud How dare they steal human history and say we are like them how dare they

[@leeroyjenkins6533]

Here are two events, in my opinion, that changed history: 9/11: It opened the Pandora's box of Western country foreign policies worldwide. Oct 7: It destroyed the Western reputation forever and exposed Israel for what they truly are - a colonial project of the West that leeches off others for their survival at the expense of the innocent. This is how a small nation like Palestine changed the course of history. The question of why we, the Irish, are so different compared to the rest of the Western world is because we also suffered under British colonialism for hundreds of years. It resulted in the near destruction of our culture and identity, with our land being ripped apart into Northern Ireland.

[@madhukohli398]

Wonderful and dispassionate analysis of the international scenario and the role of the west headed by the super cop the US.

[@phyllisorr9947]

More like orchestrated by U.S.

[@MrGecros]

If there is no cop there are a lot of little thief...

[@annamamo3645]

There is no Palestinian Question..... An Occupied Palestine!

[@zaih2952]

In China Maps theres none Israel only Palestine..

[@alimalani9905]

In the white mans map Palestine is wiped off the map . You can check it out Palestine is taken off by the Zionists

[@Hands2HealNow]

Similarity with imperialists is a collision with the inability to address corruption and the blackmailed coalition for combattants

[@gertrudeochowa253]

Peace, Love and Unity.

[@adamesd3699]

Very good discussion. Especially the part about the countries of the Middle East needing to fix their own issues themselves and learning to live together, as the Europeans did. And stop depending for everything on the US and the West. You are not a real and credible government if you are dependent on outsiders.

[@PATRIZIADEMASI2015]

SHUKRAN very much 👏🏽

[@Thehermitist]

I see the Palestinians children as MY CHILDREN MY BEAUTIFUL BABIES PLS LISTEN TO THIS MAN TBEY DENY HUMAN RIGHTS TO THEIR OWN

[@paulwolf3302]

Anyone who believes in the equality of all people should celebrate when poor countries can escape colonialism and oppression. We don’t gain anything by pushing other people down.

[@yourrealestateguy313]

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING & EDUCATIONAL DISCUSSION! THANK YOU BOTH!

[@nurkawakib3244]

#freedompalestine

[@simon8087]

God bless you brothers for telling the truth and standing for justice ameen 🇵🇸

[@theonlykhalid9112]

extremely fascinating to watch and I absolutely love the analysis. Barak Allah feel guys

[@justbe1451]

Thank you for this interview. Prayers for all. ❤

[@naboegrainger1132]

Intelligent and insightful interview, Alhumdullilah.

[@mgtowvalues]

Let us remember that almost all Israelis are white Europeans, direct from Europe, or 1st or 2nd generation. What we now see clearly are white Europeans bombing brown Palestinian Asians in Asia, with white European governments supporting this or acting as apologists. But brown and black people have no stake in white European guilt over what one group of white Europeans did to another group of Europeans, why should they. Already we see this accurate view crystalizing and the continued abomination against brown Palestinians by white Europeans is merely laying the foundation for a global race war. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has a Polish father and his mother was born of two Lithuanians. On what basis does he gain justification for bombing brown people who have lived on that land for perhaps 25 generations. This is indeed a dangerous moment.