The Israeli general’s son who now calls to end the “Apartheid” state | Miko Peled | UNAPOLOGETIC

Miko Peled is the son of a decorated Israeli general. His grandfather was one of 37 Israelis who signed Israel’s declaration of independence.
His mother came from a wealthy family of “blue-blooded” Zionists, yet even though she has lived her whole life in support of Israel, she would lament to her son about the unfortunate ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Jerusalem in 1948.
Peled had his doubts about Israel’s occupation ever since its actions in Lebanon in 1982, but his eyes were fully opened after he did a tour of the occupied territories in the early 2000s. It was then clear to him that Israel was involved in what is now an “eight decades-long ethnic cleansing and genocide” of Palestinians.
Peled believes that Israel will stop at nothing if given the opportunity to completely ethnically cleanse Gaza and the West Bank; it’s just a matter of when and how.
The only thing that will stop Israel, he believes, is if the international community forces it to, by imposing "sanctions immediately".
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:57 Growing up as the proud son of an Israeli general
02:30 Grandfather was on of 25 people who signed Israel's declaration of Independence
03:30 Father's role in pushing a two-state solution
05:15 Influence of Mother who was "zionist blue blood"
07:00 Mom's recollection of the ethnic cleansing of Jerusalem in 1948
08:45 Cognitive dissonance and living with contradictions
10:25 Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1982
12:30 Sabra and Shatila Massacres and the bombing of Beirut being eye-opening
13:45 Embarking on the Journey of an Israeli in Palestine and meeting Palestinians
15:45 Niece killed in 1997 by a suicide bomber
17:30 Confronting Ehud Barak at the funeral
19:05 The two state solution was never taken seriously by Israel
21:15 The path of tears
24:00 The only solution a complete solution with full rights to Palestinians
25:50 Has Israeli society changed much in the last 20 years?
28:00 Israeli society has been racist for eight decades now
29:30 I've always been weary that Israel's brutality could get more horrific
31:30 The only way to stop this "genocide" is to force an end to it
33:00 October 7th and Israel being a "paper tiger"
35:00 The U.S, UK and others are completely complict and their stances will not change
37:00 Protests are great but we need to be meeting with those in power
39:00 This could be a watershed moment or a footnote
40:00 Israel's end game is ethnic cleansing - the world needs a response
42:00 Conditions in Gaza, people are dying from small cuts
43:30 Israel is the problem
45:00 We need sanctions now, not the next generation
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[@maherhamdan2649]

My greetings and admiration as a palestinian to Miko Peled the real jew

[@ranasamara2895]

I double down on your sentiment I am also a Palestinian. Yes, Miko Peled is an amazing person. I wish he can pass this goodwill towards those hard core Zios so they can finally have an awakening like him.

[@harbinger6562]

Palestinians and Jews ❤️😇

[@annychest718]

do you have Judah's DNA❓ He's Ashkenazi Japhite/Hamite from Kazakhstan Eastern Europe (Ukraine)

[@maherhamdan2649]

Kazakhstan is in central Asia !@@annychest718

[@najiali6850]

Miko, Illan Pappe, Norman Finkelstein, Naomi Klien, and so many others are my heroes. I salute you all for speaking truth to power!

[@eileenmc4746]

Max Blumenthal, Noam Chomsky.

[@TheChromanoise]

Yeah. The good Jews.

[@sacamain0]

Gideon Levy, Medea Benjamin, Simone Zimmerman

[@kathleenbolton-schmukler5727]

The Maté family, Nora Barrows-Friedman, Matt Lieb

[@eltorocal]

@@kathleenbolton-schmukler5727 I guess you haven't heard nasty Matt's rhetoric on the IsraHELLi occupation? The boy is a terrorist.

[@kr902]

Miko Peled has fought hard and worked tirelessly for the freedom of Palestinians🇵🇸🙏

[@louisesumrell6331]

Occupied, oppressed people, by international law, have a right to resist. There are no "terrorists" in Gaza.

[@sm9372]

If Israel thinks it has a right to defend itself, why did it take six hours to respond to Hamas attack? It Israel want to get the hostages back, alive, why are they bombing the loacations were the hostages are expected to be held? Israel funded Hamas and helped Hamas get elected as a rival to the secular Palestinians. Israel benefits more from Hamas than the Palestinians, Palestinians are being scapegoated for Israel and Hamas war crimes. Activists need to put emphasis on Israel funding Hamas. The West and Israel get away with funding all sorts of Islamic extremist groups then scapegoat average Muslims for the backlash that results from it. The US, West, and Israel are the creators of AlQaeda, ISIS, etc and average Muslims get scapegoated for their war crimes. Israel collaborates with alQaeda and ISIS in Syria. Osama Ben Laden was a CIA asset and Hamas is an Isreali asset. What is so incredibly scary is that Isreal has gotten away with spreading lies (Atrocity libel) against the Palestinians. Western governments and mainstream media go along with Israeli lies such as 40 beheaded babies, mass rapes, babies in ovens. baby being cut out of woman's womb, etc. Investigatiative journalist Max Blumenthal (of Greyzone website) is one of many who have debunked the Atrocity libels against Palestinians. Jewish extremists have shown themslive to just as genocidal and bigoted as Christian extremists.

[@jds614]

That would mean they can attack the structures...so like cops and soldiers Not civilians ...and they can't kidnapp people There isnt a war crime invincibility shield

[@waltermesser9737]

Good to know! Hamas is what? A football club? A rock band?

[@halofreak1990]

The only thing you can kind of bring in as a counter argument, is the involvement of civilians. Under international law, civilians are a big no-no. I don't think that, but IANAL, under international law, taking people hostage is treated differently from killing them. So one could argue that, by taking hostages, Hamas violated international law. Though, obviously, the severity of that pales in comparison to what Israel did, both to their own caught in the cross-fire, and the Palestinians in the months since.

[@YvetteWilliams-dx2kk]

​@@waltermesser9737Hamas was born as a product of occupation and was also helped along into power by israhell they got it so wrong didn't they. I agree no terrorists in Palestine it's a fact.

[@shawngoldman3762]

I love hearing Miko talk about his "conversion" from Zionist ideology to humanity.

[@serenitynow1364]

Read his book, the general’s son, it’s amazing

[@user-zi8qe6tf9f]

Greetings from Yemen 🇾🇪 to all the free people of Palestine 🇵🇸 and to all the free people of the world❤🤍

[@terrylovesenegal]

Greetings from Senegal, peace for Yemen, our hearts for the peace and freedom Palestinians and freedom and peace to the world, thank you.

[@thecheshirecat999]

I am from Argentina, and I have a big admiration for the solidarity that Yemen has shown for the Palestinians. Yemen is one of the few countries who did something bold and concrete to help the people in Gaza who are suffering a g3noc1de. Bravo Yemen! Freedom for Palestine! ❤

[@stopdeforestation]

​@@thecheshirecat999great comment. 👏🏻👏🏻

[@orooropaa1846]

The people of Yemen deserve to be recognise for their bravery and courage for doing what's morally Right.

[@joegibsonzulu2599]

I have the greatest respect for Miko Peled who continues to fight for the rights of the Palestinians.He has been called a traitor and a self-hating jew etc, but that has not deterred him from advancing the Palestinian cause.He is on the right side of history.

[@ThinkingCritical-oh8dc]

Salute and respect to Miko ❤

[@noemiarias9669]

Thank you Miko Peled. You are real human being. The world needs more people like you❤ Thanks for the show❤

[@farhanashaheed4810]

Our Super hero Mr. Mico Peled should not travel to hell anymore. His life is very precious, the world can't lose him at the hand of the Zion ists. May the Almighty bless him with a safe and sound life with more success. Amen.

[@ruthiemspangenberg3363]

Amen ✨🙏🏻✨

[@TheChromanoise]

He is in hell. He lives in Washington DC comrade.

[@farhanashaheed4810]

@@TheChromanoise really? Would you mind elaborating the situation there please?

[@bliss448]

Miko Peled is 100% right on everything he says.

[@lisawilliamson5012]

"Let's do more than hope. Let's act." Wise words from the general's son. My favourite part was when he said it was "liberating" to uncover the truth. Wonderful interview, however harsh the reality is.

[@user-rj9qf5tq4w]

What a brilliant and special person. To reverse his upbringing and speak truth to power in this way is truly admirable. So my respect for him.

[@erenyeager1541]

Respect for this great man! There are very few people who can speak so honestly. But the problem is that people like him get sidelined everywhere by corrupt people.

[@milena-with-love464]

Great admiration for this gorgeous man. Each word of him is like a knife,sharp and clear and so true.

[@jillfryer6699]

as long as he stays off the Square.

[@aisharasheed8225]

Miko, your unselfish courage to fight for Palestine is outstanding… it’s just an observation… you seem to have aged since October 2023… sincere gratitude for your kind and compassionate support for innocent Palestinians

[@rosestewart1606]

I noticed this too. But nobody with an ounce of humanity has had enough sleep over the past 6 months

[@busyb8676]

I have never been so ashamed of my government as now. It is unbelievable!

[@jalalwazir6539]

Miko Peled is truly a man of courage and conscience. Much respect to him.

[@RobHel]

Miko Peled is such a wonderful human being and i have so much respect for him and his journey to becoming a good person! The fact, that there are people, especially here in Germany comparing him to this awful person who calls himself "the son of Hamas" is such a disgusting smear and comparison! Mr Peled has more love, integrity and respect in his little toe than this other guy will ever have!

[@uncle-beniyambo5392]

Where is that fool they were parading as the son of hamas? Is he still fine with the death toll in Gaza, should the zionist movement continue killing babies?

[@MattyHerbert]

Miko Peled is a legend, brilliant honest interview.

[@thomasmclean1361]

Thank you south africa ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@zekyday8064]

A wise man, a well informed man, an honourable man talking. Is Berlin listening? Is Washington listening? Is London listening? Is Tel Aviv listening?

[@user-dd4on2zx7o]

Yes, my dear brothers, my beloved Palestine is the cradle of Christianity and Judaism, and it contains Al-Aqsa, the third holiest place for us Muslims in Palestine. Bethlehem, the cradle of Christ, is a blessed land, and it is the holy land, and it has been our land for tens of thousands of years, and it is the land of the Canaanite Arabs, the original Palestinian people, and they have lived in it since the Islamic conquest in the era. The Umayyad, Abbasid and Ottoman Arabs, Muslims, Christians and Jews are like brothers and neighbors under Palestinian rule to the owners of the land, but the Zionists came and the British occupation brought them to our land as compensation to the Jews for what they did to them Hitler. The question here is that who did the Holocaust, the Germans, why do I, the Palestinian Arab, pay the price? Why not Germany? Why do I, the Muslim, pay the price for crimes? Committed by the Germans and Nazi Europe, fascism is the root of all evil in the world. Our problem is the occupation

[@kirstymiller9332]

Thank you for your words. At this moment I mention the Bedouin, as they lose their homes & land. This is the worlds holy land, where we all have a place. Free Palestine ✌️

[@adamk5700]

Germany? If your Muslim and hold up Quran as word of Allah swt. Can you show me a verse from Quran that gives instructions for followers of Quran to conquer. occupy or have authority over Israel or Jerusalem. Quran not only confirms the fact that Allah assigned that land to the Jews aka Children of Israel but instructed Muslims to cease facing Quds (Jerusalem)by clearly instructing them to turn around and face Mecca. Right?? The problem isnt Jews. The problem is that your Uma posseses 99.98% of land in middle east and expelled 850,000 Arabic Jews post 1948 and never granted citizenships to palestinians seeking a new life and refuge in Arab League states. Israel only posseses 0.02% in the exact area that Allah assigned them. Your Uma is a disaster. Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, Libya. All Muslim Arabs killing Muslim Arabs. You cant live with each other.

[@sammyo2583]

I think you have your history mixed up. That part of the world got its name Palestine capitolina from the Romans in 132ad. after they drove the Jews out,its called diespra …Before that it was known as judea and Samaria, and before that it was Canaan land. That’s not to say that I agree with anything that the zio…nist are doing, on the contrary, I hope that they get their just reward.

[@kirstymiller9332]

@@sammyo2583 you aren't wrong. I just wonder if you have to be so right? Is this the time for semantics? The human sentiment in this post was real. Free Palestine ✌️

[@sammyo2583]

@@kirstymiller9332 I’m with you

[@treenturner4577]

Miko is a champion for the true values of what it means to be human. We all know whats wrong from right no matter who we are.

[@Sammyli99]

Very Beautiful Person: Who in the midst of his upbringing and culture. can observe and analyze the TRUTH. We wish another 10 million globally, could open their, eyes, minds, and hearts, too.

[@NightMystique13]

Many of us can see the crimes against Palestine; our govts are waffling about this war where there is clear wrong doing. I am a 🇨🇦 with Ukrainian/Polish/Romanian/Jewish background.

[@Sammyli99]

@@NightMystique13 Imagine if on Oct 8th, they had said "Lets talk 2 states right now!

[@user-je7et4ns3x]

Protesting against a brutal genocide and 75 yrs Apartheid and occupation is a moral responsibility.

[@omegahaddad833]

Dear Miko, again your insight and compassion reaches deep in our hearts 💕. I wish all Americans would hear you speak . Could you please do a piece on freedom of speech and the US Universities clamping down on Pro- Palestine as Anti-Semitic. Arbs are semites Too .

[@fatihfatih1694]

Thank you Miko Peled, you are a wonderful human being

[@thomasmclean1361]

Thank you south africa ❤❤❤❤❤

[@zeinabalmqayyad8082]

Respect and love

[@JoP444]

Wonderful interview with a wonderful man 🙏❤️💚✌️🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 #Let'sAct

[@esmaanderson1802]

Can't agree more. This needs to end now!!!

[@allyngharbi641]

Miki you are amazing

[@KilroyWasHere-cb8qw]

Miko, thank you for your life's work. I always look for your interviews.

[@hansalfredarns2258]

Thank you so much Ashfaaq Carim for your exellend interview, and Miko Peled for your clear answers. Peace to you both. M. Peled: 29:30 I've always been weary that Israel's brutality could get more horrific 45:00 We need sanctions now, not the next generation

[@louisgaudreau1277]

You have to be extremely dense or of extremely bad faith not to clearly get the picture and urgency when Mico Peled explains to us situation in Palestine.

[@afifaamin6944]

Always enjoy all interviews of Miko Peled.

[@imannajjia8030]

God bless u Mico Peled. Such an insighful brave human being. Aal respect and appreciation to u from Jordan❤

[@lulusp1023]

Reading The General son, by Mr. Peled soon. Looking forward to the book. Freedom for Palestine now Stop genocide now Long live Aaron Bushnell ❤

[@flowersarered]

Miko Peled, you are a brave, breath of fresh air. Thankyou for your efforts.

[@ceciliafield523]

Miko Peled is a Hero. His life story is amazing. Everyone should buy his book , (Son of A General) What a man he is!

[@thomasmclean1361]

Palastine will never die we humans are all palastine ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@gary100dm]

I wonder how many Israelis share Peled's opinion.

[@KaileyB616]

Not many, I would guess. I think all of those who share his opinion have left.

[@MatchaCocoaDog]

This is great! MSM won't cover this! Thank you for posting!

[@sdeshera]

Love Miko!

[@thomasmclean1361]

Thank you humans ❤❤❤❤

[@thomasmclean1361]

Thank you south africa ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@RUS0909]

Thank you both. Mr. Miko Palade, thank you.

[@user-je7et4ns3x]

Thanks Miko for your humanity.

[@lulusp1023]

Excellent video. Thanks

[@aallerd]

Thank you for sharing your experience

[@eileenmc4746]

Thank you for fearless education of the world, for ringing the alarm bells and for creating DC action presence.

[@katemccrew]

God Bless Miko.

[@davidlamb7524]

I wish he would go on popular shows like Piers Morgan's and Joe Rogan's. They present as open-minded but are coming down on the side of Israel more and more. They have huge audiences and have a lot of influence.

[@KaileyB616]

They'd never have him on, unfortunately

[@davidlamb7524]

@@KaileyB616 Norman Finkelstein's been on....so maybe...

[@spaceagepimpji]

That's some real moral clarity !

[@luimelo6280]

Good man Miko Peled.

[@mouradbelkas598]

What a courageous and noble man. Mr. Peled deserve a Noble Peace Price..

[@allyngharbi641]

You are awosome

[@dianeM8229]

Love Miko Peled!

[@fathimafathima8529]

May Allah guide him to Islam, ameen

[@peacenow6618]

Thank you so much for this video. It was very beneficial. Keep up the Great Work! Much appreciated!

[@jeankern2646]

Miko Peled: an incredible human being.

[@harriettemacy7399]

Wow! This is very illuminating.

[@gulliegulliver4546]

Miko's passion is remarkable, I wish more people would listen to him and take his comments on board. It is up to us to make this stop.

[@ernstraedecker6174]

If you want to understand more about zionism and how it works, it is important to see it as a political religion in Voegelin's sense. That is, as an ideology with religious-like traits. It is the last surviving of the 20th century political religions (communism, nationalsocialism, etc). So Miko Peled is an apostate, who struggled to free himself from this closed and demanding belief system, just like Ilan Pappe, Avraham Burg, etc. In essence it's the same story as the struggle to leave the Mormon church, or another high-demand cult.

[@user-eb4vr1zr8x]

Miko, your intense work for justice, your resilience and compassion for the Palestinians has been formidably inspiring. The world now is well aware of the injustice manufactured by a rather insane cult. The true terrorists are now well exposed. 🙏 Stay strong. 💛

[@rcanoli99]

Gee I wonder why we never see Mike Peled on any of the Sunday morning shows...

[@PERRYTHEPROPHET]

Miko is a man of honor. Peace & Respect

[@historyalwayslie]

Thank you Miko Peled. You are real human being. The world needs more people like you. The world have enough for all of us. Just Peace is Missing. Stop War. Stand for Peace.

[@louisesumrell6331]

Are you a human being? Then; Just after you were born, a person, or people, gave you some measure of loving kindness, some amount of compassionate understanding. If not, you would not be alive now. That was your introduction to life, the implicit knowledge that loving kindness and compassionate understanding are indispensable for human life to exist. The foundation of human life, therefore, is loving kindness and compassionate understanding. As we age we are taught otherwise by damaged people. 💔 Their misdirection is rarely intentional. They are simply sick due to their own early learning experiences/trauma. Once this is understood, we can seek help to dismantle the wrong thinking that we were taught and insert, through daily practice, right thinking, and thereby right actions. The teacher that I have learned from is Thich Nhat Hahn, and the practitioners who learned from him before me. weezi-💜🙏💖🙏🤠

[@oilenglai4128]

Miko peled IS CONSCIOUS HUMAN

[@jamescc2010]

This is human historical moment to stop massacre and apartheid in front of our eyes so we can look back and know we do the right thing and won't just silent for all mankind.

[@naymatunc-rc6vs]

They doing it systematicly

[@claudetteleece8076]

Great conversation

[@aleksanderstular4729]

Thank you Milo for speaking the heart as we all should! Now!!!

[@shawniquamcadams]

@Miko peled @Mark Lamont Hill said the same thing. He told the representative to open their border! The rep laughed..

[@lychansuan1648]

Thank you Miko

[@desmondfaria4095]

Miko Peled, a brilliant man for right and peace.

[@senadmarovic3530]

I can say miko peled is a person with a lot of knowledge to this issue and for someone like him to say something is wrong then that explains the whole thing

[@walidb123]

Whenever you hear someone say why they’re no longer Zionist it’s like they’re explaining what it felt like to be in a cult

[@lieslwright70]

Thank you, Miko Peled! ❤️🖤🤍💚

[@allyngharbi641]

Why the world helping genocide

[@isaklein8230]

Miko Peled is a person with a functioning heart and a brain Let's act!

[@thomasmclean1361]

Black lives matter we are all palastine ❤❤❤❤❤

[@youtubesangryopinionramble1465]

I watched an interview on British TV hosting him and the hosts were incredibly arrogant and racist. He taught them a good lesson

[@agdw12]

🙏Eventually, good people will win…As a Muslim, I congratulate that good man for being a real civilized person.

[@maxryker8783]

So much respect for Miko

[@ourcommonbeliefs]

Thank you for your bravery.

[@thomasmclean1361]

European shame palastine pays palastine will never die we humans are all palastine ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ruthorrell9605]

For all the grief this guys courage brings him, at least he can know he has been true to himself. ❤️❤️❤️

[@elenavassilieva9406]

I started realizing that something is not right there when my daughter went to visit her grandmother in Israel and was seriously brainwashed.

[@listenmypeople108]

Thank you for this interview

[@mim7631]

Bravo!❤

[@wendybrown9102]

Thank you for sharing this information well appreciated. 🇦🇺🙏🌎

[@kayty6673]

The female soldiers warned the superiors that they thought Hamas was planning an attack & those arrogant men told them they knew not what they speak

[@suzannelooms7658]

Excellent. I didn't know about his father's view of Oslo and the con by Israel.

[@mohamedmeraihia]

here is a man the path of wisdom which brings honor to humanity

[@Parallax982]

What a beautiful man. A man who turned his back on privilege to speak truth to power.

[@NoordinAbas]

So much different from the son of hamas, mosab. Much more grounded and truthful.

[@naebhor6931]

On the point of voting for change: most politicians openly support Israel, most are shoehorned into supporting Israel and those that are openly critical of Israel are ousted from candidacy. Supporting Israel is also an enforced policy in many USA states if the candidate or business owner earns over a certain amount, I forget if it was ~$10,000 or ~$100,000.

[@mattreynolds612]

Ask less guided questions. Great source of 1st hand knowledge. Thank you 👍