Why Yasser Arafat is the Most Controversial Palestinian in History

[@AisuruMirai]

Something worth mentioning, something that almost never gets mentioned in discussions of Oslo, is that Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin _never_ intended to allow the creation of a Palestinian state. In his final speech to the Knesset (Israel's legislature), one month before his assassination, he called for "the State of Israel... alongside a Palestinian entity... an entity which is less than a state..." He wanted to expand settlements within the West Bank. He didn't even accept allowing Palestinian control of East Jerusalem. He basically wanted to allow Palestinians to _believe_ they had a state, when in fact they had a collection of ghettos in the West Bank 22:29 and one giant ghetto called the Gaza Strip. For merely presenting to the world the flimsy facade of a "Palestinian state," Yitzhak Rabin was called a traitor by Netanyahu supporters and assassinated.

[@lisbethgiverhaug9513]

Then I advise you to read the Oslo Accords 1993-95. Also explain why Arafat was a billionare when he died.

[@AisuruMirai]

"Oslo" has since become a synonym for bad-faith negotiations. Months ago, when the Biden administration was constantly telling the public that the president was "working around the clock" on a ceasefire deal, analyst Mouin Rabbani called the negotiations "an Oslo process for g℮nocid℮." "[A]s with Oslo, the purpose here is process, not its conclusion with an agreement. And as with Oslo, which in 2000 produced the Second Int​if​ada because the charade became impossible to conceal further, the ceasefire process is producing diminishing returns."

[@Klopp2543]

​@@lisbethgiverhaug9513the Oslo accords expired in 1999, how is it even relevant? Oslo accords were only an interim agreement towards a peaceful settlement of the conflict

[@closed1162]

@@lisbethgiverhaug9513every world leader is a billionaire tell me one leader that have less then 1m dollars (except for east European leaders during Cold War)

[@FairyCRat]

The Israeli right really is insane. Hell, even Trump was criticized by the Yesha council of settlers because he dared entertain the idea of a Palestinian state, however limited it was, in his 2020 plan.

[@Vercingetorix.Rising]

That Arafat quote is fantastic. Ive never seen that speech. " dont let the olive branch fall from my hand "

[@Kytes-oneday]

i am crying... we will return to the homeland... one day...

[@mrcocoloco7200]

​@@lisbethgiverhaug9513Boy, I wonder why? It's almost like colonizers took their state.

[@moonamir9708]

​@lisbethgiverhaug9513 because Europeans colonise it, just as always west are full of people the love genocides and stealing.

[@ZenosMind]

@@lisbethgiverhaug9513 I love that we're getting blamed for colonization 😂

[@Friendlyneighboorhoodspiderman]

@@ZenosMindYall moved 3 km down the road it’s not that deep

[@yasoofi2166]

⁠@@Friendlyneighboorhoodspiderman If Russia move 3 kilometres into let’s say Mongolia would it still not be deep? Or would leaders across the globe run to condemn the attack, put blockades on them, and cut ties with them? You tell me.

[@evil_morty_41]

For the algorithm - From the river to the sea 🍉Palestine will be free.

[@staticcouch135]

❤❤

[@zeldamage001]

Does that mean the removal of the Isrealian state?

[@jimmywest8684]

@@zeldamage001lol you asked the question that no Palestinian wants to answer

[@cengle_s]

@@zeldamage001 Yes, a single democratic state where it stood..one where everyone of every ethnicity shares the same rights and people are treated with humanity.

[@adeebabdulsalam2259]

@@zeldamage001 yes, Israel do not have the right to exist

[@icysaracen3054]

Nelson Mandela was also controversial but the west had always painted him like an african ghandi.

[@hallow2300]

How was he??

[@TheBlueGrinchofSurgery]

@@hallow2300 he was a great man wdym

[@rtnas2434]

No they didn't. Nelson Mandela was on the terror watch list until 2008, 18 years after he was released from his prison cell he spent 27 years in. In fact Israel attempted to help the white minority apartheid government of South Africa acquire nuclear weapons.

[@TheBlueGrinchofSurgery]

@@rtnas2434 true, explains why South Africa is pro-Palestine and I don't blame them

[@TheBlueGrinchofSurgery]

If you mean they painted him like Gandhi like the British did (Who painted him as a troublemaker) then you're right.

[@Mr.468]

"Long live Resistance, long live Palestine" ♥️🇵🇸🙌🏻

[@amirkatz9047]

How’s that working out?

[@justiceriser8970]

​@@amirkatz9047very well israel is a parah state a lot of jews are now supporting palestine

[@Zeep3]

What has your contribution been in this “resistance”?

[@WorldNews-n7m]

Long live the most moral IDF in the world

[@englishrose5483]

I was in my early teens when all this was going on around me. I was not mature enough to understand then but thank you for taking me on this journey to understand as an adult how the past led to where we are now.

[@tonysnow759]

This man is a Legend for what he accomplished but it’s always interesting to see how Palestinians feel about him as a non Palestinian myself

[@codyshi4743]

During his life time as leader he really did “move the mountain” like what the Chinese did, I hope there will be a future Palestinian leader like him someday.

[@Friendlyneighboorhoodspiderman]

What being forced out of Jordan for attempting a coup in 1970

[@codyshi4743]

He did what he could. If he doesn’t step up as leader who will?

[@staticcouch135]

To all those who stand with us, in a comment, a prayer, a protest, a stand, a thought. We send you love and hope. Do not despair we will continue and call on you to continue with us. The watermelons.

[@lasfloresdicen]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@hbrotha1866]

Arafat wasn’t perfect but I believe he did try his best. A good man may allah grant him jannah. Free Palestine from the terrorist state of Israel.

[@Friendlyneighboorhoodspiderman]

Try his best at what making Israel more right wing and there for less likely for a two state solution

[@yansideabacoa6257]

@@Friendlyneighboorhoodspiderman No one can make "Israel" any "more right wing", it's very existence is "right wing"

[@fahoodie1852]

@@Friendlyneighboorhoodspidermanhe literally accepted the two state solution and went as far as to recognise Israel and they still fucked him over and he only got dog scraps

[@Rockyrock511]

@@Friendlyneighboorhoodspiderman israel was always going to be more right wing whether PLO existed.thats just an excuse, the same type of excuse israel uses for the g3n0c1de in gaza

[@Samira_m84]

Ameen 🙏🏾

[@RaedFayez0]

His legacy isn’t controversial. It’s only controversial if you haven’t actually read history. This man has been, and always will be, the most iconic, most important, and greatest leader Palestine has ever had. To those disagreeing in the comments; go read a damn book instead of learning your history from reels and tweets. And by the way, read critically, read all sides of the story.

[@SwiggityPeanut]

"It's only controversial if you havent actually read history" ok, but what about people who lived through that history that you speak of and feel he was controversial? Do those people and their experiences and views just not count? An alternative way to look at this is that he was essentially the only real leader we had. Doesnt mean he was the best we couldve had, or even that he was all that great. He was all we had and we had to put faith in him. He made people proud, angry, hopeful, and yes, sometimes even hopeless. He was only human though. Some despised him, some adored him, sentiments that could be found across the population. Sometimes there would be varying opinions of him within the same family even. He very much was controversial, which isnt some outlandish statement if you lived through that time and didnt exist in a household or community that was an echo chamber of Arafat veneration.

[@bigpoppapump430]

Not controversial? Where are you from? I can bet my life you’ve never stepped foot in any levant country, he’s incredibly controversial! What a ridiculous comment, as a Palestinian I’ve never met one that likes this traitor, you don’t understand the cause one bit and to disrespect all our other leaders and revolutionary figures and call HIM the greatest is beyond insanity, please please leave this topic that doesn’t concern you alone! Clueless

[@RaedFayez0]

@@SwiggityPeanut Habibi, let me clarify something. When I say “controversial,” I mean it differently than you might think. Arafat was our leader during one of the most important eras in the history of our struggle, and he made many crucial and decisive decisions that shaped our history. Naturally, as Palestinians, we have different emotions and opinions about him because of these decisions. Like any real leader, he made mistakes in some areas and achieved greatness in others. At times, we saw him as a savior, and at other times, we felt he was making serious mistakes. But there was never a debate about whether he was a traitor or an honest man. That was never in question. Even the leaders who opposed him the most have spoken well of him and acknowledged that he acted with the intention of doing what he believed was best for our people. Even Hamas leaders have openly recognized this when asked about him. Any leader can be called controversial in the sense that they make mistakes or face criticism at times. But that is entirely different from calling him a sellout or a traitor. I’m a Palestinian from Gaza, and I lived through this history too. But sometimes, it’s not enough to just live through it. It’s very important to read history and to truly understand what you might have missed while living through it. Arafat’s era was a time when our struggle was most targeted and attacked by regimes that sought to control our cause and use it as leverage for their own agendas. Understanding the circumstances our struggle faced back then helps explain why Arafat acted the way he did in certain situations.

[@RaedFayez0]

@@bigpoppapump430 “If you’ve never met a Palestinian who loves Arafat, I’m pretty sure you're the one who never set foot in Palestine. As someone who lived most of my life in Gaza, I can tell you people never loved a leader more than Arafat. Even Hamas leaders have publicly acknowledged Arafat’s legacy and shown their admiration for him. So, seriously, go read a damn book, kid. Stop making Twitter your history teacher.

[@RaedFayez0]

@@bigpoppapump430 If you’ve never met a Palestinian who loves Arafat, I’m pretty sure you're the one who never set foot in Palestine. As someone who lived most of my life in Gaza, I can tell you people never loved a leader more than Arafat. Even Hamas leaders have publicly acknowledged Arafat’s legacy and shown their admiration for him. So, seriously, go read a damn book, kid. Stop making Twitter your history teacher.

[@fishbarbeque8540]

I LOVE this video style, I love the little interludes of the guy 17:47 KEEP MAKING THESE!!!

[@gobirajdevaraji4838]

I'm an Indian, Hindu from Malaysia, and I stand with the Palestinian. My heart and soul are with you guys. For me, both Arrafat and Gadaffi are the most inspirational and exemplary leaders from the Middle East that the world should learn from.

[@Raks78]

❤

[@ykosiris3125]

Respect, thank you sir ❤

[@erikstekelenburg3020]

❤

[@humhum83]

Thank you for covering this, and doing so fairly. I cried at the part about his death. For all his flaws, many of us Palestinians deeply miss him.

[@gabrielachueiri]

Palestina livre do rio ao mar 🇵🇸❤️🇧🇷

[@sambaxrock]

OXALÁ companheira. Perceverança até o fim 🗝🕊

[@markjapan4062]

PALESTIAN CABASA COLO

[@JMashouf]

Thanks!

[@efootballmemes9481]

Free 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@Shy_tama]

Free filasteen

[@shysonofficial]

falastine hurra!!!

[@user-k4t8z]

nah, we're good.

[@AhoraMazda-p2d]

HOW CAN YOU FREE A FAKE COUNTRY THAT NEVER EXISTED IN HISTORY ?????!!!!!!😂😂😂😂 😅😅😅😅😅............

[@YOURMUSLIMGUY]

@@user-k4t8zwho’s we? It’s you mate only

[@shysonofficial]

Palestine WILL be free.

[@insurgent23]

But you don't know how

[@DANGARJOR]

For the algorithm.

[@Shy_tama]

Yess for algorithm

[@gmallory]

bump

[@ze_kangz932]

All hail ye Almighty Algorithm!

[@RobHel69_420]

A great video! I think the picture painted here of Arafat is pretty fair.

[@barretmc]

I love the chronological storytelling in the dresscode you keep changing, and the meanings i thought i extracted from it.

[@GeneralStrikeandRiots]

Great video, can't wait to see one about the history of the PFLP

[@JohanRalle]

Yahya Sinwar ❤❤❤

[@Pakistan-Zindabad]

May Allah Almighty grant him high grade in Jannah Ameen

[@bigpoppapump430]

Now he is a real hero, not this traitor!

[@JohanRalle]

@@bigpoppapump430 ik thats why i put ❤️

[@Zeep3]

Oh please enlighten me why Sinwar is a hero

[@JohanRalle]

@@Zeep3 why do you believe you deserve to be "enlighed" if you Havent figured it out yourself by now? It would just be like arguing with a one trick pony "but Khamas" "b b but 7th October"🙄

[@joelleeid]

From the river to the sea 🍉

[@Friendlyneighboorhoodspiderman]

I have a simple question where do you think the jews will go and if they don’t go what will happen if they don’t go

[@danielmendi77]

@@Friendlyneighboorhoodspidermanback to. Poland Russia Brooklyn and everywhere else they came from. Dumb question.

[@Amadeus_Mee]

​@@Friendlyneighboorhoodspiderman Let me try and answer this. The entirety of Palestine should be recognised once again as a 3 state in which The Muslims, Christians and the Jews exist in each other. This what Palestine has always been before the end of the Ottoman Empire. A thousand year of unity and not a single conflict happened (Major conflict is what i meant here).

[@Layd36]

​@@Friendlyneighboorhoodspiderman the Zionists stole their land with hundreds of acres under Israel occupation The Palestinians have every right to dissolve the Zionist regime state of Israel and unlike them are more willing to accept Jewish people unlike the colonialists

[@CaptPeon]

​@@Friendlyneighboorhoodspidermanthat phrase says nothing about the Israelis, only that Palestine will be free from the horrendous oppression they've lived through for 75+ years. Israelis may lose some of the occupied territory but this phrase does not call for the eradication of the Israeli population. Only the zionist think that this "conflict" is a zero sum game; even the Hamas charter acknowledges the lives of the Israelis whereas the Israeli position dehumanizes the Palestinians and seems intent on creating "Greater Israel".

[@Shy_tama]

Free Palestine

[@markjapan4062]

NO PALESTINE SERYIAN OCCUPIERS 2400 YEARS ,

[@Layd36]

​@@markjapan4062go away fascist Zionist, you shame the Jewish people

[@dalallubbadeh6960]

Even if Arafat made some achievements in his life, the fact that he signed the Oslo agreement secretly with the occupation in which he gave the occupation the legitimatecy over Palestine in return for a limited authority on some divided pieces of the Palestinian land, Oslo erased all those achievements. The Oslo agreement gave the occupation the cover for accelerating the expansion of settlements in the West Bank and Jerusalem. It also produced a corrupt class in the society that has ruled over Palestinians with full submission to the occupation and also the collaboration with its forces in order to control any descent. The Palestinians paid and are still paying a hefty price for this damned agreement.

[@findusfishfingers]

Stop calling Israel "the occupation" or the "Zionist Entity". You sound like a child. You're just as bad as the right-wing Israelis who constantly say there is no Palestinian people or that there is no Palestine. You're both the reason there is no chance of an actual two-state solution and certainly not a one-state one. It's pathetic. Complaining until the end of time about the Nakba rather than trying to find a way out of the horrible situation both sides are stuck in is just going to maintain the status quo. The fact is, Oslo actually had the chance to create something real for Palestinians, imperfect as it was, and frankly Arafat should be lauded for trying to do something realistic. And it wasn't just the Oslo accords, as there were potential deals in 2000 and 2006, and over time, if Oslo was built upon, there would have been something real for Palestinians. But just like Netanyahu, you and people like you are absolutely inflexible, unwilling to consider the humanity of your enemy and the reality that Israel is going nowhere, and the only way forward is to acknowledge this and figure out a realistic way forward. And at the end of the day, if the absolutist attitude of aggression and inflexibility continues to exist on both sides, instead of finding a real way forward and a realistic resolution, Israel, a modern, Nuclear-armed state will keep leaning more to the right, using its power to suppress any potential of freedom for Palestinians while the body of the Palestinian people will continue to suffer while being promised a fairyland of river to the sea by so-called freedom fighters who do little more then line their own pockets and bank accounts on the backs of the people they purport to fight for.

[@painkeller20]

​@@findusfishfingerswell it's an occupation they come from Eruope and demand more then half of the land.. On what logic this can be made sense to the Palestine people? Also the entire history of zio state is written by Palestinian blood and look at them now trying to erase Palestine from the entire existence...

[@MohammedAl-Massri-n5c]

I really respect the way that you covered his legacy and not put all of what happened on his shoulder,, it’s not good after a life of fighting for his people, his people deny him.❤

[@Deathstroke069]

Thank you for your contribution and your content - I love it

[@Aisha_KW]

another great vdo! please keep it up

[@k-brick9996]

From my experience, Palestinians from Ramallah, Lebanon, and Jordan all had different opinions on Yassar Arafat. I found it very interesting.

[@Rashid_Dante]

Don’t let the olive branch fall from my hand.. I got goosebumps listening to him

[@foufayyy]

Great video, sharing with friends

[@borisivanov2806]

From the river, to the sea, Palestine will be free!

[@zeldamage001]

I appreciate your pronounciation of Arab names and words. To make the video easier to understand for non-Arab speakers, please consider adding more text (like you did with Fatah 8:48) or including less names.

[@Uthman975]

May allah free our whole ummah.

[@maysatiyeh7403]

This episode made me so emotional!! Inshallah Palestine will be free one day

[@crmesson22k]

Thank you for this video it taught me a lot. I was born in 1987 in America. Didn't know much about what was going on at that time in the world. I do remember my dad bought a newspaper for that day and remember reading some of it later on.

[@arabicsunrise]

I have goosebumps from the last speech,thank you for your film❤

[@dl4731]

Will you do one for the PFLP too? Thank you

[@MaybeDalia]

So happy I found your channel! I’m a prouder Palestinian each day because of Palestinians like you

[@kimeru4959]

as a non palestinian, free palestine from western powers

[@ane-louisestampe7939]

As a westerner without any power: Free Palæstina

[@dereksue4877]

@@ane-louisestampe7939 Two state solution

[@Atao-l8v]

I liked his look and his charisma❤

[@RamzyTaweel]

with all due respect ... Oslo, with all of its flues, managed to increase the Palestinian population from 2.5 m to 4.3 m ... 1.5 billion Muslims could not return a single Palestinian home; our struggle is about Population . And the seed of a state; we could not have the opportunity to be a state without 1 km of land, and who said that liberation must be in one or even two generations? If the Palestinians did not have a state, what would happen if the Arab Spring occurred? For me, everything is a chance, including Oslo, Intifada, and even the war in Gaza. today, we are close to changing the world as much Zionism lost its narrative. just let us move on tnd to do good things

[@VegaNCalleDQuesT]

Your videos are fantastically produced. Thank you for making this so digestible and engaging

[@gashtiar1995]

Keep the great video up!

[@visitBerserkeley]

the all ours attitude of, "River to Sea," is what has gotten 8 decades of war. Both sides need to accept a state for each people. From the River to the Green Line, free Palestine!

[@MedAmin944]

Nope a two states solution was and will forever be the biggest political lie ever, simply because the Zionists do not want to share the land, they claim it entirely as theirs, for them, Palestinians will have to leave or die, their leaders already described people in Gaza as "living animals", they openly talk about their intentions to create "Greater Israel" and continue to build settlements in the West bank so do you really think these people after all of this will just give up all of this and say okay here is your part of the land?

[@Pakistan-Zindabad]

most awaited video

[@michellelansky4490]

Yasser Arafat is the FIRST Palestinian in history!

[@BL00DeMoN]

Arafat biggest mistake is that he blundered his chance to create a Palestinian state. it's sad to see this "no compromise" talk. sadly what you are advocating is a fight to the death, to the death of your people. instead of finding a way to live with your neighbors in peace, and see them as locals who are born there and have no other place to go (most of them at least). only way for you to be independent is to take a deal for 2 states because both people don't want to live with one another and this is not going to change any time soon.. and every time you lose you get a worst deal. what is even worst is usually people who push against peace are living somewhere else where they cant feel the effects of war - people like yourself.

[@grinningchicken]

When Israel surrounded Arafat in Jenin as punishment for his inability to Quash Hamas influence they forced him to change the constitution granting the PM “Mahmoud Abbas” huge amounts of power. However Arafat clout let him block Abbas any attempts to make more concessions to Israel. After Arafat death Abbas’s became president Israel demanded elections which they thought would give Abbas a mandate to make even more concessions. But Hamas decided to run for office under refusal to recognize Israel and rejecting Oslo Islamist banner and now controlled the powerful PM position. Israel kidnapped Hamas government which sparked off a war with Lebanon Hezbollah who captured IDF soldiers to force Israel to negotiate for the release of Hamas and Lebanese prisoners. The tactic worked and set a precedent.

[@talhaafridi1339]

Yasser Arafat was iconic person in history In 70s people in Pakistan named their children after his name my uncle name is Yasser Arafat and my grandfather named him after Yasser Arafat but personally oslo was disaster for Palestinian cause

[@joen7676]

from the river to the sea palestine will FREE❤❤❤

[@yamadakenji4143]

I think Edward Said was right with his criticism of the Oslo Accords. The PLO was forced into the role of a collaborator and enforcer of the occupation but without being recognized as a state and with no recourse to international bodies to address grievances and thus having to rely entirely on Israeli goodwill that was always dependent on internal dynamics and whims of the political landscape

[@justsomecyborg788]

Thank you for all the work you do. My endless gratitude goes to you. ❤️

[@Trilliman707]

I shed a tear at the end 😭

[@malveros]

He tried his best for his people.

[@luisparedes7429]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 good work ✊🏽🫡

[@Vercingetorix.Rising]

Long live Palestinian Resistance!

[@rhizoidx]

Even as a Lebanese while i hold a bit of resentment toward him for the shit he caused in Lebanon (to this day), i respect his cause and his legacy. May Palestine be free from the river to the sea.

[@fahoodie1852]

To be fair Lebanon was already headed to a war like this, remember the civil continued for years even after Arafat and the PLO were out of the equation

[@rhizoidx]

@@fahoodie1852 Fair comment, and I don't disagree. We have a bad habit of blaming others. :) However, it seems the Palestinian movement "in Lebanon" threatened the Christian's existence in their own country. Actually everyone had their own power struggle, with the Shi'a also having an existential crisis, similar to the Sunni existential crisis of the mid 2000s onwards when Hezb became the strong sheriff in town. I don't know what's up with our DNA, but it ends up in some kind of fight-or-flight power struggle. Just thinking out loud by the way. It is difficult to definitevely speculate: Would Lebanon have had a civil war without the existence of Armed militant Palestinians faction -> True or False? I don't know. Again, the Phalangist movement was borne out of an existential crisis...

[@fahoodie1852]

@ Lebanon already had a civil war in 1958. The sectarian regime was already a time bomb waiting to explode. In fact even Christian militias were fighting each other, and the man who assassinated bashir al Gemayel himself was a Christian

[@sharrk_34]

What a beautiful and timely piece. People have forgotten how much of the Palestinian cause remains on the foundation which Arafat built, even when that cause currently lies in rubble. In many ways, we are living the 'catastrophe' of the 1950s all over again now. His spirit will guide us forward if we can learn from his mistakes and innovate our approach, using his memory to choose power and hope over defeatism. RIP Abu Ammar.

[@Samira_m84]

He’s amazing. He will NEVER be forgotten 🙏🏾

[@JimmyMatis-h9y]

Lol he got a Nobel prize. That hasn't meant anything since one was given to Kissenger

[@RafiTurki]

Look you must make more of this. You’re so good at it.

[@S.K.S.D]

That man sold Palestine. Arabs know that, and Palestinians know that as well- it’s common knowledge to us at this point. But sometimes we glorify some people for the sake of saving face.

[@tasawwurnaseem5659]

فلسطين الحرة

[@YSM4807]

Thanks ❤

[@travelingjohn69]

If nelson mandela was cool with him I as a black man will Support him.

[@Netra29]

I don't care what people say In my eyes he was good man with flaws just like Nasser and Gaddafi

[@ketch_up]

Excellent work. I have a few questions 1) why do you refer to the "six day war"? This is the English/zionist name for the armed conflict that happened in '67 between Jordan, Egypt, Syria and the entity. Imu Palestinians much more generally refer to this as the June war, or the naksa. 2) why do you refer to the polonium poisoning as something that is "alleged". In my understanding this has been scientifically proven. 3) you seem to describe the PLO as something created by Arafat. The plo was founded by the Arab regimes in 1964. Imu the original purpose of the PLO was for the Arab regimes to control the Palestinian cause, like the "all Palestine government" created by Egypt in Gaza in 1948. 4) what is your opinion of the al Jazeera documentary "history of a revolution"?

[@AisuruMirai]

3) It says in the video 11:12 that the PLO was created at the 1964 Arab Summit by Gamal Abdel Nasser "to co-opt, influence, control, or sabotage any form of independent Palestinian national movement." And it says that Arafat became its leader a few years later.

[@shahriar4706_]

i knew him as the King of Palestine when i was young

[@nerdalert2782]

This is wonderful! Thank you for this video. Palestine and Palestinians will be free within our lifetime.

[@anuragradhakrishna2295]

This is a really great primer on events that are barely covered in mainstream Westphalian history. The problems with the Oslo process are being felt to this day even if they are completely dead after the past 62 weeks of the IOF's genocidal rampage in Palestine and beyond. 🙏🏾🇵🇸⚡

[@NoorAhmed-nk2jq]

The problem is always Palestinians are forced to "negotiate" from a position of weakness, the US makes sure to veto every UN resolution and discredit any ICC or ICJ ruling to undermine the legitimacy of Palestinian cause. So is it fear to expect the Palestinians to never buckle under this weight and make bad deals because they see no other way? Yasser Arafat may have betrayed the movement, but I don't think it's fair of anyone to judge him.

[@Layd36]

Yasser hadn't betrayed the movement but made sure Palestine didn't just end up being a puppet state for the Muslim brotherhood who have their own agenda for Palestinians which we should never support their colonialist ways with the west He may be seen as a traitor for accepting the two State solution of Palestine and Israel which Hamas is making sure to get rid of Throughout history we have seen trying to make peace with fascists never ended well for the colonized, you can ask the Red Indians about it and Palestine is no different in that case and they have every right to abolish the state of Israel and seek coexistence with Jews if they are not fascist in nature like their Zionist elites made them

[@BobBober-ip9mr]

Palestinian here. Arafat was in fact, traitor. Now you should make doc about Yassin who was actually last liberation leader from the older generation. But Arafat stfu on him and his "oslo accords"

[@JeraldG]

Oslo Accords of Yasser Arafat: As a Palestinian refugee myself, with my parents witnessing it live, I do not think it was a mistake. It's very important to remember: Yasser Arafat and the PLO had nobody. 0 Support from other Arab nations, and were on the verge of actual deletion by the rest of the world. It's very important to remember that moves that take place can't just be emotional, but also have to be logical and tactical. In the current situation within the given circumstances, the Oslo Accords, was the best direction to go for the PLO, especially when Abu Ammar was in exile in Tunisia, and had everyone turn their backs onto him. It was also the only chance to attempt to normalize life for the Palestinian people whom at that point have only witnessed death and suffering. I have talked to many before and some people truly hate Yasser Arafat because of that singular incident. But in reality, once they approach it from a different angle, once they realize that the normal day-to-day Palestinian has only been witnessing death and destruction since his/her birth, and once they also realize that there was nobody else, they would understand that this was the best move from the cards that the PLO had. Allah Yerhamo

[@sumairafriscic]

may the world continue to think of palestine!!!!! the west will never be seen the same again! the south have a voice.

[@Messihaz]

Ringo Starr sure had an interesting life

[@taddersauce3672]

Holy shit, I’m never gonna see Arafat the same lol

[@yousiesid]

What a great video.

[@harburg007]

❤️🖤🤍💚✌️ good documentary about Arafat and Palestine. Thanks!

[@goldenaura949]

Praying for Palestine 🇵🇸 🙏🏽

[@Mr.Frizwall]

As people that known the ruthless of colonization we feels the same struggle as palestinian,Yasser maybe sound likes some warlords but he are the most nationalist that wanted people just to stay survive. Maybe what yasser do similar with what Soekarno does on Linggarjati aggrement between Netherlands and Indonesia where we being isolated on far west part from our homeland but we taking it back again after the power vacuum from japan and support from soviet and other socialist country.

[@Demos_Kratos_World]

The main opponent of the Palestinian people and their independence are other Arab countries, followed closely by the occupiers.

[@125discipline2]

my nation fought for our freedom, we were more ruthless than hamas. deaths and destruction is inflicted by our fighters, our leaders were called rebel by the oppressors, but we won and their narrative about our side is gone along with them. the nature of fighting is always destructive and deceptive, nothing is controversial if it's to get your freedom back.

[@lasfloresdicen]

vietnam?

[@kaitsardainippon3884]

​@@lasfloresdicenNot just vietnam buddy

[@rajrajesh1669]

For the algorithm

[@rositanindaalisa]

Viva la Palestina 🇵🇸🖤❤️💚

[@Alejandro_Gaga]

21:46 is PFLP not PLO

[@AisuruMirai]

Correct. This is Ghassan Kanafani, a teacher and writer who became the spokesman for the PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) in 1967.

[@TheFabledSCP7000]

Thank you so much for this video I have not seen a video on Arafat's actions and legacy It is so great thay my first one is from such a reliable source as yourself

[@shipiin2677]

So inspiring

[@resolvanlemmy]

Can I just say that the subtitles in your video are really inaccurate? Seriously, at one point in the video, the PLO was referred to as "Poo" in the subtitles. There's also cases of mistranscribing names, and I mean a lot of them, especially the terms "kuffiyeh", "nakba" and "Yasser Arafat" (the subject of the video). Could you please fix it? Thank you. Otherwise, great video.

[@ziah3935]

End the occupation!! Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@goaskalice83]

I remember always hearing his name when I was a kid on the news, I was too young to understand who he was. But the most shameful bit on my part was I didn’t know who I was hearing about was Palestine till last year. The amount I’ve learned since hopefully makes up for my ignorance. Funny how it just wasn’t talked about on the national news in all that time. Ya know in Irish history our hero (to some) is Michael Collins but others see him as a traitor because he only brought back 26 counties which was the Irish free state, which is still the same today. There was a civil war after that between the free state and the Ira which Michael had spent years fighting with. I can well imagine the north felt abandoned by the south.

[@ahmedfaheem3117]

The arabs didn't betray Yasser Arafat, it was the muslim ummah who did. Palestine will never get any form or autonomy or self unless muslims unite.

[@الملكالصحرا]

You see, the thing is with Palestinians is that their history is complex. And their complexity is often brought by their identity. You know, the reason why Yasser Arafat views himself betrayed by the Arabs and also the Palestinians in general is that many Palestinians today, as you know, speak Arabic and also claim the Arab identity as being part of their identity. Now, the problem with this is that their land, historically, is not native to Arabs. And the Palestinians often are split when it comes to their identity. You have a couple of Palestinians who tell you they descend from the Canaanites, who are known as the original and indigenous people of that land. And there are others who tell you they descend from the Philistines, that's why they get the name Palestine. But it's commonly known that the Philistines were originally from the Aegean Peninsula, around the Greek areas, as they were not native and they came with the sea people. And some identify as Arabs, and we all know that the Arabs came there during the 7th century, and by that time, Rome had ruled most of what's Palestine today. On top of that, these Arab governments know the true reality of Palestine and fear to support these rebel militias, because whatever Arab governments do, they do it for the benefits of themselves and their people. So if they see no benefit in their resistance, they don't support it. Now, another thing that Yasser Arafat is known for is his actions, a controversy happening in 1970, the events of Black September, where Yasser Arafat tried to overthrow the Hashemite monarchy and establish a base for Palestinians, as Jordan back then didn't exist and was part of Palestine. It was only later on given to the Arabs during the 1921 Cairo Conference. So there's a lot of history behind here that is left untouched and often brings upon misinformation and disinformation when it comes to the Palestinian conflict. Now you're right, the Muslim Ummah uniting today will help Palestine, but it is very different, because now, who will rule over the Muslims? Back then, these empires were formed and they conquered their way to leadership, like the Arabs with their early caliphate and other Muslim caliphates. Instead of trying to unite all of us into one and have one authoritarian ruler, rather we should have an Islamic League where all Muslim countries with their own autonomy can do and support each other.

[@sammahren1868]

Thank you

[@sovietjacksion6928]

Palestine will be free❤

[@yazanidrees9733]

28:14 I do respect your views And I see where you're coming from... But Oslo shows that our leader was either stupid or a traitor None of those two opinions are easy to accept Unfortunately, it seems he was the later opinion It's not easy also to say he was stupid because our great nation had many geniuses like kanafani, alyaseen, nashashibi and abed alqader alhusani and many many others. Maybe it's not fair... But I can't forgive him for what my life in Jerusalem looks like now Nor can I forgive him for how my friends live in the west bank (who live under two occupations right now, and he led to both of them being powerful in the west bank) There are lots of things I can't forgive him for. Yes, he might have done great things in the past But just like we say in Arabic "العبرة بالخواتيم" || "The end is what matters." (sorry for the weak translation 😅) In the end, the subject of Arafat and his legacy is rich and complex, but as a Muslim, I believe that it doesn't matter what I think about him Or what I think I know... God is all knowing, and only he knows the true intentions of Arafat, whatever it might have been Thank you for this video. Keep going and keep spreading the word. You're doing great, and we're proud of you 🖤🙏🏽

[@sergegeara]

Well to Lebanese people he was extremely controversial , as one of the causes of our Lebanese civil war was pro arms vs anti arms to fight Israel . The Israeli invasion of Beirut was a big atrocity . We suffered a lot and although we support the Palestinian plight , the legacy as it pertains to Lebanon is murky at best

[@abbosjon4486]

it would be great if you could do a similar video on Marwan Barghouti as I feel there are contradictory interpretations of his role as a leader in the west and and in the middle east

[@PIOVRAME]

He was not Palestinian, but Egyptian

[@tuttutteddy8889]

Because he wasn’t Palestinian… he was Egyptian.

[@taddersauce3672]

And Golda Meir was a Ukranian who lived in Milwaukee. Arafat’s father was a Palestinian. Arafat went to visit his uncle in Jerusalem time and time again. Arafat then championed the Palestinian cause related to it as an Arab and who’s father was Palestinian.