Watch top British barrister (court attorney) Natasha Hausdorff dismantle the prevailing Palestinian narrative using clear historical facts.
There has never been a sovereign Arab state called “Palestine.” The ‘British Mandate for Palestine’ was simply the United Kingdom’s temporary administration of the historic Jewish homeland — the Land of Israel — following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after World War I.
Jews maintained a continuous presence in the land for millennia, including throughout centuries of Ottoman rule. By the mid-19th century, they already formed the majority of Jerusalem’s population. Tel Aviv, founded in 1909, was built on empty sand dunes that Jews legally purchased; no Arab inhabitants were displaced.
When Britain handed the Mandate to the United Nations, the Arab world rejected the 1947 partition plan and launched a war of annihilation against the nascent Jewish state. Arab armies and local militias vowed to “drive the Jews into the sea.” Simultaneously, Arab countries expelled or persecuted their ancient Jewish communities, driving nearly a million Jews to flee to Israel.
During the fighting, Arab leaders explicitly ordered many local Arabs to evacuate areas so their forces could operate freely against the Jews. Those who left came under Egyptian and Jordanian control and were kept in permanent refugee status rather than being resettled. With all the wealth in the region it suited the Arab states to maintain a very visible grievance, and while they could have invested in these people, they chose not to, keeping alive the antagonism with Israel while watching fellow Arabs suffer.
It can be argued that Israel has never pursued or committed genocide, rather it protects its people while serving its Muslim population with better education and healthcare than is available in the Arab areas — and its survival as a Jewish state is precisely what prevents another one.
The primary obstacles to peace remain Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Islamic Republic of Iran, whose charters and actions are explicitly dedicated to Israel’s destruction.
Whether you have a dog in this fight or not, at least familiarize yourself with the history of the region.
Top British attorney Natasha Hausdorff dismantled the Palestinian narrative with cold historical facts.
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