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[TheSager]

The Origin of the Name Palestine is older than 135 Ad, its refers to the Philistines, In the fifth century BC, the region of eastern coast of the Mediterranean started being called as “the Philistine Syria”, a term coined by the Greek historian, Herodotus and used in its Greek language form. In AD 135, the Emperor Hadrian blotted out the name “Provincia Judea” and renamed it “Provincia Syria Palaestina”. This was the Latin version of the Greek name. Palestine is there before Ibraham went there.

[sulagnanandi]

Surprised there aren't many people watching this now (November 2023)

[perfectoNN]

unfortunately it doesnt matter how nice or eloquent he was in his writings, at the end of the day he was writing about the colonization of a land that had people living in it for thousands of years, now that is not nice...

[PhilosophyAnimation]

Exactly. As for Sal, I imagine his purpose in making the video is to
draw attention to the contrast between what should have happened (if at
all) and what actually happened (which he can't mention without causing a
stir).

[apotcake]

I wonder what Theodor Herzl would think of modern Israel and the settlements in the West Bank

[jamesforeman]

Well done, this is a tough subject to do with any kind of honest objectivity. He did as well as can be expected, that is to say again, well done.

[bkiddman]

No, the term Palestine was not coined by the Romans in the second century. From Britannica: "The word Palestine derives from Philistia, the name given by Greek writers to the land of the Philistines, who in the 12th century BCE occupied a small pocket of land on the southern coast, between modern Tel Aviv–Yafo and Gaza. The name was revived by the Romans in the 2nd century CE in “Syria Palaestina.”

[zvi]

Because these things never happened?

On the other hand, his description of early Jewish history is contradicted by all known documentation. He simply messed up.

[trader]

It is very interesting to me that Theodore Herzl ( the Jewish recognized founder of today’s Israel ) was aged “44″ years old when he died in 1904 ( 1860 to 1904 ), and then it was another “44″ years later after Herzl died that the new country of Israel then came into existence (1904 + 44 = 1948 ).

[MS-insl]

As philosopher Eric Hoffer once cautioned, "Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket."

[ido]

In the start of this series I didn't think that you'll do a video about this topic. I learned this topic in school many times because I'm Israeli and I must say that you did a great work

[nkhilo]

interesting.. Herzl vision of tolerance never worked out ...instead we see the exact opposite.

[solem]

You're actually wrong, The British supported the Muslims restricting the amount of Jews allowed into the area, and going so far as supplying amour, heavy weapons, and small arms to the palestinians. It was America that stepped in and provided the resources necessary for a
Jewish victory.

[spencerhopkinson]

I wonder why people think writing comments in ALL CAPS makes their point more valid...

[BenLewisE]

"those who does not own gave to those who don't deserve" - Own? Sorry, the British were assigned control of the territory by the world in a treaty. Gave? No they didn't. Don't deserve? Sorry deserving land, that isn't quite how it works... No one deserves land, I mean I live on this strip of land, does that mean that I now deserve it, why? What have I done to deserve it? NOTHING. People never deserve land. Land is a thing that exist and we use it. No one should be persecuted for living anywhere.

[zoharmars]

HEY IM JEWISH AND I AM ALSO BLACK SO I DON'T REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WORD.... PS.. RACISM IS NOT A JEWISH THING!

[geozap]

A prophecy from the great man himself:

"At Basel, I founded the Jewish State. If I said this out loud today, I would be answered by universal laughter. Perhaps in five years, certainly in fifty years, everyone will know it." -- Theodor Herzl, diary entry for September 3rd, 1897

"The Diaspora cannot take place again unless the civilization of the whole earth shall collapse." -- Theodor Herzl quote found in Martin Gilbert, Israel: A History, New York 1998, pp.11, 12

[verbalswordsman]

Not every Jew is a Zionist. Not every zionist is a jew!
Palestinians are Semitic too!

[nkhilo]

That is not what occurred..people were forced out of their lands..and no they don't have equal rights either. It would have been nice if it actually worked out that way.

[FrankEgan]

I think the last quote Sal shared was really very beautiful.