Feeling Palestine

The first part of the video is in English, and the second part is in Arabic, presented by the Palestinian poet Tamim Barghouti and I translated it into English below. Debunking The Israeli Biblical Narrative  This was a speech given by the Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Dani Danon, in 2019. “Today I will present to you the four pillars that prove the case for Jewish ownership of the Land of Israel.  The first pillar is the Bible; the Jewish people’s rightful ownership of the land of Israel is well documented throughout the Old Testament and beyond. The second pillar is history. The Jewish claim to the land of Israel is confirmed time and again, not just with Jewish history but through the history of the world. The third pillar is a legal claim; our rights to the land are codified in international law including in the document that founded this very body. And the fourth pillar is the pursuit of international peace and security, a stronger and safer  Israel mean...

  Debunking The Israeli Biblical Narrative  This was a speech given by the Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Dani Danon, in 2019. “Today I will present to you the four pillars that prove the case for Jewish ownership of the Land of Israel.  The first pillar is the Bible; the Jewish people’s rightful ownership of the land of Israel is well documented throughout the Old Testament and beyond. The second pillar is history. The Jewish claim to the land of Israel is confirmed time and again, not just with Jewish history but through the history of the world. The third pillar is a legal claim; our rights to the land are codified in international law including in the document that founded this very body. And the fourth pillar is the pursuit of international peace and security, a stronger and safer Israel means a stronger and safer world. Let us discuss our first pillar of proof, the Bible. The Jewish people’s right to the land of Israel is mentioned over a dozen times ...