Historical Perspectives on Palestinians and Jews

Who opened the doors of Pa-Palestine for the Jews?

Palestinians. At the time of the Ottoman Empire,

when Jews were expelled from some places in Europe,

Palestinians opened their arms and accepted the Jews in Palestine.

Why? Because they're Palestinians.

Palestinian will give you his bread, his water.

He will re-- go sleep thirsty and hungry in order to, what, to

give his bread for his, his, his, his, his neighbor and his

guest. That's Palestinians. And what the Zionists pay to them?

Do you know that there was boats after the Second World War of,

uh,

Jewish refugees that came from Europe, Palestinians used to go to the

beach with bread and water and greeting the what?

The Jews and take them to their home.

Can you believe such a thing? I just can't believe what the

Zionists paid them back.

'Cause Palestinian, when they saw that Jews coming to live in the Holy Land

in

Palestine under their what? Under Palestinian mercy,

understanding, and compassion, they were very welcome.

My family coming from Iraq, my father was a Iraqi

nationalist. He served in the Iraqi army.

He didn't want to come to Palestine, n-not him and not my mother.

It's a land that belongs to the Palestinian, not for us.

How-- What happened? They sent terror squads, terror squads,

the

Zionists, to Baghdad. They blew up synagogue,

Jewish c-cultural centers,

Jewish businesses. Six people were killed and tens of was

Jews, Jewish were in... Was injured, and then they said,

"It's the Muslims doing to

you. There's a change. The Muslims that used to be friendly to you, not

anymore. You have to leave to Pa-Palestine." So

they expelled one

point three million Palestinian from Palestine, and they brought one

point three million Pa-- Arab Jews from Morocco,

Tunis, Algeria, Al Jazair, Egypt, Iraq, and

Yemen instead of the Palestinians