Transcript [00:00] October 7th didn't happen in a vacuum. I [00:03] completely agree. In fact, this might be [00:05] the only sentence that anti-Israel [00:08] activists and I actually agree on. The [00:11] question is, where does your timeline [00:13] begin? Does it begin in 2007 when Hamas [00:17] took over Gaza? In 2005 when Israel [00:20] completely withdrew every single soldier [00:22] and civilian? In 1987 when Hamas was [00:26] founded? in ' 67 when Israel took [00:28] control of Gaza from Egypt, in 48 when [00:31] five Arab armies invaded Israel, or [00:34] maybe in 1929 or in the 7th century. [00:38] Everyone picks the date that suits their [00:41] narrative. But to truly understand this [00:43] conflict, you need something much more [00:45] important than an event on the calendar. [00:48] You need to understand the one [00:49] fundamental truth that most Western [00:51] observers constantly ignore. And they [00:54] ignore it for a good reason. They don't [00:56] understand it and it is scary. And the [00:59] funny thing or rather the sad thing is [01:02] that it seems that those who claim to be [01:05] open to other cultures are the one who [01:08] don't understand it the most. October [01:10] 7th didn't happen in a vacuum. It is [01:13] part of our religious war. Now please [01:16] hear me out. In a minute it will all [01:18] make sense. If I told you I don't [01:20] understand physics therefore the laws of [01:22] physics don't apply to me or I love [01:25] cake. so much that it can possibly make [01:28] me fat. You would probably think I was [01:30] an idiot because reality doesn't change [01:33] simply because we don't like it or don't [01:35] understand it. And yet, when it comes to [01:37] religion, the modern Western world often [01:40] makes a similar mistake. In modern [01:42] Europe and the West and Wisconsin, [01:45] religion is viewed as a private matter, [01:48] something between an individual and [01:50] their god, completely separate from [01:52] politics. I'm Catholic. I'm Jewish. I'm [01:54] Muslim. I'm an atheist. I converted from [01:58] Catholicism to Judaism. I converted from [02:00] Islam to Christianity. Fine. That's your [02:03] personal life. Because Western minds [02:06] project their own secular worldview onto [02:08] the Middle East. They assume every [02:11] struggle must be about waters, land, or [02:13] civil rights. But listen to what the [02:16] people of Gaza actually say. On October [02:20] 7th, they didn't preach the border [02:22] shouting free Palestine or and the [02:25] occupation. They were shouting alakba. [02:28] They didn't call the operation operation [02:32] and the blockade. They called it the El [02:35] Axa flood, a religious site. Hamas is an [02:39] Islamist movement, not a national one. [02:43] And please do not believe me. I'm just [02:45] an Israeli. Listen to them. In Kamas's [02:49] foundational covenant, the word Islam [02:51] appears over 130 times. The conflict [02:55] isn't framed as a legal dispute over [02:57] borders, but as an eternal jihad until [03:02] judgment day. In article 11, it says [03:05] Palestine is an Islamic walk of land [03:07] consecrated for Muslim generations until [03:10] judgment day. They say it Palestine is [03:13] not for the Palestinian people to have [03:16] democracy and women's right. No, it is [03:19] an Islamic woly Islamic land. Listen to [03:23] them. Listen to the other side and not [03:26] to the nice fantasy in your head. But [03:29] wait, I know what the critics will say [03:32] when we say that October 7th didn't [03:34] happen in a vacuum. We mean the siege, [03:37] the genocide, and the ethnic cleansing. [03:39] So let's break them down quickly because [03:41] it is easy and then we will go back to [03:44] what truly matters. Let's start with the [03:47] siege here. You don't even need text. [03:50] It's enough to just look at the map. [03:52] Gaza has a border with Egypt and it is a [03:55] border where Israel is not present. I [03:58] know when you open a map you discover [04:01] amazing things. Egypt doesn't just share [04:04] a border with Gaza. A large portion of [04:07] Gazins are actually Egyptians who [04:10] arrived in Gaza over the last 100 or 150 [04:14] years. The most common surname in Gaza [04:16] is El Masri, which literally means the [04:19] Egyptian. So this isn't a siege. And by [04:23] the way, it is also not a siege when [04:26] Israel supplies Gaza with water, [04:28] electricity, and millions of tons of [04:30] goods. No other country in the world [04:33] supplies the basic necessities to [04:35] someone calling for its destruction. And [04:38] all the videos you see here on screen [04:40] are from 2026. All taken from Gaza wood. [04:44] Follow them to stay updated on all the [04:46] new restaurants and hotels opening in [04:49] Gaza because the Guardian won't show you [04:52] that. Now, let's talk about ethnic [04:54] cleansing and genocide. The worst [04:56] genocide in the world. Gaza population [05:00] or more accurately Gaza's Muslim [05:02] population has grown faster than most [05:05] population in the world. No matter what [05:08] starting point you choose, Gaza [05:10] population has grown 10fold since 48 and [05:14] about fivefold since ' 67. It has grown [05:17] massively since Hamas came to power in [05:20] 2007. No country in Europe has grown at [05:24] anywhere near Gaza's rate. Let me [05:27] clarify because that wasn't completely [05:30] accurate. It is the Muslim population in [05:32] Gaza that grew. That is not true for the [05:35] Christian and Jewish population in Gaza. [05:38] Gaza once had a large Jewish community. [05:41] Of course, Jews lived in Gaza long [05:43] before the Islamic conquest. But even at [05:45] the end of the Middle Ages, 10 to 15% of [05:49] Gaza's residents were Jews and about the [05:52] same percentage of Christians. The [05:54] Jewish community existed in Gaza until [05:57] 1929. That was when pilgrims were [06:00] carried out against the Jews and the [06:02] community was wiped out. That's [06:05] interesting because 1929 was before the [06:08] establishment of the state of Israel, [06:10] before the occupation and before the [06:12] Palestinian people were even invented. [06:15] As for the Christians, their population [06:17] has almost completely vanished. Today, [06:20] only a few hundred Christians remained [06:22] in Gaza out of what was once a massive [06:25] community. Do you know why you don't [06:28] hear about them? Because they live in [06:30] fear. Almost all minorities living in [06:32] Muslim countries live in fear and their [06:35] populations are shrinking. Please fact [06:38] check me. Forget about Jews and [06:40] Christians for a moment. Look at what [06:42] happened to Hindus and Buddhist in [06:45] Pakistan, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. [06:48] And in a minute, you will see how it all [06:50] comes together. So, let's talk about [06:52] what this conflict is really about. But [06:54] before that, please subscribe to the [06:57] channel. And don't just do it for me. [06:59] Think of my son. He goes to school [07:02] having to tell everyone his dad has only [07:05] 447,000 [07:07] subscribers. It's embarrassing. Half a [07:10] million sounds much better. So, please, [07:13] if not for me, do it for my son. This is [07:16] not a local national conflict. It is a [07:19] global religious conflict. Hamas is a [07:22] religious movement. The Islamic Jihad is [07:24] an Islamic movement. [07:27] Is an Islamic movement. Now, I'm no [07:30] scholar of Islam, but I have this [07:32] amazing ability to see reality as it is, [07:36] even when I don't like it. I know I'm [07:39] very special. Here is what I know. [07:42] Before Islam took over the Middle East [07:44] and North Africa, Egypt was Coptic, [07:47] Lebanon was Marinite, Jordan was [07:49] Nabatian, Turkey was Byzantine, Iran was [07:53] Zoroastrin, Syria was Syria remain, [07:56] North Africa was Berber or Amazig and [07:59] the list goes on. All of these cultures [08:02] were destroyed or nearly destroyed by [08:05] Islam. And I'm not only talking about [08:07] the seventh century. I'm talking about [08:10] the last generations. Bethlehem, a city [08:13] that is kind of important to Christians, [08:15] was 85% Christian in the 1950s. Today, [08:19] 85% Muslim, but MSNBC will never talk [08:23] about it. My biggest supporters aren't [08:25] Jews and they aren't Christian lovers of [08:28] Israel. My biggest supporters are [08:30] members of minorities living in Muslim [08:33] countries and Muslim women who live in [08:36] fear. Iranians and Syrians who send me [08:39] videos of what is happening there. [08:41] Videos I cannot even show here. And when [08:44] I said at the beginning that October 7th [08:47] didn't happen in a vacuum, this is [08:49] exactly what I meant. The big picture. [08:52] In the entire Middle East, there is only [08:55] one tiny place where a non-Muslim [08:57] minority is growing and has [08:59] independence. The Jews and the [09:02] Christians in Israel. And the existence [09:04] of a minority thriving in a Muslim space [09:07] is what drive this entire conflict. [09:10] Because this isn't just any minority. It [09:13] is a minority that Islam believed it had [09:16] come to replace, the Jews. Imagine if [09:19] the Ford Model T turned out to be better [09:21] than a Tesla. What an embarrassment. [09:24] Imagine if the iPhone 7 was better than [09:26] the iPhone 17. Upward Islam in its core [09:30] and please don't believe me and ask [09:32] Muslims one the whole world to be [09:35] Muslim. That is the goal. Non-Muslim [09:38] minorities in Islamic countries are [09:40] disappearing and the percentage of [09:42] Muslims in the West is growing. Look at [09:45] the numbers. Look at how many new [09:47] mosques are being built in the west [09:49] compared to how many new churches are [09:51] being built in Muslim countries. This is [09:53] no coincidence. The Muslim Brotherhood [09:56] Qatar in Turkey are pouring billions [09:59] into this. I only wish Christian nations [10:02] or countries with a cross on their flag [10:04] with Christian heritage would do as much [10:07] for Christian minorities in the Islamic [10:09] world as Muslim countries do for Muslims [10:12] in the West. and a presence of [10:14] independent Jews no longer subject to [10:17] Islamic rule. That is what led to [10:19] October 7th. That is why the Arab [10:22] leadership constantly rejected every [10:25] proposal that allowed for Jewish [10:26] sovereignty. That is why they [10:28] collaborated with the Nazis. And I don't [10:31] mean that as a rhetorical Jeb. The Grand [10:33] Muy of Jerusalem, Amin Husini, [10:36] personally met with Hitler in Berlin in [10:38] 1941. praised the extermination of the [10:41] Jews on Arab radio and helped record [10:44] tens of thousands of Bosnian Muslims [10:46] into the VANSS divisions. And that is [10:49] what ultimately led to the near total [10:52] explosion and erasure of ancient Jewish [10:55] communities across the Islamic world. [10:57] 800,000 Jews were expelled or fled Arab [11:01] and Muslim countries within a few years. [11:04] Iraq had a Jewish community older than [11:06] Islam itself gone. Egypt, Libya, Yemen, [11:10] and Syria gone. Morocco once had the [11:13] largest Jewish population in the Arab [11:15] world, down to a few hundreds. These [11:18] weren't worse. These were pogs, [11:21] confiscation, and explosions of people [11:24] who had lived there for over a thousand [11:27] years. Sometimes too, students in the [11:29] West chant, "Free Palestine." The [11:32] Islamists chant Allahawakbar. And [11:35] Allahawakbar is what they shouted when [11:38] ISIS slaughtered the Yazidis. Alawakbar [11:41] is what they shouted when they blow up [11:43] churches and massacred Jews in Syria. [11:45] Alawakbar is what they shouted as they [11:48] flew airplanes into the Twin Towers. [11:50] Allahawakbar is what they shouted in [11:52] Nigeria while burning churches villages [11:55] to the ground. And Allahawakbar is what [11:58] they shout during pilgrims against [12:00] Hindus in Pakistan. Now, please forgive [12:03] me for being so illogical, but if citrin [12:07] groups will shout Jesus is king while [12:11] blowing up a synagogue in New York and [12:14] another group would shout Jesus is king [12:16] while killing Hindus in India and [12:19] another group would shout Jesus is king [12:21] while bombing a Muslim school and all [12:24] minorities in Christian countries would [12:26] disappear. I would draw the conclusion [12:29] that there is some kind of religious war [12:31] going on. Don't you connect the dots [12:35] even if the mainstream media doesn't [12:38] want to. So no, October 7 didn't happen [12:41] in a vacuum. Nothing happens in a [12:43] vacuum. The real question is what the [12:46] true story behind it is. Qatar and part [12:49] of the left tried to sell you a local [12:51] national story of oppressor and [12:53] oppressed while hiding the real story. [12:56] This is a religious war that started [12:59] long before the state of Israel was even [13:01] born and is going on all over the world. [13:04] Israel is just one front that you [13:06] constantly hear about. My mission is to [13:09] spread this truth. But to do that, I [13:12] need your help. Since I don't guide in [13:14] person anymore, I've gathered all my [13:16] knowledge in Jerusalem tours in one [13:19] place. So, if you want to get all my [13:21] insights and deep dive knowledge, please [13:24] check out my Jerusalem master class. The [13:27] price is $48. I don't know, I just love [13:29] the number 48. That way, you will truly [13:32] understand the most fascinating city on [13:35] earth, and you will also be directly [13:37] supporting my work. And as always, I [13:40] want to say a huge thank you to all my [13:42] supporters on YouTube and coffee. See [13:45] you in the next video. Yala.
“October 7 didn’t happen in a vacuum” — on that, I completely agree. But to understand what really drives this conflict, we need to look beyond borders, occupation, and politics, and confront the religious dimension that much of the Western world prefers to ignore.
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