reading time ~6 mins

These are notes taken from the lecture given by Dr. Yasir Qadhi on Zionism

1. What gave the United Kingdom the right to promise Palestine to a group of fellow Europeans in this Zionist movement?
2. What gave the UN the right to legislate the majority of land of Palestine to the European settlers (via the Balfour declaration)?
3. What gave the newly found state of Israel the right at the event of its inauguration to immediately launch a full out offensive to massacre / displace the natives?
4. What gave the Zionist regime the right to launch another war in 1967 (6 day war)?
5. By what right does the government of Israel treat the Palestinians with subhuman restrictions?

What gave the United Kingdom the right to promise Palestine to a group of fellow Europeans in this Zionist movement?

1. England did not own this land
2. Palestine is the last project of settler colonialism
3. England did three agreements
   1. McMahon–Hussein Correspondence: England openly promised the Arabs (Sharif of Makkah) independence from the Ottomans. If he fought against the Ottomans, he would have the entire land from Iraq to Tunisia. The Arabs started fighting against Ottomans (starting the attack in Madina)
   2. Sykes Picot: England also secretly agreed to Sykes Picot (England, French and Russian division of the Muslim land). This was a hidden agreement where they divided the lands amongst each other. This was after world war 1. According to Sykes Picot agreement, Palestine would have had been under independent mandate and no single nation from UK, FR, RU would have complete control over it
   3. Balfour: England did another further secret agreement. Balfour declaration. The foreign minister of England, promised Zionists that we will give Palestine to you
4. In 1900 there were ~3% Arabic speaking Jews in Palestine. There was no case of massacre or murder at this time 
5. The Balfour declaration was racist because Europeans (and British) did not want Jews in Europe. And they did not see Arabs as equal humans. Zionism was a double advantage 

What gave the UN the right to legislate the majority of land of Palestine to the European settlers (via the Balfour declaration)?

1. In 1947 Jewish Population is ~30% 
2. European migrations were happening and funded by Europeans. Terrorist gangs terrorised palestinian farmers and acquired land 
3. By 1947, only 7% land was owned by migrant Zionists 
4. United Nations did not ask the local populations about their wishes 
5. After two years of existence in 1947 with Resolution 181 the United Nations without consulting the local Arabs divided the land into three separate areas.
   1. 55% given to European Zionists 
   2. 45% given to Arabs
   3. 5% as independent Jerusalem
6. The Arab delegates at the UN challenged this. They said this goes against your own constitution. The UN constitution itself says that the right of determination cannot be taken away from any nation. UN said we will stop colonisation but this never happened
7. US keeps doing colonisation even with the existence of UN just indirectly with their vetoes and proxy nations like Israel 

What gave the newly found state of Israel the right at the event of its inauguration to immediately launch a full out offensive to massacre / displace the natives?

1. 1st Nakba: ~750,000 native Palestinians were displaced
   1. ~450 villages were attacked
   2. Dozens of massacres (e.g. Deir Yasin village over 100+ people gunned and thrown in the well). There are photos and video testimonies from people
2. They launched an offensive against farmers and peasants (not armies)
3. Israel acquired ~80% of the land
4. The average Israeli incorrectly says that we found empty lands
5. Ilan Pappe has written at length about this. He has documented all the cases of massacres which are found in the Israelis documented archives
6. There are ~7 million Palestinians are refugees outside in the world (created by the 1st and 2nd Nakba)
7. The Zionist mindset is: If I dont steal it, someone else will

What gave the Zionist regime the right to launch another war in 1967 (6 day war)?

1. 2nd Nakba – another large group of Palestinians were expelled (~600,000)
2. Israel conquered Gaza strip, west bank & Jerusalem
3. They went into al Aqsa with their weapons and boots. They killed people in the masjid. They took over Al-Aqsa (until then it was independent) 
4. The UN did nothing in 1967. No boycott, no sanctions, etc
5. According to the UN, the Palestinians are the largest group of refugees in the world

By what right does the government of Israel treat the Palestinians with subhuman restrictions?

1. No government on Earth treats any other group of people in the world like Israel treats the Palestinians
2. 30 foot wall and barbed wire, standing in long lines everyday, checkpoints, roads where Palestinians cannot go. Total control of what goes in, what goes out by IOF soldiers
3. The difference between Israeli settlement & Gaza is mind boggling
4. Gaza is the largest open air concentration camp. ~2.3 million people are trapped. 60% unemployed. Very poor healthcare, etc.
5. American founding fathers revolted against their kings because of tax on tea. And people condemn Palestinians for resisting the oppressive Israeli government?
6. Israel is an apartheid state
7. Jimmy Carter wrote a book “Peace not apartheid” and called Israel an apartheid regime by saying we want peace, not apartheid
8. Desmond Tutu visited occupied territories and was so moved, he said what he has witnessed reminded him of apartheid in South Africa
9. Nelson Mandela called Palestine under apartheid regime