So, those right there, those are Israeli extremists in
Jerusalem celebrating what they called the March of the Flags.
Which is a holiday that was invented by Israel to celebrate
essentializing the occupation of Jerusalem in 1967.
As a part of their their celebration, they were chanting
pretty awful things about Palestinians, about Muslims.
And I wanted to give you more context and then show you some of those videos.
So crowds were mostly made up of young Orthodox Jewish men, and
they began gathering at the Damascus gate around 3pm chanting and dancing.
As the afternoon wore on and their numbers grew, local Palestinians began retreating
from public spaces and closing their businesses.
But of course that wasn't enough and they took this March, this Flag day March,
took it to them specifically the Muslim quarters and began attacking people.
So, one ultra Orthodox man spat at and attacked an elderly Muslim woman, and
crowds jeered as the Palestinian Red Crescent
tried to evacuate an injured Palestinian through the mass of people.
So, we have actually a footage of not the spitting, but
a couple of uses of tear gas or excuse me, pepper spray on Palestinians,
Muslim residents and shopkeepers who were there.
And trying to sort of resist themselves, but non-violently take a look at this.
So those are Israeli citizens using pepper spray against injured people,
against unarmed, you saw an elderly woman there.
And this is something that happens every single year,
but by a lot of accounts from journalists this year was a lot more militant on
the Israeli side, and a lot scarier and a lot bigger actually.
Rescue service said that 62 people were injured by Israeli police,
including 23 who needed hospitalization.
So, again, it's not just the settlers or the extremists, the IDF,
the police are also involved.
So, Israeli police said they arrested more than 60 people suspected of a disorderly
conduct or assaulting police officers, and that five officers have been injured.
Those arrests might have been again,
citizens of Israel as well as Palestinians,
Palestinian citizens of Israel and Palestinian citizens of the West Bank.
But I want to play and I think we have it.
Do we have the sought with Shireen about
Shireen the journalist who was recently killed Abu Akleh.
Let's just go to this, because to give you a sense
of the kind of vitriol that's being spouted at these so called celebrations.
Not only was their chance of death to Arabs, not only was their pepper spray,
but Shireen Abu Akleh, who was recently murdered by the Israeli military.
Again, journalists, longtime journalist for Al Jazeera,
I think we all know that story.
This is how
the Israelis
that day
are celebrating her
death, essentially,
take a look.
>> [NOISE].
>> It's like a very racist football match.
It is that if you're listening to the podcast,
they were chanting Shereen as a whore,
Mohammed the prophet is dead and death to Arabs.
I wanted to just kick it over to us.
I think it's sometimes important that we cover these stories when there
isn't like intense violence or rockets being fired.
This is the kind of like low level type of aggression, if you can even call
it low level that happens specifically in Jerusalem and East Jerusalem every day.
>> Yeah, and you know, man, I really think people should always
be wary of pretty much any form of nationalism or tribalism,
because it's almost always a project of the elites, right?
And the elites, the powers that be in the Israeli government,
they love to fan this sort of stuff.
They love to stoke this kind of flame,
because this is where they generate a lot of their base of support.
It's rally around the flag type of stuff.
It's anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab Muslim,
which is kind of funny considering how cozy they are to
the actual Saudi government in Saudi Arabia these days.
But yeah, anytime you see this kind of stuff, just know that these
fans are being flamed by the powers that be by the power structure.
They always resort to this antagonistic posturing to be like,
we're the only ones that can save you from those savage Arabs and Muslims.
And this is the result of that to me anyway,
because this is just some kind of ridiculous to be honest with you.
It's not like these Palestinian citizens are some group of
people that get to wield any kind of power whatsoever.
I don't understand the point of even this show of force when you're
talking about a group of people who are basically living in an apartheid state and
are extremely marginalized.
So, you notice is just people fanning the flames stoking
the fires to keep that basic support energized.
>> Yeah, absolutely.
And I know that recently enough Taliban in the current Prime Minister is
saying that some of these organizations that have led some of the most
violent protests that there so called terrorist organizations.
And they sort of they finger wag on them.
And it reminds me of here in the United States,
a little bit of a like it's the proud boys stand back and stand by.
It's like we're trying to condemn them with one hand and
then also like a sort of a wink and a nod with the other.
But I think you're absolutely right that this has been fanned by
extreme nationalism.
And in this case obviously also, again apartheid and occupation,
but extremist nationalism looks the same wherever it may be.
And that it sort of makes me think about is the way that Trump's base has
gotten out of hand.
He loves it by the way, but he also is Loki afraid of them, right?
They pretty much came for everyone except for him on January 6th.
And it's similar in Israel where it's like this is a base that has been stoked by
the right in that country and they don't have any control over them.
They have no control over what they do or don't do and
maybe that is kind of part of the plan.
I just wanted to obviously Jerusalem Holy City,
there are three important landmarks there.
You've got Temple Mount, the Al- Aqsa mosque, The Dome of the Rock, right?
And so, I wanted to just give you some context about why this time
is a little bit different, because on Sunday, this was this recent Sunday.
2600 Jewish pilgrims visited the Temple Mount accompanied by Israeli police,
which is a much higher number than usual, that 2600.
The visit prompted about 40 Palestinians who had barricaded themselves inside
the mosque overnight to throw rocks and fireworks.
Israel's police said in a statement that they locked the buildings gates and
made several arrests before the situation quieted around midday.
Now, for some context, Jews are allowed to visit and pray at the Temple Mount.
Excuse me, they are allowed to visit, but they're not allowed to pray at
Temple Mount, there's like a sort of an informal agreement.
But in recent years,
growing numbers of Jewish visitors sometimes praying or with police escorts
have inflamed longstanding Palestinian fears that Israel plans to annex the area.
So it's essentially, Israelis going into the holiest place for
Muslims, for Palestinians and for Palestinians,
for Muslim Palestinian, excuse me, not all Palestinians are Muslims.
And kind of just like having their way with this historic site and
this religious sacred site as if the shoe on the other foot would never be allowed.
But so, and a lot of Muslims are seeing that and a lot of Palestinians are seeing
this as like they're going to try and annexed East Jerusalem at any moment.
Here you they are celebrating the annexation or
the occupation of most of Jerusalem.
Which again, has consistently been like a middle ground city,
kind of like a base, like a hands off city, but Israel is completely ignored.
That in the 67 war was part of the beginning of them really ignoring,
honoring Jerusalem for what it is.
And so it all is foreshadowing of, I think what probably
will be honestly an annexation of East Jerusalem.
And you could see that if you guys remember the incursions into the community
of Sheikh Jarrah, the city of Shakira and the killing of civilians there.
Days after Shireen Abu Akleh was killed,
you saw Israeli settlers moving in with all of their things to an empty building.
So, it's a persistently changing terrain in Israel Palestine.
Meaning that consistently Palestinians are given the short end and
Israelis continue to build settlements.
Continue to displace Palestinians and
then sort of flaunt it in these really egregious ways.
Anything else to add was before we move on?
>> Man, I gotta say, I was struck by the calling the journalist the whore.
I'm like, do whores not deserve to live, Jesus Christ [LAUGH].
I don't understand what about John's, I mean,
good grief not to make this woman's death, but like,
I don't see how being a whore means you deserve to die.
That's a bit ridiculous, guys, with the times.
>> Exactly.
We're pro-sex worker on TYT, but
sadly nationalist extremists are generally tend to be pretty misogynistic.
So, yeah.