Palestinians: The World's Most Privileged Refugees

Summary

The video script discusses the unique treatment of Palestinian refugees by the United Nations, contrasting it with the global refugee system. It argues that Palestinians receive disproportionate aid and maintain refugee status indefinitely, unlike other refugees. The script also criticizes UNRWA for perpetuating the conflict and promoting anti-Israel sentiments, while highlighting the success of Israel despite starting from a disadvantaged position as refugees themselves.

Takeaways

• 🌏 The United Nations has two separate agencies for refugees: UNHCR for general refugees and UNRWA specifically for Palestinians.
• 📊 Palestinian refugees are considered the most privileged, receiving more aid, manpower, and a distinct definition of 'refugee' compared to others.
• 🏠 Palestinian refugees can hold citizenship in another country and still be recognized as refugees, unlike other refugees who lose this status upon gaining citizenship.
• 👪 The refugee status of Palestinians is inheritable, allowing it to be passed down to children and grandchildren, which is not the case for general refugees.
• 🔢 The number of Palestinian refugees has grown significantly since 1948, contrary to the general trend where refugee numbers decrease over time.
• 💰 Palestinian refugees receive nearly double the aid amount compared to refugees supported by UNHCR.
• 👥 UNRWA employs more personnel than UNHCR, despite having a smaller population to serve, indicating a higher allocation of resources to Palestinian refugees.
• 🏫 UNRWA's education system is criticized for promoting hatred towards Israel and not fostering peace, with some UNRWA workers allegedly being Hamas members.
• 🕊 The script argues that the Palestinians' victim narrative overlooks the success of Israel, which has overcome adversity to become a democratic and innovative nation.
• ⏳ The time frame for defining Palestinian refugees is from June 1, 1946, to May 15, 1948, which the script suggests was chosen to inflate the number of recognized Palestinian refugees.
• 📚 The script challenges viewers to find UNRWA educational materials that promote peace with Israel, implying a lack of such content.

Q & A

What are the two types of refugees mentioned in the script?

The script refers to all refugees in the world who have had to leave their homes due to disasters and a specific group of Palestinian refugees who are taken care of by a separate agency within the U.N.

Which agency is responsible for all refugees except Palestinians?

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is responsible for all refugees except Palestinians.

What is the name of the agency that specifically takes care of Palestinian refugees?

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is the agency that specifically takes care of Palestinian refugees.

According to the script, what makes Palestinian refugees different from other refugees in terms of aid and manpower?

Palestinian refugees receive more money, aid, and manpower than any other refugees, and they have a separate, more favorable definition of the word 'refugee'.

What is the general definition of a refugee according to the UNHCR?

A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war, or violence, with a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group.

How does the definition of a 'refugee' differ for Palestinians compared to the general definition?

For Palestinians, the definition of a 'refugee' includes a specific time frame of 'Persons whose regular place of residence was Palestine during the period 1st of June 1946 to 15th of May 1948', and they can hold citizenship while still being counted as refugees.

What are some of the privileges that Palestinian refugees have, which are not applicable to regular refugees?

Palestinian refugees can hold citizenship and still be counted as refugees, pass their refugee status to their descendants, and retain refugee status even if they commit crimes against humanity or war crimes.

Why does the script suggest that the year 1946 is significant in the definition of Palestinian refugees?

The year 1946 is significant because it was chosen to include Arabs who migrated to the Land of Israel to work for the British in the 1940s, inflating the number of Palestinians considered refugees.

How much aid does a regular refugee receive compared to a Palestinian refugee according to the script?

A regular refugee receives about $120 worth of aid a year from the UNHCR, while a Palestinian refugee receives almost double, around $200 worth of aid.

What is the script's claim about the use of UNRWA's funds for education?

The script claims that about 60% of UNRWA's funds go into education, but the education system teaches Palestinian children hatred of Israel, rather than peace or coexistence.

What is the script's assertion about the role of UNRWA in perpetuating the refugee situation?

The script asserts that UNRWA is not promoting peace between Palestinians and Israel but is dedicated to the Palestinian dream of eliminating Israel, by perpetuating the refugee situation and fueling hatred.

How does the script describe the situation of Jewish refugees compared to Arab refugees in Palestine?

The script describes Jewish refugees as having a much harder start, being persecuted and boycotted, yet they succeeded in building a democratic and innovative country. In contrast, Arab refugees, who also started as refugees, are portrayed as failing despite receiving more support.

Outlines

00:00

😲 Special Treatment for Palestinian Refugees

This paragraph discusses the unique status of Palestinian refugees under the United Nations, highlighting the existence of two separate agencies: UNHCR for general refugees and UNRWA specifically for Palestinians. It emphasizes the preferential treatment Palestinians receive, including more financial aid and a distinct definition of 'refugee' that allows them to maintain refugee status regardless of citizenship or generational lineage. The paragraph also points out the incongruity of Palestinian refugee numbers growing over time, contrary to the norm for other refugee populations.

05:06

💥 Palestinian Refugee Privileges and Financial Inequality

The second paragraph delves into the privileges exclusive to Palestinian refugees, such as maintaining refugee status despite citizenship and passing this status to descendants. It contrasts the average aid received by refugees with the higher amount allocated to Palestinians, and notes the larger workforce dedicated to UNRWA compared to UNHCR. The speaker challenges the listener to recognize the disparity in treatment between Palestinian refugees and those from other conflicts post-World War Two, suggesting an inherent bias in the international response to refugee situations.

10:08

📚 UNRWA's Role in Perpetuating Conflict and Hatred

This paragraph accuses UNRWA of not only perpetuating the refugee status of Palestinians but also fostering a desire to eliminate Israel. It claims that a significant portion of UNRWA's budget is allocated to education that promotes hatred towards Israel and glorifies terrorists. The speaker alleges that UNRWA textbooks omit Israel from maps and fail to promote peaceful coexistence, and points out the correlation between UNRWA workers and Hamas membership, suggesting a deeper issue with the agency's role in the conflict.

15:10

💪 The Irony of Palestinian Victimhood and Israeli Resilience

The final paragraph reflects on the irony of Palestinians maintaining the title of 'refugee' despite their unique privileges and contrasts this with the resilience of Israel, which started with a more challenging situation. It argues that the Palestinians' focus on terror and destruction, rather than peace and development, is the cause of their ongoing struggles. The speaker calls for support to rebuild Israeli communities attacked by Palestinians and encourages viewers to share the video to raise awareness about the complexities of the Palestinian refugee issue.

Keywords

💡Refugees

Refugees are individuals who have been forced to flee their country due to persecution, war, or violence. In the context of the video, the term is used to highlight the disparity between the treatment of Palestinian refugees and other refugees worldwide. The script emphasizes that while all refugees are under the care of UNHCR, Palestinians are uniquely catered to by UNRWA, suggesting a preferential status.

💡UNHCR

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a UN agency responsible for protecting and supporting refugees worldwide. The video script uses UNHCR as a point of comparison to UNRWA, indicating that while UNHCR serves millions of refugees globally, UNRWA specifically focuses on Palestinian refugees, which the video suggests is an unusual arrangement.

💡UNRWA

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is the agency within the UN that specifically caters to Palestinian refugees. The script argues that UNRWA's existence and focus on Palestinians is unique and contributes to the perceived preferential treatment of this group of refugees.

💡Palestinian Refugees

Palestinian refugees are individuals who left their homes during the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict and their descendants. The video emphasizes that Palestinian refugees are treated differently from other refugees, with unique definitions and privileges that are not extended to other refugee populations.

💡Refugee Status

Refugee status is a legal term that defines a person's eligibility for international protection. The script discusses how Palestinian refugees can maintain this status under different conditions compared to other refugees, such as being able to hold citizenship in another country while still being considered refugees.

💡Persecution

Persecution refers to the treatment of an individual or group in a way that subjects them to severe suffering or harm, often due to their race, religion, or political beliefs. The video uses the term to describe the reasons why individuals may be forced to flee their home country and become refugees.

💡Citizenship

Citizenship is the status of a person recognized under the law of a sovereign state, granting certain rights and obligations. The video script points out that ordinary refugees lose their refugee status upon gaining citizenship, whereas Palestinian refugees can hold citizenship and still be recognized as refugees.

💡Aid

Aid refers to resources or assistance provided, especially by a government or organization, to support those in need. The script claims that Palestinian refugees receive more aid, both in monetary value and manpower, compared to refugees supported by UNHCR.

💡Hamas

Hamas is a Palestinian Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist and militant organization. The video alleges a connection between Hamas and UNRWA, suggesting that some UNRWA workers are Hamas members and that the organization's infrastructure is used by the group.

💡Education

Education in the context of the video refers to the teaching and learning process within schools, particularly those funded by UNRWA. The script criticizes the education Palestinian children receive, claiming it fosters hatred towards Israel and fails to promote peace.

💡Moral Superiority

Moral superiority is the belief that one holds a higher moral ground than others. The video argues against the notion that the Palestinians, due to their perceived weaker position, have moral superiority, asserting that strength and morality are not mutually exclusive.

💡Innovation

Innovation refers to the process of translating an idea or invention into a good or service that creates value. The video praises Israel for its innovation and technological advancements, contrasting it with the situation of the Palestinians, who, despite receiving substantial aid, are said to be failing.

Highlights

There are two kinds of refugees in the world according to the United Nations, with different agencies for general refugees and specifically for Palestinians.

UNRWA is an agency within the U.N. that exclusively takes care of Palestinian refugees, unlike the general refugee agency UNHCR.

Palestinians are considered the most privileged refugees in the world, receiving more aid and resources than other refugee groups.

Palestinians enjoy a separate and more favorable definition of 'refugee' compared to the general definition used by UNHCR.

Palestinians can hold citizenship in another country and still be recognized as refugees, unlike other refugees who lose refugee status upon gaining citizenship.

Palestinian refugee status is inheritable, allowing it to be passed down to children and grandchildren.

The number of Palestinian refugees has increased over time, contrary to the trend with other refugee populations.

Palestinian refugees can commit crimes against humanity or war crimes and still retain their refugee status, a privilege not extended to other refugees.

The definition of Palestinian refugees is based on a specific time frame from June 1, 1946, to May 15, 1948, which includes newcomers to Palestine.

Palestinian refugees receive almost double the aid compared to general refugees, with an estimated $200 worth of aid per year.

UNRWA employs more people than UNHCR, despite having a smaller refugee population to manage.

UNRWA's education system is accused of promoting hatred towards Israel, rather than peace.

UNRWA has been linked to Hamas, with some of its workers being members of the organization.

The speaker challenges the audience to find UNRWA textbooks that promote peace with Israel, suggesting a lack of such educational content.

Despite being weaker in terms of military power, Palestinians are not morally superior and have shown a desire to eliminate Israel.

The speaker argues that the Palestinians' focus on terror and destruction of Israel has led to their failure despite receiving substantial support.

The speaker calls for support to spread awareness about the privileges of Palestinian refugees and challenges mainstream media narratives.

Transcripts

Here is something crazy that you probably  didn’t know. According to the United Nations,  

there are two kinds of refugees in the world:  All the refugees in the world – a huge group  

consisting of millions of people who have had  to leave their homes because of a disaster.  

An agency called UNHCR takes care of them. However there is another separate agency within  

the U.N. called UNRWA, which takes care only of  Palestinians. So one agency for everybody and  

another one just for the Palestinians. In other  words: The most privileged refugees in the world. 

Sounds crazy? That’s only the beginning. The  Palestinians get more money, aid and manpower than  

any other refugees. They even enjoy a separate,  more favorable definition of the word “refugee.”  

A refugee, according to the UNHCR, is someone who  has been forced to flee his or her country because  

of persecution, war or violence. A refugee has a  well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of  

race, religion, nationality, political opinion  or membership in a particular social group.

Sounds like a good, genuine definition.

Now here is the definition of the  word “refugee” when it comes to the  

Palestinians: Note the time frame  – I will be coming back to that.

At this point, if what I just said is new to  you, you might think I am lying or exaggerating.  

I don’t want you to just take my word for  it. Check it out. Everything I’m saying is  

pretty basic stuff. I don't have access to hidden  documents. Google U.N. refugee agencies and see  

for yourself. I find it interesting that you hear  so much about this conflict, yet so few people are  

aware of the basic facts, like the one I just  told you about. About the two refugee agencies.

There are many privileges that apply exclusively  

to Palestinian refugees. I’ll  outline just four of them here:

An ordinary refugee stops being a refugee if he  gets citizenship. So if someone had to flee, let’s  

say, Iran, because of persecution, and he got  to the US, then if he gets American citizenship,  

he is no longer counted as a refugee by  the World Refugee Agency. Makes sense.  

But the Palestinians can be both – they can hold  citizenship and still be counted as refugees.  

So the two million Arabs who migrated to Jordan  from Mandatory Palestine and now live in Jordan  

as Jordanians enjoy the privilege of getting aid  from UNRWA, even though they have been Jordanians  

for more than 70 years! The Palestinian refugees  remain refugees for life. They can live in Syria  

or Jordan, get married, have nice houses  and run businesses, and they will still be  

considered refugees by the U.N. and by the media,  of course. What kind of discrimination is that? 

A regular refugee can’t pass his refugee  status on to his children. You are a  

refugee for a few years, you settle down,  you have a family and your children are not  

considered refugees. Makes sense. But since  the Palestinians enjoy special privileges,  

they can pass their refugee status on to their  children and grandchildren and so on. Think  

about it: if the same rules that apply to all the  ordinary refugees applied to the Palestinians,  

there would be almost no Palestinian refugees  anymore. In 1948 they numbered 700,000 and today,  

more than 75 years later, there would have been  only a few thousand Palestinian refugees left. But  

take a look at the numbers of Palestinian  refugees: the numbers are not declining,  

they are actually growing. Today there are almost  10 times more Palestinian refugees than there were  

75 years ago. This is insane, and yet no one  talks about it. Let’s go on to number three. 

Regular refugees lose their refugee status if they  commit crimes against humanity or war crimes. But  

the privileged Palestinian refugees can both be  terrorists and retain their refugee status. How  

convenient! So when you hear on the BBC that  Israel has killed a U.N. worker, and you’re  

saying to yourself: “These Israelis are terrible,”  please remember that there’s a good chance that  

the killed U.N. worker who was getting paid by the  U.N. was actually also a Hamas terrorist. It turns  

out that 10% of UNRWA workers are in fact Hamas  members. But I will be getting to that shortly. 

The last Palestinian privilege I will mention here  is an interesting one that the pro-Palestinians  

are not going to like and will have trouble  explaining. When it comes to the definition  

of Palestinian refugees, a rather strange  and very remarkable time window is applied:  

"Persons whose regular place of residence was  Palestine during the period 1st of June 1946  

to 15th of May 1948”. 1948 makes sense – that is  the year that the Arabs started the war against  

Israel. But why 1946? If the Palestinians have  been in Palestine for generations, as they claim,  

why didn’t they have to prove that they had  been in Palestine for at least one generation,  

let’s say back to 1920, to gain the right to call  themselves refugees? Why is it only back to 1946,  

which makes a time span of only two years? The  reason for this is that from the beginning,  

from the time that UNRWA was established  in 1949, it was already well established  

that tens of thousands of Arabs in Palestine were  newcomers, Arabs who had come from Egypt and Syria  

to work for the British in the 1940s. The reason  for specifying the year 1946 in the definition,  

and not requiring a longer stay in the country,  was to pump up the numbers of Palestinians. This  

way, those Arabs who migrated to the Land  of Israel in 1945 to work for the British  

are also considered Palestinian refugees for  life, as are their children and grandchildren.

So we can see that the Palestinians enjoy many  privileges, and now, let’s talk about money. A  

regular refugee, someone who really needs help,  receives about $120 worth of aid a year from the  

UNHCR, the agency for all the ordinary refugees.  And how much do the Palestinian refugees get?  

Almost double – $200 worth of aid. This, by the  way, is the low estimation; some say that it is  

even higher. Again, this is crazy. You became a  refugee because of a war that broke out a year  

ago – here is $120. You are a Palestinian who  lost a war that you yourself started 75 years  

ago – have $200. And it doesn’t end there. How  many people work for the UNHCR? The organization  

that takes care of tens of millions of refugees?  18,000. And how many work for UNRWA, the  

organization that takes care of the Palestinians  alone? 30,000. Again, this is high-level madness  

that no one talks about. The U.N. pours way more  money and personnel into the 700,000 Palestinian  

refugees of 1948 and their descendants than it  does into the tens of millions of real refugees.

You might be saying to yourself, well, maybe the  1948 Israel-Arab war was something special, which  

makes it different from all the other conflicts.  And my response to that is… No, not true. 

After World War Two, so in 1946,  7 or 8 new countries were created,  

and millions of people were displaced. 14  million Germans had to move inside the new  

borders of Germany. About the same number,  about 14 million Pakistanis and Indians,  

had to migrate when their two countries  were established. 800,000 Jews from Muslim  

countries had to migrate after being subjected to  pogroms and violence. In Eastern Europe – Poland,  

Ukraine, the Balkans – millions had to move  because of the wars and new borders. The  

story of the Arabs in Palestine (back then  they were not called Palestinians) is no  

different from that of tens of millions who  were classified as refugees in those years.

Think about it. Who doesn’t have a family  member, a parent, or a grandparent who had  

to migrate because of war or flee because  of political instability? The thing is that  

they got over it and built themselves new lives.  Today, what do you call a Pole who was a refugee  

in 1945? A Pole. What do you call an Indian  who was a refugee in 1948? An Indian. Only the  

Palestinians get to keep this title of victimhood,  “refugee,” even though they don’t deserve it.

Now you may be saying, what do I care? I  mean, beyond the basic injustice of the  

Palestinians getting way more than those  in real need of help. What does it matter  

to me if the Palestinians get a lot of  aid? Well, the biggest problem is that  

UNRWA is doing all it can to perpetuate  the situation, and even worse than that,  

it is fuelling the Palestinian desire  to eliminate Israel. A U.N. agency  

that is not about promoting peace between the  Palestinians and Israel but is dedicated to the  

Palestinian dream of wiping out Israel. Can I  back up these serious accusations? Yes, I can.  

About 60% of UNRWA’s money goes into education.  But what do Palestinian children learn in school?  

Hatred of Israel. I will be attaching a report  below with lots of different examples, but here  

are some for now. There is no Israel on the map  and no Israeli cities; they glorify terrorists.

Now you might accuse me of cherry-picking. So I  am challenging you to find a UNRWA textbook that  

talks about peace with Israel, about anything  positive to do with the Jews, about the fact  

that Jerusalem is the holiest place for the Jews.  And let me tell you that I am not talking about  

Hamas textbooks, I am talking about textbooks  for children that are paid for by the United  

Nations. It is no wonder that 10% of UNRWA  workers are Hamas members and that Hamas uses  

UNRWA infrastructure as its headquarters. It  is a fact that some UNRWA workers were Hamas  

members who took part in the 7th of October  massacre. And UNRWA doesn’t even deny it.

Before I finish this video, I want to make another  point that gets far too little attention. So you  

are always hearing about the weak Palestinian  refugees and the strong Israeli army, with  

its airforce and tanks and high-tech weaponry.  And it is true that Israel is indeed stronger,  

but the fact that the Palestinians are weaker  doesn’t give them moral superiority. You can  

be both strong and moral or weak and  immoral. And if the Israelis were weak,  

we wouldn’t even be here. The Palestinians  would have killed us all. Their words, not mine.

But the interesting thing is that if you go back  to the beginning, both the Jews and the Arabs of  

Palestine started off as… refugees. The Arabs were  refugees because of a war they started and lost.  

The Jews were refugees from Arab countries and  Eastern European countries where they were being  

persecuted. The Jews had an even lower starting  point. The Arabs had support from neighboring  

states while the Jews had to fight and suffered  boycotts and were subjected to terrorist attacks  

by the Arab countries. And yet, even though  the Jewish refugees of the late 1940s had a  

much harder start, the Jews did the impossible  and succeeded. Israel is a democracy that has  

human rights for all. Just come and visit and  ask the Israeli Arabs if they would rather live  

in a Jewish state or in Syria or Jordan… Israel  is a country of innovation and technology with  

more than its fair share of Nobel prize winners.  As for the Palestinians… How is it that they are  

failing even though they get more support than  any other people in the world? Because they put  

all their money and energy into terror and trying  to destroy Israel. I made a video about the need  

to listen to the Palestinians. They say that the  Israelis love life, whereas they love death and  

martyrdom. We saw what happened on October 7th. We  saw what the Palestinian refugees will do to us if  

we are caught off guard for even a single day.  One of my next videos will be about rebuilding  

the communities that the Palestinians brutally  attacked on October 7th. I will leave a link  

below in case you want to donate to the Israeli  communities attacked by the Palestinian refugees.

If you enjoyed this video, please give it  a like, and write a comment. If you are  

shocked by this video and have nothing to say,  just write Wisconsin. And the most important  

thing – share it. More people need to know about  how privileged the Palestinians are. They are  

very good at playing the weak victim card, and  the world plays along. When I get tired and I  

want to motivate myself to work, I open the BBC.  Heading after heading after heading – they show  

the poor Palestinians. They don’t talk about  the fact that the Palestinians are the most  

privileged refugees in the world; they don’t talk  about all the aid money that goes to fund Hamas  

tunnels and rockets. They don’t talk about the  fact that 70% of Palestinians support Hamas. They  

don’t talk about how many Palestinians have been  killed by other Palestinians because of political  

differences. They don’t talk about the fact that  the Palestinians are responsible for their own  

lives and that their hatred of Israel is the main  reason for the situation they find themselves  

in… I need your help to spread the word. I want to say thanks to all my supporters,  

see you next week, Yalla bye