Bertrand Russell’s Last Message Bertrand Russell This statement on the Middle East was dated 31st January, 1970, and was read on 3rd February, the day after Bertrand Russell’s death, to an International Conference of Parliamentarians meeting in Cairo. The latest phase of the undeclared war in the Middle East is based upon a profound miscalculation. The bombing raids deep into Egyptian territory will not persuade the civilian population to surrender, but will stiffen their resolve to resist. This is the lesson of all aerial bombardment. The Vietnamese who have endured years of American heavy bombing have responded not by capitulation but by shooting down more enemy aircraft. In 1940 my own fellow countrymen resisted Hitler’s bombing raids with unprecedented unity and determination. For this reason, the present Israeli attacks will fail in their essential purpose, but at the same time they must be condemned vigorously throughout the world. The development of the crisis in the Middle East is both dangerous and instructive. For over 20 years Israel has expanded by force of arms. After every stage in this expansion Israel has appealed to “reason” and has suggested “negotiations”. This is the traditional role of the imperial power, because it wishes to consolidate with the least difficulty what it has already taken by violence. Every new conquest becomes the new basis of the proposed negotiation from strength, which ignores the injustice of the previous aggression. The aggression committed by Israel must be condemned, not only because no state has the right to annexe foreign territory, but because every expansion is an experiment to discover how much more aggression the world will tolerate. The refugees who surround Palestine in their hundreds of thousands were described recently by the Washington journalist I.F. Stone as “the moral millstone around the neck of world Jewry.” Many of the refugees are now well into the third decade of their precarious existence in temporary settlements. The tragedy of the people of Palestine is that their country was “given” by a foreign Power to another people for the creation of a new State. The result was that many hundreds of thousands of innocent people were made permanently homeless. With every new conflict their number have increased. How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty? It is abundantly clear that the refugees have every right to the homeland from which they were driven, and the denial of this right is at the heart of the continuing conflict. No people anywhere in the world would accept being expelled en masse from their own country; how can anyone require the people of Palestine to accept a punishment which nobody else would tolerate? A permanent just settlement of the refugees in their homeland is an essential ingredient of any genuine settlement in the Middle East. We are frequently told that we must sympathize with Israel because of the suffering of the Jews in Europe at the hands of the Nazis. I see in this suggestion no reason to perpetuate any suffering. What Israel is doing today cannot be condoned, and to invoke the horrors of the past to justify those of the present is gross hypocrisy. Not only does Israel condemn a vast number. of refugees to misery; not only are many Arabs under occupation condemned to military rule; but also Israel condemns the Arab nations only recently emerging from colonial status, to continued impoverishment as military demands take precedence over national development. All who want to see an end to bloodshed in the Middle East must ensure that any settlement does not contain the seeds of future conflict. Justice requires that the first step towards a settlement must be an Israeli withdrawal from all the territories occupied in June, 1967. A new world campaign is needed to help bring justice to the long-suffering people of the Middle East.
@@BloggingTheology Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. The pleasure is entirely mine, indeed, and may Allah reward you abundantly for the invaluable work you do, both in this dunya and in the eternal hereafter
The problem is that by now the state of Israel is firmly established as a part of "The West". "The West" is a dissolving empire and in a struggle to survive as the dominant human power. Instead of embracing a new world order based on cooperation and compromise it is insistently fighting to maintain its colonialist power. This is why "The West" is so stubborn in its support of the mini-colonialism of Israel. Netanyahu is a particularly evil and clever man and is taking full advantage of this situation to feed his own ego and build his perceived "legacy" as the greatest Israeli hero.
in Algeria when the French killed 45,000 civilians (Sétif Massacre) that was not considered as terrorism, but when the Algerians had realized that armed struggle was the only solution to end the occupation they were considered as terrorists.
I am a big fun of Bertrand Russel, but never knew his position on Palestine until I saw this video. Well done brother for your generous enlightenment 👍👌 Stand for justice forever!
I remember Russell's book, Why I Am Not A Christian that I read as a teen and reread it as an adult. It made to this day a lasting impression on me. It is a book everyone should read. What a brilliant thinker. I thank my older brother for having such books around the house such as Russell's great book, Why I Am Not A Christian. Because of it I never entertained becoming a Christian and I am greatly indebted to Bertrand Russell. Also for his pacifism which kept me out of the Vietnam War as I became a pacifist too. I owe a lot to Bertrand Russell.
Bertrand would have hated the Muslim religion more if he had been logical but he was imperfect. Unless his dislike of Jews just made the old coot like Muslims more. Anything to kill Jews for Bert. Bert disliked Jesus who said judge not lest ye be judged. But he said a lot of crap and wanted eternal hell for moral people of science, reason, or just skeptics. He liked Slavery! knew nothing of germ theory or science or DNA and made no good predictions unless you really want to stretch what he said and be illogical. Nothing special, Jesus was a wise man for his time and most of what was written about him was made up years later. The Quran states multiple times that non-Muslims will go to Hell. So it's easy to see where Bert would have hated Muslims. llâh has promised the hypocrites; men and women, and the disbelievers, the Fire of Hell, therein shall they abide. It will suffice them. Allâh has cursed them and for them is the lasting torment. Sounds so much like Jesus. And Islam is more than fine with killing Infidels - non-believers, Jews, Christians, and most anyone who doesn't agree with them or writes bad of them or publishes cartoons. Of course, Hamas and Hezbollah rev things in a state of craziness to make the slaughter of innocents a hobby. They can't be reasoned with; Most Christians at least are living in this century. There are no laws against sexual harassment, spousal rape, domestic violence, Homophobia, honor killings, or child marriage in backward Muslim countries .. Israel is an advanced democracy though they don't always behave so well when in fear of attack from crazy Muslims. Muslim Women would be lucky to be colonized by any other people. I do wish both Israel and Palestinians peace but when Hamas kills off 1500 Israelis and others in one attack, Israel must respond and hopefully avoid killing many Palestinians. Where Hamas hides behind churches and hospitals and Palestinians.
Dear Brother Paul, You are brilliant to bring up this particular massacre, we call it the massacre of "Bahr El-Baqar". One of our brilliant poets wrote about it, the late Salah Jaheen, it goes something like this: “In April 1970, Israeli warplanes bombed a children’s school in the village of Bahr al-Baqar in Sharkia Governorate, resulting in the death of 30 girls on the spot and the wounding of 50 of their classmates and teachers at the school... innocent blood, a link in a long and continuing chain of Zionist crimes, and a right that remains until the Day of Judgment.” Words of the great poet Salah Jaheen The lesson is over Gather the notebooks With the blood that was on their papers, it was shed.. in the United Nations Palace.. Children's drawing competition. What do you think about red spots? O conscience of the world, my dear.. This is for an Egyptian girl and a brunette.. She was one of my most brilliant students. Her blood paints a flower.. Raiser of the banner of a revolution.. Drawing the face of a conspiracy .. Drawing people of tyranny .. Drawing Fire .. Drawing Shame .. On Zionism and colonialism.. Drawing Fire .. Drawing Shame .. On Zionism and colonialism.. And the world that is patient with them.. And silent about the actions of the devils.. The lesson is over.. Lay down the notebooks.. With the blood that was on their papers, it was shed.. in the United Nations Palace.. Children's drawing competition. What did the men of free thought think? In this idea engraved in blood.. From a poor child born in bitterness.. But was a sweet mouthful of laughter. The lesson is over.. Lay down the notebooks.. With the blood that was on their papers, it was shed.. in the United Nations Palace.. Children's drawing competition. What do you think, people, Arabs? What do you think, free people? The blood of children comes to you.. It says take revenge on the evil ones. It drips on the papers, spelling out the names. The parents demand revenge for the children.
They subscribe to positions that allow them kill non-combatants, women and children. Their leaders explicitly state these for the local media, while a sanitised version is presented in English for the international media.
I'm Egyptian and there were and always will be bad blood with Zionists, both my uncles fought in the war to get back Sinai, I'm ashamed of our government now and they don't represent us.
Justice and the truth is what we are lacking in these difficult times, instead we are getting hypocrisy. Thank you sir for your contribution to humanity 🙏 love from a fellow British
Tussel an Irish knew well he ought to be careful in using his pen against the British Ruler as the seed of wrong where ever they Ruled for the reason that they always s ruled as baniyaapur and not honest Rulers.
I wonder, what is considered to be justice in Britain? For example, forgetting about 900,000 Jews driven out from their homes in Muslim countries in 1948. Forgetting about it apparently is justice for Russell and you, right?
@@zeigezunt6223 Who exactly drove Jews out of their homes and where, in 1948? ...and do you think that justifies Jews doing the same in Palestine, from that time to this day??
I'm not a academic or philosopher. But I appreciate the spoken word such as was just read in 1970. To me, those words are applicable here in 2023. History, I guess will keep on repeating itself.
@@les8518 No, the problem is that people are fed with twisted "history". This "worldly man" knew very well that 900,000 Jews were driven out from their homes in Muslim countries in 1948. But he decided not to talk about it. Who cares about Jews, right?
Thank you for posting this article. I read Russel's autobiography many, many years ago when I was very young, maybe as an old man it's time to read them again. He was literally considered a saint in my family.
Wow! That was a mind-blowing letter. As the narrator said Lord Bertrand Russell would be appauled that in the fifty years after his death, nothing has changed. The fact that he wrote this letter in 1970 and that it is still relevant now is an indictment on the human race.
I was introduced to Bertrand Russell by chance. I was a medical student who went out to Anarkali Lahore Pakistan for shopping with friends and discovered a line of street vendors selling and renting books out. I used to borrow books and exchange with another set of books frequently. I came across Bertrand Russell by reading the synopsis at the back of the book. W somerset Maugham was another one I read. I still have Russell’s books at home as I could not bear part from them. They are all highlighted and underlined.
Lord Russell holds a special place in the annals of modern history. As this piece clearly shows, he was a man of justice, integrity, high moral rectitude, a lover of mankind in general , and above all advocated for peace and the alleviation of human suffering. Thank you, Sir, for bringing him to us 'alive' once again!
This "man of justice, integrity, high moral rectitude, a lover of mankind in general" conveniently forgot to mention that 900,000 Jews were driven out from their homes in Muslim countries in 1948. Wonderful example of bias masquerading as "justice, integrity" and the rest of BS.
Extraordinarily wise, clear and compassionate. Pointing out the hypocrisy of imperialist motivation, the legitimacy of resistance and the necessity for breaking the futile cycle of violence
@@jsd8981isreali are happy enough if Palestinians simply agree to peace. They have given up land many times in hope it will achieve peace. Peace will come as soon as Palestinians face reality Whether is is moral or not to create the state of Isreal - Isreal is here to stay The sooner as they accept this the sooner Isreal will not have to perceive them as a threat to their existence Which will enable them A.stop seeing them as a potential threat and B. Remove the precautions they have put in place (all those things that they say make them an apartheid state) Palestine will be able to develop and thrive and all the funding and support they get will be able to go towards building their country instead of fighting with Isreal
@@jsd8981I will give you the benefit up of the doubt perhaps you re unfamiliar with what’s going in - Isreal is not invading Gaza to take the land They are there to eradicate Hamas
@@jsd8981 Yeah that’s the plan from the beginning. They want to expand the land by taking some of the neighbors countries. Hamas was obviously provoked to act so they have an excuse.
He is my fathers favorite philosopher , I have two cats named as Bert and Russel.This really hits home for me.I pray that this conflict is resolved.Too many innocent lives are lost , to all my fellow humans please stop looking at peoples religious tags and do the right thing , at the end of the day a child is a child , an innocent person is an innocent person ,two wrongs do not make a right.
"...to all my fellow humans please stop looking at peoples religious tags and do the right thing..." Unfortunately, I think we have to acknowledge that this conflict is more about the willingess of one group (the Zionists) to decide they want all of the land another group is living in, and set about moving in and displacing them, taking their land, taking or destroying their homes, destroying their crops, doing what they can do "encourage" them to leave, or to force them to, or to just kill them. Prior to that displacement-and-takeover initiative (lookin' at you, David Ben-Gurion), Arabs and Jews had been living mostly peacefully there for eons, with the Jews being a somewhat smallish minority. But I guess one could say that the "God gave us this land (in ancient history)" component is religious in a non-trivial way, so sure... someone in ancient times heard a voice in his head that still has that (Zionist) subset of the Jewish population feeling authorized/entitled to take it all. I'm heartened, though, by the fact truly compassionate voices and groups do exist amongst the general Jewish population, even there in Israel/Palestine, and that they're decrying and protesting against the long-standing human rights violations and outright war-crimes committed by the IDF on behalf of the Zionist "leadership".
@@erincaitlin1655 "It's actually about settlers and a land grab." Mostly agree, but... the Zionists are at least somewhat using the excuse that God gave them that land thousands of years ago, right? On a related note, I recently saw a fascinating interview with a Rabbi, who was saying that in his view, they aren't even "authorized" (by their God) to have a homeland now (since they were exiled a couple thousand years ago), and are supposed to be integrating with people in other lands, awaiting *a* messiah? I have little-to-no idea how to assess that, frankly.
Absolutely phenomenal upload. We urgently need more minds like Bertrand. What a champion of the good and fair. Your presentation was meticulously put. Bless you sir, good show.
"This clear-eyed and articulate" Russell forgot something, or just preferred not to consider. 900,000 Jews were driven out from their homes in Muslim countries at the same time as 700,000 Palestinian Arabs were driven from their homes in 1948. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_exodus_from_the_Muslim_world
I was born in 1944 and Russell was an inspiration to my generation in the UK. It was only later in my life that I came to realize how much of my philosophy on life had its basis in his teachings. Why oh why are wise people like him never listened to by politicians. The idiocy and corruption of modern day western politicians is incomprehensible to me as I am sure it would be to him, if he were living in this era of stupidity.
@@jJustPlayingNZ Islam is the ultimate guide to humanism. It teaches that man must treat his neighbour as if he's family. A smile is charity. That the soul of a single individual is more valuable than the entire world to it's creator. That Allah who sent messengers to make sure that we will never be alone and we would always know the way back to him. It's clear that if the world followed Islam there would be no problems, it instills Brotherhood in the hearts of Man. It makes us drop hatred and racism and jealousy. Advises us to be kind to even those that are not Muslim even the ones that have wronged us and made war against us. Islam isn't a flag or country, but it's found in the hearts of Man. Look into it, perhaps this is something you have overlooked. We are waiting for you to join us😁🤝
@@MrXlee1967 😀Jesus Christ taught the same things but most "Christians" do not seem to practice what he taught. I respect your beliefs. I believe the same things and have tried to practice them in my long life. The difference between us is that I do not believe that there is an almighty "God". I believe that when I die I disappear completely, no afterlife. I am merely an animal. For me, the meaning of life is "living". If there is any "religion" that is close to my own philosophy it is probably Buddhism or maybe Taoism. I believe that the structures that humans have built around these great teachers, i.e. religions, have become our greatest problem.
Humans are always imperfect in their personalities but their Creator made them perfect in form and all of creation bows down in submission to its Creator, except those with the freedom of choice, aka "with a mind to form conclusions, to create bridges or walls, to be observant and to analyze" and that's why our Creator-Sustainer of all the worlds sent us Messengers and Prophets and Scriptures and a heart (conscience = con-science) and a mind to choose what is right, just, compassionate, kind, loving, and justified along the golden rules of The Straight and Narrow.
Sadly, I know very little about Bertrand Russell. What I do know Ive gotten from videos like this one. So I am deeply greatful for your contribution of meaningfull content and sharing another great piece by a incredible person whom I learned to count as one of the people I admire the most. Thank you.
@@divemylollol6152 There is a Heaven but not as described by organised religion! I am an Athiest who had an NDE, I went to Heaven, it is a real place, the truth is, our Spirits are immortal.
@@divemylollol6152 What ? I am talking about Paul Williams... Who do think I am talking about when I said "Mr PAUL" ? to Bertrand Russel... Are you dumb ?
I first read a book written by Bertrand Russell back in 1976. I've read several other of his books after that. The way he explains things is second to none. His works have had a profound influence on my way of seeing things -for better. Thank you for your video. Best regards from Peru
Today I remember reading one of Russell’s book called the conquest of happiness. What a masterpiece! Thanks to brother Paul to bring Russell’s letter on Palestinian issue today. Indeed a great letter from a great man.
Bertrand was antisemitic all his life but if he lived among Muslims and their crazy take on infidels and sex, he would have hated them more. Don't be so happy that a guy who hated most religions disliked Jews more than Muslims. He just didn't know Muslims or see many around to realize how they are screwed up over their religions. Russell could have written a book on "Why I am not A Muslim" just as easy on "Why I am not a Christian". Of course, being an atheist Russell would have been killed or tortured. Some Jews in Israel are obnoxious to say they are the chosen people but most Muslims are more fanatic and don't mind their terrorist friends like Hamas.. though only 27% of Palestinians like Hamas in 2023. What have the Muslims contributed to the world .. The Jews are bigger contributors to inventions and discoveries that save millions of lives. Religious people believe in a fairy tale and they or so often sanctimonious and caustic to non-believers. The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully. But most religious people have no idea why this is true. But god is worse under Jesus's time when moral people with little free will (most of who we are is from deterministic causes as science knows) will find themselves in eternal hell. And prayer for others never works in scientific studies by Christian Hospitals or Muslim hospitals. No scientific studies show that prayer for others work because there is no god or Allah or Jesus. No proof. Of course, nothing phases true believers to understand enlightened science. Russell was a scientist and logica in most ways. Israel may have been wrong to take territory in 1947, but who could share territory now with Muslims who only want to kill off all Jews. Israel should pay Palestinians and move them to places not so close to Israel. There are no laws against sexual harassment, spousal rape, domestic violence, Homophobia, honor killings, or child marriage in backward Muslim countries .. Israel is an advanced democracy though they don't always behave so well when in fear of attack from crazy Muslims. Muslim Women would be lucky to be colonized by any other people. I do wish both Israel and Palestinians peace but when Hamas kills off 1500 Israelis and others in one attack, Israel must respond and hopefully can avoid killing many Palestinians. Where Hamas hides behind churches and hospitals and Palestinians.
Humanity vs Oppression. Justice vs Injustice. Good vs Evil. Supporters of Israel, let me ask you. If you were an Egyptian living in the time of Moses, & you saw the Children of Israel being persecuted & oppressed, who would you stand with, oppressed or the oppressor? If you were a German civilian during the Holocaust, who would you stand with, oppressed or the oppressor? If you have any humanity in you, you would stand with the oppressed no matter what your cause is. O believers! Stand firm for justice as witnesses for Allah even if it is against yourselves, your parents, or close relatives. (in Quran 4:35) And what is it with you? You do not fight in the cause of Allah and for oppressed men, women, and children who cry out, “Our Lord! Deliver us from this land of oppressors! Appoint for us a saviour; appoint for us a helper-all by Your grace.” (Quran 4:75) who enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil (in Quran 9:112) You are the best community ever raised for humanity-you encourage good, forbid evil, and believe in Allah. (in Quran 3:110) Islam stands with justice & is against oppression. The secular West & the evil USA in particular is supporting the oppressor for it's own agenda. Ethnic cleansing for it's colonial outpost.
What i can not accept is taking all mundane things, political topics, from a religious point of view. Every human being is entitled to have whatever he thoughts regarding religion, but inside its proper limits. If not it will surely end as a "religious" war. It is senseless .... For me Israel do not have any right to exist as a state by stealing the palestinian territory for that propose. The UN did not have any right to do it, they are culprits of this never ending war.
@@Avaldemon Agree 100%. Murdering the innocent, women, and children is the work of the devil, and Israel is very good at pleasing him. Manipulation, lies, and misinformation is Israel's forte. They've been doing it for decades and decades. The burning and decapitation of children was widely refuted. You can look it up yourself. What is unfortunately ironic is that Israel is the one murdering children and civilians (both Palestinians and Israelis). You can look this up yourself too. Israel could not handle any hostage negotiations (Netanyahu cannot afford to look bad and he does not have experienced personnel to guide and command) so they killed both the hostages and the assailants. This was reported by Israeli media at the time. The houses where hostages were held were completely destroyed. The rockets Hamas had been using could not do that the amount of damage. The only thing that could was a tank, and Hamas does not have tanks. Again, you will find evidence of it if you look hard enough. You have to challenge what you read and hear my friend.
Bertrand Russell was a very clever and educated man.But when I was a younger man in the 1950 s the general public looked upon him as a bit of a crank with his views of Britain and the world in general.
His relationship with the Fabian Society and the left? Throughout the interwar years Poale Zion which represented the labour wing of the Zionist movement assiduously lobbied the British labour movement. Labour Zionists and several of the British Labour Party's colonial experts shared the view that settler colonialism could be a beneficial to the indigenous people. Several British labour movement figures, including Ramsay MacDonald and Herbert Morrison, visited Palestine as guests of the Histadrut, the Zionist trade union federation in Palestine. On their return, they spoke favourably of Zionist labour institutions, depicting them as bringing social progress and modernity to the Middle East. At the end of the Second World War, the Labour Party leadership saw the setting up of a Jewish state both as a recompense to the Jewish people for the Holocaust and as a way to resolve the problem of finding refuge for the displaced Jews of Europe.
I agree. I read his comments on justice and whether it exists or not in the universe. It is a man made concept, no doubt by humans who need it to matter in their lives. In the context of this vid you can live with the consequences of injustice and get on with your life *or* grind your teeth forever, passing on your hatred to your innocent children who don't even know why you are fighting.
Thank you so much from Salzburg, Austria, for the work you are doing. It gives me much needed hope in humanity, It is so important to know these voices demanding justice for Palestine.
Just amazing.... this is such a great content that can be used in almost any platform. In one of my previous comments, under a happy photo of yours that you shared with Zeeshan, I had commented "Brother Paul, I am not saying you, or we should always be in grief but you seem extra happy for some time now despite of the current events." just now I've deleted it. Please keep doing what you do.
Thank you very much for giving the world The great British philosophers statement on Zionism and other highly relevant points that are so ominously relevant today!!
Russel was a complete idiot. The Israel-Egypt wars finished with the peace treaty of 1979. That is 9 years after the imbecile passed away. His silly prediction that Egypt will destroy Israel were disproved in the last 50 odd years.
Well worth reading Russell's History of Western Philosophy. Superb prose that really brings to life the story of philosophy often in a broader historical context.
Bertrand Russel - my long and profound love for his intellectual achievement, moral virtues, integrity and wisdom. His letter of 1970, here cited, so fresh so well addressed, only proves the value of Bertrand Russel for humanity and ability to foresee what shall come, when one makes an assessment based on open mind, ethics and critical thinking based on fair and deep knowledge.
Assalamualaykum Paul, Netanyahu made biblical references in his recent speech to his people.. specifically with regards to the “children of light and children of darkness” and fulfilling the prophecy of Isaiah.” Could you make a video on an analysis of this in context of these current events? Perhaps with Prof. Ali Ataie?
Fabulous extract thank you so much .... for myself Russel stands alone , don't know any figure in history who made such an impact across such a wide spectrum of subjects
Bertrand Russel's writing has put to shame on some Islamic leaders who just could not find the illegal status of Israel to base their actions/minds on rejecting Israel.
I just learned that Russel was Noble lauriate. I wonder if had ever expressed his criticisms of Israel's atrocities prior to his being nominated to that prize!
yes, thank you for reading this out - i will copy it out and put it in my book of notable quotations - alongside Mr. Balfour's extraordinary letter - thank you Irene
To think that this statement still rings true today! Thankyou Paul for showing with evidence that this is a long and inexcusable suffering of occupied Palestinians . ❤ Freedom for Palestine 🇵🇸
An English-as-a-third-language speaker here: I was taught the word "nuclear" was pronounced NEW-CLEAR, not NEW-KILLER. P.S. Russell - a hero of mine.❤ Thanks for the video.
When I saw the title of this video, I was a bit apprehensive thinking “Oh, from one colonizer to another.” But I was pleasantly surprised by the content of this video.
i thought is your guest for a sec, and you have invited him, i listen to your topics time to time i enjoy when i see your passion on reading i read a book maybe 1 in 5 years but i think i need read more, inspiring.
Thank you brother Paul for this beam of light at such a dark time. I'm currently reading Walid Khalidi's book on Palestine, also referenced by Ilan Pape.
Great stuff Pauly. Thanks for bringing this to our / my attention. I had no idea this letter existed. It does provide a context and a longer historical arc, which unfortunately makes our current situation even worse, and I didn't think that was actually possible. What a piece of work we humans are. What God was thinking I'll never know........
As Muslims, we cannot use the behavior and attitudes of people, institutions or states other than ourselves as an excuse for our own defense. There are principles that determine our actions and behavior, and we can only put forward our struggle in line with these principles. It is very sad that the article written in 1970 describes the Palestinian struggle as if it was written yesterday. This means that there has been a Palestinian struggle for more than 50 years and the current situation is worse than the beginning. This situation must have something to tell us as Muslims. I wonder when we will say enough is enough. If we keep not following Allah’s principles then how come we wait his help.
I was thinking the same about the labour party in the UK, but this month made me realise how insane it would be to give my vote to a spineless coward. Oh how some politicians fukd themselves over in perfect timing 😂
Seems you were fooled and brainwashed by the corrupt propaganda media that works for your democratic war mongering party, had you looked for yourself at what Trump actually did for your country rather than be told by your puppet masters you would see he was the best thing for your country. As an Australian I am shocked by just how many Americans did not see how corrupt Biden was before the election, and on how delusional they were over Trump, You just need to get out of your echo chamber and muster the strength and fortitude to hear the other side, only then will you be able to make an informed decision, rather than an emotional one. It is all there on the net to find, and I wish you well on your endeavor to educate rather than to regurgitate.
I’m almost 100% sure he has already lost the next election due to him not standing up to the Zionists pulling his puppet strings. One of the swing states, Michigan, has a huge Arab population and they helped him win that state in the last election. This was the last straw for so many in the progressive side.
Thank you that is such an appropriate observation. His ability to hit the nail on the head and with relatively few words cover so much territory is indeed a good show of talent.
It's great Russell said all this, and thank you very much for bringing it to our attention. He really went through the whole hellish subject -- I only wish he'd gone the distance and called for Israel to be banished. Justice is the only true solution.
Bertrand Russell’s Last Message
Bertrand Russell
This statement on the Middle East was dated 31st January, 1970, and was read on 3rd February, the day after Bertrand Russell’s death, to an International Conference of Parliamentarians meeting in Cairo.
The latest phase of the undeclared war in the Middle East is based upon a profound miscalculation. The bombing raids deep into Egyptian territory will not persuade the civilian population to surrender, but will stiffen their resolve to resist. This is the lesson of all aerial bombardment.
The Vietnamese who have endured years of American heavy bombing have responded not by capitulation but by shooting down more enemy aircraft. In 1940 my own fellow countrymen resisted Hitler’s bombing raids with unprecedented unity and determination. For this reason, the present Israeli attacks will fail in their essential purpose, but at the same time they must be condemned vigorously throughout the world.
The development of the crisis in the Middle East is both dangerous and instructive. For over 20 years Israel has expanded by force of arms. After every stage in this expansion Israel has appealed to “reason” and has suggested “negotiations”. This is the traditional role of the imperial power, because it wishes to consolidate with the least difficulty what it has already taken by violence. Every new conquest becomes the new basis of the proposed negotiation from strength, which ignores the injustice of the previous aggression. The aggression committed by Israel must be condemned, not only because no state has the right to annexe foreign territory, but because every expansion is an experiment to discover how much more aggression the world will tolerate.
The refugees who surround Palestine in their hundreds of thousands were described recently by the Washington journalist I.F. Stone as “the moral millstone around the neck of world Jewry.” Many of the refugees are now well into the third decade of their precarious existence in temporary settlements. The tragedy of the people of Palestine is that their country was “given” by a foreign Power to another people for the creation of a new State. The result was that many hundreds of thousands of innocent people were made permanently homeless. With every new conflict their number have increased. How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty? It is abundantly clear that the refugees have every right to the homeland from which they were driven, and the denial of this right is at the heart of the continuing conflict. No people anywhere in the world would accept being expelled en masse from their own country; how can anyone require the people of Palestine to accept a punishment which nobody else would tolerate? A permanent just settlement of the refugees in their homeland is an essential ingredient of any genuine settlement in the Middle East.
We are frequently told that we must sympathize with Israel because of the suffering of the Jews in Europe at the hands of the Nazis. I see in this suggestion no reason to perpetuate any suffering. What Israel is doing today cannot be condoned, and to invoke the horrors of the past to justify those of the present is gross hypocrisy. Not only does Israel condemn a vast number. of refugees to misery; not only are many Arabs under occupation condemned to military rule; but also Israel condemns the Arab nations only recently emerging from colonial status, to continued impoverishment as military demands take precedence over national development.
All who want to see an end to bloodshed in the Middle East must ensure that any settlement does not contain the seeds of future conflict. Justice requires that the first step towards a settlement must be an Israeli withdrawal from all the territories occupied in June, 1967. A new world campaign is needed to help bring justice to the long-suffering people of the Middle East.
Thank you I appreciated this
@@shapalikhanam9418 You are more than welcome.
Many thanks for posting this!
@@BloggingTheology Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. The pleasure is entirely mine, indeed, and may Allah reward you abundantly for the invaluable work you do, both in this dunya and in the eternal hereafter
The problem is that by now the state of Israel is firmly established as a part of "The West". "The West" is a dissolving empire and in a struggle to survive as the dominant human power. Instead of embracing a new world order based on cooperation and compromise it is insistently fighting to maintain its colonialist power. This is why "The West" is so stubborn in its support of the mini-colonialism of Israel. Netanyahu is a particularly evil and clever man and is taking full advantage of this situation to feed his own ego and build his perceived "legacy" as the greatest Israeli hero.
in Algeria when the French killed 45,000 civilians (Sétif Massacre) that was not considered as terrorism, but when the Algerians had realized that armed struggle was the only solution to end the occupation they were considered as terrorists.
You are so right!
Sounds just like the main stream media of today.
Shockingly many still teach the Battle of Algiers 😱😇
yeah well known... as they always shout about human right nowdays
Picked up in Germany:
„des Einen Terroristen ist des Anderen Freiheitskämpfer - One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.”
The brilliant mind of Bertrand Russell! Thank you for mentioning it! Stop the genocide! Free Palestine! 🇵🇸
I am a big fun of Bertrand Russel, but never knew his position on Palestine until I saw this video. Well done brother for your generous enlightenment 👍👌
Stand for justice forever!
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I remember Russell's book, Why I Am Not A Christian that I read as a teen and reread it as an adult. It made to this day a lasting impression on me. It is a book everyone should read. What a brilliant thinker. I thank my older brother for having such books around the house such as Russell's great book, Why I Am Not A Christian. Because of it I never entertained becoming a Christian and I am greatly indebted to Bertrand Russell. Also for his pacifism which kept me out of the Vietnam War as I became a pacifist too. I owe a lot to Bertrand Russell.
Bertrand would have hated the Muslim religion more if he had been logical but he was imperfect. Unless his dislike of Jews just made the old coot like Muslims more. Anything to kill Jews for Bert. Bert disliked Jesus who said judge not lest ye be judged. But he said a lot of crap and wanted eternal hell for moral people of science, reason, or just skeptics. He liked Slavery! knew nothing of germ theory or science or DNA and made no good predictions unless you really want to stretch what he said and be illogical. Nothing special, Jesus was a wise man for his time and most of what was written about him was made up years later.
The Quran states multiple times that non-Muslims will go to Hell.
So it's easy to see where Bert would have hated Muslims. llâh has promised the hypocrites; men and women, and the disbelievers, the Fire of Hell, therein shall they abide. It will suffice them. Allâh has cursed them and for them is the lasting torment. Sounds so much like Jesus. And Islam is more than fine with killing Infidels - non-believers, Jews, Christians, and most anyone who doesn't agree with them or writes bad of them or publishes cartoons.
Of course, Hamas and Hezbollah rev things in a state of craziness to make the slaughter of innocents a hobby. They can't be reasoned with; Most Christians at least are living in this century.
There are no laws against sexual harassment, spousal rape, domestic violence, Homophobia, honor killings, or child marriage in backward Muslim countries .. Israel is an advanced democracy though they don't always behave so well when in fear of attack from crazy Muslims. Muslim Women would be lucky to be colonized by any other people.
I do wish both Israel and Palestinians peace but when Hamas kills off 1500 Israelis and others in one attack, Israel must respond and hopefully avoid killing many Palestinians. Where Hamas hides behind churches and hospitals and Palestinians.
Very good no pray human worship human dead because is crazy
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@@oppothumbs1Can you justify this statement?
How very sad for you.
One of the most brilliant philosophers and a devout humanist. Thank you Russell. And thanks to this channel.
Dear Brother Paul,
You are brilliant to bring up this particular massacre, we call it the massacre of "Bahr El-Baqar". One of our brilliant poets wrote about it, the late Salah Jaheen, it goes something like this:
“In April 1970, Israeli warplanes bombed a children’s school in the village of Bahr al-Baqar in Sharkia Governorate, resulting in the death of 30 girls on the spot and the wounding of 50 of their classmates and teachers at the school... innocent blood, a link in a long and continuing chain of Zionist crimes, and a right that remains until the Day of Judgment.”
Words of the great poet Salah Jaheen
The lesson is over
Gather the notebooks
With the blood that was on their papers, it was shed..
in the United Nations Palace..
Children's drawing competition.
What do you think about red spots?
O conscience of the world, my dear..
This is for an Egyptian girl and a brunette..
She was one of my most brilliant students.
Her blood paints a flower..
Raiser of the banner of a revolution..
Drawing the face of a conspiracy ..
Drawing people of tyranny ..
Drawing Fire .. Drawing Shame ..
On Zionism and colonialism..
Drawing Fire .. Drawing Shame ..
On Zionism and colonialism..
And the world that is patient with them..
And silent about the actions of the devils..
The lesson is over..
Lay down the notebooks..
With the blood that was on their papers, it was shed..
in the United Nations Palace..
Children's drawing competition.
What did the men of free thought think?
In this idea engraved in blood..
From a poor child born in bitterness..
But was a sweet mouthful of laughter.
The lesson is over..
Lay down the notebooks..
With the blood that was on their papers, it was shed..
in the United Nations Palace..
Children's drawing competition.
What do you think, people, Arabs?
What do you think, free people?
The blood of children comes to you..
It says take revenge on the evil ones.
It drips on the papers, spelling out the names.
The parents demand revenge for the children.
Is there further reading we can read about this massacre?
Brilliant
Thank you 🤲🏻🤲🏻
They subscribe to positions that allow them kill non-combatants, women and children. Their leaders explicitly state these for the local media, while a sanitised version is presented in English for the international media.
I'm Egyptian and there were and always will be bad blood with Zionists, both my uncles fought in the war to get back Sinai, I'm ashamed of our government now and they don't represent us.
Justice and the truth is what we are lacking in these difficult times, instead we are getting hypocrisy. Thank you sir for your contribution to humanity 🙏 love from a fellow British
Tussel an Irish knew well he ought to be careful in using his pen against the British Ruler as the seed of wrong where ever they Ruled for the reason that they always s ruled as baniyaapur and not honest Rulers.
What’s truth? When it comes to history, oppression, and rule, truth is what one side says it is!
I wonder, what is considered to be justice in Britain?
For example, forgetting about 900,000 Jews driven out from their homes in Muslim countries in 1948. Forgetting about it apparently is justice for Russell and you, right?
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Who exactly drove Jews out of their homes and where, in 1948? ...and do you think that justifies Jews doing the same in Palestine, from that time to this day??
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I'm not a academic or philosopher. But I appreciate the spoken word such as was just read in 1970. To me, those words are applicable here in 2023. History, I guess will keep on repeating itself.
A big problem is that people don't want to learn from history.
@@les8518
History as written by whom?
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@@les8518 No, the problem is that people are fed with twisted "history". This "worldly man" knew very well that 900,000 Jews were driven out from their homes in Muslim countries in 1948. But he decided not to talk about it. Who cares about Jews, right?
History is written by the winners history never repeats itself
Thank you for posting this article. I read Russel's autobiography many, many years ago when I was very young, maybe as an old man it's time to read them again. He was literally considered a saint in my family.
Wow! That was a mind-blowing letter. As the narrator said Lord Bertrand Russell would be appauled that in the fifty years after his death, nothing has changed. The fact that he wrote this letter in 1970 and that it is still relevant now is an indictment on the human race.
Thank you so much for standing with humanity. All my respect to you
I was introduced to Bertrand Russell by chance. I was a medical student who went out to Anarkali Lahore Pakistan for shopping with friends and discovered a line of street vendors selling and renting books out. I used to borrow books and exchange with another set of books frequently. I came across Bertrand Russell by reading the synopsis at the back of the book. W somerset Maugham was another one I read. I still have Russell’s books at home as I could not bear part from them. They are all highlighted and underlined.
Great story. Thank you for sharing.
Alhamdulilah for my brothers and sisters in Islam. Thank you for being a genuine examplary Muslim Mr. Paul
Lord Russell holds a special place in the annals of modern history. As this piece clearly shows, he was a man of justice, integrity, high moral rectitude, a lover of mankind in general , and above all advocated for peace and the alleviation of human suffering. Thank you, Sir, for bringing him to us 'alive' once again!
This "man of justice, integrity, high moral rectitude, a lover of mankind in general" conveniently forgot to mention that 900,000 Jews were driven out from their homes in Muslim countries in 1948. Wonderful example of bias masquerading as "justice, integrity" and the rest of BS.
Extraordinarily wise, clear and compassionate. Pointing out the hypocrisy of imperialist motivation, the legitimacy of resistance and the necessity for breaking the futile cycle of violence
Thanks for sharing this letter with the world. We need it. Palestine needs to be freed from oppression. 🇵🇸☮️
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But what about the Israelis they will need more land to expand,,, soon gaza won't be enough...
@@jsd8981isreali are happy enough if Palestinians simply agree to peace.
They have given up land many times in hope it will achieve peace.
Peace will come as soon as Palestinians face reality
Whether is is moral or not to create the state of Isreal -
Isreal is here to stay
The sooner as they accept this the sooner Isreal will not have to perceive them as a threat to their existence
Which will enable them A.stop seeing them as a potential threat and B. Remove the precautions they have put in place (all those things that they say make them an apartheid state)
Palestine will be able to develop and thrive and all the funding and support they get will be able to go towards building their country instead of fighting with Isreal
@@jsd8981I will give you the benefit up of the doubt perhaps you re unfamiliar with what’s going in - Isreal is not invading Gaza to take the land
They are there to eradicate Hamas
@@jsd8981 Yeah that’s the plan from the beginning. They want to expand the land by taking some of the neighbors countries. Hamas was obviously provoked to act so they have an excuse.
Salam Paul. Greetings from Penang.
This is brilliant! This is a very timely reminder of a Brit who's aiming for justice. Jazakallahkhair
wa alaikum assalam
@BloggingTheology love you sir
He is my fathers favorite philosopher , I have two cats named as Bert and Russel.This really hits home for me.I pray that this conflict is resolved.Too many innocent lives are lost , to all my fellow humans please stop looking at peoples religious tags and do the right thing , at the end of the day a child is a child , an innocent person is an innocent person ,two wrongs do not make a right.
Well said I agree with you
😂I believe the immense figure of the mathematician and philosopher will laugh (sbellicandosi), reading this fact about your cats…😂🤗🤗🤗👌
"...to all my fellow humans please stop looking at peoples religious tags and do the right thing..." Unfortunately, I think we have to acknowledge that this conflict is more about the willingess of one group (the Zionists) to decide they want all of the land another group is living in, and set about moving in and displacing them, taking their land, taking or destroying their homes, destroying their crops, doing what they can do "encourage" them to leave, or to force them to, or to just kill them. Prior to that displacement-and-takeover initiative (lookin' at you, David Ben-Gurion), Arabs and Jews had been living mostly peacefully there for eons, with the Jews being a somewhat smallish minority.
But I guess one could say that the "God gave us this land (in ancient history)" component is religious in a non-trivial way, so sure... someone in ancient times heard a voice in his head that still has that (Zionist) subset of the Jewish population feeling authorized/entitled to take it all. I'm heartened, though, by the fact truly compassionate voices and groups do exist amongst the general Jewish population, even there in Israel/Palestine, and that they're decrying and protesting against the long-standing human rights violations and outright war-crimes committed by the IDF on behalf of the Zionist "leadership".
It's got nothing to do with religion that is always used as a wedge issue. It's actually about settlers and a land grab.
@@erincaitlin1655 "It's actually about settlers and a land grab." Mostly agree, but... the Zionists are at least somewhat using the excuse that God gave them that land thousands of years ago, right?
On a related note, I recently saw a fascinating interview with a Rabbi, who was saying that in his view, they aren't even "authorized" (by their God) to have a homeland now (since they were exiled a couple thousand years ago), and are supposed to be integrating with people in other lands, awaiting *a* messiah? I have little-to-no idea how to assess that, frankly.
Absolutely phenomenal upload. We urgently need more minds like Bertrand. What a champion of the good and fair.
Your presentation was meticulously put. Bless you sir, good show.
Did you know the renowned ethicist stole his son’s gf and slept with her?
Thank you for this. As always, Russell was clear-eyed and articulate - unlike our progressively awful politicians in the UK/US
And EU.
"This clear-eyed and articulate" Russell forgot something, or just preferred not to consider.
900,000 Jews were driven out from their homes in Muslim countries at the same time as 700,000 Palestinian Arabs were driven from their homes in 1948.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_exodus_from_the_Muslim_world
Beautifully said
He was a socialist idiot. He starts from his personal bias and rationalizes from there.
Russell ignored the ravages that 'socialism' caused in the 20th Century.
I was born in 1944 and Russell was an inspiration to my generation in the UK. It was only later in my life that I came to realize how much of my philosophy on life had its basis in his teachings. Why oh why are wise people like him never listened to by politicians. The idiocy and corruption of modern day western politicians is incomprehensible to me as I am sure it would be to him, if he were living in this era of stupidity.
Are you a Muslim? I wonder why we never learn about people like him in school.
@@MrXlee1967 Sorry but I'm an atheist or rather what I would call a follower of Humanism.
@@jJustPlayingNZ Islam is the ultimate guide to humanism. It teaches that man must treat his neighbour as if he's family. A smile is charity. That the soul of a single individual is more valuable than the entire world to it's creator. That Allah who sent messengers to make sure that we will never be alone and we would always know the way back to him. It's clear that if the world followed Islam there would be no problems, it instills Brotherhood in the hearts of Man. It makes us drop hatred and racism and jealousy. Advises us to be kind to even those that are not Muslim even the ones that have wronged us and made war against us. Islam isn't a flag or country, but it's found in the hearts of Man. Look into it, perhaps this is something you have overlooked. We are waiting for you to join us😁🤝
@@MrXlee1967 😀Jesus Christ taught the same things but most "Christians" do not seem to practice what he taught. I respect your beliefs. I believe the same things and have tried to practice them in my long life. The difference between us is that I do not believe that there is an almighty "God". I believe that when I die I disappear completely, no afterlife. I am merely an animal. For me, the meaning of life is "living". If there is any "religion" that is close to my own philosophy it is probably Buddhism or maybe Taoism. I believe that the structures that humans have built around these great teachers, i.e. religions, have become our greatest problem.
Humans are always imperfect in their personalities but their Creator made them perfect in form and all of creation bows down in submission to its Creator, except those with the freedom of choice, aka "with a mind to form conclusions, to create bridges or walls, to be observant and to analyze" and that's why our Creator-Sustainer of all the worlds sent us Messengers and Prophets and Scriptures and a heart (conscience = con-science) and a mind to choose what is right, just, compassionate, kind, loving, and justified along the golden rules of The Straight and Narrow.
what a precious message, spirit of truth is timeless.
Thank you so much, Dear Brother Paul! Jazak Allahu Khayran!
Russell was a man of great empathy, a quality often missing in leaders of our time.
Sadly, I know very little about Bertrand Russell. What I do know Ive gotten from videos like this one. So I am deeply greatful for your contribution of meaningfull content and sharing another great piece by a incredible person whom I learned to count as one of the people I admire the most. Thank you.
He reminds me of George Orwell and his writings ❤! What a beautiful piece 🙏
He spoke the truth. Thank you for sharing this, brother Paul. Jazakallahu khayr.
He spoke the truth about Islam as well 😂
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Says Heartless Zionist Propagandist😂🙄😒
The Truth Shall Set You Free- Shakespeare, 1576!
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Thnaks Mr. Paul. I appreciate your kind words and encouragement. May Allah grant you the best of rewards.🤲
Lol you really think Betrand russel is gonna go to heaven even though he didn’t believe in heaven ?
@@divemylollol6152 There is a Heaven but not as described by organised religion! I am an Athiest who had an NDE, I went to Heaven, it is a real place, the truth is, our Spirits are immortal.
@@divemylollol6152 What ? I am talking about Paul Williams... Who do think I am talking about when I said "Mr PAUL" ? to Bertrand Russel... Are you dumb ?
I first read a book written by Bertrand Russell back in 1976. I've read several other of his books after that. The way he explains things is second to none. His works have had a profound influence on my way of seeing things -for better. Thank you for your video. Best regards from Peru
Ами той почина през 1970г.
Thank you for reviving his memory with this letter and sharing it with us!
Today I remember reading one of Russell’s book called the conquest of happiness. What a masterpiece! Thanks to brother Paul to bring Russell’s letter on Palestinian issue today. Indeed a great letter from a great man.
Bertrand was antisemitic all his life but if he lived among Muslims and their crazy take on infidels and sex, he would have hated them more. Don't be so happy that a guy who hated most religions disliked Jews more than Muslims. He just didn't know Muslims or see many around to realize how they are screwed up over their religions. Russell could have written a book on "Why I am not A Muslim" just as easy on "Why I am not a Christian". Of course, being an atheist Russell would have been killed or tortured. Some Jews in Israel are obnoxious to say they are the chosen people but most Muslims are more fanatic and don't mind their terrorist friends like Hamas.. though only 27% of Palestinians like Hamas in 2023. What have the Muslims contributed to the world .. The Jews are bigger contributors to inventions and discoveries that save millions of lives.
Religious people believe in a fairy tale and they or so often sanctimonious and caustic to non-believers. The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully. But most religious people have no idea why this is true. But god is worse under Jesus's time when moral people with little free will (most of who we are is from deterministic causes as science knows) will find themselves in eternal hell.
And prayer for others never works in scientific studies by Christian Hospitals or Muslim hospitals. No scientific studies show that prayer for others work because there is no god or Allah or Jesus. No proof. Of course, nothing phases true believers to understand enlightened science. Russell was a scientist and logica in most ways. Israel may have been wrong to take territory in 1947, but who could share territory now with Muslims who only want to kill off all Jews. Israel should pay Palestinians and move them to places not so close to Israel.
There are no laws against sexual harassment, spousal rape, domestic violence, Homophobia, honor killings, or child marriage in backward Muslim countries .. Israel is an advanced democracy though they don't always behave so well when in fear of attack from crazy Muslims. Muslim Women would be lucky to be colonized by any other people.
I do wish both Israel and Palestinians peace but when Hamas kills off 1500 Israelis and others in one attack, Israel must respond and hopefully can avoid killing many Palestinians. Where Hamas hides behind churches and hospitals and Palestinians.
I think that was The Pursuit of Happiness
@@JanetCaterina you are wrong .
Humanity vs Oppression. Justice vs Injustice. Good vs Evil.
Supporters of Israel, let me ask you. If you were an Egyptian living in the time of Moses, & you saw the Children of Israel being persecuted & oppressed, who would you stand with, oppressed or the oppressor?
If you were a German civilian during the Holocaust, who would you stand with, oppressed or the oppressor?
If you have any humanity in you, you would stand with the oppressed no matter what your cause is.
O believers! Stand firm for justice as witnesses for Allah even if it is against yourselves, your parents, or close relatives. (in Quran 4:35)
And what is it with you? You do not fight in the cause of Allah and for oppressed men, women, and children who cry out, “Our Lord! Deliver us from this land of oppressors! Appoint for us a saviour; appoint for us a helper-all by Your grace.” (Quran 4:75)
who enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil (in Quran 9:112)
You are the best community ever raised for humanity-you encourage good, forbid evil, and believe in Allah. (in Quran 3:110)
Islam stands with justice & is against oppression. The secular West & the evil USA in particular is supporting the oppressor for it's own agenda. Ethnic cleansing for it's colonial outpost.
But you lot want to kill them just for being Jewish
So TRUE.
the oppressed don't burn children alive. demons do.
What i can not accept is taking all mundane things, political topics, from a religious point of view. Every human being is entitled to have whatever he thoughts regarding religion, but inside its proper limits. If not it will surely end as a "religious" war. It is senseless .... For me Israel do not have any right to exist as a state by stealing the palestinian territory for that propose. The UN did not have any right to do it, they are culprits of this never ending war.
@@Avaldemon Agree 100%. Murdering the innocent, women, and children is the work of the devil, and Israel is very good at pleasing him.
Manipulation, lies, and misinformation is Israel's forte. They've been doing it for decades and decades. The burning and decapitation of children was widely refuted. You can look it up yourself.
What is unfortunately ironic is that Israel is the one murdering children and civilians (both Palestinians and Israelis). You can look this up yourself too.
Israel could not handle any hostage negotiations (Netanyahu cannot afford to look bad and he does not have experienced personnel to guide and command) so they killed both the hostages and the assailants. This was reported by Israeli media at the time. The houses where hostages were held were completely destroyed. The rockets Hamas had been using could not do that the amount of damage. The only thing that could was a tank, and Hamas does not have tanks.
Again, you will find evidence of it if you look hard enough. You have to challenge what you read and hear my friend.
First comment! Thank you Paul Jazakallah khairan
What an amazing letter from an amazing man and it's so spot on and prescient. 😢
Excellent reminder, I will share this with some of my favourite vlogs, friends and mainstream media.
Following you sir and loving your videos and all the info you share. Thank you very much.
Bertrand Russell was a very clever and educated man.But when I was a younger man in the 1950 s the general public looked upon him as a bit of a crank with his views of Britain and the world in general.
His relationship with the Fabian Society and the left? Throughout the interwar years Poale Zion which represented the labour wing of the Zionist movement assiduously lobbied the British labour movement. Labour Zionists and several of the British Labour Party's colonial experts shared the view that settler colonialism could be a beneficial to the indigenous people. Several British labour movement figures, including Ramsay MacDonald and Herbert Morrison, visited Palestine as guests of the Histadrut, the Zionist trade union federation in Palestine. On their return, they spoke favourably of Zionist labour institutions, depicting them as bringing social progress and modernity to the Middle East. At the end of the Second World War, the Labour Party leadership saw the setting up of a Jewish state both as a recompense to the Jewish people for the Holocaust and as a way to resolve the problem of finding refuge for the displaced Jews of Europe.
So?
@@anthonyfurlong4972The US had all the power post WW2, so others largely had to go along with them.
Russel also thought that prohibiting children from having sex was child abuse. Makes sense when you consider we are but advanced monkeys in a tree.
I read his book 'why I am not a christian' a very intriguing and fascinating book.
I agree. I read his comments on justice and whether it exists or not in the universe.
It is a man made concept, no doubt by humans who need it to matter in their lives. In the context of this vid you can live with the consequences of injustice and get on with your life *or* grind your teeth forever, passing on your hatred to your innocent children who don't even know why you are fighting.
Thank you so much from Salzburg, Austria, for the work you are doing.
It gives me much needed hope in humanity,
It is so important to know these voices demanding justice for Palestine.
Words amazingly still relevant today, Viva Revolution!
Wow, amazing. How much we don't know, or covered up.
Just amazing.... this is such a great content that can be used in almost any platform.
In one of my previous comments, under a happy photo of yours that you shared with Zeeshan, I had commented "Brother Paul, I am not saying you, or we should always be in grief but you seem extra happy for some time now despite of the current events." just now I've deleted it.
Please keep doing what you do.
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Thank you very much for giving the world The great British philosophers statement on Zionism and other highly relevant points that are so ominously relevant today!!
Thank you for saving the Palestinian children 🧡💜💙 thank you for bringing Russell's words back .
Thanks for highlighting philosopher's take on the issue.❤
Bertrand Russel was also one of the few academics at Cambridge who ecouraged in Srinivasa Ramanujan and was not a racist.
Russel was a complete idiot.
The Israel-Egypt wars finished with the peace treaty of 1979. That is 9 years after the imbecile passed away. His silly prediction that Egypt will destroy Israel were disproved in the last 50 odd years.
Didn’t know that. Srinavasa was one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. Well done Bertrand.
Didn’t think I could admire Bertrand Russel anymore, but with him I guess it’s just natural as you learn more about him.
anymore any more
Basically antonyms
@@kurtklingbeil6900 I learn something new by just posting about someone I admire. Thanks.
Beautifully put!! Russell will be remembered forever!
Well worth reading Russell's History of Western Philosophy. Superb prose that really brings to life the story of philosophy often in a broader historical context.
Extraordinary, eyeopening information, I love your channel, jazakAllah mister Paul.
Alhamdulillah
@@BloggingTheology You are a blessing to the ummah, alhamdulilah.
Bertrand Russel - my long and profound love for his intellectual achievement, moral virtues, integrity and wisdom. His letter of 1970, here cited, so fresh so well addressed, only proves the value of Bertrand Russel for humanity and ability to foresee what shall come, when one makes an assessment based on open mind, ethics and critical thinking based on fair and deep knowledge.
Assalamualaykum Paul,
Netanyahu made biblical references in his recent speech to his people.. specifically with regards to the “children of light and children of darkness” and fulfilling the prophecy of Isaiah.” Could you make a video on an analysis of this in context of these current events? Perhaps with Prof. Ali Ataie?
Fabulous extract thank you so much .... for myself Russel stands alone , don't know any figure in history who made such an impact across such a wide spectrum of subjects
Subhanna’Allah, didn’t expect that from him 👏🏾
Paul you are such a brilliant educative encyclopedia
Bertrand Russel's writing has put to shame on some Islamic leaders who just could not find the illegal status of Israel to base their actions/minds on rejecting Israel.
Ilan Pappé’s book is essential reading. It’s shocking how similar, almost identical, the strategy, methods and justifications were back then and now
Bertrand Russell not only an intellectual genius but a towery moral voice standing against injustice!
I just learned that Russel was Noble lauriate. I wonder if had ever expressed his criticisms of Israel's atrocities prior to his being nominated to that prize!
Aslm...appreciate your great work and content. 🇿🇦❤️
Bertrand Russel made me open my eyes with his book; when still in my teens! " Why I am not Christian"
Russell won the Nobel twice!
Thank you for publishing this important video and this new information for many people👍
Thank you very much. Every politician should be made aware of this letter.
Thank you so much for conveying Russell's words, worthy of respect philosopher
Thank you very much Professor Paul.
Thank you for your coverage and compassion 🍉
yes, thank you for reading this out - i will copy it out and put it in my book of notable quotations - alongside Mr. Balfour's extraordinary letter - thank you
Irene
just come across your site, brilliant on Russel, I'm now going to go back on all your works
To think that this statement still rings true today!
Thankyou Paul for showing with evidence that this is a long and inexcusable suffering of occupied Palestinians . ❤
Freedom for Palestine 🇵🇸
thank you, paul, for your timely, most excellent commentary concerning bertrand russel. a true pleasure.
May Allah preserve Brother Paul
ameen
@@fidelcatsro6948 nah your name is mad
@@Sheikh_White_Fidel Castro 100times better than Sata&nyahu
@@fidelcatsro6948 probably
An English-as-a-third-language speaker here: I was taught the word "nuclear" was pronounced NEW-CLEAR, not NEW-KILLER.
P.S. Russell - a hero of mine.❤ Thanks for the video.
When I saw the title of this video, I was a bit apprehensive thinking “Oh, from one colonizer to another.” But I was pleasantly surprised by the content of this video.
greetings from malaysia paul 🇲🇾🇵🇸🖤
Thank you for sharing such a pertinent document, which, as you say, could have been written yesterday.
Thank you Paul! I learn so much on your channel❤
Colonial settlement was always a bad idea and a crime against humanity.
Apart from the strong content, the clarity of speech is very impressive.
Bertrand Russel was an outspoken philosopher and thinker.
R. Akhter Abbasi
i thought is your guest for a sec, and you have invited him, i listen to your topics time to time i enjoy when i see your passion on reading i read a book maybe 1 in 5 years but i think i need read more, inspiring.
Thanks for sharing words of justice!❣
Thank you brother Paul for this beam of light at such a dark time. I'm currently reading Walid Khalidi's book on Palestine, also referenced by Ilan Pape.
It warms my heart to know that there are good British like you and the gentleman you mentioned here out there.
Great stuff Pauly. Thanks for bringing this to our / my attention. I had no idea this letter existed. It does provide a context and a longer historical arc, which unfortunately makes our current situation even worse, and I didn't think that was actually possible. What a piece of work we humans are. What God was thinking I'll never know........
Thank you Mr. Paul. Please continue your great invaluable works!
Jazakallah khair
As Muslims, we cannot use the behavior and attitudes of people, institutions or states other than ourselves as an excuse for our own defense. There are principles that determine our actions and behavior, and we can only put forward our struggle in line with these principles. It is very sad that the article written in 1970 describes the Palestinian struggle as if it was written yesterday. This means that there has been a Palestinian struggle for more than 50 years and the current situation is worse than the beginning. This situation must have something to tell us as Muslims. I wonder when we will say enough is enough. If we keep not following Allah’s principles then how come we wait his help.
Muslims need to improve materially and scientifically.
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Light years away of wisdom on this topic
One of my favourite Philosopher always listening to him. But this statement in Regards to Israel is truly astonishing ❤❤
Love u Russel.
Wow. Excellent video at a much needed time
Brilliant! This letter should be read outloud in every corner of America and the rest of this disgusting universe.
Thank you so much for sharing this letter! Bertrand Russell is so very missed!
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@@GardaOrban LOL? What is so funny?
I don't believe you, that's all, you snobbish anti-Semite@@naomideguyane
Voted for Biden because He was the LESSER OF THE TWO EVILS, not doing that ever again. Not voting for Evil, how much lesser it might be
I was thinking the same about the labour party in the UK, but this month made me realise how insane it would be to give my vote to a spineless coward. Oh how some politicians fukd themselves over in perfect timing 😂
Seems you were fooled and brainwashed by the corrupt propaganda media that works for your democratic war mongering party, had you looked for yourself at what Trump actually did for your country rather than be told by your puppet masters you would see he was the best thing for your country. As an Australian I am shocked by just how many Americans did not see how corrupt Biden was before the election, and on how delusional they were over Trump, You just need to get out of your echo chamber and muster the strength and fortitude to hear the other side, only then will you be able to make an informed decision, rather than an emotional one. It is all there on the net to find, and I wish you well on your endeavor to educate rather than to regurgitate.
I’m almost 100% sure he has already lost the next election due to him not standing up to the Zionists pulling his puppet strings. One of the swing states, Michigan, has a huge Arab population and they helped him win that state in the last election. This was the last straw for so many in the progressive side.
I voted for Biden too....not again for sure
Look up the history of the Democratic Party.
Thank you for bring this to us
I am not into philosophy, but this statement seems very apt in today's world all these years later. I hope this message will be listened to.
Thanks for sharing! A very clear account of the truth.
It’s doesn’t excuse everything, but you Brits did give us Bertrand Russel and The Beatles. Fantastic video.
Anglophobia is pathetic and also ignorant. I get that people want to suck up to the US but it's better to look at the reality.
Everyone should read this article. Let them know their history!
Thank you so much sir for this great video and important information.
Great video thank you so much for educating the world on Palestinian issue
Thank you that is such an appropriate observation. His ability to hit the nail on the head and with relatively few words cover so much territory is indeed a good show of talent.
It's great Russell said all this, and thank you very much for bringing it to our attention. He really went through the whole hellish subject -- I only wish he'd gone the distance and called for Israel to be banished. Justice is the only true solution.