How has the war on Gaza changed the narrative among young people? | The Stream
This episode will look into how the war on Gaza has been reshaping global perceptions, particularly among youth in the West and what potential long-term reforms that might bring about. Through a conversation with young online activists, we delve into some of the new shifts in young people’s perspectives of their governments, mainstream media, international law, Western democracy and more.
Presenter: Myriam Francois
Guests:
George Lee - Educator and content creator
Allie O Brien - Content creator
Yeganeh Mafaher - Social justice content creator
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I can answer this simply: it changed the narrative so much they're banning TikTok.
@OhDearOhDear69
16 күн бұрын
It makes no diffrence what platform you use, another will pop up to fill the void.
@MylekKetar
16 күн бұрын
Precisely
@JackFieldBand
16 күн бұрын
Echo Chamber 🥱💤🥱💤
@hossein1969
16 күн бұрын
“The Nazis made me afraid to be a Jew and the Israelis made me ashamed to be a Jew.” Dr Israel Shahak (a holocaust survivor)
@mauritsvanoranje6725
15 күн бұрын
@@hossein1969 ah yes im sure all survivors feel the same🤦♂
I''m 54. This conversation gives me hope for humanity. Thank you Gen Z 🙌🙏❤❤🍉
@davidmhale521
16 күн бұрын
Useful idiots.
@JackFieldBand
16 күн бұрын
Worst generation in history of generations.
@NK-mn6zu
15 күн бұрын
May God bless you with 54 more beautiful years. 🌸
@fredrikannergren8794
15 күн бұрын
@@4everjaguar "JackField" is most likely a social media bot for the Israeli government or another Israeli organisation. Notice how the account has 12k subscribers without any content at all (probably artificially inflated via a third-party subscription service) to gain more credibility. This is a common phenomenon and I believe there's a specific department within the Israeli military which deals with these types of affairs aka spreading propaganda online. Also, what real person has a logo-styled portrait of themselves as a profile picture along with their name portrayed as a company name. Seems too... artificial...
@danielh5159
15 күн бұрын
the liberation generation!
Not just younger people - the embedded narrative of unconditional support for Israel is falling apart across all generations.
@saad4447
16 күн бұрын
Also old farts care
@JackFieldBand
16 күн бұрын
Some old farts don't care.
@roxanassound8625
16 күн бұрын
Absolutely. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
@waltermesser9737
16 күн бұрын
Except wokes and idiots en general, nobody cares. Face the reality!
@MrBlazinerday
16 күн бұрын
The emotional are falling for this nonsense. Doesnt matter their age
Al Jazeera far surpasses the BBC for balanced, honest and decent journalism. Excellent 👌
@lenziany
16 күн бұрын
BBC and MANY OTHER WESTERN MEDIA..
@OhDearOhDear69
16 күн бұрын
Yeah the BBC got infiltrated properly by Boris Johnson’s awful government, and will never be the same again.
@user-dd2ew4fr8s
16 күн бұрын
Yes indeed, that is why Netanyahu banned them.
@JackFieldBand
16 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂 Good one
@user-zv7fi8di5i
16 күн бұрын
@@user-dd2ew4fr8sNo because they are funded and part owned by Qatar. Which Israel and Qatar are enemies so obviously a state funded organization of any kind will be targeted. See the disgusting things they said after Oct 7. I believe people like you say anything.
I'm 76 and remember the antiwar protests of the 60s very well, and even participated in some of them. This powerful, articulate, and well-organized movement is even better. Thanks to young people like those interviewed here, not only is the narrative on Palestine shifting, but their awesome actions are actually changing the world. As a retired History teacher, I'm deeply moved by how they are using their knowledge of history to inform their struggle. Keep it up, and bravo from this old guy!
@GeorgeLevy-xr7dj
12 күн бұрын
👍🏻
@windasasi9733
10 күн бұрын
❤❤❤
“This generation here is about to cut the strings” Macklemore
@donaldcarpenter5328
9 күн бұрын
AMEN!
Well done Gen Z, before October i didnt think much of you, now i think very highly of you. The past 3 generations allowed Palestinians to be oppressed for so long, you guys are the new future. The old generation will die and their opinions will die with them. 30 years from now, no one today will be alive or able to challenge your stance. Keep it up Gen Z ! ❤️
@Rexorazor
12 күн бұрын
The last three generations wanted Apocalypse. They literally served Palestinians on a platter.
@GeorgeLevy-xr7dj
12 күн бұрын
Well said!
@marianrusher6364
11 күн бұрын
I am a baby boomer and I am all for Palestine. The Zionists are ruining everything. How can they kill so many innocent people. They took over Israel. I am sure there are good Israel’s that don’t agree with the mass murders.
@marianrusher6364
11 күн бұрын
Also, there is supposed to be 300 billion of gas and oil in the West Bank and Gaza. Israel does not want to share it.
@donaldcarpenter5328
9 күн бұрын
I KNEW you were going to MAKE HISTORY! Every "younger" generation is PUT DOWN and TOLD they don't measure U. Only to later PUT their ELDERS to SHAME!!! We at LEAST elected the first BLACK MAN POTUS and then the first Black-Indian WOMAN to be VP!!!!!!!!!! I was BORN into a still SEGREGATED USA!!! GO TO IT GEN. Z!!!!
Israel supporters. If you want a vision of the future. Imagine a young person telling you you were wrong forever.
@user-ch5xq3lt9k
15 күн бұрын
People do not know their future
@NVRagain4any1
14 күн бұрын
If they truly want peace they need to leave Palestine alone. End blockade get your people back, return all Palestinian detainees (administrative endless holds). Stop expanding settlements! This is what Israel had agreed to when created✌🏻
@rubyslippers103
4 күн бұрын
@@user-ch5xq3lt9kthis genocide is and has created their future. That’s why true Jewish people who come out on the marches, week after week are afraid of. If Isreal keeps insisting Zionism is Judaism. Jewish people will be treated like pariahs in the future and for the longest time.
George needs his own show...his expressions are so entertaining.
@ibrahimbilaadi2872
15 күн бұрын
Agree with you.
@tonidiane6153
15 күн бұрын
He does have his own show.
@ribtips305
15 күн бұрын
Theconsciouslee on KZread.
Its so refreshing to see younger people so interested in this conflict. I can already see the American Government, UK and Israel shaking.
I'm a mid-30's Afghan combat vet and I agree with just about everything that's been said here.
@ahmadTareen0
14 күн бұрын
I don't meant to offend u But Ur name seems really uncommon among Afghans...
@jamesryan4325
13 күн бұрын
@@ahmadTareen0 The US is the only country in the world
@MeisterJager90
11 күн бұрын
@@ahmadTareen0 It's extremely uncommon among Afghans, I was an American Marine in that ridiculous, wasteful travesty of a war in Afghanistan.
@user-ds6ov8jr5n
10 күн бұрын
Sending respect to you.
@EB-gt1pq
9 күн бұрын
@@MeisterJager90 I’m afghan-American and yes it was 😔
God! George deserves his own show like yesterday. I absolutely loved hearing him.
@ribtips305
15 күн бұрын
Theconsciouslee on KZread.
It is such a relief to see people waking up to the truth.... Alhamdulillah. Thank you very much to all of you good people for sharing this story. Loved it
The gist of this discussion is "everybody see it for what it is" this is powerful.
Watching from Kent, Ohio. Thank you for remembering May 4th 1970 ♡
We all must open our Hearts and Souls for the many innocent children and woman everywhere all over this dangerous World !
@user-xu5vl5th9n
15 күн бұрын
Why aren't countries opening their borders and people opening their houses to them?
@Digidab
15 күн бұрын
@@user-xu5vl5th9n Did your country open their borders and take people in their houses. The real solution must be more than that . All these Palestinians an d Kurds and Armenians needs the Human rights to get their own Lands and live in Peace and Security !
Bless these courageous young people. There will be old and comfortable cowards who look down on them and mock them, but they will lose.
Thanks for sharing this story with us the whole world is watching don’t stop now.
This Presenter symbolizes purity of truth seeking, Warrior Woman 💯
GenX here and I just wanted to say I'm so proud of GenZ for stepping up where others are failing so miserably when it comes to defending the defenseless. I got furious how the main stream media was spewing lies against the protesters with cues from Netanyahu & his horde because they want those addressing the plight of Palestinians to be silent. No more! I have been learning a lot of what has happened over the years to Palestinians and it's truly despicable. Stay strong hold your ground for others will see the truth.
Going so severely "overboard" in his extreme response is backfiring against Netanyahu!
@CK77460
6 күн бұрын
Netanyahu will be the downfall of Israel, or should I say "is" the downfall as it is currently happening and Israel is becoming a pariah state.
Thank you for giving viewers a different and realistic perspective
Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✌️
@marcoomau
16 күн бұрын
Can you explain me the little ps?
@Colleen222
15 күн бұрын
Free Palestine! Love from Sovereign Indigenous Australia❤
@fredrikannergren8794
15 күн бұрын
@@marcoomau It's how the palestine flag emoji renderes on non ios devices
@gregmccarter2176
11 күн бұрын
A place that doesn't exist. And never has.never will
@bigdaddy7729
11 күн бұрын
@@gregmccarter2176the land is land, but the reality is honor, gratitude, justice, which is what we call truth, doesn’t exist in your mind . Pretty simple and yet sad
Thank you Myriam and Al Jazeera for trying to bring peace to the world.
I am gen x and I haven't supported Israel ever since I met an Israeli major and his mistress on vacation in Thailand, I was 25 and asked him about his take on the issue. He said " we treat them like animals , I don't want to talk about it" he frowned, teared up so did the mistress, they looked down in shame. That was all I needed to know. it's 35 years later and finally this generation is doing something, so proud of Gen z , they mostly are the kids of Gen X.
There’s HOPE! Keep going Gen Z! So proud of you guys for standing up for HUMANITY!
You go young people! You'll be the next amazon and google CEOs with hopefully better climate and social policies, you'll be the next political leaders in Congress who will change our foreign policy and corruption with the military complex. Don't let old people discourage you. Keep going!
@Atmost11
16 күн бұрын
That doesnt make any sense. There are 100s of millions of young people. Billions even. There are only 2 CEO jobs for Amazon and Google.
@V-gw8jt
16 күн бұрын
Take a pill june
@ribtips305
15 күн бұрын
Nah, they’re gonna tear down Amazon and Google.
LOVE OUR CONSCIOUS YOUTH!! To George, " yes, I feel you and the 2 lovely young ladies on everything you have shared with Al Jazeera. Stay strong g and keep the faith.
Big up all young people with a mind of their own and not brain washed
Holocaust in gaza
@waltermesser9737
16 күн бұрын
Where? Serious?
@Kwame-yw9kz
16 күн бұрын
Indeed, it is a genocide. “Over 200,000 Palestinians-not 35,000-have already died since October. This is based on nearly 100,000 bombs and missiles directly on civilians, without food, water, medicine, electricity, healthcare…Biden’s own humanitarian aid envoy stated weeks ago: “There is an imminent risk of starvation for the majority, if not all, the 2.2 million population of Gaza. This is not a point in debate.” Nader
@mauritsvanoranje6725
15 күн бұрын
😂😂
@Kwame-yw9kz
15 күн бұрын
GEN0CIDE
First time I see any of these content creators, but I think I can watch George talk about anything all day.
Great segment with an impressive panel of guests! I’ve worked in a Middle East Studies office at two different Uni’s for the past 14 years and it is amazing to see the change in awareness and compassion for Palestinians in that time. Unfortunately, as they have said here, our politicians seem impervious to the vast amount of emails, calls, petitions, protests, etc. We likely need to get $$ out of politics before much can change. As a gen Xer, I love seeing the younger generations engaging in politics and helping to give the rest of us some hope again. We need people from all generations and walks of life to be engaged if we’re going to make the changes we need, so get your parents and grandparents on social media or at least KZread so they can learn from something other than msm! 😊
I am proud for this generation of young people to understand what is going on around the world .
As Salaamu Alaikum you guys are the future I was so proud of you Gaza has awaken the Ummah, The youth has a week in humanity you guys are the future leaders and so far from what we see the beautiful morals the capabilities the organization by on behalf of many in their 50s feel comfortable and happy that you young men and women are the future congratulations we’re so proud of you free Gaza from the river to the sea🤔☝🏽💪❤️🇵🇷🇵🇸
I was 9 when I first got access to the World Wide Web and was told that it would change the future. 30 years later I have to agree that the decentralization of information is helping our civilization (especially the young people who grew up with this technology) to see the interconnectedness of the universe as it has been for many cultures through the ages. The seeing of one as separate from the world is a cancer propped up by our trade based economic model which creates a value disorder putting money/property over memorable connections/compassion.
Great show and panel
Really enjoyed this broadcast, would like to see more like this since mainstream never takes us seriously, not just young voters or black voters, but regular everyday people. We are more than just numbers on a screen.
Love these young people, and I’m 74
I love these young people, speaking their minds and telling the truth and stand up for what is right. Genocide and apartheid are just wrong, nothing complicated about that. Occupying other people's country and treat them as lesser humans is wrong, starving them and stripping them of their basic human rights is so fing wrong. What do people not understand about this! I am a part of an older generation now, my parents are boomers. I've notice people my age complaining about young people, I personally think it is because of fear. Every generation fears that their status quo will change because they are comfy in that status. I am grateful for these younger generations, they are the ones who will see the error of my parents generation, and my generastion for not trying harder, and unfortunately are the ones who have to inherit the absolute mess we've left them with and try to fix it, which might not be possible at this point because everything on this planet has gotten so bad. Yet the older generations have the nerve to blame the young people, who want to make things better, for their own fokk ups. I admire the younger people for not fearing to stand up for what is right, I do that with them and will do so until we get the change needed.
Mic drop at the end by that brother. What a great analogy.
I am so relieved this generation has so much wisdom. It's so lucky after what has left for them to deal with by the self interested.
I’m crying. This interview was beautiful. Oppressed people understand each other
@Colleen222
15 күн бұрын
We do! Love from Sovereign Indigenous Australia❤
@BamBamGT1
13 күн бұрын
I couldn't stop laughing. When the first woman talked about "Young people understanding information and history". Pro-palestinians are on general very stupid people. They're the flat earthers of history. it's rare to find a pro palestinian with even the most basis knowledge and understanding of history
My only hope for a better feature resides with the younger folks, especially women as I see they are taking the lead to question all the lies that people have been fed for years and fakeness of our mainstream media.
Am not surprised if Gaza freed the whole world
@waltermesser9737
16 күн бұрын
Check your brain! Maybe there is a cure!
@carlos_herrera
16 күн бұрын
@@waltermesser9737zionism is the real brain disease
@V-gw8jt
15 күн бұрын
@@waltermesser9737i highly doubt that lol you can't fix stupid 😂
@aykutlondon4784
15 күн бұрын
Both of you that replied to him are stupid. @@V-gw8jt
@m.a4123
10 күн бұрын
@@V-gw8jtstupid better than evil genocide supporter
Brilliant young people!♥♥♥🌹🌹🌹🍉🍉🍉🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 Great work!
It’s About time The Truth was put out there!! It’s not about youth or elders it’s about getting the truth out. Young or Old we know this is Gen O Cide ! We as a Society need to make this STOP
@davidmhale521
16 күн бұрын
Do those that want to commit genocide give humanitarian aid the people they want to eliminate . Do they warn those they want to eliminate to get out of the city before they enter so the innocent civilians don’t get caught in the fighting. Because everyone in history who committed genocide never did any of those things.
@carlos_herrera
16 күн бұрын
@@davidmhale521then Israel is the first, as they are doing that in their genocide against Palestine
@davidmhale521
16 күн бұрын
@@carlos_herrera wow. Useful idiot.
@davidmhale521
16 күн бұрын
@@carlos_herrera wow. U r a useful idiot.
@davidmhale521
16 күн бұрын
@@carlos_herrera wow that’s amazing. Get out of school it’s not helping u.
The spirit and initiative of Palastinians for Independent Palastine win the heart of the youngsters to launch their protests at their best. This caused a tremendous awakening.
@KingForever-zu5jl
16 күн бұрын
So where are the geographical roots of the so called Palestinians??????? Hamas Minister of the Interior and of National Security Fathi Hammad, aired by Al-Hekma TV on March 23, 2012. Stated..........we all have Arab roots, and every Palestinian, in Gaza and throughout Palestine, can prove his Arab roots - whether from Saudi Arabia, from Yemen, or anywhere. We have blood ties. Personally, half my family is Egyptian. We are all like that. More than 30 families in the Gaza Strip are called Al-Masri ["Egyptian"]. Brothers, half of the Palestinians are Egyptians and the other half are Saudis. Who are the Palestinians? We have many families called Al-Masri, whose roots are Egyptian. Egyptian! They may be from Alexandria, from Cairo, from Dumietta, from the North, from Aswan, from Upper Egypt. We are Egyptians. The so called Palestinians are not even from Palestine!!!!!! ************!!!
@user-ch5xq3lt9k
15 күн бұрын
@@KingForever-zu5jl They like the other people call them palastinians
This may well be the most compassionate and intelligent generation ever! There’s a hope in Humanity afterall! 🙏
loved..loved..loved this!
The old are corrupt, body and mind. The history belongs to the youth.
@987ujhpl
16 күн бұрын
And become corrupt when they age?
@bomcdowell-kim9194
16 күн бұрын
@@987ujhpl That's is the way it is. Youth gives them clarity of thoughts(sure, there are plenty of stupid youth, not like these ones). Turning points in history were never initiated by old men, but the young.
@waltermesser9737
16 күн бұрын
Old people could become corrupt, But the youth today it is not just corrupt, but stupid too!
@V-gw8jt
16 күн бұрын
Wait till hamas and all the other terrorist you support are telling you what to do, you ignorant moron, with you stupid statement about all older people being corrupt, idiot
@bomcdowell-kim9194
16 күн бұрын
@@waltermesser9737 Yet, it is the right thinking and courageous youth who are voicing their just outrage against the barbaric absurdity that is Israel, not the complacent old farts. Enough said old man.
Love you sister, Myriam.
These kids exposed the democracy myth.
Big respect !!!! Beautiful generation ❤️
Amazing video....keep up the Great work
As a child I used to think politicians were old and evil and when im an adult politicians will be more like me. Turns out they are still old and evil. I hope I see peace loving politicians in my lifetime.
I love how Myriam Francois and AJ are giving those wonderful young people a voice in this shows. Keep it up!
Sr. Miriam is amazing! Masha'Allah!
Thank you AJ Stream and Myriam Francois for the eye opening discussion with excellent guests. Thanks to youths around the world for their active role in promoting humanity.
Wildly loud and dramatic host is calmed by totally chilled and informative guests. Great upload!
At the beginning of Geno---- Al-z---- subscribers was 11 M + Now more than 13 M.
Listening to these young people refreshes the soul, thanks Al Jazeera!
You put it nicely - “they stop drinking the cool drink” The world is waking up!
@1BigCREE1Redtail
15 күн бұрын
The 'Kool-Aid'. Search the CIA Operative "Rev Jim Jones".
Wonderful guests, so well informed, so well spoken and good hearts too.
The Rasta Man spoke truth 💯🙏
Love these young people, hope the planet survive until they're in office
These student PATRIOTS are TOO STRONG too be stopped! MASSIVE support from around the WORLD ON STANDBY! The TIDE HAS TURNED Ya'll! RESPECT!
@robbigs1855
15 күн бұрын
what a dumb thing to say lol.
@active1508
15 күн бұрын
@@robbigs1855 Uh we just HALTED weapons to ISRAEL??? You just got moved to the stupid section.
@robbigs1855
15 күн бұрын
@@active1508 you are preternaturally stupid and emotional.
VOTE your VOICE JUSTICE for ALL Thank you 🌹
Like Norman Finkelstein says 🌬️ Young people in increasingly large numbers of all backgrounds are identifying themselves with Gaza because they feel poor, powerless and hopeless in the face of the juggernaut of power that keeps grinding people down 🇮🇱 Young people have seized on this Gaza issue because they see themselves in it 🇵🇸
human empathy doesn't work at an abstract, intellectual level-- only at a visceral level- only what we can see and hear ourselves... that's why the pro-extermination side of the conflict always has to speak in vague abstractions and divert the conversation to anything other than the human reality of what is happening... but we who were born in the 1980s or later- the 2kYs and GenZ... we *CAN* see and hear eachother... we can talk to folks from all over the world and hear their cries, see the plane sight of what is occurring..... the corporate media cannot lie to us and control us as they could our parents; we don't need to rely on intermediaries and gate-keepers to find what's happening in our world
George is on point.
Thank you Al Jazeera for such stand up journalism. 🙌🏼🇵🇸 It moves me to know the youth of today are so passionate about learning about history and realizing the power of organizing. I was always very passionate as a young person about the Holocaust and other genocides even the corruption in the upper echelons. But people were still highly conditioned in those days. I’m very proud of humanity for waking up and doing something about the evil of the Zionist colonial movement.
STUDENTS ARE GREAT HUMAN BEINGS, MORAL SOLDIERS AND LIGHT OF DARKNESS.
Thank you for featuring our video 🫶🏽 and curating space for this conversation.
Eyes wide open , people are seeing the true reality of our world
These youth are so brilliant they leave me in tears. All the feels for the incredible work they are doing and the level of awareness they have achieved. I hope to glimpse the world they are creating before I pass.
Thank you Gen Z!! You are our hope! Keep up the good work- keep posting- keep speaking out- keep learning. You will change the world. Much love!
Ygeaneh, Allie & George and Al Jazeera English, i love you all. Your efforts and contributions will bring a huge change in America and Europe especially.
George Lee, RIGHT ON!
Excellent show thank you!
I appreciate that you used my clip about the United Nations! Thank you!!!
United Nations have been chocked in 7 months
@NawaabAbdul.
15 күн бұрын
By America.
@mauritsvanoranje6725
15 күн бұрын
you wish😂
Very enlightening and informative. Thank you
Loved this episode and am in complete agreement with you guest nothing left to add.
Excellent show! Very happy to hear young people talk and give their perspectives. It’s important to listen to this young generation, they are the future.
great episode, fantastic choice of guests truly
All three are very educated and well spoken glad to see this coming from our generation
Excellent show, bravo. The narratives of both parties are so much disconnected and the live streaming on social networks is outrageous, I wonder how young adults living in Israel feel about it.
Love Myriam Francois!!
Great show. Keep it up!!!
This George fellow is outstanding he should run for us presidency 🙏
if I want balanced news I turn to al jazeera -
Hark Ye; Awaken... ALL is ONE ❤🔥
George summarised the new narrative perfectly at the end. Priceless
great content, thank you
Good show.
We love you MYRIUM NICE REPORTING ❤❤❤❤
Ha ha! George was cracking up at the end.
As a white heteronormative GenX woman I’ve been waiting for this for 25 years. Not being Islamophobic and supporting Palestinians in their struggle felt incredibly lonely when I was young, it was seen as irrelevant or just plain wrong by the majority in my youth. The average person of my generation has never even heard of Rachel Corrie, let alone things like the Nakba. It was rough enough suggesting that Iraq didn’t have WMDs, even in a country that officially opposed “Operation Iraqi Freedom”. The visibility of atrocities, understanding racism, intersectionality, and so on is clearly helping, but it’s GenZ and their refusal to be quiet and compliant that is giving me hope.
This is the first time most young Americans (under 30, according to polls) disagree with both Dems and Republicans on foreign intervention. The reason why is that the mainstream media’s monopoly on the dissemination of news and opinions has been broken by the rise of social media.
I am 75 and now I get my information from Al-Jazeera and social media. That is the place I listened to Netanyahu and others. WORDS from their OWN mouths for the first time. EYE-OPENING and I lived through Vietnam, Iraq etc KEEP IT UP YOUNG ONES!