18:17 this feels unsubstantiated. You just create a narrative to knock down. I'm pro Palestinian, and pro a two state solution at the 1967 borders AND I absolutely take issue with the suggestion that America would take over and ethnically cleanse Gaza, NOT the notion that some Palestinians are willing to or would prefer to live elsewhere.

Amazing

I am not English, but I wonder whether the specificity of Common Law is not overrated. Because if the central government decides to change a rule, to build something or implement a service, it still gets done anyway doesn't it, whatever the local ancient tradition will say...

Good stuff.

* Stop saying the Arab refugees were kicked out of Israel. Some were, and some weren't. Most weren't. Talk to Professor Benny Morris, who is an expert on the subject. He will tell you that most of the refugees fled the war. It's true that Israel didn't allow them to come back once the war was over. But can you blame them? Which country wins a war and allows members of their former enemy to return to their homes and outnumber them? 700,000 Arab refugees left in 1948. Had they been allowed back, they would've outnumbered the Jews who lived there at the time and would've undoubtedly tried again to take control of the country. * When Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, Israel did indeed withdraw from some of the lands they conquered in the ‘67 war and allow the Arabs to have their own state. Well, it took only a few years before Hamas won the elections there and shortly thereafter began to fire rockets at Israel. Israel then blocked the strip to prevent more weaponry from entering. Honestly, can you blame them?

Aussies think they are the best. New Zealanders KNOW they are the best

How would you Aussies know anything about America? We "assume we are the best" because we saved Europe twice from the Germans. Since then, we've fallen off, a continuous steady decline thats what I, as an American, think. Worry about yourselves and your verging on tyrannical govt.

Hi Josh, for the people in Gaza who wish to leave, and believe it or not, they are the majority, they don't want to live between Hamas and Israel, they better start a new life with a new future, who should or morally obligated to take them?

Journalistic integrity is well and truly dead.

Well well well.... I've not listened to you for ages Josh because I decided you were a misogynist and a fool, and I'm not saying I'm wrong. I am saying I'm glad you are calling this out. You can thank Angie Jones for promoting you because I wouldn't have watched if she'd not given you a little praise for doing something good and sparking my curiosity. Please Josh, I feel like you've been so keen to please LGBTQIA+ activists, men and your mates "community", and you've raised your flag and shown off your virtue with all the right signals and what not, and in the process you've actively not given a shit about women and girls. Including Lesbians. Or when you have taken an interest you've used your platform to be dismissive of the ways this ideology impacts us. You just don't give us any benefit of your doubt, or at least that's how it seems. You rave about the importance of raising the opponents best argument, in good faith, in order to get better understanding, and yet you've failed to do that every time I've listened to you talk about these issues. You dismiss women who speak up as radicals and then insist that a man can be a woman and well it's just baffling cos it makes you look like a fool, and as I say, a misogynist. It's not been a good look for you... Maybe 2025 will see a softening and a show of care? Hope so. I'm still watching so not entirely sure where you'll end up, but cheers!

Well said, Josh - I wouldn't add or subtract a single thing - It's people like you that should be at the head of governments - Alas...

Shame on you Josh.. no other country has offered all these “amenities” to the people of Palestine..!!! you conveniently ignore the role of the Likud party in the ongoing destruction.. the fresh water and flushing toilets are within reach .. for the brainwashed Israeli Jews have no understanding of why the Palestinians yearn for their land back now occupied by a population of “Brooklyn Jews” and groups of Eastern Europeans Yearn on Smotrich et al

That's stupid...to ask would the Palestinians protest to have jews located within Gaza! Did u forget they took them 9n and got stabbed in the back

As an American I can tell you we don't look up to any other country for really any reason.

I was moved to another building so my apartment could be renovated in 1995. It s 2025...they never put me back in my old apartment. (Food for thought)

thanks for the episode. Agree with a lot that was said, but the point about giving Trump creit for 'out of the box thinking' it quite the stretch in my opinion. Trump has a child's view of politics, he probably thinks he is the first person the think of moving the palestinians to the neighboring countries. You're giving a huge amount of charitability to a man who has proved time and time again to have not even the faintest idea what he is talking about. I would be shocked if he could point to Israel on a map. Also, the point about 'if you gave the choice for Gazans to leave only islamists would be left' I think you are drastically underestimating how many would choose to stay. I would guess 90+% would stay if given the choice to relocate.

I don't think either side, the Juice or the Muzzies, are ever going to accept a beer drinking, bong smoking, foul mouthed, truck driving atheist such as myself as an equal. One calls me Goyim, the other Infidel, so Trump can nuke the cnts for all I care mate 😂😂😂

Why is Israel in Palestine in the first place ?

You can Huff and you can Puff to your heart's content. You simultaneously underestimate President Trump.

Well said... Id love to hear from you and others with knowledge on the role of religion in the continuous conflict. It seems like no-one is saying wait a minute.. whta are you fighting over exactly? I know this is oversimplified but wouldnt the establishment of a secular state (If religiosity was toned down) with one govt work better in the long run? Religion poisons everything. at least it seems to

A huge part of the problem is a total naive ignorance by Westerners about the utter cynicism of Middle Eastern governments and politics - and to be honest, about the actual 'mainstream' opinions of Middle Eastern populations; Westerners look at the Middle East by applying a Western political and social lens, are totally duped by the propoganda and shamelessly cynical statements of Middle Eastern governments and other political actors, and don't bother to understand the history and underlying dynamics of Middle Eastern politics. The sad truth is that political violence is, has, and always will be, endemic to Middle Eastern politics, because politics is a zero-sum game there, in large part a reflection of the underlying tribal basis of political culture. Politics is not a process of resolving competing interests through negotiated compromise, it is 'kill and get your way, or die and they get theirs'. Of the many understandings that we have lost over the decades as we convinced ourselves our liberal ways of living is a form of natural law that is shared by all, is that in a war, 'to the victor go the spoils'. The Gaza war is just the latest in the long line of Arab failures to defeat Israel, where the belief seems to be the losers get to dictate the outcomes. Trump's Gaza proposal is, at a bare minimum, totally unworkable, but the point being missed is that it is Israel and the U.S. in the driver's seat (as the victor and it's sponsor), and that whatever the eventual solution, it won't be about pleasing the side that started the war or try to use it to achieve their aims.

14:42 your video was all right up to this point. From here on, I think you need to familiarize yourself with a little more history.. you didn’t mention the West Bank and the occupation of Israel there and the continued encroachment of settlements. You also failed to mention that the UN wanted them to go back to the 1967 Borders, but Israel kept developing and developing because they want to displace the Palestinians. Also prior to 1948 there were Jews, Arabs and Christians in the area and they were all considered Palestinians. Palestine referred to a region not an ethnic group. Hamas may employee jihad, but the Palestinian people have never stated this, except in Gaza, where they have been imprisoned.

Well said, Josh

I constantly wonder at the way Trumpie makes the world dance and they all hate him but all dance when he pulls the strings. Most also believe they are more intelligent and worldly, yet he makes them dance. We all live in a fantasy about how clever and strong we are.

President TRUMP is a very smart man, his suggestion for Palestinians is the best way to keep them away from sick minded islamists

Well balanced, nuanced opinion piece Josh.

The fact that this can be a "conversation" shines a blaring light on the continued dehumanization of the Palestinian people. The only humane conversation supports the impeachment of Trump and charging his buddy Bibi for war crimes.

Thanks, Josh. A well-balanced, thoughtful, and I think, correct assessment of Trump's proposal for Gaza.

I hope you're listening Clem...

Josh, you miss the hidden agenda. If Gazans wish to stay, then they are no longer refugees. Sign on dotted line they are home & no longer refugees. New paradigm Everytime he attacks at obtuse angle a new paradigm presents itself. Unplanned planning

thank you Josh, you educate, inspire, reason and envisage. I'm interrupting watching you knowing you can't cover all aspects, but why would Trump - honestly - seek to do as he says - the con-artist criminal 'real estate' man - intends only to exploit what Gaza itself offers? its absolutely nothing to do with people. It's the land's resources, its strategic position. Can anyone honestly imagine that foul creature caring a fig for humanity - he's not yet shown any evidence in his entire 78 years and now with obvious dementia. How has he demonstrated 'care for people' in his own country? Look how he determines who receives aid to rebuild or rehouse or educate or receive medical care? He's only ever been in private and public - power over, fear tactics and control. If NOBODY had given him airspace he could never have achieved status of any kind. Yes, his latest incites intelligent debate - never is that his intention - - but who yet discusses his dementia.

I don’t buy this ‘Oh, it’s just Trump. You know he says stupid sh!t, get over it” argument. How is that a ‘get out’? Sure, it’s a perfectly accurate explanation for what he said, but it doesn’t logically follow that that this should carry any weight beyond that. Does the sheer fact that he’s upending 50+ year’s worth of diplomatic norms mean that we should suddenly not see merit in those norms and just let them slip away without protest? It’s perfectly reasonable to point out (indeed, forcefully) when an old, irrational, singularly uninformed person behaves as such; particularly when his actions have the fate of the world potentially resting on them.

Ultimately the trouble with respecting a population's right to self determination is sometimes watching them freely determine stupid things for themselves. Like dedicating your entire society and culture around a theological forever-war with your neighbor over a theological grievance about non believers in the holy land.

Bibi may be corrupt but he's clearly not a hack. Guys one of the most cunning and opportunist politicians I've ever seen.

Speaks volumes to the 'solidarity' of islam that 95% suni Muslim Egypt slams the door in the face of its 90% suni Muslim Palestinian brothers and sisters in a time of the most dire and desperate need.

I love what you're doing Josh, but this flog lost me at 'platforming' and by the time he got to 'unhoused' had confirmed that LA is cancer 😂

I listen to all your episodes on podcast. I don't think I ever really thought about it. But now that I see you. You look different to the how I never thought about how you look. 😂🤗

We don't all think we're the best. Many of us know better.

Well you countries aren't even in our thoughts when we do life.

God created the world,(yeah right) which god?every religion has it`s own god

We're not the best at a lot of things. Every country has it's pros and cons.

Nationwide daily brainwashing 😂

but I do wonder if the administration will soon say it’s far too expensive to deport millions of “illegals” and come up with an alternative solution

Americans don’t look up to Australia, bro? They think it’s quant. They don’t know what that word means, neither do I but nobody’s admiring a Chinese owned mining company with a gambling problem.

The system is brilliant and British with a lick of new paint slapped on.

So on top of still using inches, allowing private fire fighters to, 'be a thing' and tolerating medical bills to be the most common cause of bankruptcy ... they still use cheques? They invented the internet. But post cheques?

Can we retire the term "Podcastistan" as it sounds moronic.

Do be honest Josh, I assumed Americans invented bathing and hygiene at a time when curtains were easy and glass stalls were hard. Then after a couple of wars when America saved the world, GIs spread bathing around the world.

Oh, thing is, it won't, as the USA's MAGA movement has won, fully and completely; the establishment, including that of the church and of Heaven, are ended because We the People decree it is over, Trumpism is forever won, and the agents of God have lost, due to their loyalty to Hell.

Gad but I love your laidback KiwiOz. Easily the best conversationalist! (A recently new fan from Oz)