Gaza and Southern Israel Conflict Explained In 5 Minutes (YouTube Cut)

[@RyanMcBethProgramming]

For more background, view the additional media at ryanmcbeth.substack.com The conflict is essentially one of homeland. British Mandate Palestine promised Israel to both the Arabs and the Jews if they agreed to fight against the Ottoman Turks during World War I. Israel's subsequent war of Independence created a refugee crisis that is still ongoing to this day. For uncensored video, check out my substack at: ryanmcbeth.substack.com Like my shirts? Get your own at: www.bunkerbranding.com/pages/ryan-mcbeth Want a personalized greeting: www.cameo.com/ryanmcbeth Watch all of my long form videos: kzbin.info/aero/PLt670_P7pOGmLWZG78JlM-rG2ZrpPziOy Twitter: @ryanmcbeth Instagram: @therealryanmcbeth BlueSky @ryanmcbeth Reddit: /r/ryanmcbeth Join the conversation: discord.gg/pKuGDHZHrz Want to send me something? Ryan McBeth Productions LLC 8705 Colesville Rd. Suite 249 Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA

[@Sumguysazz]

You disregard a lot of key points 1) the Arab brotherhood, the precursor to hamas, were basically far right nationalists, like Trump. And Palestinians to this day are using their flag 2) arbitrarily starting in 1516 is problematic as Palestine itself is a story of colonization and genocide during the Arab conquests. You can’t not take into account their history of stealing land because that’s important context here to see both sides

[@turdferguson9356]

the mere existence of a Jewish nation is referred to as a "catastrophe"... anything about that rhetoric a little concerning? nevermind even more damning occurrences like the 3 R's Agreement or choosing a religious holiday as an invasion date

[@geraldwashington6588]

@@turdferguson9356Palestine winning means Jews cease to exist. Israel winning means Palestinians continue to exist, just without a home. There is a clear morally worse more evil player in this “game”

[@smoketinytom]

Silly question: Do you clients ever recognise you from your videos?

[@marouaniAymen]

I'm really disappointed of this video, you are deforming the historical events and you are apologetic for ethnic cleansing, that's normal for a fully indoctrinated by American Emperialism. No comment.

[@markewald6995]

If there's any place on Earth where the phrase, "and the plot thickens", is appropriate, it's the Israeli -Palestinian border.

[@andrewlynch4126]

There are like 100 more complicated conflicts it’s just no one cares about them

[@ExodentalCADAcademyofNorth]

true

[@DeathMonkeys]

The Korean DMZ

[@darnit1944]

The plot is so thick that it turned into a dough. Soon the flames of war will bake it, and turn it into a bread of hate. I can't believe i just wrote that

[@aussie6910]

All started by the Assyrians in 720BC & the Babylonians in 590BC then stirred up again by the Romans. The Israelites just couldn't catch a break.

[@esteban1190]

It really amazes me, when someone digs into conflicts across the globe, usually history starts with: "so, the british came.."

[@secondhalfcomeback]

All our fault apparently, but then the USA never admits their own war crimes? Big bad Brits as usual, no mention of ethnic or religious tensions. By way nearly 80 years so where do we draw the line - can I sue the Normans for invading in 1066? How about having a go at the Danes or the early Italians? As for the Germanic Anglo-Saxon tribes, well lets sue Germany.

[@fernandomarques5166]

Well, it's kind of a given when they colonized half of the world to be fair.

[@johnsullivan6709]

Then dig a bit deeper and find the East India Company or one of the similar that was looting the world in the name of England whilst blackmailing the english government of the time.

[@hawkray77]

In ancient times, the land is first named Israel, invaders came from greece called philistines, they expelled the Israelites, the land they settled in was called philistia, and then it was renamed to Palestine, no matter what name they call it, it is still Israel.

[@hawkray77]

By the way the ancient philistines are not related to the arabs who call themselves palestians, the reason they call themselves palestians is because they are the original arab refugees or nomads who settled and lived in Palestine and of course, even if a Chinese settle in Palestine and live there he will now be a palestinian citizen. I hope you understand.

[@dnkmarci]

Good video. But your take at roughly 4:25 is pretty shallow, you can have nice things without brutally dislodging century old communities completely from their home/historical lands. Also, is snow in florida really that much of a concern? free Palestine ffs.

[@Colonel_dinggus]

This is the only time I’ve seen the Israel/Palestine situation explained briefly and in a way that I can understand both sides. Lesson learned: it’s always the Brit’s fault lol

[@TheJaseface]

I say Germanys fault.

[@kleinweichkleinweich]

the most dangerous predator in the dessert is a Tommy

[@hedgeearthridge6807]

Ultimately it's the Ottomans fault, just like the complete disaster in the Balkans. They expanded their empire and oppressed and genocide-d everyone, and when it unraveled it left everything in chaos. If the Ottoman Empire didn't exist and didn't help Germany, Britain wouldn't have needed to open up the Sinai front and make bad promises

[@icefox5347]

@@TheJaseface Could you explain this a little more?

[@allanmason3201]

@@icefox5347 Presumably, they mean that it's Germany's fault because Germany started WWI. Of course, anyone with more than a superficial understanding of that period of European history will know that's a gross simplification, but I suppose it's no more reductionist than saying that the Israel-Palestine problem is _all_ down to the duplicitous Brits.

[@HouseofHobo]

Everyone tiptoes around this conflict. For years and years I had no idea about the specifics. I just knew it was a sensitive subject. Most people just say, "It's complex." That was usually enough to discourage me from placing any effort into learning about it. Thank you for a clear and concise summary.

[@GeorgeT5000]

If you actually want to deep dive into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Martyrmade has a wicked podcast series called Fear and Loathing in New Jerusalem

[@redf7209]

Its amazing how over the years we became accustomed to taking sides when we see a conflict but for this one there's no right side, just a mess we need to think about very carefully before we get involved for whatever motivation. We cant even say most of the civilians are innocents. Most Israelis are of have been in the IDF bar the children and vote for the Israeli govts, Palestinians voted for Hamas and their children are brainwashed in their schools to kill Israelis and take willing part in attacks against such.

[@babayaga9102]

why didn't you just read about it?

[@DeadDancers]

I wonder if ‘it’s complex’ was another way of saying ‘yeah, I don’t know enough to explain it either’ 🤔

[@paulsportal1720]

@@0QualityOverQuantity Exactly that.

[@alfredjo-kx1gl]

ryan small note here the Jews never accepted the partition plan even though it was favoring them and gave them more land than what the jewish population had owned, this is based on the findings of an Israeli historian Avi Shlaim who reviewed thousands of archived documents in that era, and not one showed an acceptance of that deal or willingness to accept it

[@matthemming9105]

Thank you Ryan. I had to laugh when I saw a video about the background of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was only 5 minutes long - but as usual, you pack a lot of info into a clear, concise package. Thanks again

[@the6ix665]

You could drop a nuke on a country that would take less then 5 minutes

[@newchannel1220]

you know its nice to not need to shovel snow . russian: "you know, we are not even try to replace Ukrainians. we are trying to keep them on our side."

[@austiwollongongwolf]

Would be better if you studied the history of this conflict. He missed out so much, especially as he didn’t want to offend a certain religious group.

[@squidca2455]

@@austiwollongongwolfit’s historically been a battle for land, not over religion, as muslims, christians and jews all lived in peace in the area before. Thus, religious information is not relevant to a battle rooted over territorial disputes.

[@donovanturner1235]

Keep up the great work Ryan!!! Always appreciate the videos you post.

[@Bangkonijntje]

That was mostly fair, but the implication that I should take my own existence into consideration when judging past events is a bit strange. You didn't make this argument, but if someone were to argue that I should not judge a genocide as bad, because I won't otherwise exist. I'd tell them that my existence can in no way excuse or mitigate any bad. And this is not theoretical to me. I'm a descendent of a holocaust survivor. They survived and then had a child with a non-Jew that aided them. If not for the holocaust, I would not exist. But if by some weird supernatural means I could make it so the Holocaust never happend, I would; in an instance, thereby precluding my own existence. My mere existence does not change my perspective on what is right and wrong and I posit that anyone doing otherwise has their moral compass out of whack.

[@Ahduciekwndnbbbsvvvghhhyyyyy]

Well said

[@Tinblitz]

That bit threw me off too. Hopefully it was more of an "I'm in a rush, and didn't think this argument through" rather than a sign of his true feelings on Might Makes Right.

[@bigtroglodyte]

It’s actually concerning he would say that because why doesn’t he say the same about Russians, Russias grandparents owned Ukraine so they should be allowed to transgress on them. since apparently Israel has claim to Palestine because Israel existed there almost a thousand years ago. It’s ridiculous, like Italy taking Istanbul because it was theirs hundreds of years ago.

[@vedranb87]

This rhetoric opens many nasty cans of worms simultaneously. Turkey could have claims all the way up to Hungary, speaking of which, Austro-Hungarian empire could have claims elsewhere, and Italy could lay claims to everything Rome ever owned.... And don't get me started on the Mongols. Things change. My hope is that eventually the spiritual foundation of the United Nations will live up to its name universally across the globe, and all nations will be truly united in the sanctity of every human life, and that every living being will agree to this message and live by it in peace, respect while not sacrificing cultural diversity and traditions.

[@Tinblitz]

@@bigtroglodyte I actually interpreted it the opposite way. That it could be said "You don't get to complain about people taking land because they're strong because you also benefit from land taken from people by a stronger people". I'm sure that's not Ryan's opinion on the matter. Or maybe it is. I don't want to put words in his mouth.

[@wheelie98]

Thanks! NNTR

[@hibryd7481]

That's a very dark take on human history. We're actually _not_ all just here because our ancestors slaughtered or oppressed some other ancient people. Humans are able to recognize value in alien cultures, and both cultures and populations interbreed and evolve. Unless you're dealing with absolutists and zealots. The legality and history aside, in this modern age of abundance, events often just come down to the "bro" test. Most of the entire planet decided it wasn't cool for RU to randomly attack UA some random Thursday, regardless of their beefs with NATO or cultural history with UA. Similarly, in a great deal of interactions I've observed over the past 2 decades between Israelis and Palestinians, the Israelis don't pass the bro test. They claim moral/legal/racial/religious superiority as an empty excuse to marginalize people and outright steal from them in some cases. I don't support Hamas; I don't support terrorism or the targeting of civilians. I also don't support civilians terrorizing and looting their neighbors, or governments enabling that behavior. To be honest, from a moral standpoint, it's hard to differentiate those policies from just launching missiles outright at a population. Israeli has a lot of blind support from the west and from Christians, but when you really examine the conflict, I don't think there is a "good" side. There's just a side with more organization and funding. Nonetheless, I feel about Hamas the same way I feel about the YPG; even if I strongly oppose their actions, I have a pretty easy time seeing where they're coming from.

[@Abdullah-mn6sw]

Good to see one sane person in the comments

[@wyatt6721]

You don't pass the smell test

[@nimrodery]

@@wyatt6721 That's because you should be using logic and reasoning, smelling is what dogs do.

[@kazekamiha]

Fairly well agree. While I do prefer Israel in the conflict to say they're clean of any wrong doing is to be blindly ignorant. Both sides have done horrible things and, by all accounts, are set to do them once more.

[@nimrodery]

@@kazekamiha Why would you prefer either? Has Israel made any serious attempts to end this? I don't recall that happening in my lifetime, and they keep electing hardliners like Netanyahu, which gives Hamas an easy time convincing locals. It looks like Gaza is slowly getting genocided, no? If it was South Africa or another apartheid state we'd speak out or put sanctions on them.

[@limyohwan]

I guess what Russians doing in Ukraine is a-ok because several hundered years ago some of my ancestors killed some of their neighbors. Good lord Ryan

[@specialingu]

russia arguably would have a stronger case :(.

[@michael90cr86]

I enjoy your content generally. But talking about ancient tribal warfare to justify brutal racist murders and attacks and the displacement of 100,000s of people shows a serious lack of moral judgement and understanding of the situation. The framing of wiping out other tribes, evokes language reminiscent of genocide (the logic you put is at its core suggesting peace is only possible by anhiliation or driving aways) of different groups of people. One group can only safe if the other group isn't there. The irony of spreading such hateful ideas, is that it is the same logic Hamas use to justify there position. There's a reason why we look back on the fire bombing of dresden with guilt, the internment of Japanese civilans and racists pogroms with shame, because they were never right, and simply saying "it's a dog eat dog world" doesn't cut it.

[@wayneshufelt3393]

One cannot possibly explain the history of this conflict in 5 minutes.

[@craigfreger7958]

Your point about historical tribal conflicts over territory reminds me of a conversation I once had with a colleague (of Mexican descent) about the Arab-Israeli conflict. I remarked that nobody calls the American Southwest “the occupied territories.” He promptly replied: “I do!” 😂

[@davidoden]

The Cherokee disagree with both of you.

[@craigfreger7958]

@@davidoden : The Cherokee Nation was in the Southeast part of what is today the U.S., not the Southwest (and the people were forcibly relocated by the U.S. government to Oklahoma), but I get your point.

[@Quattro46]

@@craigfreger7958Whatever tribe you mention, there was probably a tribe there before that one.

[@davidoden]

@@craigfreger7958 yeah, I was just making a point without looking up what tribes were in the southwest and Cherokee came to mind first. 😃

[@ExplorationRandomDestination]

@@Quattro46100% all large tribes built there “empires” by conquering smaller tribes. Natives practiced prisoner of war and slave tactics particularly stealing women and children and forcing them into tribes.

[@rebecca-glutarama]

Thank you. I have been reading articles on this for a week now trying to get my head around things so I can understand what is going on and why. You’ve explained it perfectly in 5mins.

[@JustSnakes911]

he's lying. none what he said is true. for example "Arabs" are Canaanites that lived there for thousands of years. Israel had 3 times the troops of the Arabs and a lot of modern equipment that the Arabs didn't have.

[@lui8418]

@@JustSnakes911Arabs are not canans😂 already you are debunked with that first few words

[@JustSnakes911]

@@lui8418 So scientists and DNA studies are wrong and a KZbin comment is right?

[@lui8418]

@@JustSnakes911 absolutely 👍 you said the “Arabs” which is an umbrella term for the causations living in the Middle East as cannanites which is false because only Isreal Syria Lebanon and Palestine have dna dating back to the cananites Saudis Egyptians Iranians Yemen Oman uea Kuwait Iraq and others are not cananites 🤷‍♂️

[@lui8418]

@@JustSnakes911 yup Arabs is an umbrella term for the Caucasians in the Middle East The only countrys that have cannaite ties Are Isreal Syria Lebanon and Palestine The rest are not descendant from cannanites 🤷‍♂️

[@Thefrogbread]

I hope that both Israel and Palestine can find peace. Edit: I don‘t like hamas, I want the civilians and non terrorists to find peace

[@dimasakbar7668]

Both can find peace, survive, and prosper in mutual coexistence.

[@pastuh]

In theory, they could live together, but the problem is that they dislike each other because Palestinian territories were occupied by Jews. What would happen if the land were suddenly unified? I believe there would be many issues because terrorist organization still exist..

[@shahakkaufman436]

I used to hope we could have peace. After the last few days it is no more. Peace could only be if the political terrorist organisations would be completely disarmed and dismantled, their operatives tried in international court and either imprisoned or executed. Palestinian state of mind needs to change also- they usually hale and cheer for convicted, hailed as heroes an Shahids. This mind set, of praising criminals, must change

[@jeffdunnell6693]

Never gonna happen,they keep teaching their children to hate each other

[@shahakkaufman436]

@@jeffdunnell6693 sorry man, but where I grew up, I went grocery shopping and hanging in Arab villages in Israel. There is some tension or conflict, I'll give you that. But never were we taught to hate Arabs. Kids on Gaza grow into a system that indoctrinates hate and glorifies murder of all who are not muslim

[@normm1619]

I will explain in 10 seconds. This has been going on for 80 years, and will go on for at least another 80 years.

[@palmercolson7037]

Thanks!

[@4c12]

Ryan, please don’t forget about the Skyes-picot agreement. The Brit’s never intended to honour any of those agreements and knew they were lying from the start

[@Noise991]

Yeah imagine fighting for someone honorably because they offered your homeland back and then they’re like, syke

[@fergusdenoon1255]

The problem there isn't the Brits, it's the fundamental religiosity, you've already established you'll believe a complete load of bollox.

[@rodgerhempfing2921]

The Zionist want all Palestinians removed forever, not a recipe for coexistence at all.

[@michael2514]

What ? The barbaric Christian west lies?

[@Yorgos56]

As a brit I 100% agree, most of the Issues in the modern middle east are the result of French and (mostly) British imperialism up until 56, any issues created after that are mostly the result of American and Russian imperialism but mostly American.

[@lanaevans]

Have you updated your video to mention the ongoing slaughter?

[@The88Cheat]

It's called a war.

[@alena8388]

@@The88Cheat its a genocide brother/sister. May allah guide you.

[@fuzzy9294]

Ryan says look at your neighbors and you will see that your tribe wiped out another tribe. Myself and 5 immediate neighbors are Christian, Hindu and Muslim. We speak English and Afrikaans. We are black and white. We give treats at Christmas, Diwali and Eid, we live in harmony and peace. We live in a middle class suburb in Durban, South Africa. 32 years ago it was was illegal for black and white to live in the same area, black areas were on the outside of town and less developed. Both my Grandfathers served in the brutal war against the Boers (Afrikaans) on the British side. I served in the South African Defense Force during Apartheid. The devastation of the American peoples was not gunpowder verses arrows it was smallpox verses the common cold. Some of the legislation in America sound a bit like Apartheid era laws. The fact that even the legislation refers to "Indians" is amazing to me. (Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975)

[@cologist]

Ryan is an advocate of "might makes right". He is essentially acknowledging that the European immigrants (trying to avoid the YT sensors) committed ethnic cleansing but his strategy is the pathetic "but other people did it in the past". This is a genuinely bad/warped human being.

[@drgonzo305]

Hamas shouldn’t be considered a Palestinian organization. They’re funded, trained and equipped by Iran and work for Iranian interests at the expense of the Palestinian people

[@rapamune]

That is selective information, and naive.

[@avivkandabi7088]

Then the IDF isn't Israeli since they are funded by the US, do you see how backwards this logic is? Hamas == Palestine

[@GenieHermoso]

It doesn't delve into the apartheid state and abusive treatment done to the Palestinians. They owned the land, they had the keys to their houses. They were occupied therefore there is an occupier. It's settler colonialism and systematic expulsion of the indigenous people. Please read Ilan Pappe's work. The people who occupied have now distant ties to the land for over 2,000 years they married and converted Europeans into their religion. It has the blessing of the West because they don't want to deal with it. Please look into the history of Liberia.... same thing.... White Americans sent the Black slaves back to their supposed homeland but it wasn't their homeland some of them dont come from that part of Africa....they didn't want to deal with them being here in America so they supplied them with guns and told them they can own Liberia despite locals living there.... There has been no peace in that region for 150 years!

[@chandelier6811]

While overall a good video the dates involving the ethnic cleansing of Palestine are slightly incorrect the ethnic cleansing started in 1947 and was used as a casus beli for the Arab league states to enter the war. Also he didn’t discuss anything about the funding of Hamas by Israel nor did he mention the fact Israel has been stealing homes, property, and water from Palestinians

[@jukahri]

I fail to see the pertinence of my forefathers' crimes in today's context, that was a very weak argument. That my ancestors bonked someone on the head over here and stole their land, hardly makes it okay for anyone to do the same, now be it in Ukraine, in Armenia or indeed in the Cisjordan. I haven't stolen anyone's land, I'm not guilty of my ancestors' crimes, but if you go ahead and do the same thing they did,you very much *are*. I can't see the 'might is right' argument ending well for Israel eventually. It is a country that has lived off the protection and generosity of others, but then regularly spits in the face of those who have helped it, and tramples the very values that lead us to offer it support. Anyway, in the context of this war, Israel has every right to defend itself of course. I just wish I didn't know that it will be used as a tool for the ultra-orthodox reactionaries to gain yet more power in a country that really ought to know better.

[@subtlewolf]

You may not be guilty, but you may be responsible to some degree. Which can come into play in the interplay between yourself and the ancestors of those who were "bonked". But that's a nit-pick on an otherwise good correction.

[@ThePredoCatcher]

00:54 It's not "Palestinian forces" It's Hamas big difference the PLO didn't attack Israel but Hamas did and they didn't only murder civilians in Ashkelon they (hamas) murdered 1,400 civilians in the whole Gaza strip

[@BIGSTANK1983]

Thank you for this. This is the first time in my 40 years that ive actually understood the situation. Its definitely a messy one.

[@TheCompleteMental]

3:54 Sins of the father. Didnt expect someone as smart as you to pull such an asinine and insulting fallacy, I'm disappointed. Just because it has happened in history doesnt make it permissible. Nor is anyone to blame for the actions of their ancestors, but they _are_ accountible for _their_ actions. That's basic reasoning.

[@homosexeul]

Thank God somebody other than me noticed that

[@SenorJoeBiden]

4:01 Important point too is that the Arab armies (Jordan) did the same thing to Jews living in the West Bank and Jerusalem. Around 10,000 Jews were expelled from these areas, hence why this gets less attention. So it's not like this was some unique act by the Jews that the Arabs did not (attempt) to commit. All in all, half of the arabs living in Palestine were expelled or fled from their homes, and they were not able to return. 70,000 Jews were displaced during the war , around 10% of Jewish population of Palestine at the time.

[@Commenter-fm8vl]

Just 1 correction: Israel did not expel the Arabs, they left at the encouragement of the 5 Arab countries who promised that if the inhabitants got out of the way, they would wipe out the Jews and then the Arabs could move back. This is all documented, including speeches from Gamal Abdel Nasser and other Arab leaders at the time.

[@hefeibao]

Excellent summary and very fair all around. Wish more people see this as it's pretty unbiased.

[@AllenLeland]

I also thought it was a pretty fair summary :)

[@jerryhampton5755]

Well he did leave out the part about Israel administering an apartheid and the majority of palistineans being expelled or killed. Little bit more to their grievance than believing they were handed a raw deal.

[@kongou1912]

he kinda forgot to mention that the 1947 partition plan would have given Israel 60% of the Region even tho only 30% of the population was Jewish

[@Thor.Jorgensen]

What is unfair is how he describes Israel as a country that struggles to exist, although I would say the same can be said about the Palestinians. Palestinians struggle with having Palestine recognized as a real country, and in practise their land is treated as Israel's backyard that they can freely demolish and expand into any day of the week.

[@davidshapiro5616]

Jerry, You left out the part where Israeli Arabs serve in all aspects of society; The Druze community is also highly represented in Israel’s government, serving as Knesset members, diplomats and IDF officials. @@jerryhampton5755

[@iBalushi]

3:38 Jewish militia poorly trained when they faced 5 Arab armies? They had better weapons, a British tank, and outnumbered the Arabs.

[@markdennison8326]

Ryan, as a professional video editor I’m impressed at how quickly you put this concise and informative story together. Bravo!

[@10pmmemes88]

As a pro video editor who gets paid more than you I disagree.

[@markdennison8326]

@@10pmmemes88 And you know this how?

[@markdennison8326]

@@jamesg8203 Show us your editorial IMDB.

[@10pmmemes88]

unless you're making more than 500k annually after tax + expenses, I know. @@markdennison8326

[@NomoSapienss]

​@@10pmmemes88 one-upmanship at is finest

[@j.d.-alawyerexplains5064]

Ryan, the Seminole nation got the last laugh. Their casinos pull out millions from Floridians who can’t do probabilities and statistics.

[@JohnM-sw4sc]

I’m sure they’d prefer the land back. Not sure that’s a last laugh

[@SageMerric]

Thank you SO MUCH for this. Everyone I try to ask about this just says "It's complicated" without ever explaining why, and you did it in 5 minutes easy.

[@OgJusttrippin]

Nah he's just brushing over a lot of history. Start at the beginning with the roman empire and Israel

[@11Tits]

@@OgJusttrippin yes but thats widely ignored… thanks to the british promising them both the same chunk of land. Sure they needed the troops and moral/motivation and they didnt have much hindsight of what was gonna happen.

[@TXSamG]

Man, the British really complicated things for the rest of us didn't they? (Middle East, India/Pakistan... What else?)

[@YouTubeGlobalAdminstrator]

The British "complications" also caused indirectly the wars which helped humanity develop many technologies during those wars. So yes, maybe bad, but also good things came from it.

[@죽은_시민의_사회]

It would be easier to list places/conflicts that weren't complicated by the British Empire.

[@terrymustang73]

Technically you can blame the Arabs for stealing Palestine from the Levantine peoples

[@kleinweichkleinweich]

Brexit

[@stuartrichardson6928]

Blimey... everyone gobs off about the British empire without a mention of the French, Belgian etc... Our empire was epic lol. But seriously, I blame the French; like matey says, we’ve all been invaded and beaten in the past. We Brits got turned over by the Normans (French). The upper class elite is still to this day Norman. Even our language is mostly French spoken badly... laters mon freres... Blame the frogs 🐸

[@irakennington9701]

I really appreciate how Ryan can throw up a sobering 5 minute objective analysis of a situation half way around the world with almost no prep time. Bravo, sir.

[@la7dfa]

It was very pro-Israel IMO. He could have mentioned how Israel had the terrorist Stern gang using car bombs to kill British U.N. personnel and police. The modern proposal for a two-state solution has been proposed as the borders of 1967. But I guess that means Israel will have to give up much of their illegally STOLEN lebensraum on Palestinian land. The only way to solve this constant crisis is a two-state solution. Anything less is just a continued grift and blood money.

[@insideoutsideupsidedown2218]

The British did not come. They took over region from the Ottoman Empire that disintegrated after WW1.

[@Maurice-Navel]

The only actual fact I'd like to add is that a state of Palestine could have come into existence in Gaza and the West Bank in 1949, if Egypt and Jordan had allowed (they were holding the land).

[@Abdullah-mn6sw]

Funny how you see Egypt and Jordan wrong to remain control of the land for several years but not Israel colonising and oppressing the land and people of Palestine.

[@Srfs777]

Wrong

[@danielheckel2755]

Actually, you're right. Between 1949 and 1968, Egypt and Jordan held Gaza and the West Bank, but did not allow a Palestinian state to be formed.

[@goglebert]

is there a chance to go back to some 20 century negotiation status?

[@johnclements6614]

@@goglebert There are now 0.5 million Israeli settlers in the West Bank. Israel has tied itself to the Palestinians.

[@blueskiesflyer]

Just a small note, the infiltration attacks were executed into smaller towns, military bases and the music festival located east of Gaza Strip border not into Ashkeon. Ashkelon is generally the first big city to be hit by rockets.

[@user-ie1ij9nr7e]

This is a real news real analysis! Thank you!

[@WarrenPostma]

Did not expect you to get SO MUCH solid information into 5:20. Well done.

[@AlaskaBikeDoctor]

I’m learning a lot today about this issue. One question I have is with regards to referring to Palestinians as refugees. If this land was Palestine before the British/French/Russians split up the Ottoman Empire, aren’t they actually refugees on the own homeland?

[@kyleblandon2250]

The land was Israel before the Roman Emperor Hadrian forcefully exiled the Israelites, creating a vacuum for the Muslim faith, and establishing a Roman province called “Palestina”. Hence, the Crusades were military operations primarily by Christians to “regain” the holy land from the Muslims. Jerusalem is the Holy capital of the Land of Israel and predates “Palestine” which in itself should be enough to recognize the area as Israel especially since “Palestine” is not technically even a sovereign nation under international law

[@dirty_mac]

They're still refugees if they were displaced from their original homes. Hurricane Katrina created a lot of refugees for example even though they all are Americans

[@MH-yj5ed]

What was the land called before it was Palestinian?

[@dirty_mac]

@@MH-yj5ed "The first written records referring to Palestine emerged in the 12th-century BCE Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt, which used the term Peleset for the neighboring people or land." In the Roman times it was called Judaea

[@Jackdaniels19894]

@@dirty_macthanks

[@startupframes8388]

Greetings from Lebanon and very well said. always a subscriber

[@bryanmarks608]

I think that explains the historical context but there are current day dynamics at play too. Would love to see a 10 min version considering those. It was a really great historical perspective except perhaps how the Arab nations view how it all went down.

[@klacklery]

Praying for peace, as this will end poorly for everyone.

[@masonhidari]

no peace until the hamas has paid the price of its action

[@miroslavhoudek7085]

@@masonhidari while Hamas' motto for this action is probably "No peace until Izrael pays the price of their previous action"

[@Lesdeth]

Praying for a peaceful resolution with the other arab states once Israel takes all of the territory and sends the murderers packing.

[@5e88e]

Many civilians will die, as usual in this conflict

[@doithimaceabhard7457]

​@@masonhidariit's almost certain those hostages will become victims of a "crossfire"

[@user-ez9en7vk2z]

Very insightful 👏👏👏

[@charmquark6366]

Always, the best, level-headed and measured explanation. Thank you, Ryan!

[@coletonjohnson2252]

I'm so afraid for Palestinians and Israelis I'm Jewish and I fully understand and am disgusted by Israel's discrimination and violence but Hamas' attack is only going to inflame tensions. Peace to all

[@spaceman9599]

Thank you. Shalom.

[@GillAgainsIsland12]

You say discrimination, but Israel always offered peaceful coexistence but Palestinian leadership never accepted it and always promised to annihilate the Jews. So then what is Israel supposed to short of surrendering the entire country to the Arabs?

[@ZTRRottweilers]

Best explanation I've seen. I will share. Ty

[@rikkyt66]

This was a really well structured and concise background on this conflict. I think everyone who is looking into what is happening should see this to understand why they have been fighting longer than most of us have been alive. Especially since most explanations start in the 40s.

[@davidaylott7113]

Ryan Mcbeth is the best military commentator on any media platform. Who else can sit live on a laptop for 5 mins and churn out good content

[@bigredracingdog466]

4:19 Mostly Cherokees. Often unmentioned is that the tribes took their black slaves with them. Some owned as many as 200 slaves. History is complicated.

[@indigo2ks]

Thank you for not making this into a simplistic good guy bad guy explanation, like most things in real life, it's complicated and worth finding out the background...

[@Jake-bt3fc]

A terrorist attack on civilians is pretty obviously a good guy bad guy situation.

[@skp8748]

​@@Jake-bt3fcso Israel?

[@jeffsvlog203]

@@Jake-bt3fcso Hitler was the good guy?

[@griffindrucker5712]

@@skp8748I think the current armed conflict is a pretty clear “good guy/bad guy” situation, even though I still have a lot of issues with Israel. But the Palestinians have been committing barbaric acts against civilians. It goes beyond war crimes. The only comparisons I can think of are serial killers or any other people that get a kick out of watching people suffer. But there’s an army of those animals. I didn’t feel this way until I saw all of the footage, especially the footage that the Palestinians released. Parading a naked, bloody civilian woman around like a trophy, and then proceeding to beat her even more. Desecrating corpses of women, children, and the elderly. Calling them terrorists gives them too much respect. If they were really fighting for freedom, then they wouldn’t be fighting like this. I used to be very neutral on the Palestine-Israel situation, and I hoped for a two-state solution ideally. But now Palestine shouldn’t be given sympathy.

[@yanenn2151]

@@Jake-bt3fcAs if Israel isnt responsible for slaughtering palestinians on a daily basis and getting zero coverage on western meia

[@Eupolemos]

Impressively clear summary. Thank you. 3:53 - I'm not saying there is a (good) solution, but this take was horrible. Nobody needs to be wiped out. Calling it pearl-clutching is just a way to end any mature conversation.

[@3vil3lvis]

I don't think Ryan is saying that they need to be wiped out, he was referencing history where people did get wiped out. War has been declared and it doesn't look good for the Palestinians as they have no counter for Isreal's air superiority (gliders are not going to cut it). This will very much be a one sided war.

[@Eupolemos]

@@3vil3lvis I don't want to think that it is Ryans position either - but it was how it came across and how it will be heard by many. It really is a terrible overall situation, nobody can see a solution and at that time, well... If you've got skin in the game like family and such, you're willing to do quite a few things you wouldn't otherwise to end it.

[@FredLootLlama123]

My teacher tried to explain all this in a week and failed you have done it in 5 mins

[@winchester8046]

As always Ryan explains a very complicated scenario in a way most can understand. As always keep up the good work. Watching from over the pond

[@wetdog5299]

Can you do a deep dive on the USS Liberty?

[@andrewedris2800]

It would be an interesting exercise

[@blaydCA]

That's been done. There's a video of it on YT somewhere, or there used to be.

[@vallisubrama]

Israel agreed to something but the other group did not. If you spend more time on that statement alone and look for parallels to that in history in that area you might arrive at a much substantial answer than what you got now.

[@DanielsPolitics1]

This skipped over a number of terrorist attacks by the proto-Israeli forces, murdering British forces, and civilians who sold them food and shelter.

[@pw1340]

He skipped almost every pertinent fact, honestly.

[@cologist]

@@pw1340I have watched enough of this man's content to come to a simple conclusion. He is an agent. ^_^

[@MMuraseofSandvich]

This is one of those things where "both sides" are wrong and right at the same time. Ain't humanity great. At this point, extremists on both sides are arguably committing genocidal acts: Hardline Israelis on one side setting up an apartheid state which will very likely become quite brutal, Muslim extremists in the Middle East want Israel just deleted from all of history largely because they occupy the religious crown jewel, Jerusalem. The thing is, if one or the other succeeds in their goal and there's any justice in the world, either Israel or much of the Arab world will become paraiahs like North Korea, and barring that, people are going to be hauled into the Hague for war crimes and crimes against humanity. And the really sad part is, because of the current Israeli government, we're probably going to see some brutal stuff we haven't seen in nearly a century, all because hardline Israelis think they are now justified.

[@ayadnadum1739]

We arabs don't call the Israeli-Arab war in 1948 as the "Nakba". the Nakba is an incident that happened in 1948, not a war.

[@Telechronic]

These arguments for territorial gain post League of Nations are weak at best. We are in a different era of world history and justifying any and all actions today by what happened hundreds or even thousands of years ago is ludicrous.

[@namrin9006]

Genuinely asking here, why not? What happened today can be explained by what happened years ago and gives some kind of ground to decisions taken today. I'm not saying it's justified in a sense that it's what's right but it's why it's done. The smart thing for Israel to do is to take a step back and not carpet bomb the Gaza strip because there is little to be had there. They'll only be shelling resources and lives, inflaming relations, marring their diplomatic standing without the benefit of dismembering Hamas' warmaking potential due to the fact there ain't no huge complex industrial bases in the Gaza strip. Also, Hamas is decentralized af, there is no white house to bomb and no one true leader that when eliminated will cause their organization to fall. Roof knocking will not only work to alert civilians to evacuate but the terrorists as well, giving them nothing but rubble. But in the aftermath of that blatant acts of barbarism, everyone is baying for blood. It's like the US in the aftermath of the 9/11.

[@RoonMian]

I'm German. Would you say that to me as well?

[@henryh3800]

The problem is that a part of the Balfour Declaration was not implemented: the part that says "it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-jewish communities in Palestine ...": see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration

[@spaceman9599]

Exactly.

[@cologist]

How that land was anyone's to give to European Jews is still confusing me in the first place?

[@henryh3800]

@@cologist In international law, the Crown in right of the United Kingdom gained sovereignty by conquest from the Ottoman Empire in WWI. The British did not really want sovereignty, and Palestine was then designated as a Mandate in 1922 by the League of Nations, under British control, and this was the position recognized by most nation states at the time, and therefore constituted "recognition" in international law. After WWII, the matter was determined by the United Nations: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_of_the_British_Mandate_for_Palestine

[@DaveMG.SolidSnake]

I’m honestly believe that you’ve got one of the best channels that I’ve ever seen on KZbin.

[@jrg4587]

Crystal clear answer that helped break down so much confusion. Thank you so much. Subbed.

[@shitoryu8]

Yeah this response is going to be overwhelming. The Palestinians aren't helping their cause with this bs. Gloves are coming off.

[@specialingu]

they wherent getting anywhere much with peaceful means, sadly. and its been DECADES. i dont like it either, but lack of progress is a big factor in this.

[@RoonMian]

@@specialingu Maybe but the attack occuring on the 50th anniversary of the Jom-Kippur-war kinda hints at revanchism.

[@DruidicRifleman]

@@specialingu They never tried Pieceful means...

[@specialingu]

@@DruidicRifleman they have, on and off. There's probably always been groups that want peaceful solutions, even when there's violence. But there's been no progress for a very long time.

[@Tyler_W]

Really good and really fair breakdown, actually. Personally, I find both "sides" to be simultaneously varying degrees of sympathetic and abhorrent. As is often the case in war, it's very rarely a clear case of "good guys versus bad guys," just bad guys versus worse guys and the piles of innocent dead bodies left in the wake of the violence and chaos on both sides. What a lot of people don't understand is that this is basically an old blood feud, very Hatfields versus McCoys or Bloods versus Crips. You kill some ours, we're gonna kill more of yours, and the cycle of violence goes ever onward. It's very ancient and barbaric thinking that civilization has tried to mitigate and transcend for thousands of years through spiritual and moral development, but unfortunately, human nature is what it is no matter how much we try to rise above our base impulses, so it'll always be there lingering within human subconscious, just waiting for an opportunity to express itself. There's not much we can do to stop it short of offering to help facilitate some kind of peace for however long it lasts. The only alternative is directly intervening, and that's just gonna make everything worse and cause it to escalate beyond everyone's control. At the end of the day, I think we're seeing a lot of people's moral franework revealing itself when they use examples of bad things one side does to justify the response. Regardless of which "side" you believe is more or less guilty of wrongdoing, we have to remembee that someone else's sins do not justify your own.

[@Twerkarella]

❤

[@bradfordbrannon]

Thank you I value this type of thinking be safe bud

[@TheCompleteMental]

It's unhelpfully pessimistic to reduce this behavior to "human nature." This is one example in a world where diplomacy has shown remarkable results, one example that's easy to blow out of proportion and is - as far as I'm aware - an extraordinary circumstance. Peace is not an evitably hopeless venture just as life itself, in its limits, is not.

[@John-bravooo]

It's really not. Jews have no blood feud with thr Arabs. It's about the ummah and the idea of non-Muslims ruling land deemed to be Muslim. That and the Arab mentality which is honor and not reality-based.

[@c.s4970]

Thanks for putting this quick video together!

[@jackalovski1]

Of course it was the fault of the British. The amount of things that can be traced back to the British is ridiculous

[@skp8748]

British soldiers were killed by Zionists and it was British Jewish bankers that lobbied Britain in exchange for ww1 funding

[@TNGBigTy187]

The amount of things that can be traced back to White racism/Nationalism as a whole, is ridiculous.

[@jamesricker3997]

In 1917, promising both Palestine and giving it to neither was a dick move,typical of the British Empire

[@threetorches2]

So you are saying if the British had never been anywhere near the place there would be no issues? Not a chance.

[@theTeknoViking]

Wow! You're a consumate pro mr McBeth! I tip my hat to you, yet again!

[@boooshman83]

You really missed some important points buddy. Like the fact that the gaza strip had no more than a few nomadic arabs, until the Syrian/Jordanian war. Most Gazans are 2nd/3rd wave refugees from that war and a few nomad tribes at that time. No other arab country was willing to take the refugees, but paid heftily for them to be placed on Isreals border with ammunition

[@bajafaja]

This is a 5 minute summary with tons of nuance that he purposely glossed over/missed in order to grossly simplify the conflict. He did however mention the result of conflict pushed Palestinians into the Gaza strip, which does indeed gloss over what you are mentioning.

[@boooshman83]

@@bajafaja I think it came across more biased than glossed over. Even after everything hamas has done, people will still defend them in this fashion

[@Minutemman]

Bro forgot like half the conflict

[@ronanmcw]

This paints a false picture as to Israel's position and actions. The West Bank and Gaza were captured in the war of 1968, not in 1948 during their Independence War as Ryan claims, a full 2 decades after the formation of Israel, two decades where already displaced Arabs had now set up new homes in new land, only to be pushed away again and their land seized. Since then the land has been steadily striped away yard by yard. Gaza and the West Bank have been repeatedly shrunk, constricted and curtailed, Israel now runs an apartheid regime where Arabs are racially second class. For the mere "crime" of being born in Gaza you are locked behind a fence with guns pointed at you, for life, with no freedom, aspiration or hopes. Gaza has 2.5million people living in an ever shrinking strip of land 7 miles deep - it's blockaded by sea, air and land with no space for any agriculture or food production. This means the entire population is dependant on foreign aid for food. It has 80% unemployment and half the population are children. If you're born there, that's your lot in life and there's nothing you can do about it but exist and hope the next food aid package arrives. It was already a crime against humanity to have an apartheid system where the Gaza strip's existence could be possible, and very depressing that Europe and NA have stood by and watched. But for Israel now to pursue a policy of Collective Punishment (a war crime) and deprive a people, 50% of them children, of power water and food just intensifies the levels of crimes against humanity. "Standing with Israel" is like standing with Russia whenever Ukraine launches a strike at them. Don't let race and religion cloud your perspective. Israel has been pursuing a slow policy of displacement, segregation, annexation and ethnic cleansing for decades. If any culture should be aversive to acts of genocide it's the Jews, and yet, here we are. Now that's out of the way - fuck hamas. Terrorism against civilians isn't excusable. But also fuck Israel for retaliating with it's own terror against civilians which they are currently in the process of doing. All this is going to do is further radicalise an entire new generation of Palestinians and continue the suffering on both sides.

[@haydenrobinson9755]

THANK YOU! IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR AN EXPLANATION WITHOUT OVER BEARING POLITICS FOREVER!

[@KirkFickert]

There was a documentary on KZbin once upon a time called "The 50 years war". Not sure if it's still around, but worth a watch for more in depth background on the subject.

[@niklaswikholm514]

Hamas barbaric move, looks like Russian state playbook....

[@itsmederek1]

Russia doesn’t support Hamas, it is Iranian funded

[@Benkerosadon7890]

Ryan thank you for compiling this topic in a short plain simple English video for anyone to understand.

[@calvinpell1738]

I’m really not sure what point you were trying to make with the whole “your tribe killed another tribe a long time ago” spiel. Forcefully ejecting civilians from their homes because another country invaded you after you declared independence is an utterly reprehensible thing to do. Just because they share an ethnic group doesn’t give a country the right to do anything like that, and it doesn’t matter if other people have also done terrible things, it doesn’t matter if my ancestors committed atrocities, i didn’t ask them to do that, I can still condemn atrocities. And I do feel like important context was missed by not talking about Israel’s policies toward Palestinians in their territory, it can accurately be described as an Appartheid state. Your content is generally more thorough and informed than I think this was, I hope you put out something more complete on the topic.

[@R3_dacted0]

You don't get a say in whether or not you are born. His point is that your existence and safety is lodged in the fact that your ancestors paved that way for you. That's all. It's not a commentary or an acceptance nor rejection of the past actions of your people. Merely an immutable fact of your own existence. Or, in other words, it isn't something you have the luxury of disagreeing with. Or agreeing with, for that matter.

[@calvinpell1738]

@@R3_dacted0then I guess I don’t really see the point in including that section, if that’s all it means. It doesn’t seem to be relevant to anything he talked about or that’s going on

[@Rb39-ej5hh]

I don't think it's fair to gloss over the ethnic cleansing conducted by Israel. The world today is a result of terrible acts of war, colonialism and genocide, but that doesn't stop it from being barbaric. With that reasoning we could also justify Russia's invasion of Ukraine and even Hitler's invasion of Europe. Israel's current government has some pretty unhinged ethno-nationalist views and is presiding over a decades long settlement campaign on internationally recognized Palestinian territory, with apartheid conditions within them. I'm aware that Hamas are also terrible and would probably implement similar polices in reverse if they could, but there is absolutely no way to justify what Israel has done and no doubt that Palestine is being de-facto invaded through the illegal settlement scheme.

[@mccloryjim]

Thanks Ryan for saying it as it is ,it's a shame you have to include the " educational disclaimer " to appease KZbin but there you go,it is that simple ,5 minutes says it all without being biased, thank you again for what you do and what you stand for

[@Sebastiancruells]

Hey Ryan! Im a big fan of you and your videos! But honestly, I'm not so sure about that comparison... this didn't happen 1000 years ago.... we're talking 70-75 years ago during a modern world era. Especially this, which was sanctioned by the newly formed United Nations without any thought. It kills me that all I see on the news is about how unfair this is and how everybody should show support for Israel. I wonder if the United Nations would ever come to the table with solutions, just like they did back then.

[@kazekamiha]

In fairness the UN had a problem made the British dropped into their laps, at the start of the Cold War and told 'fix this'. I'm not sure how anything else could be done without screwing over one side or the other over... And even then all the Arabs came knocking...

[@andymorgan6644]

So it's Germanys fault

[@Sebastiancruells]

@@andymorgan6644 I'm not sure. I think is the world's fault for taking upon themselves to solve a problem by creating one. After WW2 the misplaced Jewish people didn't want to go back to Europe because of what the Nazis had done to them, so the Unites Nations came up with the famous Resolution 181, and gave them 55% of the Palestinian territory for them to share based on religion. And year after year the Israelis kept taking more and more territory until the Palestinian were stuck in Gaza and the West Bank. I don't remember seeing this on CNN or Fox News. What's happening now is that the US as well as many nation's around the world are taking sides. And they're only showing the Palestine people retaliating to Israel for a conflict that wasn't created by them. Don't take me wrong, this loss of human lives is wrong and should never happen anywhere. But people like to play like nothing created this. Totally uncalled for. And the news fixate on the loss of civilian lives, like they never heard of Ukraine and what they're allowing Putin to do. They really like to pick their battles. That's for sure!

[@GraveDigger388]

@@andymorgan6644 I mean, ultimately it is..? Or British. I mean they did live under the same Ottoman's roof before British decided to do devide-et-impera as it always tends to do.

[@KirosanaPerkele]

Too many Palestinians are openly celebrating the atrocities committed by Hamas. This makes it all too easy to side with Israel. I am not saying it's right or fair. This is just what is happening.

[@unreliablenarratorz2772]

My guy really just defended an ethnic cleansing with “everyone does it”

[@PrimoSchnevi]

you dont know what the term "ethnic cleansing" means.

[@NothingHereButMe]

@@PrimoSchnevi thats 2 words

[@PrimoSchnevi]

@@NothingHereButMeI changed it to "term". In my own language it's one word, and Begriff and Wort can be used interchangeably.

[@MohammedAhmed-iy4gp]

@@PrimoSchnevi Ethnic cleansing: Rendering an area ethnically homogeneous by using force or intimidation to remove from a given area persons of another ethnic or religious group IDK bro seems what they are doing to the west bank ethnic cleansing

[@icantthinkofaname8139]

@@PrimoSchneviyour input is not needed here. You think you’re smarter than you are.

[@BIGSTANK1983]

You're the first and only person ive subscribe to on substack. Definitely worth the five bucks for the education you provid. Thank you sir for what you do

[@elshid6046]

German here. We had like the entire background in history class (final year of what you guys call high school) over like 2 to 3 weeks. I must say, the video is great, but things are a bit more complicated, though.

[@marcmcreynolds2827]

See for example the long rebuttal by @tiborszilagyi529, posted ~seven hours later than this one. Biased toward one side, but informative in many of the details.

[@travellolo]

You mean that Palestinians have rejected peace accord ls made by the UN, US and Arab nations.

[@cologist]

Lol What's complicated exactly? Europeans came and displaced Arabs. That's the long and short of it.

[@CloverDaBunni]

Shrugging your shoulders at the mass explusion of natives from their homelands isn't particularly the best take to make. Be it first nationals, africans, arabs, or asians. You dont get the shrug at the history of genocide committed by colonizing nations because it all lead to the nice life Americans live now.

[@JillHampton-dr1yb]

4:10 You do good work but this video especially shows me what's wrong with first world thinking. Analysis is dulled by the colonialist mentality.

[@niceguyschool]

This is really good. You might consider teaching conflict history (you probably know a better word for it). History feels so old, dull and irrelevant to a lot of people today. You do a great job of making it understandable. Well done!

[@atashikokoni]

omg he's trying to justify the nakba by saying tribes kill each other sometimes an that's normal 💀no my man, the iseaelis didn't hav to come colonise palestine in order to survive. it's a settler colonial project, plain an simple

[@Nov-5062]

The nakba is a direct result of arabs declaring a war against the jews and losing. No one was forced to leave their home before that said war

[@Sneed-pb9cz]

​@@Nov-5062because The Jews took the land without asking the Arabs, and most Jews moved in from Europe and the rest of the world and weren't native to the land

[@eldadmarbach2288]

The Holocaust?!, the persecutions and murders and pogroms that happened for hundreds and thousands of years?! The word pogrom is mainly associated with Jews because half of the pogroms to this day and all of them up to about 1800+ AD were against Jews!

[@Dautar748]

You lost, keep crying

[@robertacosta8856]

May I just say that for what I understood the attacks were from Hamas, yes they are Palestinian but not the Palestinians.

[@luvdylanstar]

I have bee having a little trouble understanding the situation of this conflict and a friend sent me this, i kind of laughed, then i watched it and im not laughing. You sir, explained it literally in 5 minutes and i had tried to understand if for years. You have a gift!! ❤ Thank yoy!!!!

[@CarlosRodriguez-dd4sb]

It always amazes me how so many modern issues originated with British Imperial actions.

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

Yep.

[@nasonguy]

I had no idea about that, and my first thought was “sounds like the British Empire fucked that one up too!”.

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

@@nasonguy Cyprus India Ireland Rwanda Iraq and the Middle East, all their fault.

[@secondhalfcomeback]

Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam , Korea. Nukes on Japan.. what's your point? History is History and lots of states have done the wrong thing.

[@drewmis1]

And the next generations will be because of the US for the same reason

[@algang22]

Though I liked the explanation, your point at the end was utterly ridiculous. Israel's settling and occupation of Palestinian areas is, just as you said, barbaric, and should be called what it is: ethnic cleansing. It doesn't matter whose land you claim "my ancestors" took, that statement is true.

[@eddieamorgan]

Your ability to objectively explain the situation in just five minutes is truly remarkable well done. Spending over a year close to the Gaza Strip (50m) as a member of the multinational peace force, I understand some of the many complexities and sensitivities that often shroud discussions concerning this region. My fluency in Hebrew, as well as my comprehension of Arabic, coupled with my unique childhood experiences spent with my hippie parents in a settlement in the West Bank where Jews, Christians, and Muslims harmoniously coexisted, literally singing kumbaya together around the bonfire, allows me to appreciate the insights you've shared deeply. P.S. Egyptian Arabic stands is the best dialect. Thank you for providing a refreshing and well-informed perspective on the matter.

[@skyisreallyhigh3333]

"objectively" nothing objective about saying genocide is ok.

[@2Cats_ina_Trenchcoat]

​@@skyisreallyhigh3333When did anyone say genocide was good?

[@TubaTones]

@@2Cats_ina_Trenchcoathe didn’t say it was good, he said he understood why it was happening, therefore it is ok, in his opinion.

[@2Cats_ina_Trenchcoat]

@@TubaTones So you're saying because YOU inferred his acceptance of genocide based on an objective statement, that he must feel this way? Bit of a reach isn't it?

[@imacds]

​@@skyisreallyhigh3333 Hamas literally attacked a peace festival, I don't think hippies like Hamas lmao.

[@sammisuejams]

Thank you for clearly and concisely putting this situation in context. Looking forward to seeing more from you.

[@camelbro]

Love your content! This isn't 100% perfect, but for 5 minutes, this is really damn good.

[@ToastieBRRRN]

Yeah, the Balfour Declaration contradicted earlier promises the British made to the Sharif of Mecca. What a major mess up that was.

[@thefourshowflip]

It’s not helped by the addition of two major religions both claiming god gave them the deed to that land either…

[@timg1246]

Also, there were inter-communal riots going back decades before the British intervention. So, the British may not have helped much, but they did not really start things.

[@kenrodmelrocity4241]

It's worth mentioning that Zionism began before WW1. In the late 1800s European Jews began moving to Palestine. With funds provided by, largely, the UK, France, and the US, they began buying land. Palestine at the time was a feudal society, thus only a few land owners with tenant farmers/residents. Eventually and over time, the new Jewish land owners began evicting the Palestinian peasants to make room for more immigrants. Just trying to point out that there was more to it than the post WW1 mandate and the UK's oversight of the region.

[@tuff947]

N o

[@kevinstfort]

Correct

[@fridman1]

way aren't you referring to hamas as a terrorist organization?