The Arab-Israeli Conflict Explained: World History Review

[@guidryjoseph44]

Can we all just agree that Keith Hughes is wearing glasses! I'm done.

[@hiphughes]

Perhaps it's just your own biased view of what glasses really are, can't you see that I'm not really "wearing" glasses? Such ignorance and a sense of entitlement!!

[@guidryjoseph44]

Keith Hughes You're getting a sub for that comment bro! 😊Great job of staying in the middle! I know this topic is politically charged. Great job of shoving a gallon into a pint size glass. It was clear and concise!

[@brucehunter8355]

Lol:)

[@assiyaLane8016]

I'm watching this video after 6 years and it's crazy that some think they have the right to commit ge no ci de towards another people just because it is written somewhere in some book ... so unj ust and dis gusting

[@iammrbeat]

Great job in tackling a difficult topic to tackle. I took a course on the Arab-Israeli Conflict. My instructor was from Israel, and his best friend was from Palestine, who came in and taught a couple weeks. It was one of the best classes I ever took. Something that many people don't realize is that for thousands of years before the 20th century Arabs and Jews lived peacefully side by side, even fighting together in wars to defend their land.

[@somegirl4631]

Mr. Beat actually no. even before Arabs and jews didn't live peacefuly.. see "the hevron massacre of jews" on web...

[@danialabrisyam1773]

didnt that happened at 94? and the guy said thousands of years before the 20th century. lol

[@MindTheHeart]

Arabs and jews were friends before Muhammad came along.

[@jaronby]

Jews and Christians were/are dihmnis is Islam controlled countries. That means that they are second class citizens. They have to pay a yearly ransom (Jizzha) in order to be allowed to live. Because in Islam countries no other religion other than Islam is allowed. Churches have no bells and Jews aren't allowed to blow the shofar. How is that for peacefully side by side. In Israel all religions are protected, and five times a day you will hear the call for prayer in Arab towns, you will hear churchbells chime in Yaffo, and Jerusalem. The reason that there were so many Arabs in Israel, is that they poured into the country from neighboring countries as Jews started migrating to Israel. Before that (like 1850) the country was empty of people as Mark Twain writes...

[@dans.o.s.d.s6971]

​​​@@jaronbynow, slow it down a little bit .... what you say is comparable to a barely baked cake... too much misconception and generalisations that never works...aka you don't understand anything you said ... *It's jizyah, it's not a ransom, it a tax that dhimmi (literally : means, under (responsibility to/) protection in Arabic, but it's generally not used, but instead we use the people of the "Book" as mentioned in Quran).Muslims pay also taxes called Zakat, and there are Zakat for each specific properties such Zakat of gold, of livestock, one for the holy Ramadan based on annual revenue cuts (2.5%), other taxes can also be imposed it depend on the rule... now all of these taxe are replaced over time by different taxes ,basically everyone pays taxes, it's just names that differs...

[@yyyuuu100]

While you were right on a lot of things, You were wrong for saying Zionism was religious. Most of the Zionists, at least in the beggining were atheists. Religious Jews usually believed that Jews are not allowed to take their national fate into their own hands until the Messiah comes.

[@Nadia-du8vb]

Exactly early zionism was a geopolitical and safety move by the jews to escape persecution in Europe. Period.

[@mendyh9949]

While it’s true that the initial Zionist movement was mostly not religious, It is inaccurate to say that of later generations of Zionism. Religious Zionists support keeping the status quo.

[@charlez360]

This was an intelligent, non-political, energetic, refreshing and informative explanation of the conflict and controversy. I must also add that this is the first explanation that I have seen that does not (even subtly) favor one side over the other. Thank you, Mr. Hughes! *subscribes*

[@Buxsle]

I had been looking for an explination that did that. Most tend to have a subtle slant even if they're trying not to be bias

[@aik1134]

Agreed, this is such a delicate issue, and it's hard to find a balance, but somehow he did. Kudos Mr. Hughes!

[@priscillajiron8866]

i agree

[@NavAK_86]

Theodor Herzl was an atheist. He proposed the Zionist movement because of the anti-semitism Jews had been facing for centuries after their exile. The Jewish diaspora forced Jews to try and assimilate within Europe, but they were constantly persecuted and marginalized to live in the ghettos. Herz recognized this and realized that culture integration would never work as it never had for centuries for Jews, and that the only resolution would be an official Jewish state of Israel, back in their original homeland. It was a sociopolitical move, rather than a religious one, but as time progressed and Herlz died, the movement carried on and added elements of religious reasons to it. But it wasn't the initial ideas of Herlz.

[@jessemachtolf10]

Naveed Akhtar well said

[@Son.of.Saturn]

Is it a coincidence they have been exiled from endless countries? The cries of antisemitism are used as a manipulating tactic, nothing more. The juice are evil and will stop at nothing to achieve their goals. See the USS Liberty attack in which they slaughtered a ship full of supposed allies. Then there is the mossäd motto - by means of deception thou shalt wage war.

[@Nadia-du8vb]

I know

[@MrGabys91]

Dude you're awesome. You seriously have a talent for making people want to learn. I'll be receiving my AA degree in two months to then transfer from my community college (Miami dade) to FIU to become a high school history/social studies teacher! Thank you for inspiring me, you're awesome man.

[@benv7933]

Just seeing this comment!! I hope you are teaching successfully now!! That is awesome!!!

[@Kagemusha08]

People need to get off their soapboxes, calm down a bit and look at this conflict without letting emotions take control. Calling Israel an illegitimate state (what contry isn't built of illegitimate conquests?) isn't helping the problem. Likewise, dismissing the Palestinian claim outright also accomplishes nothing. We need to accept that nothing is going to convince these people to give up their claim, and that the only way to live together is for both sides to accept their wrongdoings and try to work together to prosper.

[@Kermthefrog]

Exactly!

[@Buxsle]

Leon Pollak ummm okay? you must be aware of some rule that I'm not. I didn't realise that I "MUST do jihad and kill infidels". Guess that means I should just start popping caps in peps skull. Being more serious now, I jihad all the time, usually with my attention span but at no point have I ever been required to kill my friends or family because they're not of the same religion as I am. I'm sure you know this but for those that don't: Jihad doesn't meant "holy war" or "kill all non Muslims". It means to struggle. Yes that can mean in times of war as well but the main point of that word is that its suppose to be applied to yourself, the whole "bettering" yourself melarky.

[@LeonPollak]

Buxsle Hoping that you are honest, I answer... Obviously, there are different people who adhere in different extend to the Islamic laws and requirements, as in any religion. But, to my great pity, this does not make the Islamic religion to be peaceful and tolerant. I am sure you know all the fact and points in Koran making it hateful intolerant book. And making its followers militants brutal hateful killers of everything not complaining its principles. Starting from beheading of English drummer and Syrian priest and till yesterdays killing of 8000 Ezids in Mousul region. We can argue till the end of the days about what Jihad word means, but we are not able to hide the facts...:-(

[@casuallavaring]

Agree one hundred percent.

[@casuallavaring]

Agree one hundred percent.

[@sammyrosenberg4986]

Really amazing analysis of the situation! I do have one note, around 5:30 you mentioned that in the early 20th century it was mostly traditional, religious Jews that were going there, however, that is not the case. In that time, the orthodox(traditional) movement did not believe in Zionism and believed that Jews had to wait for their messiah or for a message from God to return back to the land. After WW2, sentiment in religious communities changes and Zionism became more prominent. However, the original Zionist movement was a largely secular and more cultural Jewish movement, as embodied by Herzl. Feel free to let me know if you believe I misstated something, but that is my understanding of what occurred

[@amberdieckmann4169]

This was brilliant! Never thought I'd have a giggle in an explanation of the Arab-Israeli conflict! This was an excellent summary that pointed me in the right directions for further research!

[@PRINCECOUNTYBEATS]

Takes a lot of balls to do this, i havent seen the whole thing yet, but i got to admire .

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

10:20 "and now they cant get back home" that's not Israels fault actually, Israel let in almost half of the Arab refugees, but other Arab countries placed strict immigration laws to keep them in refugee status The Truth About the Refugees: Israel Palestinian Conflict

[@enasawad4951]

1) The Ottomans were Turkish, not Arab. 2) This was hella hella biased, who are you trying to fool saying "I'm not biased".

[@wizardofwhoopie7760]

You realize the Israeli side could see this as heavily biased against them. The US supplied Israel after it was attacked. Who armed the Arabs to the teeth?

[@wizardofwhoopie7760]

Yossi- I know the history. Israel is getting roasted because they are so good and successful.

[@catherinellewellyn6122]

This video was great, you just got yourself a new subscriber! Thank you for the effort you put in, it really shows :)

[@necko2529]

I hat to pause to comment on your "OUTs" captioning around 10:15 in the vid. I've watched few of your other videos and have subscribed, English is my second language but I've have been state side long enough to pick up on the smallest things. When I first moved to states back in 1999 I lived in Georgia and that's where I learned English. I live in the southwest currently and have lived in Chicagofor some time, so I got to learn all the different accents across this great country. In case you're wandering, I'm from Bosnia and I moved here after the fallout and the war in Ex-Yugoslavia. I, very much, enjoy your videos and being that you cover a lot of history, maybe, you could do a video on the Balkan, and the colorful history that part of Europe has since the beginning of time. I bet it would take more than one video, but you seem very capable of condensing the very basics into a nice, understandable and fun to watch videos. I hope you read this and I get to see a video on my suggestion. I'll be honest with you, I would also learn from it because I left Bosnia at age of 14 (just finished 7th grade). It was the worst time in my life, I haven't learned my native language grammer fully and when I came here and continued, or should I say repeated 7th grade here at my mom's request in hopes that it would help me learn a little more of English and other subjects as well. Now, I'm in my early 30's and while I can speak English I know it's not perfect and I usually don't write this much in fear of making a lot of grammatical mistakes. The only reason I went this far is because I got to explain myself so people can understand why I wrote, what I wrote, the way I did. Once again, I really find your channel educational and especially for someone like me who has missed the basic education in the American educational system and had to learn and catch up quick, I get to learn from people like you a lot about the things that you learn only by being born and raised in a country. I watched your videos on political differences between left and right, liberal and conservative and so on. Thanks again, and I hope, if you decide to do research on what I suggested, that you find it interesting enough to do a video on it. Best regards, Nedad.

[@adir999]

I enjoy your videos thanks for being fair and non-biased. From Jerusalem.

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

5:39 *facepalm, im sorry man, but i just hate it when i see that mistake. *sigh THE OTTOMANS ARE NOT ARABS! (sorry)

[@ogkriptik]

The ottomans consist of Arabs, Turks and Europeans such as greeks

[@HM-ey3yj]

@@ogkriptik And africans...

[@DoReMi123acb]

really love your vids. very informative, well balanced and entertainingly delivered (those transitions!)

[@fireincarnation2]

Do you have a suggestion for where to find more unbiased information about this conflict?

[@BinarySounds]

no such thing in historical context these days unfortunately. this kind of thing died with Herodotus. Basically you have to read history as it is written by both sides and then draw your own conclusions. This video is heavily jew biased going as far as using the bible as historical evidence instead of telling it as it is: It was a load of bullshit putting the jews in Israel. And no, I am not an arab or german or nazi or whatever. I just like the truth.

[@LeonPollak]

***** Yes, I do. Just speak to Israeli Muslims - most of them pray for Israel to withstand the pressure and keep developing. Not many of them are ready to speak very loud without a significant reason, because they may be blamed as traitors by PLO's fighters. But at the critical moments they speak very loud...:) For example, when A.Liberman suggested to exchange heavily populated Jewish areas in Judea and Samaria for the heavily populated by Arabs Israeli regions - there was terrific violence and demonstrations in these regions, where they shouted - "Jews are traitors", "we are devoted citizens of Israel", etc... Not to say that such Muslims of Israel as Druze and Bedouins serve in their thousands voluntary in the IDF and are killed in fights for Israel.

[@donaldseigel4101]

No, but you can get both sides of the story, Arutz Sheva from Israel, and Maan news agency from Palestine.

[@tolentheking1852]

@@LeonPollak the plo are a military you mean hamas because in hamas there all Muslims in the plo thre are Christians

[@LeonPollak]

@@tolentheking1852 I am not sure about Christians in the PLO, never heard about even one there. BTW, Israel is the only one country in the Middle East where the Christian population (95% are Arabs) grows constantly for years. And Christian Arabs are more pro-Israel than any other minority in Israel (except Druze), because Jews protect them from Muslims throughout the country.

[@dARKf3n1Xx]

Best Explanation on KZbin, with all the History leading up to the conflict, plus the mention of UK doing a favor to US for Balfour Declaration, Nice inputs.

[@Supermom719]

Mr. Hughes once again you have done an EXCELLENT job explaining something that is not only very complex but very controversial. PLEASE ignore those who for whatever reason clearly missed the fact that you have acknowledged in the beginning of this video that this is a controversial topic and that you would do your best to stay neutral and present the information. It was informative and you presented the facts for both sides. In the end it is what it is. PLEASE know that not all of us are ungrateful and there are definitely those of us to appreciate all that you do. You are AWESOME!! The HELL with anybody who doesn't agree!! You took a very complicated issue and explained it very well. Again I ask.... #HowCanYouNotLoveThisMan #KeithHughesRocks and Umm....I hope people understand that they DO have the option of NOT watching if they have a problem. There are thousands of other videos on youtube just go elsewhere if your not happy with what you see. Posting ignorant stuff and being offensive is childish. This video is just an overview of the situation he CLEARLY says that he's not getting very deep into the whole situation and if you want to know more go read about it. Damn. Smh

[@jumanshalabi6542]

That is exactly my point. He said in the beginning that he would do his best to remain neutral and unbiased but it VERY obvious that he is biased towards the Israelis being correct and the Palestinians being terrorists.

[@RadioactiveSince1990x]

Subscribed ever since my history teacher showed one of your videos in class, very informative video

[@ravinmarokef]

The map at 11:48 is misleading. The term Palestine was not assigned to the native Arabs before the 1960s, and in 1948, Israeli Jews were also called Palestinians. [Also side note, Jordan was also part of the Palestinian Mandate, so in that sense modern Palestinians are Jordanians in all but name]

[@Ndags23]

Thanks for making learning about the Gaza conflict fun and interesting. I don't quite understand it all and your view seems to be the most neutral and understandable I could find.

[@mustafaalkhammash5813]

Why are we talking about Jewish people like a nationality, the Jews lived in the Palestinian area were arab-Palestinians who later converted to Christianity and the later Islam. You can't clam a land on the behave of your religion. That is the biggest load of bs I have ever heard. Come on it's simple. The land does not belong to the Jews nor the Muslims or Christians.. It belongs to the Palestinians!

[@waldoman7]

+Mustafa Alkhammash Please forgive my shameful ignorance of this subject, but a lot of this video was new information to me. Based on this video I do think I agree that it was utterly absurd for western powers to just carve up a state, stealing it from the previous owners, in order to satisfy political ends and nonsensical religious notions. May I ask where you are from?

[@mustafaalkhammash5813]

I am Palestinian myself.

[@mustafaalkhammash5813]

+Markunator what im trying to say is that it does not make sense that people from countrys like the US and Poland, are claming right to live in Israel because of thier jewish belifes. Meanwhile palestinian people are getting banished from thier homes, by the Israeli army, which some of them has lived in before there was even a thing called Israel, to make space for these settelers. It's so insane that events like these actully still finds place in this age.

[@afoxinaviators4105]

Mustafa Alkhammash I doubt that, as the land currently inhabited by both Israel and Palestine was owned by Israelis centuries before.

[@ethanfarber8201]

Lies. Every Arab state states in its Constitution that Islam is the foundation of all law and the official state religion. The very fact you claim the land "belongs" to the "Palestinians" and not "the Jews" proves even you know your Islamic nonsense is a lie

[@OpeningSalvo]

You should do a video on the history of the conflict in Northern Ireland Keith. That's pretty complex too, and needs explaining.

[@DianaHerberg]

In conversation with a Muslim friend, he claimed that the main reason for the conflict was the land. I asked, "If that is true, why don't they just focus on other, more available land, such as land in Saudi Arabia?" He tried to counter this and other questions with arguments, but eventually had to admit that it is really a dispute over the Creator and to whom He gave the land... hence, it is a dispute over religion after all.

[@Worgenmen]

Well I have to disagree, you can have strong nationalist/ethnic ties to a land, that to be fair may partially include religion but not have that be the sole basis of the claim. If 60% of America was annexed by conquest, would we accept it to simply move to Canada? Sure, maybe for the short term, but I don't think it makes sense to not factor into account the fact that people attach strong, deep tribalist bonds to their nations of origin. I think that goes both ways. That and nobody likes to graciously accept extreme violence and a subordinate position in society. Especially if they perceive the perpetrators of that violence (Likud party, for example) to be arrogant beyond comprehension.

[@wizardmongol4868]

that's just stupid,if someone kicks you out of your home you're not gonna just leave everything and go to your friends house ,and if american's are so big on giving native people their countries back then why don't they let native american's create the state of lakota sioux because they are hypocrites

[@asherfaisal9552]

wow that is stupid. The conflict is on that land not the land of Saudi Arabia. The conflict is because Israel is formed from Palestine and Palestinians want it back. Ya why dont they go for more avaliable land, such as America. It is quite big of a country and can give them a state I am sure. and yes it does involve religion

[@urielm774]

Asher Faisal do you ever question your beliefs and use reason to think about this conflict? Do you realize there WAS NO PALESTINE prior to 1920? There term Palestine was rarely used to refer to the 3 Ottoman sub-provinces of Acre, Nablus, and Jerusalem which were actually part of the Syrian province. The ancestors of modern Palestinians would never regard themselves as "Palestinians", but rather they would regard themselves as Arabs, and more specifically they identified themselves with their cities: e.g. Jerusalemite (Qudsi), Hebronite (Khalili), Jaffite (yafi). The modern notions of Syrian, Iraqi, Kuwaiti, Palestinian, etc. are relatively new national identities came across to minds of people in the 20st century. Prior to that their identities were in this order: Muslim-=> Arab => their specific tribes or clans/city or village. Jews originate from the land of Israel, that's where they belong to and that's where was right to migrate. Palestine was actually more available than anywhere in the America, given that Palestine was sparsely populated by rural or nomadic people. The largest town in Palestine, the city of Jerusalem had no more than 30,000 people when the Zionists arrived, of whom half of them were Jewish.

[@DianaHerberg]

Exactly!!

[@jktm7785]

out of all the videos i have watched on this topic yours is the most informative and I learned a lot, thank you for making this video and also for not making it sound too difficult or complicated, it's easier for me to learn for a test this way

[@chrisdolan2418]

quite an inaccurate depiction of the 1967 six day war. israel was not the initial aggressor. an alliance of six islamic states (pretty sure it was 6) teamed up in an attempt to push Israel back, and Israel ended up not only defending its existing territory, but adding to it, annexing land from egypt

[@waverunnerMN]

Yes and they just accidently ended up with the largest freshwater lake in the region by a quirk...defending themselves. You obviously do not understand geo-politics. East to the Jordan river...NNE to Anti-Lebanon mountains. Mountains are a defense and they need the valleys for agriculture to feed the settlers. AND along comes the gas and oil of the Levant. Expect nothing less from Israel. In 75 years a war with Syria and they will take at least half of the country...if it is still there after ISIS.

[@gal685]

@@waverunnerMN Israel had retorned Sinay filled with oil back to Eygpt, since then Israel has no oil what so ever. "The biggest fresh water lake", please, the sea of Galilea was Israels even before the war, and it's tiny, also giving Jordan a 200 tons of square meter of water every year. So stop demonise Iseael!

[@user-uu2rf8ev7z]

@Time4Truth according to international law, the blockade of a seaport of another country is an act of war. Once Egypt blockaded the Israeli port of Eilat, the war had begun.

[@ryan-xj4hr]

The Quran grants Israel to the Jews. It's not considered holy to Muslims. “And We said thereafter to the Children of Israel, ‘Dwell securely in the Promised Land” 17:104

[@Agranygotbombed]

Can't we all just get along?

[@kymcooper7311]

yeah !

[@StevenSamIAm]

very insightful and great delivery. keep it up Keith!

[@TheEgyptianOne]

You seem to be confusing the Middle East with West Asia. The Middle East and West Asia were never synonymous, and although West Asia makes up the Majority of the Middle Eastern region, it still doesn't make up the entirety of the region. The Middle East is a geopolitical transcontinental region(not confined to a single continent) which includes Western Asia(not including the Caucasus), all of Egypt(North Africa), and all of Turkey(Eurasia). It is a region that sits on the intersection of three continents(Africa, Asia and Europe). The geographical composition of the Middle East is based on shared culture, politics and history, rather than a shared continent. Also Israel is not even on the edge of Western Asia, Egypt's Sinai Peninsula is. Oh boy you need to do more research before making videos like this. And the Ottoman Empire was not Arab. You just caused so much confusion about our region and its diverse people. I know this video is old but hopefully you've learned your mistakes through the past couple of years. Anyways, for people who don't know: “North Africa” in this context only refers to the Maghreb region. Egypt is not a Maghrebi country, it is a Mashriqi/Middle Eastern country. Context here is very important. “Meanwhile, "North Africa", particularly when used in the term Middle East and North Africa (MENA), often refers only to the countries of the Maghreb.” (Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Mauritania) What we call the “Middle East” region was originally an Arab invention/concept created way before the western terms “Middle East/Near East” even existed. The original term for the Middle Eastern region was “Al Mashriq” (ٱلْمَشْرِق‎) which is Arabic for “Where the sun rises”, referring to the Eastern part of the Arab world(Egypt, Levant, Arabian Peninsula and Iraq.) In the 19th century the Western term “Middle East/Near East” was created and used to basically describe the same region that the Arab medieval historians and geographers created in the 14th century. The region was originally a division conducted by Medieval Arab Historians and Geographers such as Ibn Khaldun to geographically divide the Arab world based on the cultural, political and historical differences between the Western Berber Maghreb region(Libya, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco) and the Eastern Mashriq part of the Arab world(Egypt, Levant, Arabian Peninsula and Iraq). When the Europeans came along in the 19th century, they created the newer terms for the same region(Middle East/Near East/the Orient) and towards the 19th and 20th century they gradually added the non Arab countries(Cyprus, Turkey, Israel, and Iran). The word “Maghreb”, the opposite region to the Middle East, also called “Al Maghreb” or “Al Maghreb Al Araby”(المغرب العربي) is Arabic for “where the Sun sets”, and it refers to the western part of the Arab world, which are the North African countries beginning with Libya and ending with Morocco(sometimes Mauritania is included). “Al Mashriq” (ٱلْمَشْرِق‎) is modern day Middle East, while “Al Maghreb” is now what people call “North Africa” which does not really constitute the entirety of North Africa but just those Berber states. The funny thing is that the British continued using the original Arabic term for the “Maghreb” for a very long time until the newer generations just started calling it “North Africa”, which brings a lot of confusion today.

[@Terrinitup51296]

I want to applaud you for creating a video that is both accurate and unbiased because that's something very hard to find now a days

[@Dendoi]

PLO was founded in 1964 when Jordan and Egypt ruled the "West Bank" and Gaza, not 1967.

[@tolentheking1852]

And us Palestinians like me don't claim hamas but the plo yes its our military

[@tolentheking1852]

Hope we get peace

[@ThereseDoyle-r9q]

I found this so helpful!! Thank you!!

[@gavrielsolomons]

I'm Jewish but you guys are just stupid to be arguing about these things. Go and neutrally find your facts before spouting crap. Israel is the only democratic nation in the middle east apart from maybe Jordan. They AREN'T perfect and some are racist and bully the Palestinians but they are attacked and terrorised by Hamas and Hizbollah and others. The matter over the land is very controversial. You have to remember that these are real people who are living human beings like you or me, they just live in a bad situation and people forget that. I feel in my PERSONAL opinion, that Gaza should be controlled internationally and the Palestinians and Israelis have a Palestinian state in the West Bank and their capital somewhere there and Israel have the rest of their present territory with the capital in Jerusalem OR Tel Aviv. Jerusalem will be a peaceful city policed by international troops but an Israeli city, COMPLETENESS open to everyone. Don't be pathetic and argue, just think about the REAL people who live there.

[@goeaters2653]

I am not sure I follow you. The real issues with the last couple rounds of negotiation in Dec 2000 and 2008 was that Israel based its negotiations on 1967 issues. As a gross simplification: Israel thought the beef was about the 1967 borders and who controls the Old City. The Palestinian side thought they were negotiating based upon 1948 and what they perceived Israel's creation to be a historical injustice and refugees are a big issue for them. The truth is that in 2008 Olmert and Abbas only differed a few percentages of who should get what land. One of the unbridgeable gaps between the two sides is the refugee issue. Again gross simplification: The Palestinians think refugees returning to Israel is an individual right of Palestinians. Palestinians must be able to determine or have the freedom to determine if they want to move into Israel. Israel is never going to agree to allow millions of Palestinian refugees to become Israeli citizens where Jews would then become the minority inside Israel. Remember Israel is mostly made up of Jews who were persecuted in Europe and Jews who minorities in Arab lands and left because they were persecuted or wanted their rights of self-determination. They will not agree to be a minority in Israel. The Palestinians will have to make up their mind. Do they want to continue and try to reach a just solution or accept less than full justice but have the creation of their own state where the refugees can return. Israel has to decide if land is more important than democratic liberal principles. The current admin and those to the right seems like they are more concerned about trying to annex area C than they worried about democratic principles.

[@gavrielsolomons]

Be careful to not be biased.

[@goeaters2653]

How do you think what I wrote was biased?

[@gavrielsolomons]

No, I'm just saying to be VERY careful. What you did was alright, but contained a few wrong facts.

[@goeaters2653]

If I am incorrect about facts, let me know where. I could be wrong and wouldn't mind being corrected.

[@aik1134]

You really explained this all in an articulate, fair and thorough manner. This is such a controversial and complicated issue, and I think you handled it well. Thank you for clearing this up. You are fantastic!

[@batbawls]

I was convinced you were Canadian!

[@benwalsh773]

Fibonacci sequence

[@Kevo216666]

Thanks for putting up. It's gone some way to help me unravel some of the mess we all hear about. Like you said, it helps give context to present day conflicts in the area. Thanks.

[@lapamful]

Great vid and history on the whole, but there are a few serious errors that need to be pointed out. You say Jerusalem is holy to Islam. They say this for political reasons. It isn't. I'm sitting in Jerusalem now and have just spent the last week avoiding rockets from Hamas. I don't think you'd ever find Muslims firing rockets towards Medina or Mecca and certainly not the ka'aba...! Normally, people cite the koranic claim that Jerusalem is holy because Mohammad ascended to heaven from here. But again, this is deceptive because the koran says that Mohammad ascended from "the farthest mosque". There was no mosque in Jerusalem as there was no Muslim presence during Mo's lifetime (Israel was conquered afterwards). Therefore the farthest mosque was probably somewhere in modern day Syria, according to some historians. "There were people there already." At best you could have stated that this claim is hotly contested. There are more than a few eye-witness accounts that it was an empty, barren, malaria-filled land without a sole presence. Chief among these was Mark Twain. None of these people could have known the importance of their words or had a vested interest in stating what they did. But if Twain and others were right, then those Arabs that were there in 1948 came at the same time as the Jews returning home. Again, there is documentation to support the claim that Jews employed Arabs to help clean the land for farming etc. What you have then with the incidents you spoke of later during the 1930s was not 'resistance' but the beginning of a religious war, and those Jews were murdered as part of it. Thanks

[@aryehsamberg3922]

Plus that Jews PURCHASED the land they settled on from Turkish & Arab landowners. The Jewish National Fund was established in 1901 to raise money to BUY THE LAND. The Ottomans were very happy to have a buyer for this empty, barren, unpopulated, swampy, useless land. It was the hard labor of these mostly secular (not religious) idealistic settlers that transformed this backwater dustbowl into a flourishing place. That's when the "indigenous" nomadic "Palestinians" started to arrive looking for work.

[@Mrautomatom]

Why do you write such bullshit? the el aksa is the second holiest place in the muslim faith after meca... and it's in Jerusalem

[@danomar101]

You can’t deny that even if your pro Jewish that the Jews did genocide a few million Palestinians right? I understand your probably not educated about this because your on the western world. But....

[@danomar101]

Mystic I agree this makes no sense lol

[@richardwhitfill5253]

Israeli Palestinian conflict a problem that never goes away.

[@PRINCECOUNTYBEATS]

you earned my like on this one with the "out" disclaimer lol. Midwest?

[@hiphughes]

Buffalo. But oddly I am from the suburbs of NYC. Always glad to wrestle a like away from you.

[@PRINCECOUNTYBEATS]

Learned a lot on this one man, Thank you.

[@jrgw6880]

Keith Hughes Where? I am a Rockland boy.

[@hiphughes]

Jacob Wolf I grew up in Putnam Valley, went to Lakeland High School. I think we may of played Rockland.... that is if I was ever on a sports team.... I would have....

[@PRINCECOUNTYBEATS]

idk if i told you i saw you on the history channel. I hope you keep getting the recognition you deserve being an all around awesome knowledge dropper of history

[@leannalucas1621]

I'm doing this for my A-level coursework in history and i haven't been able to wrap my tiny mind around it, but your video has been a lot of help and may have saved my ass! so thank you :)

[@S24-y8k]

This is pretty bias actually, considering he does not go into detail at all of all the massacres Israelis did to the Palestinians.

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

Sabreen 24 what about all the Massacres the Arabs did to the Israelis?

[@Mrautomatom]

Massacres ? like what? when?

[@abcabcboy]

Theodor Herzl was completely secular. So was most of the early Zionists. To them Jewishness was a nationality, more so than a religion, and they actively worked to free the Jews from old religious customs, to make what they termed "The New Jew", a Jew which was the complete opposite of the traditional image of the bookly, pale and physically weak Jew..They didn't want a Jewish state to fulfill Biblical promises, but to build a secular, modern nation State for The Jewish People in their original homeland.

[@Dendoi]

I already spotted two factual errors in this video. Acting like Ottomans are synonymous with Arabs when they were Turks and saying that true Zionism is merely about fulfilling biblical prophesy. Two factual errors spotted.

[@tonycevallos7513]

Just discovered your channel. AWESOME!!

[@eitan71]

SO MUCH inaccurate information...

[@loungefly92]

As always, good work, friend.

[@rockmetallyrics7359]

Zionism is not religious

[@Bambisgf77]

That was impressive, scored yourself a new subscriber. Looking forward to more of your vids.🙂

[@thaotiennguyen7126]

This is biased... he's supporting Zionism throughout the video and he's putting Arabs and Palestinians in a bad light. Wow, so much for an unbiased video

[@thaotiennguyen7126]

Also, how is he saying that the US is bringing peace??? The US are supporting the Israelis with WEAPONS!!!! How peaceful

[@wannabepolyglot7597]

I think he did a great job on the video. He's not being biased; he's telling the truth. It's not his fault if the truth supports Israel. It's sad that the word "unbiased" is being warped to mean "politically correct" or "doesn't hurt anyone's feelings". The truth can hurt, but so do vaccinations and root canals.

[@Kahaal1]

Wannabe Polyglot You think the truth supports israel?!!! how do you work that out? even this video here struggles to make the isreali cause plausible, and thats without even mentioning that the zionists helped 'persuade' the british to give up the land through terrorist activity. yes, that's right, terrorism. (research the stern gang if you want, and irgun). in fact, some of the political parties in the Knesset are decedents of terrorist groups.

[@azzamharoun2654]

It's funny how everyone in the western media forgets the part where the Palestinians were massacred and kicked out of their country by zionists They just make out israel as granted and just popped out into an empty desert with no people

[@Binyamin.Tsadik]

The truth is not biased, I'm happy he left out all of the propaganda. I guess most people have to lie in order to be "unbiased"

[@johnbabylon7626]

Another correction: the Six Day War actually included elements of the military of four nations: Egypt (which supplied the bulk of it) Syria which had strategic advantage in the Golan Heights and Iraq and Jordan.

[@wow6708]

Lots of errors on this video

[@LeonPollak]

Man, ALL your comments are baseless! Note, not a bit of facts!!!

[@wow6708]

Stop comment stalking me you dump old hag.

[@trac6]

I wish i had like 4 semesters of history with you as my teacher. Thanks for these videos, dude. And i like how you try to keep it neutral. Good work.

[@bloodsweatphilp4310]

I’m super late to the comment section, but it sounded like you want to know why I’m watching videos. I’m once again sick in bed & it’s a good way to not only expand my knowledge but it takes my mind of this awful pain that a very strong pain killer can’t seem to manage. :(. I am enjoying your videos. I’ll go to your channel at some point to see recent videos but for now I’m enjoying middle eastern history.

[@Tbirdyyy]

great informative video! love the sound effects.

[@TbDonnySyafardan]

Keith, thank you for the explanation. Keep up the good work !

[@wennakamal1395]

Well well well

[@jovan88]

Great video about a messy situation. Nice work trying to keep it unbiased - must have been a challenge.

[@faizankabir6422]

Great unbiased way to present ideas, extremely difficult subject and glad you were able to provide accurate info

[@wendyf7755]

This was great and sooo informative. It all makes sense now!! Thank you.

[@aerohead9676]

Any such description in 17 mins. is really pushing it, but this is a very credible job indeed. Someone can pick on details (I would love to!), but on the whole, I can't imagine a more comprehensive, yet succinct, explanation. It's certainly worth 17 mins. of anyone's time!

[@LivingOutVariousExperiences]

6 years later and you're educating us still 2020 duuuuuuuval

[@mickbrenton]

The best video on the subject I've seen yet. How you explained that in under 17 minutes I will ever know. Have you tried quiz shows? : )

[@waverunnerMN]

Not accurate...maybe a good prologue and points to some subject areas for further research but I would not use anything presented here as fact at the local pub over a beer with my buds. I would recommend others to research further on this site...plenty out their and then draw your own conclusions. The Jews were not enslaved by the Egyptians. New archeological evidence indicates they were craftsman and farmers. Egypt with a caste system the Jews could only advance so far.

[@mikeperloff8947]

Wrong! UN Resolution 181 was not international law. It was merely a General Assembly recommendation to alter the allocation of all former non-Arab Ottoman Empire Caliphate territory west of the Jordan River for a reconstituted Jewish state. Like other suggestions by international bodies in the 1920s and 1930s, it was unanimously rejected by the Arab leadership. That rendered it, as with the others, null and void. Therefore the right to declare sovereignty according to binding international treaties remained with the Zionists. This evidence based information may not necessarily be politically correct conventional wisdom, or fashionable in some circles, but it is 100% evidence based and accurate.

[@annab3550]

When the story starts with "God gave.." my eyes roll over and my brain begs "please, don't subject me to this nonsense". But seriously, I think its only acceptable for that kind of crap to come out of somebody's ass, not out of their mouth and yet it is basis for the insanity that I must witness. So freaking ridiculous!

[@Insightts]

Congratulations, finally someone offers a non arbitrary and accurate perspective of the historical truth of the facts. I was sick of all the fecking lame propaganda through out the web assuming proportions of large scale brain wash sponsored by the interested parts. Thank you and cheers!!!

[@CopticDuck]

Great video! thanks for posting

[@TheChutzpahGirl]

The Balfour Declaration was in support of a Jewish 'homeland', that term being deliberately chosen, and the Declaration making it clear that the 'Jewish homeland' is conditional on the Arab community not being disadvantaged as a consequence.

[@angcho3]

thank you so much for sharing your knowledge in an easy to understand way!

[@princessfrancois8225]

I learned a lot from this video. Thank you!

[@EladShochat]

One MAJOR correction - Zionism is a national movement, inspired by Europe's spring of nations at around 1850 (national self-determination), not a religious one. The first zionists were secular, or even anti religionists, influenced by russian marxism (where they came from). Israel was chosen as the only suitable place for the jewish homeland for its religious, historical and cultural meanings, but the movement itself isn't religious.

[@EladShochat]

And another one - you pretty much missed out on the fact that the 181 UN resolution also gave the palestinians a state, oh, the details. Here's a map of the partiotion plan, taken from the BBC (very fond of Israel lately) website: news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1680000/images/_1681322_israel_partition_no_ban300.gif An important thing to mention is that though the partiotion seems pretty equal (that would be unfair to the arabs who formed the majority at that time by a 2:1 ratio), almost the entire Negev deset, the triangle at the south of the land, is arid desert, as dry as California's Mojahe desert. So the Jews were pretty much given a 150 km long, 15 km wide strip of the coastline.

[@buckfush187]

You didn't mention any of the terrorism that Israel commuted in the 40's

[@matthewmann8969]

Ottomans were Eurasians not Semites

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

3:41 not exactly bro. the Quran does NOT say that God promised Jerusalem to Ismail, but rather, it actually says that JEWS are to settle in Jerusalem, and as many TRUE Muslims such as Sheikh Abdul Hadi Palazzi explained, the Palestinian claim to Jerusalem CONTRADICTS the Quran! the reason why Jerusalem is holy to Muslims, is because they believe that Jerusalem is where Mohammed ascended to haven. even so, Jerusalem has been holy to Jews sense before Islam was even a religion, Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem was built on the remains of the Jews seacond temple, and the Jews have more historical claim to Medina than the Muslims do to Jerusalem as Medina was originally Jewish before Mohammed slaughtered them all. and this does not apply to ALL Arabs and Muslims, but a lot of them seem to hate Jews more than they love Jerusalem, as one of the 12 main gates to Jerusalem was named "Dung Gate" because the Arabs use to throw sewage over the gate and into the city to show there contempt for the Jews who lived there.

[@adammahmoud2328]

You can't go to someone at gunpoint tell them to leave their house because God said the house belongs to them. So, I can't blame the Palestinian Christians and Muslims who fight for their land.

[@australiapride554]

Thanks, that was an excellent video!

[@Khultan]

Thank you, Keith Hughes. Thank you.

[@HernanToroA]

You really need to read "The Bible Unearthed" by Israel Finkelstein from Tel-Aviv University.

[@Ricke2k8]

Nice! this really sets the outline to better understand what is going on.

[@Simon_Alexnder]

he is wrong about the nature of the first jewish immigrants, they were secular communists. zionism is not a religious movement. it was head by communists as I have said before.

[@grunge0023]

Definition of "Walk on Eggs" would show you and this documentary. In other words, good job in giving the facts without being political. Good Job.

[@theaprilxmeixjunechannel5502]

For someone who knew basically nothing about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, this was a very informative and straight-to-the-fact video on the subject. Great!

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

4:35 "Theodore" was the christian version of his name. it was not his real name. his real name was Binyamin Ze'ev Hertzel.

[@kathyperry6772]

I wish more teachers were like you! You have a way of making learning fun and non partisan. Thanks!

[@christopherpurcell2482]

you are right on keith. I wish there were more teachers like you.very high energy and brilliant minded.

[@ITCrowdRS]

nice to see a non biased explanation - not quite sure what I think of this conflict yet. Both sides have done bad things.

[@lissettematos6681]

You are a great teacher. Until now I didn’t understand the Israel-Palestine conflict. I’ll keep watching your videos.

[@Sneedminecraft]

wow, the holocaust really seemed to help create Isreal! Almost like...

[@EvanDonovan]

Wear a mic bro, you'll sound much better. Otherwise good synopsis

[@AlAndalusiIbnRagnar]

You teach Better than my old Social Studies teacher back in high school.. Well Done

[@m0e31]

The United States did not exercise its first veto until 1970, on a resolution regarding Southern Rhodesia, which is present-day Zimbabwe. Since then, it has used its veto 79 times, with more than 40 related to issues in the Middle East. The majority have been resolutions that have criticised the Israeli government or failed to condemn armed Palestinian factions in the same language as that being used for Israel. It used its last veto to block a resolution that would term Israeli settlement activity in Palestinian territory "illegal" and demand a halt to all such actions. Susan Rice, the US ambassador to the UN, said her country "reject[ed] in the strongest terms the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity", but the resolution "risk[ed] hardening the positions of both sides" and moving them away from negotiations.

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

m0e31 Can you offer any analysis on how the USSR/Russia and China use their vetoes?

[@gk-bl6yu]

Hey Keith, question: How do you research for your videos?

[@soysauces]

This is perfect! I have a test tomorrow and this totally helped!

[@Kenpo624]

Heres the actual history from the guy who's father was a top Israeli general and who's grandfather signed the Israeli declaration of independence en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miko_Peled, or check his youtube videos

[@ravenmn3680]

I just discovered your channel. I'm glad that I came across it...

[@hiphughes]

Me too.

[@rsstnnr76]

Great video. Thanks.

[@SamyShow15]

I have a history oral in three days and this has helped me a lot to understand!!! Thank you!!

[@mihhi]

That's the first video on the history of the Isreal-Palestinian conflict I've seen on youtube that is not biased and trying to display a neutral view. Thank you! A note on the style of the video though, I didn't like the "comic room" green screen background too much^^

[@dontehenry1864]

mihhi You must be joking, bias is written all over it.

[@FC-88]

Fun fact theres Egyptian chariots in the Red sea just like according to the story God looked down at the Egyptian army and caused the wheels to break off the chariots.