The Arab leaders are in a bind over Israel

Its attack put Arab leaders in a bind over Israel
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As the war in Gaza pulls the Middle East into chaos again, some significant changes have surfaced. Several Arab states who for decades fully supported the Palestinian cause, are instead today taking a more in-the-middle approach. They are growing closer to Israel and would like to continue doing so, but their populations are increasingly angry at Israel. It’s put these country’s governments into a bind that gets more difficult to navigate the longer the war drags on.
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[@pyeitme508]

Ok

[@AliA-yn4hk]

The Arab league nations map you showed is incorrect. It’s missing Mauritania, Djibouti, Comoros islands and Somalia. Please correct this

[@polemicist8150]

@@AliA-yn4hk Its correct for the time period

[@ground_news]

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[@Trump2024asw]

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[@leonkro]

It wasn't wrong though. You are indeed over 230 subscribers

[@NiteAtTheFort]

hahaha@@leonkro

[@melodicvirginia]

This video felt extremely one sided and biased. Completely ignores a lot of historical context and facts and unfortunately this is being passed on as ‘history’.

[@Yous0147]

Your grievous error gave me a gentle chuckle. Horrifying, but you're forgiven this time.

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

@@melodicvirginia Yes, for example 11:00 The blockade in 2006 was specifically because “Hummus” was chosen by the people. The reporting on this video is heavily anti Isrl. Vox, where he comes from, has done the same in recent videos.

[@ItsMeChillTyme]

What you've overlooked is that these governments also like that the issue between Israel and Palestine persists so that the public doesn't focus on the internal problems of their countries and stays fixed on these external issues.

[@omaralkayal7598]

You nailed it! in order for Arab leaders to continue stealing, looting and killing their own people they must keep the people's minds pre-occupied that their is an external enemy and that enemy can never be defeated you can the leader of Syria for example whenever he talks about the situation in Syria he always says " their is a global conspiracy against us and we are fighting against that " but who is the enemy and what are they're motives? He never specifies instead he keeps saying this to give his pro-butt lickers something to cheer for and get behind

[@phraker5709]

No one cares about that because most of these governments aren't genuine democracies which means they don't serve the people so why would they care about internal issues? Building the wealth of the rich and powerful is more important.

[@arlinnshimimana338]

This is a double edged sword if it is true. Because once the extenal issue become so big and the government still takes no action, then the problem becomes internal and all the pressure is redirected towards the government. so the governments would have to walk a very fine line.

[@xianxiaemperor1438]

pretty accurate

[@adebowalekonstantinov404]

It's the other way around bud. The people are the ones that want the governments to focus on the 'external' issues. This arguments is weak and mainly pushed by the governments themselves to silence the people, internal v. external issues is a paradigm the governments choose to separate issues that are otherwise totally linked. If the UAE benefits internally from an external issue, then this model is irrelevant, likewise if Egypt suffers internally from an external issue. The only example where one can grant you a pass is Iran, but even there, this only apples to the IL-PS as the external issue... but there's the issue of embargoes from the west imposed on Iran, hugely impacting the internal situation there. So in the end, it still remains a moot argument with little to no bite to it. This paradigm is only useful in massive superpowers where external issues only have a marginal effect on the internal situation, but no political entity in the middle-east is a superpower.

[@maurodebaets]

People seem to misunderstand the topic of the video: This is a video about the Geopolitical relations between Israel and the Arab states, and how the conflict with Hamas makes them re question their relationships. This video is NOT about the conflict or about who is right or wrong

[@Austin-vp6qq]

Exactly. I'll go even further and say it doesn't even matter who's right or wrong. Israel wants peace and the Palistinians want to be free. That is the crux of the issue here.

[@gal2659]

@@Austin-vp6qq Gaza was free in 2005.. so maybe not all Palestinians want to be free.. but something else

[@Abdullah_Bajobair]

@@gal2659free ?! can’t have an airport or a sea port or move in or out without a permit and you call this free ? What a delusional way to think about freedom.

[@gal2659]

@@Abdullah_Bajobair Looks like we got an expert here. Sorry, but you need to recheck what happened in Gaza in 2005, and whether it could have an airport or a sea port..

[@extrapolate]

@@Abdullah_Bajobairthere literally was an airport in Gaza before Palestinians turned it into a terrorist base. Ignorant dummy

[@glima519]

Great video! Some small corrections: 1. While during the 1973 Yom Kippur war Israel did cross the Suez canal and made some gains during the final phase of the war, they withdrew back to the Asian side of the canal following a renewed ceasefire. 2. The audio said Anwar Sadat was killed by the military, but it was an organisation called the Egyptian Jihad that assassinated him. They disguised themselves as soldiers and opened fire at him while he was observing a military parade, ironically one commemorating his "victory" in the 1973 Yom Kippur war.

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

Regarding 2, Khalid al-Islambuli participated but it was not a military coup. it was one individual in the military working with others.

[@mrpirate4100]

After renewed ceasefire egypt kept holding land they got during war (whole east side of canal) while israel withdrew from all land they got in this war.

[@nonstopfootball3655]

Israel did not withdraw they they gave at back when the war ended,

[@itayrochlin1]

Also that Hamas was founded in 1987 and not in the 70's

[@themanofawsomeness]

There was one more: around the 3 minute mark the narrator said the Arab states agreed to reject Israel "until it gave Palestinians land back." This is ignoring the fact that until 1967 Israel did not occupy the West Bank or Gaza and those countries attacked anyway. The modern public Arab position, that of wanting a two state solution, was adopted later.

[@iamthenews5624]

In 1972, Sadat expelled 20,000 Soviet advisers from Egypt and opened new diplomatic channels with Washington, D.C., which, as Israel’s key ally, would be an essential mediator in any future peace talks. He formed a new alliance with Syria, and a concerted attack on Israel was planned.

[@thegreatprogressivemind788]

The chief of Mossad from 1963 to 1968 Meir said”Egypt was not ready for war and nasser did not want war.”

[@netaji-thebritishslayer]

​@@thegreatprogressivemind788u must look at the speech he gave to the trade unionists😅

[@thegreatprogressivemind788]

@@netaji-thebritishslayer what speech

[@StellarStoic]

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[@christiangarcia4782]

A lot of people don't focus on the context of geopolitics. Awesome video. And happy six month! Congrats on the success!

[@ManBearJordan]

Missing a few key details though to be fair

[@thokucheetah]

It's quite hillarious that he points out Israel took more land when they won the Yomkippur like DUHHHH don't you know how war works???? Or are scared of loosing millions of inbred fans

[@Adityap_99]

The lack of support from arab states was what baffled me the most ever since this conflict began. Thank you for this essay

[@christ2664]

they have their own host of issues...in addition to trying to dog pile isreal at times lol

[@corushii]

Its because 1. They know Israel and obliterate them and 2. Its more in their favour for an Israeli state as it means Iran isn't focusing their entire projection into Arab states so it means they can focus on other things and building up defences against both Israel and Iran.

[@bradavon]

They went to war with Israel so not exactly. The US gives Israel blank cheques, pretty much.

[@YTRiyani]

Because all arabs countries ruled by traitors who work only for money they get from the west

[@gal2659]

Why ? when did Arab states helped them ? '48 war was full of self interests and desires to annex territory (to Greater Syria aspiration or to Jordan, as the latter did, which isn't mentioned here, simply says "Arab control" in 02:45). Hell, the diversity is what made them lose that war.. Qawuqji couldn't stand El-Husseini, or Hassan Salame.. no co-ordination no nothing.. Palestinians themselves were divided with the extreme anti-partition policy led by El-Husseini, who were unfortunately the leading voice, against more moderates who were either pro-partition or up for discussion. Division even led to assassination of moderates like Sami Taha. '73 war was to revenge for the '67 loss and gain territories back. Some more Historical reasons why Arab leaders don't help them: Jordan- 1951 King assassinated, guess by who. 1970 Black September. Lebanon- 1975 dragged into an insane civil war partly/mostly (depends who you're asking) by Palestinian refugees. During this time, Syria also started having shakey relations with the Palestinians as a result. Kuwait- Palestinian refugees supported Saddam during the invasion Egypt- el-Sisi praying every night that Israel would finish Hamas. Can't stand them, they're a branch of the Muslim brothers, his worst enemies. Egypt co-decided and enforced the 2007 blockade for a reason. They always tied themselves with the extreme leaders.. Saddam, Ghaddafi, Idi Amin, always looking to incite and cause troubles in other places.. The only Arabs that are helping are other Iran proxys.. and that's the only reason they're helping.. Why would Arab governments be dragged into a surprise war made by a bunch of psychos ? Arab leaders know well enough who Hamas are. They know exactly what happened in Gaza between 2005-2007 (which isn't mentioned in the video), and they know that since then, Gazans life is made miserable by Hamas. This war, is just another one in a line of wars between Hamas and Israel, which gained nothing but more poverty and desperation for Gazans. Everyone realize that when Hamas took over, they blew a great precedent for the West Bank to be free of Israeli occupation as well.. They know Hamas is also Qatarian funded, and if you'll dive into the recent Qatar diplomatic crisis, you'll get another reasons why Arabs aren't the biggest fans of this. It's a weird headline for this video.. the Arab world was always split

[@iamthenews5624]

On the eve of the Yom Kippur war, Dovi, one of Marwan's handlers, told his bosses at Mossad that their mole in the Egyptian state demanded an immediate meeting between 4-5 October. The meeting was “to give information of great importance… connected to the ‘chemicals’ in his possession”. “Chemicals” was the code word for warnings about information concerning an impending war.

[@AlansTheory]

Why Egypt and Jordan didn’t give the West bank and Gaza to the Palestinians while they owned it from 48 to 67?

[@حساماحمد-ط9غ]

Egypt and Jordan didn't need to give them what they already own, and they didn't build settlements that tries to steal the land like Israel is doing, and we shouldn't forget to mention these lands were connected politically and culturally for thousands of years so the Palestinians, Egyptians and Jordans belongs to the same nation

[@gordonlowe7157]

Sadat refused to sign a peace deal with Israel unless they kept the gaza and the west Bank in israeli control as he did not want the Palestinians in his country

[@valhex86]

Source: trust me bro

[@valhex86]

Source: trust me bro

[@موسى_7]

@@valhex86 Sadat was a traitor though, because he switched allegiance from Soviets to USA

[@losgalacticos9066]

Jews have been kicked out of 109 and are despised by every culture on the planet. Fact

[@joelanderson5285]

Was he a Russian? If he was an Egyptian then that is not treasonous it is smart.

[@loofloof1441]

2:47 you forgot to mention the west bank was controled by jordan, and gaza by egypt. Not the palestinians

[@mohammedaslam3765]

Israel was controlled by British

[@shway1]

I keep seeing pro-israel people say this as if its some kind of argument in their favor and don't understand why. could you please explain?

[@loofloof1441]

​Well, people say that palestine isnt independent becuase of Israeli occupation. The point is that from 1948 up to 1967 the west bank and gaza were under arab control, meaning that if they really wanted a country in 48' borders like they claim they could have had it a long time ago...​@@shway1

[@shway1]

@@loofloof1441 oh, really? and israel would have accepted that and not taken it back like they did? but today they won't? makes perfect sense!

[@loofloof1441]

@@shway1 it would have had no choice, it was weak back then.... the only reason Israel captured these lands is because the arab countries planned and invasion against Israel, so Israel had to strike preemtively... Also, a two state solution was offered to the paleatinians on several occasions, and all the offers were denied, even ones who are very close to the 48' borders.

[@Ajbolt89]

I noticed this on Johnny Harris's vids, but I love how you have a tracker along the bottom of the ad breaks. It's very user friendly.

[@DanyoBro]

Missed an opportunity to clarify why israel is not a colonialist state; the jewish immigrants were not agents of Britain. Did not mention Arab or Jewish regional displacement, planned attacks leading up to the 6 Day War and various other points, including Hezbollah attacks on Israel and deeper explanations of geopolitical motivations. Content here is informative but incomplete.

[@vod96]

Kinda disingenuous to jump over the entire build up to the 6 day war and refer to it as "Israeli aggression", when the more accurate title would be "preemptive Israeli war"

[@AG45.]

its actually true. it being "pre-emptive" is a common misconception. not egypt, nor jordan, nor syria were actually planning to attack israel.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Congratulations to you and your team on the first 6 months of Search Party 🎉

[@iamthenews5624]

Marwan, the son-in-law of former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, told the then Mossad chief Zvi Zamir “there is a 99 percent chance that the war will start tomorrow… (Oct 6, 1973) it will start simultaneously on both fronts, the Egyptian and the Syrian”. Those warnings were largely dismissed by the Israeli defence establishment. But they proved accurate.

[@MooMinIL]

Really glad to see more coverage on this issue form a more macro lens POV and less from an emotional POV. I feel like only with these kinds of large scale contexts can the conflict be inched towards peace, not with calls for the destruction of Gaza or for the abolition of the state of Israel, as these are coming more from a place of raw emotion and have no actual basis in real world context and implications

[@بتخقيقفقفث]

When lives are on the stake both parties can get emotional, but the important thing is to allow for that emotion blind you from truth about the genocidal campaigns dehumanisation and the apartheid regime

[@TrailblazeChronicles]

In 1967 didn't Egypt close off the Gulf of Aqaba to Israel shipping and the surrounding Arab nations mobilize their troops (similar fashion to Russia before they Invaded Ukraine)? That prompted Israel to be preemptive? This video cartwheels over a lot of details.. but I guess this topic can't be covered in full in 16mins.

[@mussyeg]

Israel was never in danger in 67.

[@MostLucid]

​@@mussyegit would be really bad for Israel's trade and oil supply wdym?

[@user-hp2go6iw7p]

@@mussyegha

[@marwan0511]

Israel didn't take more lands from Egypt in 1973.

[@amirg9809]

One correction: at 2:50 you said that Israel sparked the 1967 six days war. While Israel did start the war it was only after Egyptian troops were mobilized to the border, and Abdel Nassar (the Egyptian President) declared he was going to wipe Israel off the map.

[@WhenInDarknessSeekTheLight]

Which is a lie Isreali Generals admitted they attacked without provocation.

[@ocrimremark]

Thanks for that, I was wondering what was meant. It was a preemptive attack, according to what I've read.

[@lust4life791]

The video attempts to portray Israel as the initiator of the conflict on multiple occasions. However, in reality, Israel was often provoked and responded in self-defense, which gradually escalated into larger conflicts. In most cases, Israel was not the aggressor.

[@ערןארלו]

Yesssss​@@lust4life791

[@AG45.]

its actually true. it being "pre-emptive" is a common misconception. not egypt, nor jordan, nor syria were actually planning to attack israel.

[@erandro]

This video is very misleading. There is overemphasis on the connection between the Palestinian issue to domestic and strategic issues of many of the Muslim countries. There is no mentioned on the many peace agreement Israel has made with the Palestinians (accept for the Oslo accords) that were rejected by the Palestinians. There is no mentioned on the catastrophic attempts done by Palestinians to overthrow governments of countries that host them (Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt). This video is trying to paint a picture, but it's not the reality.

[@AG45.]

They weren't "peace agreements", they were "do this for me so I don't start a war."

[@jriceblue]

THANK YOU. This was the contextual video on the middle east that I feel like has really been missing. I feel much better informed for having watched it. I appreciate it.

[@adamdudley8736]

Dude he oversimplified and missed so much stuff,not giving proper context.. he said that “Israel sparked the 6 day war” which is not how it really went down. Israel attacked preemptively as a response to Egypt and Arab armies amassing at the border. In other words, the Arabs were gettting ready to attack Israel

[@user-hp2go6iw7p]

It’s not accurate and it is biased

[@jriceblue]

Thank you for that salient and informative comment, user-hp2go6iw7 ... p? Good to see totally-human, non-bot interaction on YT still exists!

[@interesting391]

4:21 you say Egypts peace treaty with Israel was seen as a betrayal because it didn't solve this problem (i.e. the Palestinian problem). That is again misleading the issue is they the other Arabs wanted the total destruction of Israel not just the areas you highlighted on the map on Judea and Samaria. Ok maybe you can get 30sec without being dishonest? Can you please?

[@fifthQuark]

One important piece of context for the six day way is that Egypt and Syria were building up tanks and their armies on the Israeli border, and many of the key signs for war like soviet ambassadors leaving Also that the Israeli population is primarily not European Jews anymore. The population is roughly 20% Arab, 45% Mizrach Jews(Middle Eastern/North African) and 35% Ashkenazi Jews (European). With if course Jews that don't fit any of these categories like Beta Israel from Ethiopia and Bene Israel from India.

[@martinmatino6253]

The Non-Ashkenazis have been westernized since a while now. The fact that Israel is a Western base in the middle east and that its population has absolutely nothing in common (religiously, ideologically, culturally) with the rest of the region's populations is very difficult to contest.

[@varsoo1]

@@martinmatino6253 What do you mean by "westernised"? There's almost no difference between Lebanese Christians and Arab Israeli Jews in looks or their outlooks.

[@pixelpie5280]

​​@@varsoo1doesn't change the fact israel is settler colonial project(zionist literally called themselves colonizers)and arabs are treated as second class citizens . Similar to south africa .

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

@@pixelpie5280 doesn’t change the fact that Arabs (some after 1948 began to call themselves Palestinians) tried to eradicate the xJe.ws since the 1800’s and one day one of Israel they along with 5 Arab countries sent their armies into Israel.

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

@@martinmatino6253 there are Christian Israelites and Christian Lebanese that look the same and have similar values. There use to be more Christian Lebanese but Palestinians in large number went into southern Lebanon and were a big factor in starting a war against the Christian Lebanese while also attacking Israel

[@GaviLazan]

While I appreciate the depth you get into here in this video and that you can't possibly include everything, there are multiple instances where you gloss or entirely skip over information that can help viewers build a more complete and accurate understanding and opinion on the subject. Examples: - when Wa'el says "mainly European Jews" at 2:15, no context or time frame is given, ignoring the fact that the 1948 deceleration of Israel resulted in all of the Arab countries expelling their Jewish populations and so already in 1950 the majority of Jews in Israel were not "European". Regardless, this also plays into (mostly antisemitic) tropes claiming that Jews have no historical connection to the land are are "white, European settlers". - when talking about the early 2000s and peace between Israel and the Palestinians, ignoring the second Intifada as a potential reason for rejection of the Saudi peace plan, as well as the multiple peace initiatives and deals offered to the PA by Israel (for example Olmert agreeing to almost everything the wanted), makes it seem as if Israel rejected the only peace initiative, didn't initiate any themselves, and implies that Palestinians have no agency of their own.

[@brady1701]

Agreed

[@andreimandelshtam1943]

Despite what Sam Ellis claims to be an unbiased video, this video is extremely biased against Israel. Probably because all sources, left and right, like to be antisemitic. If he truly wanted to be unbiased, he wouldn't just invite Wa'el Alzayat, an outspoken anti-Israel propagandist, but he would also invite someone from the Israeli side to speak about the conflict. I'm quite disappointed.

[@GaviLazan]

@@andreimandelshtam1943 I don't think that "all sources" are antisemitic (and not all people who aren't "pro-Israel" are antisemitic). Western voices in academia and journalism tend to be biased for sure, though I don't think some fringe right-wing super pro Israel voice here would have balanced things out either. As an Israeli, I found Wa'el to be pretty fair with what he was saying, not that I necessarily agreed with all his analysis. I just think that the perspective from which he was speaking was clearly a biased one, just like I would have regardless of how hard I tried to present things neutrally.

[@jsquire5pa]

This isn’t accurate at all as anyone who has properly studied the early noughties history of the conflict

[@GaviLazan]

@@jsquire5pa would you care to be more specific as to what you are calling inaccurate? "this" could mean a lot of things.

[@cookies1758]

"Great essay! However, I believe that starting the discussion of this issue with British colonialism is an oversimplification. The British only held control for 28 years, which is a relatively short period in the history of empires. Before that, the land had been under Ottoman Empire rule, and Jews had lived there for centuries. Ignoring this history, ignores another big part of this puzzle.

[@maquacr7014]

Jews didn't even make more than 5% of population under Ottoman rule. Brits wooed Arabs to backstab Ottomans - a Muslim authority - in exchange for a large Arab state of their own but later backtracked. Not only did it backtrack, it offered Palestine to Jews in 1917. Your mind is too simplistic to understand this conflict, especially the role of Brits.

[@WaveRider1989]

European jews and African jews did migrate in groves though to new land of Israel. Which makes up majority today.

[@cookies1758]

@@maquacr7014 Then we can go back further, before the Ottoman rule to the Muslim Conquest when 90,000 Christians were massacred. My point is that this area is millennia old and has been fought over many times. To blame it all on the Brits, who I'm not saying are innocent in this, and use words like "Colonialism," and disregard all this previous history and the historical importance of this land to so many of all religions and backgrounds, won't make solutions come any easier. Also, we don't need a negative response. Debate is important and necessary. Don't make it a zero-sum game and throw around insults. It's counterproductive.

[@maquacr7014]

@@cookies1758 Which 90000 Christians were massacred? And where? Are you talking about Armenians?

[@cookies1758]

I guess that does highlight the complexity of this history when we’re asking which 90,000. I was referring to the siege of Jerusalem in 636. I was going way back for that one. I’m curious I’ve been building a reading list to help myself understand all this, do you have any books, articles to recommend?

[@buffdadio1]

I’m sorry, but you fail to mention one very crucial fact. Jordan and Egypt rules the the West Bank and Gaza Strip from 1948 until 1967 and didn’t even think about establishing a Palestinian state. There are two main reasons for that, first they considered the Arabs living on those territories as an extra ion of their own nations. Such as Jordan annexing the West Bank, and secondly they had an issue with Israel existing at all.

[@qaqawd8018]

Yes you should back to Europe

[@buffdadio1]

@@qaqawd8018 keep dreaming losers

[@ymtzlgn]

@@qaqawd8018and it’s that kind of talk that will force you back to Arabia. Don’t start something you’ll end up regretting.

[@qaqawd8018]

@@ymtzlgn no no I don't need to go back to Arabia cuz the cananeties arab is the first people live there will you European came here after the zionists bch movement understood?? So I am from the original people will you just like the white people who lived in South Africa

[@qaqawd8018]

@@buffdadio1 we have ishell existing at all if you don't want to go back we should force you to go out it's Muslim Arab land

[@interesting391]

5:07 it's not dominating because it's complicated there are many complicated things that aren't covered at all. It's because of antisemitism.

[@LifeOfPablo7]

We NEED an updated video on the war on Gaza. You guys have such a great channel & I’m sure I’m not alone in wanting a current video.

[@kristofferp5030]

Are we really gonna completely gloss over everything leading up to the 6 day war in 67 and just say that Israel started it? All signs were pointing to an imminent invasion from Jordan and Egypt and Egypt had also blockaded the gulf of aqaba (which is literally an act of war...).

[@imisstoronto3121]

He DID say that Israel started it and I beg to differ. Israel took the first strike that is true, but Nasser was told a lie by the Soviets and surprise surprise it took off.

[@kristofferp5030]

This is not the first time they have done this. I commented on this extremely biased selective presentation of the facts on a previous video they made where they also glossed over everything leading up to the 6 day war and simply blamed Israel. I'm glad to see others picking up on it.

[@kristofferp5030]

This is not the first time they have done this. I commented on this extremely biased selective presentation of the facts on a previous video they made where they also glossed over everything leading up to the 6 day war and simply blamed Israel. I'm glad to see others picking up on it.

[@IlayShriki]

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[@user-hp2go6iw7p]

It is not an objective video, although it is presented as such, and anyone who doesn’t know better will believe every word of it

[@peterhofmann9995]

Saying that the Israelis sparked another war in 1967 when all their neighbours moved military equipment to their borders is a very nice hot take. 02:50 It was a preemptive strike, not a war insinuated by the Israelis.

[@Jose.AFT.Saddul]

This sound like the argument another European power used to invade Ukraine.

[@Heo_Ashrafenko]

@@sushil6509ukraine had been bombing crimea and the east since 2014, stop the cap

[@AG45.]

its actually true. it being "pre-emptive" is a common misconception. not egypt, nor jordan, nor syria were actually planning to attack israel.

[@TheZerech]

This video leaves out a lot of the history. Why not analyze the decision making of Palestinian leaders? The 2nd Intifada, a terror campaign orchestrated to make the Peace Process untenable. Why not mention how Israel left Gaza? Unilaterally, you make it seem like Israel unreasonable wanting to leave the West Bank, when what happened with Gaza was purely a result of Israeli optimism. If they want a two state solution they should pressure the Palestinians to accept the existence of Israel.

[@lewar_kurdi]

This video was meant to be 16 min and about how arab don’t support palastine nowadays, i couldn’t even think of a better way to clarify it, And there was never a peace just to imagine a colonial body from west comming to middile east bcz west has been killing jews all over is ridiculous, plus Israel has been taking palastine and killing them over and over with west support how tf is it imaginable to think of peace

[@TheZerech]

@@lewar_kurdi The Jews are the indigenous and native inhabitants of the land of Israel and there has always been a continuous Jewish presence there. The Jewish people had always been coming back to the land, despite its poverty and violence. This was a growing dynamic long before the Holocaust. The "West" did not give the Jews the land because of the Holocaust, the Jewish population grew and demanded self-determination. It tried to coexist with Arabs but the Arabs killed Jews in Pogroms in the 1920s and that soured relations. The West did not back the Jews, but the Arabs. The British always sided with the Arabs, they limited Jewish immigration, which would have saved millions during the Holocaust. They supported an Arab majority single state, before the Jewish Insurgency against the British forced them to leave the issue to the UN. When Israel declared independence, only Czechslovakia sold it weapons and they did that for opportunist reasons because they needed money after WW2. The British sold weapons to the Arabs and British officers commanded the Jordanian Arab Legion, the only competent Arab military force. Responsible for ethnically cleansing the Jews of Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria. The leaders of Western countries embargoed Israel, they didn't care and wanted to keep buying Arab oil. This dynamic changed slightly when Socialist Ba'athist dictatorships took power in various Arab countries which pushed them towards the USSR and the US therefore towards Israel. Israeli Arabs enjoy more right and freedoms than Arabs anywhere else in the Middle East. Israel offered Arabs citizenship, in 1948, there were even Arabs that fought for the IDF, most especially Bedouin, reaching the rank of Colonel. The narrative should take into account how the Arab nations have always failed to support Palestinian people, trying to use them as tools against Israel to distract their own citizens from bad government and corruption. How they could have easily paid to help settle Palestinians who left their homes, with a single day of oil revenue, they could have settled permanently all Palestinian refugees. They didn't. Palestinian leaders today continue to insist on war against Israel, a national suicide, while live the good life as Billionaires in Qatar. Arabs need a better leader who is willing to work towards peace in good faith. In the early 2000s, Israel offered '67 borders and East Jerusalem, the PLO said no and started the 2nd Intifada, a campaign of terrorism and suicide bombings targeting innocent Israeli civilians, Jews, Druze, Arabs, and others. They could have had peace on the most generous terms imaginable, but they said no and resorted to terrorism. They reaped what they sowed.

[@interesting391]

9:22 again with your Palestinian land back which is wrong because they never had it. And Jordan making peace was a good thing don't make it bad because even more wasn't accomplished. Jordan can't negotiate on behalf of Hamas.

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

11:00 The blockade in 2006 was specifically because “Hummus” was chosen by the people. The reporting on this video is heavily anti Isrl.

[@dragonmaster3207]

Hamas was funded by israel, dont forget that.

[@ellyari]

You forgot the issue that Palestinians have been extremely disruptive and negative for the governments that did help them. Muslim brotherhood meddling with secular Arabism in Egypt and Syria, ruining Lebanon from a peaceful multi religious Christian entity into the war torn mess it is today, the Jordanian assassinations against the former and attempted against the current king, they supported saddams war in Kuwait despite Kuwait being one of the few countries that let them in in massive numbers, and a few more incidents besides. The Arab state are conscious and wary of Palestinians for good reason because they’ve done more damage than Israel has technically.

[@ZeroCodeG]

This was a basic amt of info about the conflict, with decent accuracy. I don’t think he has done enough research to speak about what you’re saying. Most people don’t know this, glad to see a few genuinely knowledgable commentators here.

[@thisisforsteam2316]

The muslim brotherhood candidate won the elections fair and square in the 2011 egyptian elections The majority of people wanted a muslim state in Egypt, which is why they voted for Morsi. Also, that's a very big oversimplification of events that took place in Lebanon leading to its collapse: the PLO did play a part in it, but it wasn't the only reason the country collapsed (other reasons include sectarian tensions, the militias question, refusal to recognize palestinian immigrants as lebanese citizens, the overwhelming power that the president had over the cabinet, systematic corruption in every level of government, etc. Which issue was more important depends on which religious group you ask)

[@life-sf1oz]

Arab puppet rulers don't represent the will of the people living there just because isreal is in bed with their rulers doesn't mean the people living there like the isrealis.

[@موسى_7]

@@thisisforsteam2316 I'll tell you Lebanon's problem: it was a state which prioritised Christians over everyone else, established by France to serve France's interest against neighbouring Muslim countries.

[@nate8932]

@@موسى_7 still a better place than the mess it turned into today

[@adamdudley8736]

Yeah the Arab world has always been split.. that’s why there are countries like Syria and Yemen that have been in a state of civil war for like over a decade

[@GOKUBLACK-xq4is]

Throughout this Arab Monarchy

[@ThePoliticalEconomist-gl3fb]

dude what good video man wow great job

[@fathermatanube7158]

Simple Israel 🇮🇱 wants those arab countries part of lebanon 🇱🇧 plus jordan 🇯🇴 part of syria 🇸🇾 and little part of iraq 🇮🇶 too THEY WANT THE GREATER ISRAEL 🇮🇱

[@andrewhhan]

Your videos are so well made and your narration is extremely clear.

[@user-hp2go6iw7p]

If only they were accurate and non biased

[@talmeretz]

I thought there were two odd ones: Israel 'sparking another war' in 67 and rejecting Saudi Arabia's ask for a Palestinian state are pretty questionable claims. That being said, I don't want to crash the conversation: it is really hard to give context on this issue and you've done a brilliant job.

[@dieseIboy]

Was looking for this comment. Saying Israel sparked the conflict isn’t accurate. They were responding to military build on their boarders from Syria, Egypt and Jordan. An attack was imminent. It’s impossible to go over this history in 16 minutes.

[@aminesandouk8855]

Thé military build UP by their neighbors is due to the soviet informing that Israel is planning an attack

[@thegreatprogressivemind788]

The chief of mossad from 1963 to 1968 Meir said”Egypt was not ready for war and nasser did not want war.”

[@imisstoronto3121]

@@thegreatprogressivemind788 I saw a documentary that said he didn't want one, but it had gotten away from him and he was worried about being assassinated by his officers if he did not.

[@cellnahwl6711]

Iran and Saudi Arabia came to an agreement this year and made peace with each other

[@user-tn1oh3he8c]

They re-established diplomatic relations that they haven’t had for only a few years, that’s it, no extra peace that wasn’t present a decade ago or more

[@craftalot]

What a gem of a chanel, so glad I found it.

[@markt9805]

At the end of the video, you say that the Arab countries want some sort of resolution to this Palestinian situation. How can there be a resolution if Hamas’ charter states that its committed to the destruction of Israel?

[@jamal22958]

How can there be a resolution if we accept european colonialism?

[@carlitos366]

Why would hamas abandon the destruction of israel if everyday since 1948 israel has been committed to the extermination of palestinian people??? There will never be a two state solution, because israel refuses to give back the land they stole and will do anything to own all the land in the region, even if it means committing genocide.

[@markt9805]

@@carlitos366 you need to take a history class and get educated about the issue.

[@zouhairben4398]

When he said factual and BBC in one sentence , I directly knew I would never use that ground app😂😂😂

[@nomms]

Most of the BBC's reporting is competent?

[@RafaelKohn-s4p]

​@@nommsperhaps when it is about local affairs. But about when it is about the Israel-Hamas war you would need to watch all the time to catch their latest apologize for misinformation before you could trust it. Apparently, getting a story first comes before getting it right.

[@CortexNewsService]

@@nomms Outlets can be different on topics and audiences. Is the BBC factual in international coverage? Absolutely. Some of the best coverage in the world. How they're covering transgender rights in their own country? Absolute trash. And it's not just them. Al Jazeera, for example. They do an excellent job covering much of the Mideast with an objective eye. They do great work there. Covering their home country of Qatar? Very different. Context matters in all aspects. Both are government-funded outlets. They do maintain a lot of editorial independence, but there can always be a pain point where they could toe the line. Doesn't mean you can't rely on their coverage at all, but be smart in how you rely on it and understand where its coming from.

[@user-hp2go6iw7p]

The BBC is very anti-Israel and cannot be trusted on that topic. Al Jazeera is a disaster. Some of their reporters actually held hostages in Gaza.

[@Thenoobestgirl]

2:49 correction: the word "sparked" isn't exactly accurate here. Yes, Israel hit first, but it did so as a preemptive maneuver against Egypt's air force, as its intelligence noticed Egypt and Jordan preparing their military for attack. There was going to be a war either way, Israel just chose to not be the sitting duck.

[@totalnoob364]

Egypt was not going to invade Israel, even an israeli general said this in an interview: "we have to be honest with ourselves, Nasser (the president of Egypt in that time) was not going to invade us, WE decided to invade him" (i don't remember the name of who said this, but if you search it up you'll find it) That's why israeli air force shot down all the egyptian airforce in sinai in less than 2 hours, because they were not preparing themselves to go to war, THEY WERE NOT GOING TO INVADE ISRAEL. As someone who's been searching a lot about middle eastern wars, especially the arab-israeli wars, i can already tell in the first five minutes that this video is pretty biased, pathetic.

[@interesting391]

2:54 in 1967 Israel didn't spark a war Egypt did and Israel made a preemptive strike they legally gained the Sinai and Judea and Samaria in a defensive war.

[@atuells]

preemptive strike -> starting a war. And yes, I know Nasser put 100.000 troops at the border, but the first attack was israeli.

[@beslanintruder2077]

Khomenei, we will never help Israel, . Well Israel gave weapon systems to Iran during its war with Iraq. Complex situation, eh

[@JaffarBrar]

Nice video. But 2:52 wording could have been better instead of “Israel sparked another war”. Yes They launched pre-emptive strike but after iraq egypt and jordan mobilized their armies on their border. More context would have helped to first time viewers

[@marioytb1]

Your ad breakdown of ground news was probably the best I've seen from all the creators they sponsor

[@mohamedali-lp2ex]

The intro is not right, you should have started from 1948

[@Sufganiyot]

Did you watch the rest of the video?

[@jadenlivian2841]

I think you overlooked the fact that in 2005 Israel completely withdrew from Gaza and dragged Jews living in Gaza out of their homes in hopes to make peace. Then the people of Gaza elected Hamas…

[@bloodfiredrake7259]

They were colonists and settlers. Most of Gaza wasn't born when Hamas was elected. Hamas was elected with only 30% of the vote. Hamas was also supported by Israel before it took over Gaza.

[@jadenlivian2841]

@@bloodfiredrake7259 whatever the Jews living in Gaza were, the Israeli government took them out so that they could attempt to make peace with the Palestinians living there. Are you trying to tell me that the people in Gaza don’t want Hamas as their leader? Why don’t you condemn Hamas for not taking care of their civilians? They never thought to build even one bomb shelter to protect against Israel’s supposed unwarranted attacks?

[@qweasdzxcname]

israel did not gain more territory during the yom kipur war. you should check your sources. israel gained more territory in 1967 at the six day war. any video that starts with "israel kills palestinian" cannot be historically accurate since its clearly biased. if you want to learn about the history of the conflict, look for a real source.

[@chrispychip6569]

This was a good basic overview of the history and I understand you can’t include everything but you could’ve mentioned the PLO and the fatah-Hamas conflict. The main thing though was that the main reason Israel didn’t accept the Arab peace initiative wasn’t the West Bank, it was that it would’ve included right of return to Israel proper.

[@huebdoo]

😢no mention that thousands of jews from all the Islamic states were expelled. They were Iraqi, Tunisian, Algerian citizens who had everything taken away because of their religion. I think its important to address that its not a hatred of Israel, but a hatred of all Jews. Strange how media seems to omit this. Israel hasn't been the nice guy, but its not the state of Israel that Hamas is trying to wipe out, its the Jewish population they are trying to wipe out.

[@shafsteryellow]

Expelled after terror attacks by Zionist militias

[@dragonmaster3207]

Didn’t mention that israel helped in the expulsion.

[@DavidWoods255]

I always thought Atlas was the best thing Vox ever produced. I loved what Sam did with it and elevated it once Johnny went to Borders. Atlas is in good hands still but there's now basically an 'Atlas-only' channel? Oh hell yes! Expect a comment along the lines of "this is my very favourite thing on KZbin and I love it dearly, I will set aside time for it and look forward to watching each upload no matter the topic". Those sweet infographics and the welll-researched topics are Chef's Kiss. Did I mention this is and has from the outset, my very favourite series on KZbin and I love it dearly? Because I do! You're the best Sam

[@croudsy9089]

the illusion that somehow “resistance” will further the Palestinian cause is laughable. Collaboration is the only way to peace for both sides

[@Untoastedbagel1271]

Been binging every video from this channel. Everything is so well made and glad it came on my recommended

[@interesting391]

14:38 or maybe those countries recognize the justice of Israels cause? Why assume bad motives on their behalf? At least present some other possibilities.

[@johanjvdw]

One of the best videos of this conflict I've seen. The colours you used on the graphics, especially the graphs, made this soooo much easier to follow than almost all similar channels. Great job.

[@krimorant]

you cant call it a conflict if one side has nuclear weapons, tanks, aircraft, artillary, and a standing army while the other has a small militia group in only the gaza strip

[@krimorant]

and they're backed by the united states, there is clearly a victim here

[@user-hp2go6iw7p]

It’s not accurate so don’t rely on this info

[@B.D.B.]

For someone uneducated on the subject this might seem like a fair recap of historical events. It is not. * Israel did not start the 1967 (six day war), Egypt did by closing the Straits of Tiran (an act of war), kicking out UN peace keeping force in Sinai and mobilizing on the border. * Israel invasion of Southern Lebanon was preceded by numerous terror attacks from PLO based in Southern Lebanon. * Israel did offer the WB back to Jordan during the peace talk, they didn't want it. * For that matter, Israel also offered the Gaza and over 92% of the WB (2000 Camp David). The Palestinian leadership (Yasser Arafat) refused. In 2008, Ehud Olmert offered Gaza and over 99% of the WB (with territorial swaps) and parts of East Jerusalem. The Palestinian leadership (Mahmoud Abbas) just walked out on it. * The blockade of the Gaza strip only began *after* Hamas took over, not before.

[@noamrodrik3776]

@Search Party It's important to cover this.

[@Citizen572]

Cherry picking facts it's not telling the true. What Israel is doing is colonizing and war crimes. The UN said it so many times.

[@imisstoronto3121]

@BDB I've also pointed out their errors and the act that the content creator said "Israel sparked another war" set me off. I'm old enough to remember that war, and its been endlessly discussed and analyzed by people smarter than him. FFS

[@TheDanorte]

So many of your points are outright lies. Absolute Israel propaganda. Funny how you frame Israel giving crumbs to the Palestenian people as good will actions. Or how you frame resistance as terror attacks, but not the much more common, deadly and brutal Israel attacks. Just read your sentences. Arabs are bad for "starting" the 1967 war. But Israel isn't bad for starting the war against Lebanon. Arab resistance is terrorism and bad. Israel genocide can't be bad and is actually defense. The powerful is allowed to genocide, terrorize and murder hundreds of thousands, while the weak isn't even allowed to throw stones back. Whenever Israel talks, it reads exactly like Russia talking about Ukraine, English in Ireland, French in Algeria or Third Reich in Poland. Exact same words. Genocide, apartheid and settler colonialism. Of course Israel will pretend to give things back, and then claim Palestenians refused it. The powerful always do this obvious move. You have to be very stupid to fall for it. There will never be peace in the Region while Israel exists. Even after you kill all Palestenians, their brothers will remember. The only road for peace if the abolishment of Israel and the creation of ONE state for all christian, jewish, and muslim natives. Like christian, jewish, and muslim Palestinians been asking for decades.

[@porschedriverful]

Also they didn't mention they can't give back the Golan Heights to Syria as they are still not in peace and would be a death sentence for all people living within a 100km radius from the heights due to modern artillery.

[@MATHBOSS287]

you still didn't answer the question though " do you condemn hamas for what it did on october the 7th?"

[@Raz-G]

Do you?

[@albert.sterba]

Thank you very much for your work!!

[@philipberman8330]

you forgot to say that 100,000 israeli were forced to leave the area of gaza as peace agreament in 2006 than hamas took over and no elections since than...

[@EBM1]

Sam you have delivered some really good stuff once again. Big ups 🙏

[@user-hp2go6iw7p]

If only it was factual and not biased

[@ChristiskingKKLL]

No mention on how in 2005 Israel left the Gaza Strip exactly because of the Mutual Disengagement plan. Israel kept their part of the bargain, but what did the Palestinians do? Voted Hamas in to power in 2005 and by 2006 they were in complete control.

[@fierceharpy4636]

yep, and im think that if they kept going in the right peaceful way, Palastine would benefits today west bank on their control and maybe other lands too

[@user-hp2go6iw7p]

@@fierceharpy4636 there could be peace if anyone wanted it, but the Palestinians do not. You can ask them they will tell you straight up or you can read their charters.

[@fierceharpy4636]

@@user-hp2go6iw7p i know bro. even if israel gouvernement is not innocent but Palestinians also are responsible of what is happening to them. they should acknowledge israel as a state and stop this nonsense of the whole area is palestine. but they will never do that and they are condamn to keep suffering until Israel is weakened, unfortunately.

[@galnevo6950]

So many details are twisted or missing. Just a few of them: 2:30 calling the jewish immigrants, returning to their fatherland, who just escaped the holocaust basically with nothing a 'form of colonialism' is twisted. 9:55 'Israel rejected a peace deal'- there was never an actual peace deal offered to Israel at the time (or ever)+ you just skipped the fact the 90s gave rise to the most deadly terror attacks until then killing 100s of civilians. Generally there was no actual 'Palestine' before 67, it was Jordan and Egypt You keep mentioning that the peace treaties were 'against the will' of the arab citizens- since when arab countries have any consideration to their peoples will?

[@Ibrahim-1234]

"returning to their fatherland", no part of Palestine is or was ever their land. They preceded to steal and violently displace/kill the native inhabitants (Palestinians) living there -- which is typical colonial behavior. 'Palestine' existed throughout all of human history even referenced in the most famous classical books including Shakespeare's Othello, debunking your entire "67" claim (misinformation propagated to justify genocide of Palestinians). Your opinions are clearly biased, ignoring historical facts, and based mainly on zionist propaganda.

[@dragonmaster3207]

They teach you this in israel?

[@teyanuputorti7927]

I don’t understand why they betrayed the Palestinians it a terrible situation

[@arielshpitzer]

KGB created PLO trough Syria.... This still has impact 60 years later.

[@elemes24]

Good shit Sam. Keep growing steadily so that you can hire more people and put out as many vids a month as Johnny. I’ve really been liking your work

[@nhlsens3880]

This skips the multiple peace deals offered by Israel to the Palestinians which were rejected by their leaders the most recent of which was 2008

[@MoSuli96]

Rubbish. Israel is the one who financially propped up Hamas in order to rival the more recognized PLO and to create division within Palestine and thwart a future state. Israel then agreed to relinquish stolen Palestinian land and halt their settlements in OSLO but instead they kept every inch and expedited their illegal settlements far into previously agreed upon Palestinian Territories and with brutal violence. Once you stop reading Israeli propaganda and do your own research you will feel better about knowing the truth

[@RamiHamdan-ze7ms]

See, these deals only benefited Israel. They were rejected because it was a bad deal for the Palestinians

[@fish7284]

If the peace deal's is offering slavery! How you will call it a peace treaty? Isreal rejected more then Palestines! All have sympathies for isreal but not knowing they refuses any Palestine state!

[@Zoltronic.]

You left out the fact that Israel withdrew from Gaza completely in 2005. Small but important detail.

[@jacer5677]

I can't grasp the cognitive dissonance that you must have to believe that the withdrawal is a gesture of peace, despite it being coupled by an illegal blockade on air, sea, and ground. Israel made Gaza an open air prison and you dare to portray that with a positive view ? the withdrawal holds no importance whatsoever.

[@user-hp2go6iw7p]

He left a lot of details out and colored other details, but didn’t color the rest

[@cosmo5164]

A lot of information in this video is either incorrect or completely glossed over to attempt to make the video as stoic and neutral as possible. Israel only "sparked" 6-day war after troops were amassed at their border and their shipping routes were being blockaded. And that the "rage" of Hamas to do what they did on October 7th was justified by the normalizing of relations between the other arab states and Israel. A real disgusting product here in my opinion.

[@davedanny9053]

❤JESUS WILL END ALL WARS IN JURUSALEM IS JESUS BIRTH PLACE AND JESUS PROMISE TO RETURN SOON

[@alhajri586]

😅

[@IlanDazanashvili]

Hamas is not concerned about 2 state solution, but about one Arab-Islamic state instead, so hell no.

[@Rombombz]

lol well I know where you get your news from…fox, cnn…because that’s literally not true Hamas wants a two state solution they’ve said so for like a decade now.

[@AmiraMohamed-lt4iy]

Hamas offered to dismantle its military wing in exchange for a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders more than once in 1998, 2006 and 2007, but Israel did not agree because they simply do not leave something they have usurped by peace, but it is taken away from them by force, and offered again now, but of course there is no response from the side with the ideology of Greater Israel, which has demonstrations demanding settlements in Lebanon.

[@AmiraMohamed-lt4iy]

Hamas offered to dismantle its military wing in exchange for a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders more than once in 1998, 2006 and 2007, but Israel did not agree because they simply do not leave something they have usurped by peace, but it is taken away from them by force, and offered again now, but of course there is no response from the side with the ideology of Greater Israel, which has demonstrations demanding settlements in Lebanon.

[@nate8932]

@@AmiraMohamed-lt4iy If someone punched you in the face cause they hated you so u fight them back and you beat them up, and as ur leaving you take his watch, and then he comes back to beat you up again cause he hates you and u take all his money out of his wallet this time, and he does it again and this time you take his gold necklace, after u beat his ass of course, and he comes back and says "Ill stop harrasing you and attacking you and trying to beat you up if you give me my stuff back" what would you do? Are you, morally, in the wrong for saying "screw you, imma keep all ur stuff and beat you up again"?

[@masfiqratul7559]

Zionist And Netnyahu are not concerned about 2 state solution , but about one Zionist Jewish Palestine Free(possiblly Dead ) State instead , so hell no

[@solofunk]

This is the best video I've seen that highlights how exactly we got to this point. How shifts in support/care for Palestine over decades reached a boiling point which factored into Hamas' attack in Oct. 7. Really highlights the entire region well. Thank you for the information.

[@samfisher2306]

I had an okay knowledge prior to this informative breakdown too. Makes sense where things currently stand unfortunately.

[@user-hp2go6iw7p]

@@samfisher2306 unfortunately there is a lack of information here and it is tinged in bias and is not fully correct, but it certainly seems to be an objective video and his presented very nicely.

[@camilogomezkeep2324]

Is it me or Palestinians are treated as fifth class citizens pretty much by all the neighboring countries??

[@StellarStation214]

Treated better in Israel than in them, too.

[@JR47846]

go see what happen when the neighboring countries accepted to taken in palestinians and you will see why

[@wiseoldwizard]

No one wants them

[@camilogomezkeep2324]

where do I see that? @@JR47846

[@jiminkook4445]

Care to elaborate ​@@JR47846

[@depressedraptorsfan4907]

“Syria and Yemen fell into civil wars” AKA America and Israel wanted to weaken the Arab states after the Arab spring

[@interesting391]

11:48 why not call it the Abraham Accords and acknowledge Trump for it?

[@fe6767]

Correction: In 1973 nobody invaded Israel. Egypt made a surprise attack on the IDF inside Egypt. Syria later attacked the IDF inside Syria. Both countries were trying to expel the IDF from Egypt and Syria respectively. Trying to expel an invading army from your country is the primary duty of any country's army. These attacks were not invasions of Israel or attacks on Israel. The 1973 war took place entirely inside Egypt and Syria.

[@עומרגולן-ל4ד]

The fuck?🤨

[@Jbkeditz]

​@@עומרגולן-ל4דhis stupid dw, that is an invasion

[@johnchessant3012]

9:39 "In the 2000s, Saudi Arabia proposed a deal where all members of the Arab League would recognize Israel if Israel withdrew completely from the West Bank, a version of what's known as the two-state solution. But Israel rejected it."

[@noamsitbon8151]

False. They never got every country to agree to it. Israel rejected it because the Palestinians themselves did not accept it.

[@fanafana9974]

@@noamsitbon8151 source: trust me

[@MrLegendra]

2:53. “Israel sparked another war”. Love how you just leave out all context they were attacked first from multiple fronts

[@wassimharzli336]

They were not attacked first, the, Israel killed around 300 peaceful protesters years before it who marched to end the blockade, and after that Israel continued to Harasse Palestinians buy trashing the Aqsa mosque, expanding their illegal settlement, enabling settlers to kill and abuse Palestinians, imprisoning Palestinians with no trails including children, all of that while the western media ignored it so people like you but the blame on the Palestinians when they decide enough is enough and fight back for their right to exist in their land with dignity

[@MostLucid]

True

[@abas656thegodemperor9]

Israel started the conflict according to international law, they attacked before any actual combat or declaration of war happened.

[@dodopoopinpoop]

Clearly they were never a real threat if they were wiped out in a mere 6 days. Putin threaten to blows up the west every other week, yet we still did a hostage deal with them last month. Israel had attacked Egypt 2 or 3 times at this point before 67 also. So no surprise Egypt had propaganda against them.

[@TravelChannelOne]

Beautiful....this is just amazing...from Johnny Harris...good job..subscribed

[@edub9650]

A number of inaccuracies and oversimplifications of 90s politics here…

[@adebiyial]

That's about as great as the explanation of the geopolitical conflict can get. Thank you for this wonderful and objective video.

[@Valora1234]

Objective? LOL. Mentions that 1400 Palestinians were killed in retaliatory attacks in October 2023 but conveniently fails to mention it was in response to Hamas slaughtering over 3000 Israeli men, women, and children on October 7th.

[@user-hp2go6iw7p]

It does seem wonderful but if one looks more closely, they can see that it is not unbiased, and it is not objective.

[@degenb1290]

Nearly 1/4 of this video is an ad 😑

[@vladtrofimov8943]

“20 years later, Israel sparked another war” - odd, I didn’t know amassing Egyptian troops at the border, evacuating UN officials, and threatening trade routes via the Suez Canal was considered Israeli provocation. 2:52

[@samegoat8133]

They also said that Israel refused a peace deal during olso era

[@AnotherNPC-Bot]

IS IT NOT PEGASUS SPYWARE AND OTHER WORLD CONTROL TOOLS?

[@igbadumefavour]

1. The Palestinian flag was invented in the 1960s when Palestinian identity was created. 2. "Palestinians with Israeli citizenship" are Israeli Arabs, descendants of Arabs who didn't leave in 1948. There are 2 million and are 20% of Israeli population, they are Israelis exactly like Jews and have full rights. A majority support Israel. 3. West Bank belonged to Jordan before 1967 and people living there were Jordanians, Gaza belonged to Egypt before 1967 and people there were Egyptians. 4. Arabs were not ethnically cleansed in 1948, the opposite, they fled and are the ones who tried to ethnically cleanse the Jews before 1948. In 1948 all Arab countries attacked the new Israeli state after refusing the 1947 UN partition plan. 5. The UN and Arab countries created refugee status that passes through generations, as political tool against Israel. They also created "right of return", there is no such thing anywhere else in the world. 6. So the "Nakba" (catastrophe) is about the fact that they lost the war that they started and left their homes (most of them voluntarily) because of war that they themselves started. 7. And as we all know very well, there is no genocide in Gaza, there is a war, that again they themselves started.

[@nimrodrubin9805]

These "europian colonizers" were holocaust survivors who just wanted a place where people wouldnt slaughter them because of their religion. Then all of those arab countries atacked them while they wanted peace, but still, somehow, they won. Now the same people who seeked to end the jewish presence in israel and started the war, cry back for their land. Give me a break

[@dragonmaster3207]

Why didn’t Europe want the Jews?

[@nimrodrubin9805]

@@dragonmaster3207 oh so now you are justifiyng the holocaust? Nice bro, surely youre on the right side when you are supporting the killing of 6 million people because of their relligion

[@muntadar1655]

Aw yeah the settlers arrived right after ww2 Mandate of Palestine was definitely not established in 1920.. Notice how the brits named it "Mandate of Palestine"? Almost like they wanted to sow discord between jews and arabs.. and then strong arm the jews and support their far right factions..

[@SmoothNectarine]

Forgot to mention that the Arabs wanted full right of return to all Palestinians when they recognized Israel

[@Trump2024asw]

Yeah a bunch of dudes who still hold deeds to land taken by isrealis looks bad.

[@iceking2519]

If Iran would have helped the Arab region when they were try to get rid of Israel they could have came together but instead they tried to flex with the militia instead of sending them to liberate Palestinians

[@qo7052]

iran actually had close relations with israel since 1950 and recognised them, only leading up until 1979 iranian revolution did they turn against them for reasons and cut ties

[@ayyfte]

Video is great as usual. I'd give a tiny suggestion, make the video divided by chapters (as it's called in KZbin) that'll clearly demarcate different aspects and subtopics inside the video (also, it'll clearly mark the Sponsorship segment). That's just a tiny suggestion... Edit: I wonder what you'll make in the next video (given it's Atlantic Ocean in there)

[@Tommy-hv8pk]

@search-party I can see you made effort to be neutral here, but why would you mention Israel's "brutal treatment of palestinians" without any context on why the blockade in Gaza was put in to place? or the geographical conundrum that is the West Bank's geography and it's threat to Israel? that's an extremely one sided description.

[@denk4915]

Insert SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦 🇵🇸

[@everythingaboutaviation2072]

3:04 "Israel sparked another war" You must be joking.

[@olamid333]

huh?

[@RyH-yx4ys]

1967 Israel attacked the Arab nations.

[@Idiosyncrasy]

@@olamid333 Some people are victims of propoganda, best to ignore them fully. They won't be convinced nor swayed towards the facts, Isreal isn't an angel state that has done no wrong, no country is full innocent in politics and war.

[@willneverstop]

Well technically they did. Israel bombed out Egypts fields destroying most of their Air Force. That was the first kinetic act of the war. The Arab countries were staging and posturing about attack Israel…but technically Israel started it.

[@everythingaboutaviation2072]

@@willneverstop it was a preliminary defensive strike in response to mobilization of massive amounts of troops and munitions into every one of their borders. As well as intelligence from communications interception that the invasion was imminent. Saying the started the war is foolish

[@andrewkorn456]

To say "Israel started another war 20 years later" is also omiting the fact the neighboring countries had troops assembled at the border

[@joshuaiosevich3727]

Realize they’re all misinformed or Jew haters.

[@abdulrahmanomar6858]

We had Jews living peacefully in the Arab world, until the creation of Israel, after which the conflicts started to arise, we started getting terrorist attacks from Jewish Zionists and spying activities. That lead to increase the heat on them and for President Nasser in Egypt to enforce them out.. Sure most of them were not terrorists, but have they created Israel in another place other than someone else lands or if the British give them another land the company would have arrived in another place away from the middle east Maybe they could buy some land in North America and live peacefully having their own country. If we need a country for only Jews to live in, why don't Muslims and Christians create their countries around religion again?

[@manofwar2354]

​@@joshuaiosevich3727change jews with thives and it all make sense

[@davidmaksin7292]

and that egypt blocked Israel's access to the Red Sea and expelled UN peacekeepers, which is an act of war

[@ronalon5300]

I think that this video is glossing over a big issue in that not all Arab governments like the Palestinians. Look at Jordan's government- it mistreats it's Palestinians in a horrible way, why would they fight for them? In Lebanon some blame the Palestinians for destroying their country by starting internal conflicts. Assad also butchered a few thousand Palestinians, so why would he fight for them? And that is true in other Arab countries as well.

[@maquacr7014]

And nobody likes the troubled ethnicity either. Kicked out of 109 nations but it was never once their fault. Oy vey. Never forget.

[@extrapolate]

@@maquacr7014⬅️Neo Nazi spotted

[@YTRiyani]

Because arabs countries ruled by dictators who work for Israel and USA and don't give a fock even about their own people. Assaad in Syria killed millions of syrians he and his father also did the same, Jordan is living in poverty when their king you know living like a king, Egypt I don't even have to start speaking about it one time in their history choose their leader in 2012 and you know what happened? Israel and USA helped and military dictator to throw him in jail and steal the country for him self. And that the same in every other arab country.

[@blueboss8309]

It's not mentioned because this is mostly all outdated and false. Jordanians don't hate the Palestinians. Over half of the population of Jordan are Palestinian and Rania, the queen of Jordan, is Palestinian herself. The video also mentions and shows the reactions of Jordanians when the government signed the deal to recognize Israel. As for Assad, he just kills anyone that doesn't support him. There are many militant groups within his ranks that are made out of Palestinians, like the Liwa al-quds, but there were some that opposed him and joined groups like the FSA. For Lebanon, you're somewhat correct that there are Lebanese people that do believe that Palestinians were responsible for their country, 's civil war, but that's mainly the view of the Christian population of Lebanon since they fought against them during the civil war but not every christian believes. Finally, you say, and other Arab countries, but don't give examples, so I can't really do anything there, but I will say that many Arab countries like Iraq, Qatar, Kuwait, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Oman still don't recognize Israel. Both Qatar and Oman also partially canceled celebrations for their independence days this year because of the war.

[@gpsfeir]

You're missing a key factor of why the Palestinian, all of which are refugees, have caused problems in all these countries.

[@pebblepod30]

Search Party channel chooses words to avoid admitting Israel was repeatedly attacked & war waged against it, which they repeatedly won. Israel also wants peace, Hamas which terrorises them (until recently) does not, in their own charter their goal is not peace or anything reasonable.