The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, 1948-1967

The first of two lectures by Ilan Pappé based on his book, of the same name as this lecture, and a semester long course that he teaches. In this lecture Pappé historicizes the Zionist movement, he discusses the historical period leading up to and proceeding the end of the British mandate in Palestine. Pappé discusses the US State Department's definition of ethnic cleansing, and argues that the forced removal of Palestinians from their homes and the destruction of Palestinian towns and villages meets this definition of ethnic cleansing. He discusses the 1967 war, and dissects the complexities of the conflict, based on recently released historical documents on decisions made by the Israeli government.
This event was co-sponsored by Global Studies at UW-Madison.
Ilan Pappé is a fellow of the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter. He is the director of the European Center for Palestine Studies and the co-director of the Exeter Center for Ethno-Political Studies. His recent books include: Gaza in Crisis (Haymarket, 2011), with Noam Chomsky; The Husaynis: The Rise and Fall of a Palestinian Dynasty (California University Press, 2011); and The Forgotten Palestinians: A History of the Palestinians in Israel (Yale University Press, 2011). He is also the author of A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples (Cambridge University Press, 2004) and The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (Oneworld 2007). A native of Haifa, Professor Pappé obtained his BA degree from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1979 and the D. Phil from the University of Oxford in 1984. He founded and directed the Academic Institute for Peace in Givat Haviva, Israel between 1992 and 2000, and was the Chair of the Emil Tuma Institute for Palestine Studies in Haifa between 2000 and 2006. Professor Pappé was a senior lecturer in the department of Middle Eastern History and the Department of Political Science in Haifa University, Israel between 1984 and 2006.

[@leswatts8422]

There isn't enough of Ilan to go around. Everyone needs to hear him speak and read his books. 🇵🇸✊

[@MagdiNonDuality]

Thank you, Mr Pappe for your work and for sharing it

[@literatious308]

This lecture is the 1st of 2 given by Ilan Pappe. For complete picture I recommend viewing both. Part 2/2 is titled "Squaring the circle: The failure of the Middle East peace process" which explains the faulty logic & diminishing returns for Palestinians. The sound is pretty bad so turn on closed captions.

[@minhng7208]

Great Lecture ❤

[@vKarl71]

Pappe's work is essential to understanding the whole picture. The audio here is very poor. It would be much better if the audio could be equalized to turn down the bass.

[@growthandunderstanding]

Thank you for being a voice for freedom and justice!

[@shadetreader]

Armed resistance to oppression is a human right.

[@oumaimaharich3282]

free palestine

[@tayrowell]

Enlightening.

[@Keli-nw8fy]

Wow this has been going on for a long time

[@Maynardtkrebs]

"However, Gallant and the IDF were criticized for the implementation of the Dahiya doctrine of widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure in the Gaza War of 2008-09, with the Goldstone Report concluding that the Israeli strategy was "designed to punish, humiliate and terrorize a civilian population. The Dahiya Doctrine amounts to the direct use of state terrorism and is now the functioning military policy of the IDF."

[@marrisa17]

Brillant lecture.

[@ranakhatibthomas4031]

The quality of the sound was distracting. What a pity.

[@yassinghareeb5761]

I love this man.

[@Tortoise443]

Very interesting. Free Palestine

[@Albert-Arthur-Wison225]

That phrase is hopelessly childish, even moronic. And certainly doesn’t belong here, attaching itself like a stupid teenager to the presence of a reputable scholar. Save it for one of your ‘Gas the Jews ‘ weekend rallies.

[@trevorsmith8950]

Part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/moeqo6ibnrqih9ksi=PhK3ZVhOe2l_ogig

[@howardleekilby7390]

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[@user-go7in7rw7r]

Eu sou perigosa tbm kkkkk

[@geraldmantel4955]

Dec. 1963 --- When "Greater Israel" merged with the "New World Order." Bad news, ever since ...

[@paulm8885]

If geographically Jordan was Israel and Israel was Jordan. It would still be about Israel. The strife involves a centuries old story of two brothers. Issac, Ishmael and a right to the land.

[@robinblick9375]

Since 1948, the Palestinian population of Israel has increased 16 times, the Jewish, 8. In 1948, the Palestinians comprised 8% of Israel's population. Today, it's 20%. Ethnic cleansing?

[@user-hv5so6qz9z]

yes, they cleansed them and they failed as Palestinians responded with very high natality. Must be so frustrating for those Zionists that they could not control the natality.

[@economichornet3218]

thats because most of them were expelled into Gaza & West Bank after the Nakba in 1948. Jewish Population in Israel ≈ 7,200,000 Palestinians in Israel ≈ 2,100,000 Palestinians in West Bank ≈ 3,200,000 Palestinians in Gaza ≈ 2,200,000 Palestinians in Jordan ≈ 3,200,000 Palestinians in Syra ≈ 570,000 Palestinians in Chile ≈ 500,000 Palestinians in Lebanon ≈ 460,000 I wonder why there are so many Palestinians in these places...its like they...were moved

[@user-hv5so6qz9z]

Same old trick, same old tricks....find new ones.

[@janettucker3196]

During the British Mandate for Palestine (1920-1948) the Jews were the Palestinians, and the Arabs rejected that identity claiming that it came from the Jews, and had nothing to do with the Arabs. After declaring war on the Jewish state in 1948, 600,000 Arabs fled Israel because either they wanted to get away from the war or their leaders told them to leave so that the Arab armies could have a clear slate over which to kill the Jews. Israel asked the Arabs to stay, and many did becoming citizens of Israel. Today, 20 percent of Israeli citizens are Arabs. Meanwhile, 800,000 Jews fled for their lives to Israel from Arab countries in which they lived for centuries.

[@abulybah6947]

did you even bother listening to this lecture at all? each of your points is debunked

[@halimamohamed23]

Listen to the lecture well

[@closetglobe.IRGUN.NW0]

Lol ur so ignorant jane

[@Libertyforall428]

Simply nonsense

[@OldTeaMate]

Straight from the national archieves.

[@OldTeaMate]

"Libertyfor all", except the natives, huh?!?

[@carlodefalco7930]

It’s Israel land ,homes since recorded. ,by ancient empires , including the invading islams

[@alawd5811]

It's Palestine not Israel, read Balfour declaration

[@OldTeaMate]

Actually, it's canaanite land, since before the Hebrews to whom European converts are not likely more related, than any ol'Harry, Dick and Tom. Philistines were contemporary people.