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In 1948, Jordan took control of the West Bank and Egypt took control of the Gaza Strip, leaving the Palestinians with no land in which to declare a nation (and the Palestinians did not declare any desire to form a state when occupied by these nations). The other Arab countries were more than happy to expand their nations at the expense of an independent Palestine. BTW, except for Jordan no Palestinian refugees have been given citizenship status in other Arab countries (for over 75 years). These actions imply that the other Arab nations have no real loyalty to Palestine and use it as a political ploy only for internal political reasons.

During the Naqba, you forget to tell that at the same time, 800.000 Jewish people who were established into Arab countries such as Algeria Irak Tunisia Egypt Marocco Syria and Jordan had to flee the threat of persecution. They left their homes too, and lost everything they had to move essentially to Israel. So that compensates. Do they have the right of return ?

The video ignores an important point. While the term “Palestine” is used today to describe what became Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, at the time of the British Mandate, Palestine also included what is now Jordan. In 1922 Britain detached 78% of Palestine to become the Arab/Palestinian state of Trans-Jordan (now Jordan), and the League of Nations declared that the remaining portion should become a Jewish state (only later did Britain and then the UN decide to further divide the remaining portion into two parts). So it’s not very accurate to state that Israel had 78% of Palestine in 1948. In reality it had 15%. It also seems a little suspect that the video qualifies the count of 1,200 killed Israelis after October 7 with, “That’s according to the Israeli authorities” but does not qualify the count of killed Palestinians as being supplied by Gaza's Ministry of Health. Nor does it mention that that number does not differentiate between civilians and combatants. I’m not disputing either number, but it does indicate some level of bias.

Hopefully someday Israelis and Palestinians will be able to live in peace and tranquility. Pray for peace

So, who started these wars? What happened to start them? What is the history in Gaza? Was there a war between Hamas and the PLA? What happened during that? You missed a lot out.

She kept saying there was a war multiple times without stating who started the war. If you declare war on a country and the country fights back and wins, including extra land, the land belongs to them. That is simple to understand. Also, Hamas did not automatically end up controlling Gaza. There was a civil war, and Hamas sent the Abas party/faction out of Gaza with guns. You are so economical with the truth.

My understanding directly from Dennis Ross, is that Arafat rejected the best deal he was ever going to get. 97% of the green line territory, plus 3% compensating land in Israel, capital in East Jerusalem, etc. Arafat responded with an Intifada. Israel electing right-wingers was a response to this. The electorate had voted for peace-makers until the process failed. For there to be any hope, the Israeli public needs to believe there is a partner for peace; which they don’t. Israel could evacuate many of the settlements; I don’t think that’s the sticking point some believe. It’s the fact, especially after Oct 7th, that the populations don’t trust each other at best, and hate each other at worst. And until there is a functioning government in the West Bank and Gaza, there really isn’t anybody even to talk to. Honestly the best solution may be for Egypt to administer Gaza and Jordan to administer parts of the West Bank for a generation or two until a generation can be brought up who believes in peaceful co-existence.

There are several important facts left unsaid in this summary. Let’s consider two. Firstly, the British Mandate for Palestine (1920-48) consisted of land on both sides of the Jordan:: west (“Jews allowed”) and east (“Jews excluded”). The eastern half was three times as large, and allegedly of higher quality land for agriculture. Secondly, in 2005 Israel disengaged from Gaza. Within two years HAMAS was in power, and has de facto been the responsible authority there until now. Neither of these two important facts are discussed in the al-Jazeera report.

How come there's no mention of when Israel removed all settlers from Gaza in 2005? That was just before the Gazans voted in Hamas, who is bent on Israel's destruction, why is none of this mentioned?

This is the most polite but overly elaborate way to say: "A look at this FUBAR map partitioning forcing people who hate each other to live next to each other and then let's act surprised when they can't be peaceful"

This is the first time I agree with Aljazeera. Finally they have reason things out. The only solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict is a one state solution. It's totally impossible to divide the land, it will only lead to the destruction of Israel and Palestine. The future is a United States Of Israel-Palestine, what I call ( the United States of IsPine ) Don't expect it now, but one thing I know is we surely will have the 2 people living as one family one day. Don't even think the Arab world, The West or the Communist can help make this a reality because their selfish interest won't allow. Only the people of Palestine and Israel can make the decision to stop fighting and start building a future together.

I have watched this conflict, prayed about it, spoken out, voted for candidates who were for peace,and done everything in my power to make peace in this land happen. I am done. People don't care enough about this conflict to listen to both sides. Netanyahu has used his power for years to take more and more land from the Palestinians. And radical extremists on both sides have done everything in their power to stop every effort from succeeding. There are people on both sides that want peace. But every plan and agreement is sabotaged by people on both sides who refuse to let peace happen. All the other Arab nations have kept the Palestinians armed, and kept the radical extremists in power, at the expense of the Palestinian civilians. I don't see any of these nations helping Palestinian refugees. Nobody wants them in their country. They are being used as pawns on the stage of international theater. The fact is that nobody in Israel and Palestine are going to have peace because of the determination of those who insist on destroying the other. The United States has armed Israel to protect the Jewish people who live their. But most of us don't want Israel to continue to steal the land. Israel does not recognize the human rights of Palestinians, and Palestinians don't recognize that there are some Jews who want peace. I am so tired of it. There is nothing more to do but let them fight it out. I feel sorry for all of the people in this country who want to live in peace with each other. I don't know what will happen to these people if there is no law to protect the civil rights of every man, woman, and child regardless of their religious beliefs. There must be a government that protects the rights and property of all people. Not a government just for Jewish people, or just for Palestinians. There must be a separation between church and state. People must be protected and represented. Land must not be stolen. People must stop killing each other.

If al jazeera is making a documentary on historic census of who lived on the land, they should make a similar one for kashmir too

Everytime i hear, let's talk about two state solution. I'm like let's "talk what rights did Britain have to give away someone else's country to European atheists, they don't want in their own countries"!

Excellent video. Almost 100yrs if history condensed and explained in a clear and simple way. Now, there’s nothing simple about this problem, which in essence comes down to human trauma, and carries a tone of historical emotions. To Israelies and Palestinians, it’s time to leave the past behind and move into the future. Both sides will have to give up something in exchange for peace. The question for their leaders is precisely that. Do you want peace, or prefer the warring status quo.

I feel terrible for the state of Israel but at this juncture, we must accept their actions are morally questionable. The moment that Israel and its people supported the creation of settlements, Israel crossed a line. Understandably they probably followed the path of the US in its westward expansion, but history is not only on the books. History will not be kind to Israel at this point. This does not legitimize the actions of October 2023, but we must acknowledge that for every action, there is a reaction. Thus, the US and the world must rethink its support to Israel unless its government reconsiders a serious path where Palestinians are returned land or incorporated with the same rights of an Israel citizen.

Imagine taking 78% yet wanted to negotiate the remaining 22%...Is Israel ok?

Haven't the political entities of the PA and hamass repeatedly rejected, for whatever reasons, proposed two-state solutions? The only rational choice is peaceful coexistence but that option seems to be consistently rejected by the Palestinian authorities. What to do?

3:52 that's the key to all the conflict. You cant start a war lose and cry for the results, all the arad nations around couldn't defeat Israel that at that time were poor and with small population that just survive the holocaust. There is price for mistakes.

You are absolutely right. Follow Singapore way of government. One state, one parliament represented by both parties. One nation one people united to focus on trade and national development for all people.

This was a two state solution at one time. But the Arab states did not like it and invaded Israel. And they kept doing this. The Arab states do not seem to want a two state solution. The seem to want to have a one state solution: no Israel. It has been this for 75 years now. When will the Arab states stop blaming Israel and start to look at their end of the deal?

Obviously it's completely different, but the Good Friday agreement specifically says that they're not trying to answer the Northern Ireland question, they just want the answer to come politically not violently

She didn't mention that Palestinians fled because Arab leaders commanded to leave, not because Israelis would expel them. Arabs who staid are living in Israel now and are Israeli citizens.

The Cherokee nation could tell you a bit a bout a "two state "solution

A 2 State Solution has always just been a talking point for Western Politicians.

Out of curiosity. If it was to turn out to be a one state solution, would you rather it be controlled by Israel/Democracy or Palestinians? If those were the only two options.

Simple fact: not being able to live side by side with other people who are culturally different (somewhat) to you is just plain stupid. Now looking forward to hearing different people saying that only the Israelis or Palestinians are guilty of this, as though such stupidity doesn't exist on the other side.

This is never going to end.

What a foolish mistake it was not to accept the initial partition. What an even more foolish mistake to then try to invade Israel immediately after the rejection of the partition.

Should be pointed out that more than 50% of what is shown as southern Isreal is the Negev desert and basically unhabitable. Using the term "historic homeland" is at least debatable.

You forgot to mention that the 1967 war was one where Egypt, Jordan and Syria were intending on invading Israel and removing all of the Jews. Please remember that but, because it’s very important to know that context of intended genocide of the Jews.

How does one negotiate with a party that says you must go away (completely, do not exist anymore)?

I would like to point out for the original partition plan: a large degree of the land allocated to Israel is desert. As in, unsuitable for actual development. Perhaps that should have been mentioned.

How about a 3 state solution... The 3rd is a in-between buffer zone where both can enter and cooperate .. this would provide a bigger barrier too

As an outside observer with an interest in seeing both Israelis and Palestinians living together in some sort of equilibrium (and recognising that my own country's historical leadership helped create the current disaster), I found most of this video somewhat biased (ignoring most of the older history of the region and Hamas' pledge to obliterate Israel), but was still intrigued by the final conclusion. I have always believed that the process of *peaceful* settlement be used as the basis for who should govern land, and my belief is that Palestinians have an undeniable right over Gaza. I don't pretend to be knowledgeable enough about the mess that is the West Bank, but I always thought that Jerusalem was originally part of the old Jewish lands (I'm ready to be corrected here), prior to the displacement of the Jews which lasted many centuries. My current working hypothesis is of a "three state" solution, namely Gaza becomes Palestine, the West Bank is "cleanly" partitioned between Israel and Jordan (somehow! - even if most or all of it goes to Israel). Where the conclusion of this video intersects with my hypothesis is that whatever becomes recognised by everyone as Israel (and indeed Palestine) has to be governed as a democratic state without apartheid, because today's residents aren't responsible for historical displacement. Things sure got messy over the last few thousand years, and current residents of disputed areas should have a free choice between migrating to the state governed by their own national identity or staying put in their "host" country with equal rights under that country's constitution. Jerusalem (or part of it) *may* deserve to be a special case (e.g. under international control), but only if Israel fails to respect its complete history, maintaining free access even to descendents of "usurpers" (I'm not religious myself, but respect many religious beliefs and see the complexities in the evolution of that crucial city). This is just my current thinking developed over decades, and I don't claim to be anywhere close to an expert on the region. I'm prepared to modify my thinking as I learn more.

For Aljazeerah the two state solution contemplates one State in the Land - Palestine and the other in the Sea - Israel. Very durable peace!

Interesting video, but why do you keep misquoting the figures. In actual fact 77% of the British Mandate Palestine was given to the Hashemite dynasty to rule over and Israel were offered a portion of the remaining 23% only.

A crash course on history of the PALESTINIAN STATE: 1. Before Israel, there was a British mandate, not a Palestinian state 2. Before the British Mandate, there was the Ottoman Empire, not a Palestinian state. 3. Before the Ottoman Empire, there was the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, not a Palestinian state. 4. Before the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, there was the Ayubid Arab-Kurdish Empire, not a Palestinian state. 5. Before the Ayubid Empire, there was the Frankish and Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, not a Palestinian state. 6. Before the Kingdom of Jerusalem, there was the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, not a Palestinian state. 7. Before the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, there was the Byzantine empire, not a Palestinian state. 8. Before the Byzantine Empire, there were the Sassanids, not a Palestinian state. 9. Before the Sassanid Empire, there was the Byzantine Empire, not a Palestinian state. 10. Before the Byzantine Empire, there was the Roman Empire, not a Palestinian state. 11. Before the Roman Empire, there was the Hasmonean state, not a Palestinian state. 12. Before the Hasmonean state, there was the Seleucid, not a Palestinian state. 13. Before the Seleucid empire, there was the empire of Alexander the Great, not a Palestinian state. 14. Before the empire of Alexander the Great, there was the Persian empire, not a Palestinian state. 15. Before the Persian Empire, there was the Babylonian Empire, not a Palestinian state. 16. Before the Babylonian Empire, there were the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, not a Palestinian state. 17. Before the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, there was the Kingdom of Israel, not a Palestinian state. 18. Before the kingdom of Israel, there was the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, not a Palestinian state. 19. Before the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, there was an agglomeration of independent Canaanite city-kingdoms, not a Palestinian state. 20. Actually, in this piece of land there has been everything, EXCEPT A PALESTINIAN STATE. A little more history for those wanting to 'restore Palestine'. In 132 AD the Emperor Hadrian resolved to stamp the Jews and their religion out of existence. He sold all Jewish prisoners into slavery after the revolt of Bar Kikhba, forbade the teaching of the Torah, renamed the province Syria Palaestina, and changed Jerusalem’s name to Aelia Capitolina. He renamed Israel to wipe out the national identity of Israel and the Jews. So if you are looking to 'restore Palestine to the Palestinians', you need to give it back to the Jews.

And we also had the McMahon-Hussein Correspondence (a series of letters that were exchanged during World War I in which the Government of the United Kingdom agreed to recognize Arab independence in a large region after the war in exchange for the Sharif of Mecca launching the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire). "Palestine is not explicitly mentioned in the McMahon-Hussein Correspondence but is included within the boundaries that were initially proposed by Hussein....Until 1920, British government documents suggested that Palestine WAS intended to be part of the Arab area."

Wouldn't it be nice if all people could stop the hyperbole and focus on negotiating a secure agreement. Hopefully, the Arabs of Gaza will choose to be more like the UAE than Syria. Only then will these people be truly free.

When you present the partition map from the UN with 56% to the Jews, you forget to tell that the Negev desert lies for 90% in the Jewish part. So that the inhabitable land would then be largely in the Muslim part. Your numbers 56/43 are misleading.

Excellent concise summary of history and current situation. Well done. Let's hope there is some will left for peace from both sides after this bitter war.

Anyone who supports one state solution, or at least the way they talk about, should have no problem with Israel simply annexing the territories and giving Palestinians citizenship and all the same democratic rights that two million Palestinian arabs in Israel already have. And since Israel is a democracy any real or perceived discriminatory practices can be changed through elections. Including the name of the country and the flag. Modern countries have thousands laws, regulations, trade and military agreements. It would be foolish to throw all that Israel has accumulated over the years, South Africa certainly didn't do so after the apetheid. But the moment you suggest this to "democratic one state solution supporters" they start screaming at you, because you called their bluff. Because what they actually want is one state of Palestine where the jews will be second class citizens at best or run out completely. But that message wouldn't be palatable to clueless white college westerners this video is aimed at.

We want a free Palestine. You can't disturb them in their homes

Can you see that huge black triangle next to gaza in the partition plan of Palestine? Its called the Negev desert and it is qlmost impossible to live in. The Palestinians didnt want it. That is why the Israel got "more" land than Palestine in the initial partian plan.

This was excellent. A very clear and comprehensive explanation. Thank you.

this presenter has like an ethical aura and power , I do not know how to describe it, reaaly beautiful.

Where is the 2 state solution in 'fron the river to the sea?

if Israel insists only a one state solution can work , then they must grant equal rights to all in this one state regardless of culture or creed, at present do Palestinians get to vote in the knesset ? they are subject to its laws

Mostly a good video. I was watching for bias and didn't see much, except for a couple instances. At 18:33, it's clear that the Israeli ambassador was cut off in the middle of her sentence and the subtitles indicated it was the end of a sentence, creating a misleading effect. It sounded like she was going to say "no unless" but I'm not sure. I also noticed at 16:39 that the figures for death tolls on Oct 7 and in Gaza were presented as "according to Israeli officials", but not as "according to Hamas officials." Finally, I noticed that though the Nakba and the Palestinians who were displaced during it were discussed, there was no discussion of the approximately equal number of Jews who were displaced from nearby Muslim-majority countries and who had to flee to Israel as refugees during the same time period. I think this is an important piece of information to include. But overall I found the video informative.

It's all well and good for the US, the UN, the Arabic League, or anyone else to call for a permanent cease fire and/or two states, but realistically, there simply isn't enough support for either idea on the part of Israelis and Palestinians, no matter who mediates, no matter who encourages, no matter what is proposed.

The whole two state solution idea was just arab lebensraum and dar al islam. Jordan, Syria, Egypt and Lebanon are the palestinian states. There is no difference between arabs in any of these countries and the palestinians. Genetically, culturally, religiously, culinarily, linguistically. They are one people as Zuheir Mohsen said in 1977. The word palestine doesn't exist in arabic. There is no p sound. The whole thing is immoral and illegitimate and the world's sublimated antisemitism. Conscious and unconscious.

Informative

Thank You Al Jazeera! This was very good! And as unbiased as possible.Been looking for a good explainer for friends. Thanx again.

Thank you so much for this viden. I like many had huge gaps in knowledge in the matter.

Putting tribes of people who don’t want to live together together is not a solution. Take a look at Africa, as an African we have civil wars and tribalisms . One tribe governing and making laws that will affect others. Two state solution a necessity

To have an agreement there usually needs to be a trust that both sides will honor that agreement, until this happens do not expect an agreement to occur.

Ok, 1967 “Israel pushed out” … no mention of what war that was??? Sketchy doc. Didn’t Egypt begin going back on their word and the reason why the war started.

I have to say that surprisingly this is more or less an accurate description of how the events have unfolded. I did not understand how from 500K Arab residents according to what I believe is the British records, there were 700K Arabs removed from the houses in a matter of years. But every number outside of the British records are always changing, and I get it. The reason why Palestinians never got a country has to do I believe, with their tendency to terror and violence together with the geographical location of the West Bank. Israel did not have a problem giving back Gaza. I don't believe even the settlements are an issue, they were originally set there as a defense line against Jordan. The problem is that Israel is supposed to trust the Arabs in the West Bank, that if they were to declare a country, they would not initiate an attack against Israel. Different from Gaza, such an attack will be more devastating because it is so close to Israel's nerve systems. And Israel never took that leap of faith, and the Palestinians only became more affiliated with Terror acts instead of showing any different side of them.

If the State of Israel could be created out from nothing, what's the difficulty with formalising Palestinian ownership over their own lands and recognized by the UN?

I believe as a Palestinian that the Jews should be very happy that the Palestinian people agree to a two state solution, as we all know that the land belongs to the Palestinian people.

There is currently no Palestinian organization that does not support terrorism that receives the support of more than 30 percent of the Palestinians. For this reason, a two-state solution, at least for now, is simply irrelevant.

May God Bless humanity, and give PEACE to All!... Separate each country ....Have an assurance for Peace without underground tunnels, avoid harming each other..After all they are real brothers!

How did the British came in control of that land far from Europe, what about the history of the people who were living there before the British's arrival and renaming of that land...

Lots of people in Israel thought it was possible and worked towards that end. Unfortunately the Oct 7 event closed that possibility for the near and possibly far future.

Yes. It is possible, but everyone has to respect the other side’s right to self-determination. And right now many don’t.

The focus on % of land to each side is rather misleading in my opinion - the Negev makes up a significant part of the total land % of Israel but is very sparsely populated.

This is amazingly well-balanced coverage. The only thing I would add is a criticism of a one-state solution. This effectively ends Israel as a Jewish state, and I'm not sure that the world is ready for that. Christianity and Islam are both inherently antisemitic, and that's like 60% of the world's population. I think that the Jewish people can make a case for needing a safe haven, and that goes away with a one-state solution. Until the numbers of the religious drops further, this just seems to be the case. As a disinterested party, the more I learn, the more I'm reminded that the people closest to a problem tend to be the ones best able to find the solution. The sad thing here is that both sides seem to have independently come to the conclusion that the solution is killing the other side. The US needs to stay out of this.

A great woman once said that "if the Palestinians lay down their arms, there would be no more war. If Israel lays down its arms, there will be no more Israel" 😢

In 1977, PLO leader Zuheir Mohsen said "The Palestinian people does not exist ... there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians, and Lebanese. We are all part of one people, the Arab nation [...] Just for political reasons we carefully underwrite our Palestinian identity. Because it is of national interest for the Arabs to advocate the existence of Palestinians to balance Zionism. The existence of a separate Palestinian identity exists only for tactical reasons". They came up with the "Palestinian" identity in the 1960s in order to justify why Arabs receiving some 99.3% (Peel Commission) or 98.1% (UN Partition) of the lands of the British and French mandates was not enough, and that Jews shouldn't get anything despite being in the majority in the lands designated in both plans.

The US has lived somewhat successfully with several nations within it. For example the nations of Finland, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Ireland, many numbers of First Nations, the African diaspora and more. Of course there also is the Confederate States and the Northern States and the one time Texas Nation and the nations of territories of the Pacific, of Alaska, of SW former Mexican lands etc. People from different nations can live together if their constitution requires equalities of the peoples.

The British plan of 1939 (the White Paper) called for a one-state where 'Arabs' and 'Jews' shared a government. It could be a federal government with much autonomy on both sides, and there would be the need for a 'Truth and Reconciliation Commission' as the one in South Africa. It's either something like that or a regional war that could go out of control...

I have never understood this 2 state solution question. The 2 states and their borders are given in UN Resolution 181, to try and steal land from Palestine because you have occupied it for 50 years is a WAR CRIME.

I would like to know if it is possible to geographically split the land exactly in the middle so both ethnic groups can have access to the sea and an international airport for economic development and live in peace. Thank you for your attention.

Maybe awkward and impossible and really difficult to put into practice but it is has not been tried,and if the plans for it are somewhat less than honest, that does not mean an honest attempt would be a failure. Honestly if it were up to me I would draw a line that no one would like and force people to go to one side or the other. Then I would have an army enforce it - for at least one hundred years.

It's very clear that Netanyahu wants to push the Palestinians out by any means necessary, and claim the whole region as the Jewish State. The world needs to put major pressure on Israel, starting with the US. But of course, they won't do anything to compromise their foothold in the MidEast, so that's not likely to happen.

What is the use of a state if the leaders are corrupt and do not bring prosperity, security etc...

3:38 That was ridiculous!!! What would happen if the land in Ukraine were divided into 44% for Ukrainian majorities and 56% for Russian minorities?

2:58 "The growing Jewish population led to growing tension with the local Arab population, the Palestinians" Wrong. Local Arabs were not at this time known as Palestinians. This was a term for all the people living in Palestine including the Jews. 3:10 "A British commission suggested partitioning the land, but there was no support for the idea." Wrong. Jews wholehearted supported partitioning Palestine and accepted a state much smaller that modern Israel that did not include Jerusalem even thought this was considered a major concession. The "Zion" of Zionism is Jerusalem. Arabs rejected this plan and instead attacked the small Jewish community hoping to prevent any Jewish state from ever forming. 5:01 "[The Green Line is] is the internationally recognised borders of Israel." Wrong. This is a ceasefire line, not a border. Though Israel has signed peace agreements with Egypt and Jordan, borders were not agreed to in those treaties. Israel agreed to withdraw from the Sinai peninsula, Egypt renounced claims to Gaza, and Jordan renounced claims to all lands west of the Jordan River. The West Bank and Gaza thus became Israel's occupied territories captured in defensive wars with their status to be determined at a future date. 5:17 "There was another war. Israel pushed out Jordan and Egypt." Nice passive tense. I think you meant to say that Egypt, Jordan, and Syria attacked Israel unprovoked with the intention of wiping Israel off the map, massacring the Jews, and dividing up its territory amongst themselves. They failed miserably. 7:36 "Israel takes the 78%, puts it in its pocket and then negotiates over the remaining 22%". Wrong. Israel agreed to territorial concessions and land swaps that included giving Palestinians territory west of the Green Line. Arafat rejected these agreements. 13:16 "Once you're not ready to freeze the settlements, you give the message that you don't agree to a Palestinian state." Only if you accept the premise that Jews should not be allowed to live in a future Palestinian state. Only the Palestinians have bought into this racist, apartheid idea. 14:44 "There haven't been elections since that vote in 2006." Again, obfuscating with passive voice. The Palestinian Authority has refused to hold elections even though their constitution requires them. Palestinian rulers are not interested in democracy, nor in creating a state to govern because they have gotten rich through the conflict with Israel and by stealing international aid intended for Palestinian "refugees". 16:13 "Israel is politically, economically, diplomatically, internationally and obviously militarily totally dependent on the United States." Israel won its wars in 1948, 1967 and 1973 without U.S. military assistance. For much of that time, the U.S. refused to sell weapons to Israel. Only a quarter of Israel's trade is with the U.S. It does more business with the EU, and also counts China and India as major trading partners. 17:45 "Hamas's position [on the two-state solution] is less clear." They're very clear. In 2020, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said, "We will not recognize Israel, Palestine must stretch from the River to the Sea." That means no Israel. They have also repeatedly stated that Jews should be killed wherever they live. Hamas is unequivacally a fascist, genocidal terrorist group. They've proven it over and over in word and deed. When will people believe them? 18:05 "[Israeli] officials from the Prime Minister down have repeatedly rejected [a two-state solution]". Then is should be possible to find a quote from and actual Israeli government minister instead of an ambassador to the UK that has been clumsily edited to take it out of context. 19:35 "Human rights groups describe as apartheid." Wrong. Israel does not practice apartheid. Israeli Arabs have the same rights as every other Israeli and serve at all levels of Israeli society and government including in parliament and the Supreme Court. All of these lies are not surprising from the official mouthpiece for Qatar, a state providing refuge and support to Hamas terrorists.

the initial partition gave 56% to Israel but the majority was in the south. that's all dessert area. its not the exact amount of land that matters but its value.

It's called Israel, the name before the Romans renamed it Palestina. And it’s written in the Bible, the book explicitly named in the Qur'an.

How articulately represent and so nicely you are. thanks for clear this matter

When I listen to this video clip and read the mostly angry and unconciliatory comments from all sides here, I come, as an agnostic, to the conclusion, that the problem are the religions invented by men who simply wanted some rules for people to live orderly and good-neighborly lives, but these inventors failed to foresee that other men would use their well-intended inventions to harm others. So, after thousands of years of a clear demonstration that religions failed to produce positive results for peace, we probably ought look to better solutions, don't you think?

good job with this reporting. Seems nuanced and balanced.

I agree that we already have a one state and what is needed is to fix it by ending discrimination and apartheid.

Nonsense. If someone stole my land, I wouldn't want half back, I want all back.

Much better, than the reporting of recent months. Some ommitted details but facts are true.

I think it's pretty clear that neither side wants peace. Its unfortunate that so many non-combatants are caught in the middle of a situation that has no solution

Please remove the background noise. It's disturbing.

When I was a child I heard a young girl call out in the playground these words .. that have stayed with me forever … “Cheats never Prosper” !!!

It'll never end

Two people the same captial city, that is insane. I do not see how that could work. Even the idea of the two state solution is a bit to much of a pipe dream.

The extremists settlers should not abuse the Palestinians.

In 1947 there was a 2 state set up. Arabs rejected the 2 state solution. In 1948, Israel was attacked by it's 5 neighboring states, and beat them back, taking ground. The fukaround and find out cycle 1. In 1973 Israel was attacked again leading to the state of affairs that we find ourselves in 2023. The fukaround and find out cycle 2. In 2023 Isreal was attacked again, leading to the current conflict. The fukaround and find out cycle 3. Hamas was voted into governmental power in Gaza, and has broad support (according to this video). What's happening to the people of Gaza is terrible but no worse that what happens to the Berliners who supported Hitlers wars in the 1930's and 40's. The fate of those people is heart breaking but is it the fault of the nation who's defending itself or the one who started the wars?

The 78% stat is misleading though because how much of that was unlivable Negev desert? The Palestinians got way more of the percentage of livable land in the partition.

Joseph Borrell the high representative of the Europe union for foreign affairs and security: "Anyone who wants to avoid the creation of a Palestinian state must support Hamas and transfer money to Hamas. This is what we are doing this is apart of our strategy. To finance Hamas so there will never be a Palestinian state." Do you know who said that? NETANYAHU in the Knesset, mars 2019.

This has for some time seemed the most obvious take away from everything we have learned. Its utterly bizzare to me that people are still fighting over partitions that few agree upon, as opposed to focusing on human rights and style of government.

So much for unbiased reporting

Why are you embedding fixed English subtitles in an English video?? Use CC!! This is unwatchable