The Israel-Palestine conflict: a brief, simple history
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Published 2016-01-20
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One of the biggest myths about the Israel-Palestine conflict is that it's been going on for centuries, that this is all about ancient religious hatreds.
In fact, while religion is involved, the conflict is mostly about two groups of people who claim the same land. And it really only goes back about a century, to the early 1900s. At its heart, it is a conflict between two self-determination movements — the Jewish Zionist project and the Palestinian nationalist project — that lay claim to the same territory.
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All Comments (21)
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If you found this video helpful as an introduction, the next one we recommend is this one, about the 1948 events at the center of the conflict: https://youtu.be/rGVgjS98OsU To learn more about the October 7 attacks, read our explainer: bit.ly/45oC4Ls You can read all of Vox’s continuing coverage of the October 7 attacks and their aftermath here: bit.ly/45seXzs And if you’re looking for more context on the conflict, there’s much more to dive into here: bit.ly/3LVOaoe
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There is an Indian saying states that if two fish hate each other, it's most likely that a British caused that. Edit: not sure where the saying is originally from, but I've heard from India.
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Britain and France be like: "Hobbies include drawing straight lines on maps"
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"Unless something dramatic changes, whatever comes next will be much worse." it happened and it is worst
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”Unless something drastic happens - whatever comes next will be much worst” famous last words and oh boy were you right 🥺🥺
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UK : Prepare for trouble US : And make it double
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Britain, that one child who created the most trouble but gets away with everything in school.
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8 years later we know what happens, here we are, we are in history
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An apple fell from a tree humans discovered gravity Millions of people killed everyday humans have still not discovered humanity......
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I applaud everyone coming here to learn what’s going on, rather than just relying on current news. Nice.
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I like how we all come back to this video every couple years every time a new chapter in this conflict breaks out.
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There is a famous saying “if there is a conflict in two countries, look for UK in their history.”
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As an Irish man from the North, it's very good to see more people realise how incredibly destructive the British empire has been for global relations. "Divide & Conquer."
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Then everything changed when the British nation attacked!
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The British : Israel this is Palestine, Palestine this is Israel. This land is for you two .... Aight seee ya !
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Vox be like "we told you so 8 years ago"
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Those who just wish for peace 👇
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Love how most modern conflicts in the world can be traced back to the British using a ruler on a map.
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I was expecting an Israel Palestine debate in the comment but all I see is people from both sides dissing the British and I love it
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I just wish for the day Palestinans can live in peace and safety
