History of the Middle East conflict

History of the Middle East conflict in a nutshell

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[killerramon]

never except this to be taken seriously when it clearly shows biased towards the jews. it's really an insult to those wanting to learn

[TheConceptwizard]

@killerramon

The facts are accurate, consulat your history books!!

[TheConceptwizard]

Yes, a Jew posetd this video SO.........

[jaelkay]

@sutter1001

You're bent. You obviouly only read Jew history, aka lies.

[cerealify]

wow. this was extremely biased. if you are looking to simply get the facts, you have to wade through the poster's opinion to reach it. history should be presented with an attempt to avoid bias. while i appreciate the effort, this video is too one sided to provide real insight.

[fsvoorhies]

@TheConceptwizard what history books? they tell a different story depending on what country you live in.

[steute2011]

@dingdongdannny The claim that the West Bank is "disputed" is completely false. It is only disputed by Israel, as the international court of justice has determined it to be in fact occupied. Territory by war is inadmissible, therefore the West Bank having been acquired by war is occupied and not "disputed". Jordan was not recognized as the legal sovereign in the West Bank, but rather the occupier. Jordan ceded it's claim to the PLO in 1988.

[steute2011]

@dingdongdannny Menachem Begin, not yet prime minister but a member of the Israeli cabinet, allowed that: "The Egyptian army concentrations in the Sinai approaches do not prove that Nasser was really about to attack us. We must be honest with ourselves. We decided to attack him."

Sources:

Le Monde, February 29, 1968, p. 4.

Le Monde, June 3, 1972, p. 4.

"Excerpts from Begin Speech at National Defense College," The New York Times, August 11, 1982, p. A6.

[steute2011]

@dingdongdannny General Mattityahu Peled, a member of Israel's general staff in 1967, opined that "the thesis according to which the danger of genocide weighed on us in June 1967, and that Israel struggled for its physical existence is only a bluff born and developed after the war."

[steute2011]

@dingdongdannny A number of senior Israeli military and political figures have subsequently admitted that Israel was not faced with a genuine threat of attack, and instead, deliberately chose war. Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli army chief of staff during the war, later stated: "I do not believe that Nasser wanted war. The two divisions he sent into Sinai on May 14 would not have been enough to unleash an offensive against Israel. He knew it and we knew it."

[steute2011]

@dingdongdannny I will start with the clever way in which he implies that Israel was "forced to defend itself" in 1967, but does not mention that Israel launched a surprise attack on Egypt in what they called a preemptive attack. This kind of action is in fact illegal, unless authorized by the UNSC (see chapter 7 of UN Charter).

[mrspalestine]

@baruchlanda Look, I really feel sorry 4 u. There is no way Israel can get away with its crimes (& please do not talk about international law nor recommend any video to teach me about the history of Palestine - I can recommend several books). And now with the Arab spring u r clueless of the amount of hate that is awaiting u,,& not because we r the bad guys but because of what u hv done to the Palestinians. NOTHING IS FREE. Yr only hope to survive is to have a JUST peace with the Palestinians.

[mrspalestine]

@baruchlanda Look, I really feel sorry 4 u. There is no way Israel can get away with its crimes (& please do not talk about international law nor recommend any video to teach me about the history of Palestine - I can recommend several books). And now with the Arab spring u r clueless of the amount of hate that is awaiting u,,& not because we r the bad guys but because of what u hv done to the Palestinians. NOTHING IS FREE. Yr only hope to survive is to have a JUST peace with the Palestinians.

[baruchlanda]

@mrspalestine Under INTERNATIONAL LAW, the land you are referring to was governed and owned by Israel AFTER your Arab armies attacked Israel. Even before the attack, it was a DISPUTED territory (see this video for REAL history and international law: watch?v=XGYxLWUKwWo), NOT "occupied". Let's make one thing clear: the Arab countries wanted war, not Israel. So they lost and now you complain that you want "your" land back? How does that make sense?

[carmenph]

Thanks for this summary, TheConceptWizard. This will help my further study about this conflict that started in biblical times. The recent fall of the regimes in some of these ME countries connect in some way with how they are in conflict with Israel. It seems ironic that America became a hegemon because of how it has stood by Israel and might also see its downfall because of how it has secretly supported the regimes in the said Arab nations.