Today’s episode is an effort to unpack, chronologically and objectively, the history of Israel-Palestine for the past 4,000 years. The discussion focuses on the religious, cultural and political history of the region – from the time of Abraham, the father of both Judaism and Islam – until the day of the Hamas attack. We hope you find it helpful in developing a more nuanced and grounded assessment of the current situation.

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In this episode we cover:
0:06:28 – What is the history of the region going back 4000 years?
0:25:24 – What groups are indigenous to this region?
0:27:05 – What happened during the Ottoman period?
0:29:30 – What is Zionism?
0:35:13 – What was the Balfour Declaration?
0:41:25 – What was the British Mandate?
0:44:30 – What was the two-state solution?
0:48:51 – What was the second two-state solution?
0:52:28 – What happened on May 14, 1948?
0:53:40 – Was there an official vote within the United Nations to approve that partition plan?
0:54:59 – What were the results of the Nakba/War of Independence?
0:59:47 – What is the right of return?
1:01:38 – Why did the international community not demand Israel give the land back?
1:06:35 – What is the Israeli paradox?
1:07:51 – Are Arab Israeli's mostly Muslim?
1:14:10 – What is the status of a Palestinian refugee?
1:16:25 – What happens in 1967?
1:39:19 – What happened in 1973?
1:41:31 – What was the First Intifada?
1:43:50 – What were the results of the 1992 election?
1:44:44 – What were the Oslo Accords?
1:53:16 – What was the Israel-Jordan peace treaty of 1994?
1:57:19 – What was the Camp David Summit?
2:04:21 – What was the Second Intifada?
2:09:50 – Why the withdrawal from Gaza in 2005?
2:13:26 – What happened in the 2006 election?
2:26:28 – What happens in the early 2010's?
2:32:41 – What is the situation in Gaza?

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