A New Reassessment: Realism on Israel-Palestine

Historical Blindness

Nathaniel Lloyd

Politics, News, History, Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.0 • 885 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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To conclude my series on the Israel-Palestine conflict, I look at Jewish presence in the Levant going all the way back to the Iron Age, the events leading to the founding of the modern State of Israel, its unique economic and military relationship with the US, and its long asymmetrical conflict with Palestinians. Please consider donating to help bring an end to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. It can be confusing and complex to navigate the many charities that claim to offer direct aid in Gaza. Some recommend giving directly to family fundraisers, but investigative reports suggest some GoFundMe donations never reach the citizens they're intended to help. As for charity organizations, some smaller ones have proven to be fronts, and even some major organizations accept donations for Gaza despite not providing direct aid on the ground there. There are even calls by other charities for the Israel and US backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to be shut down because of the numerous massacres occurring at its distribution sites. Among the more trustworthy charities actually working on bringing aid to Palestinians are UNICEF, Oxfam International, Doctors Without Borders, Save the Children, and Palestinian Children's Relief Fund. Get 3 months of premium wireless service for $15 bucks a month at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MintMobile.com/Blindness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the show merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, perfect for gifts! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.historicalblindness.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Direct all advertising inquiries to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠advertising@airwavemedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.airwavemedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find other high-quality podcasts! Some music on this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of this episode's publication. Tracks include "Cobweb Transit," "Black Ballots," "Cicle Deserrat," "Olivia Wraith," "Vellum and Steel," "Minister Creek," "Invernen," and "Cicle DR Valga." Additional music, including "Remedy for Melancholy," is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:09.4	Hello, this is Matt from the Explorers podcast.
0:12.6	I want to invite you to join me on the voyages and journeys of the most famous explorers in the history of the world.
0:18.3	These are the thrilling and captivating stories of Vigllan, Shackleton, Lewis, and Clark,
0:23.0	and so many other famous, and not so famous, adventures from throughout history.
0:27.4	Go to Explorerspodcast.com or just look us up on your podcast app.
0:31.6	That's the Explorers Podcast. Ever since Britain took control of Palestine from the Ottoman Empire during World War I
0:52.3	and developed its close relationship with the Jewish
0:55.4	communities there, supporting the idea of the establishment of a Jewish state there with American
1:00.9	consent. A special relationship has existed between Israel and the West. Following Britain's
1:07.9	withdrawal and the founding of the modern state of Israel in 1948, the country
1:12.6	has served as a projection of Western power and liberal democracy into the Middle East,
1:18.6	and as such, it has benefited from an unusual level of economic support, especially from the USA.
1:26.5	While the claim that America is a client state of Israel is just
1:31.0	grossly false and partakes of the anti-Semitic tropes of the very old and long-debunked
1:37.2	international Jewish conspiracy claims, it is no exaggeration or oversimplification to call Israel a client nation of the U.S.
1:47.2	A common point emphasized by pro-Palestinian protesters is that the U.S. government funds or
1:53.2	subsidizes Israeli military action, and the simple fact of America's long history of military
1:59.4	support to Israel makes that an undeniable
2:02.8	truth. For the first decade or so after Israel's independence, the U.S. and other nations
2:09.1	who were offering the new state aid limited their contributions to economic support for fear
2:14.8	of alienating the oil-producing Arab states that saw Israel as a threat.
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