Understand: Israel and the Palestinians

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

A guide to the history and context of the decades-long conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Katya Adler and guests explain the key players and set out the background to help you get to grips with what’s going on today. They explain the history of the creation of the state of Israel and look at the experience of Palestinians. They take a closer look at Hamas, the group responsible for orchestrating the recent attacks on Israel. They are regarded as a terrorist organisation by Israel, the US and the UK, but how are they seen by Palestinians? Of course outsiders have also played a crucial role. We take a tour of this Middle Eastern neighbourhood to set out the relationships with Lebanon, Hezbollah, Jordan and Egypt and explain the role global powers like the USA and Iran have had at times of war and peace.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Kati Adler and this is the documentary from the BBC World Service.
0:09.0	Welcome to understand Israel and the Palestinians.
0:12.0	Amongst the noise and the trauma of the conflict,
0:15.0	we take a breath and a step back to provide history, context and a who's who guide
0:21.0	to help you get to grips with the complexities of what's going on today.
0:25.0	Throughout this podcast, we take a detailed look at Israel,
0:29.0	who her mass are and the role of global players like the US and Iran in the region.
0:34.0	First up, we focus on the Palestinians, where and how they live.
0:40.0	I was a Middle East correspondent for six years.
0:43.0	My first child was born there and I've got close friends and colleagues across the region.
0:48.0	Perspectives on the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians differ hugely and passionately.
0:54.0	You can even see that from the way the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 is viewed.
0:59.0	Palestinians describe it as their naqbar, their disaster.
1:03.0	You cannot overstate the importance of that moment as we'll hear.
1:07.0	These days, Palestinians mainly live in two areas, the West Bank and East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.
1:14.0	Those two areas aren't joined. Israel is in between and Israel has huge control over daily life for Palestinians.
1:22.0	Let's start with Gaza.
1:24.0	My guest today is Kevin Connelly, former BBC Middle East correspondent.
1:28.0	We've worked together a lot over the years. Hi, Kevin.
1:31.0	Hi, Katya.
1:32.0	The first thing I think we need to do is set out some geography.
1:35.0	So the Gaza Strip is about 25 miles long.
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