Israel-Palestine conflict - Summary on a Map

This video summarises the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the Balfour Declaration of 1917. Let's trace on a map how the conflict arose and developed until the present day.

Music: Trapped - Quincas Moreira (YouTube's Audio Library)

[hydrowolf]

Being British, I cannot agree more with this old Iraqi saying : if two fish fight in the Tigris, the British are behind it.

[setsux_pro]

The arab and jews: preparing for war against each other*

UK: Adios

[karmacalleduvebeenbad]

Thank you! This history is something we can go and reference today, as tragedies are continuing, and attempt to understand the extensive history behind what’s happening.

[JennyFB]

A lot of people don't realize that Britain did the same thing with India and Pakistan - they withdrew and left a mess that still hasn't been resolved. The difference is that the India/Pakistan problem is Hindu vs Muslim (among other issues) and in Israel/Palestine, it's Jewish vs Muslim, and in the Holy Land, so the Israel/Palestine conflict gets a lot more attention.

[ronin]

politics aside, I like seeing the borders move over time in all these vids; it really helps.

[pland]

4:50 - Israel did not withdraw from Sinai due to pressure of the Oil Embargo. It was the Egyptian President Anwar Al-Sadat who decided to announce a peace initiative and visited Israel. The following negotiations under the hospices of US President Jimmy Carter led to a peace agreement between Egypt and Israel. As a result Israel withdrew from Sinai and returned it to Egypt which paved the way to normalization and diplomatic ties between the two countries. This was the first peace agreement in the Israeli-Arab conflict and has since been in effect until this day. The peace makers, Mr. Anwar Al-Sadat and the Israeli P.M. Menachem Begin received in 1978 the Nobel Peace Prize.

[headrockbeats]

For completeness, you forgot the 1956 Sinai War, during which Israel conquered the Sinai peninsula for the first time and was forced to give it back immediately.

[functionalvanconversion]

Awesome map/year/narration combo. I never knew this progression on the history of the world. Thanks so much🙏

[fidius]

Israel did not withdraw from Sinai under international pressure in 1973/74! It withdrew in or after 1979 after signing the peace accord with Egypt in Camp David.

[seang]

Absolutely no mention of my mate Steph who went on holiday to Tel Aviv and brought me back an ashtray.
This doesn't qualify as history.

[heidihirner]

Thanks for an easy-to-understand history, a very useful video for understanding the origins and processes.

[andrewmacdonald]

I have watched both parts. Good use of timeline graphics. Thanks

[justvibin]

Everyone is a goddamn history professor in the comments.

[anemu]

This video, which can be seen as more controversial: comments allowed

Part one, which is less controversial: comments disabled

[jayanthiramakrishnan]

Amazing in depth analysis! Hats off to you!!! I’m going to watch all of the videos made by you!! Please keep them coming!!!

[ossieostrich]

Impressive presentation. Clear. Concise. Graphics are the icing on the cake.

[based_kumanovar]

“This move was condemned by the UN”
“This move was condemned by the UN”
“This move was condemned by the UN”
“This move was condemned by the UN”
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like how are you going to take them seriously enough to put it on your video. The UN is more like a circus today than an International organization to preserve peace and stability in the World. It proved its Uselessness at Srebrenica and Syria and now Palestine

[MrJonnyW]

No mention of Egyptians part in the Gaza blockade

[pappu]

Which software did you use to create this video? For maps?

[HofstraTechTalk]

Great maps 👍 love the detail, I'll add from wiki 3:50

In April 1967, Syria shot at an Israeli tractor ploughing in the demilitarized zone -which Syria considered an ongoing practice of Israeli encroachment on contested land. The event occasioned an escalation into a prewar aerial clash. In May 1967, following misinformation about Israeli intentions provided by the Soviet Union, Egypt expelled UN peacekeepers who had been stationed in the Sinai Peninsula since the Suez conflict, [1] and announced a blockade of Israel's access to the Red Sea (international waters) via the Straits of Tiran, which Israel considered an act of war. Tension escalated, with both sides' armies mobilising. Less than a month later, Israel launched a surprise strike which began the Six-Day War.