Is the Gaza Strip Occupied?

This is a video that gives context to how the Gaza Strip turned into what we know it today and it is a discussion on where Gaza lies in terms of being occupied. I want to thank @iammrbeat for joining me in this video as part of a collaboration and I suggest you go watch his video comparing Israel and Palestine!

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Sources:
[3] Ideological Change and the Disengagement from Gaza, Jonathan Rynhold
[8] Tareq Baconi, Hamas Contained

Algorithm Juice:
Palestine, Israel, Middle East, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Occupied, Occupation, Israeli Apartheid, Arab, Jew, Muslim, human rights

[iammrbeat]

This video is astoundingly nuanced. I like your style. I'm so glad we got to collaborate.

[russiancamel]

Thank you for using your platform to give shoutouts to small underrated YouTubers like Mr Beat. I'll definitely check them out afterwards 💖

[Broski_Nation]

Mr Beat brought me here. As an American who grew up around, had friends and had bosses who are Palastinian, I educating myself on whats been going on. Thank you for your video!

[jonyprepperisrael]

When talking about Sharon inner circle, you should have taken it with a grain of salt considering the political situation at that time, especially inside Likud with how there was a rivelry between him and Bibi for leadership, and how Sharon refused to accept his own party platform to deny any peace proccess that will result in a palestinian state

[sagivmaaravi]

I don't think you can call it occupation, 'cause as you said Israel don't inforce militarian authority over the Gaza strip (unlike the past). It's more of a siege rather than an occupation if you only surrounding them and hit them once in a while.

[vivex]

Great stuff as always, would be super interested in a full video on Egypt's dictatorship or/and their relationship with Israel and Palestine.

[kingbibihabibi]

Gaza is obviously not occupied in the traditional sense since Israel has no effective control on the ground. The control of the ID/population registry system is really the only complicating factor. Gaza is definitely blockaded at sea which is a separate legal category. But Israel’s tight land border restrictions are how many countries deal with hostile neighbours like North Korea or Syria.

[naor]

The idea that Israel occupies Gaza because it maintains the military ability to operate in the Strip at will is nonsense. Israel’s military superiority in the region allows it to operate at will in many locations, including Lebanon and Syria. No one would take the argument seriously that this means Israel occupies all of Lebanon or Syria.
Furthermore, blockades are an internationally recognized tool of warfare completely separate from the laws of occupation. In no other blockade in history has anyone tried to legally claim an occupation. When the UN instituted an arms embargo of Libya and closed its airspace, no one claimed the UN was occupying Libya and had special obligations under the laws of belligerent occupation. Again, this is simply making up international law rules specifically to be used against Israel.

[CivilWarWeekByWeek]

Even though I don’t always agree with you great work as always

[noobthenominator]

You’ve just earned a sub I personally support Israel but I like videos who’re neutral within the standpoint in order to further my statement or remove stuff about my comments because it’s no longer viable

[cole]

Huh it’s a little weird to start during the end of 1967… I wonder what else happened that year🤔

[shainazion]

You start with Israel occupied the Gaza Strip. Who had the Gaza Strip before 1967?

[eulailalady]

Really appreciate your perspective on this conflict

[jenkrash]

No one word on the occupier assistent eygpt? Are they not have border with gaza?

[velozio]

Honestly you should do a video on the dictatorship in egypt

[avus-kwf]

I’m no expert on international law but I think Who controls the police is a good measure on whether or not a place is occupied

[somechazz_y]

Feels weird being a Palestinian and not knowing many of the details mentioned here. Anyway great video. Subbed.

[dizehjvegnomis]

thank you beace, your voice is important and your presentation is engaging. we appreciate your work

[wadegittleson]

As a Jewish Zionist, I find your arguments to be crazy and completely at odds with reality. How can it be argued that Israel still has effective control over the Gaza Strip when Hamas is able to launch over 4, 000 rockets at Israel within the space of 10 days, as it did last year in May? If Israel had effective control over Gaza, wouldn't a situation like that be impossible?

With that being said, I really value getting to hear the other perspective, so thanks for sharing :)

[principal_optimism]

Well, they sure as shit don't live in Gaza.
😂 I know that the definition of occupation in international law is about specifically military occupation but in this conflict, it's often used generally about the State of Israel itself and of all Israelis...
The definition which you cited definitely sounds more like military occupation.

But talking generally, the degree of power one has over a region could be a factor in defining occupation but to what extent do nations occupy their neighbours through political negotiations?

Does Europe occupy Russia since they can, so effectively, turn the screws on them and militarily control them if they so choose?
Is Russia's sovereignty undermined by the presence of NATO?

In considering the history of the term: Occupation has referred to people who are deemed not to belong living in someone else's lands.
Jewish Israelis do not "live" in Israel...
They "occupy" Palestine.

In my opinion, the word converts living, habitation, the state of just existing and being naturally // and takes it to a place of business. One's job is called an occupation. It makes the occupiers sound as though their being-in-that-land is an effort-full, contrived, and serious business.

The term occupation has long been part and parcel with colonisation. A settlement occupies the land. An occupation is the ongoing settlement.

But the settlement of Gaza ended long ago, as you mentioned... and in a very real sense so did any claim that it was an occupation.