From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free | Explained

What does the slogan “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free” really mean? What are the historical and geographic roots of the phrase and the practical implications of its real-world implementation?

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:43 Which river and which sea?
01:53 Two states or one state?
03:43 Why one state can't work
05:19 The original Arabic slogan
06:23 Arab rejection of the state of Israel
07:06 Jewish rejection of Palestinian statehood
07:51 The Oslo Accords
08:43 Failure of peace talks
10:40 October 7 and the resulting war
11:18 What does "Free Palestine" mean today?
12:19 Antisemitism on US college campuses
13:31 Neither Israelis nor Palestinians are leaving

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[dizel]

You cannot chant something, you don’t understand. It’s your responsibility to get educated.

[singkilfilipinas]

Chanting slogans like "From the River to the Sea" and "Globalize the Intifada" without knowing what it means and what it can imply to different people is just irresponsible. Educate yourselves, kids. Stop repeating slogans you really don't understand.

[sohamgupta]

"Israel uses rockets to defend it's people, hamas uses people to defend it's rockets." - Bassem Eid

[AmethystEyes]

Before 1964 Arabs in the region did not call themselves Palestinians.

[naphtaligarde]

College students chanting something they didn't know it's meaning? how do they even achieve to go to a college?

[ohadpearl]

weird this has so few views. maybe people reported this for being too peaceful or for shining light on their ignorance

[VladfishTheMagnificent]

"History is very clear about what happens when you smash together a bunch of hostile populations into one country and tell them to play nice." I think most of us can agree that the British made a colossal mess of things. At any rate, both the Israelis and the Palestinians are here to stay. Somehow, a way to live in peace must be found.

[ikachipman]

Only one "small" correction: the PLO decree is from 1964. Prior to the six day war.

[urielpolak]

Israeli truly wanted to live with their neighbors. The most peace loving israeli were the victims on oktober 7

[AmethystEyes]

When we ask them which river and which sea, and they can’t answer those same people will try to deflect or get angry. We are showing them they know nothing and are just obsessed. I find those are so angry and hate-filled.

[kamalnathan]

If the world really believes in truth, justice, they read the actions of bothe Palestinians and Israelites 🇮🇱. One group longs to wipe out the other for long time even sending their own kids to die. whereas other group defended, has built a nation beautiful and has become super power in 70 years. Also many different religious people are living peacefully within it's boundaries. Judge for yourself and stand with justice

[DarkXcb]

Egypt, Kuwait, Jordan and Lebanon all expelled the Palestinians from their countries and you won't believe the reason why .. it will shock you.

[ilanzelig]

Now show the video on the persecution of Jews and Christians in the 1000 years that Islam conquered the area.
Where did the large Jewish and Christian communities in the Arab countries go?

[MrLlk]

That’s true. The original 1964 PLO charter even renounced claim to Gaza which was ruled by Egypt, and the West Bank which was ruled by Jordan. The creation of a Palestinian Arab identity was to destroy Israel and then an attempt at pan-Arabism

[davidbunshak]

Your analysis truly earned my subscription for your channel. Good job man

[Butterfly-ADHD]

Thank you for explaining this in a way that diverse people can understand. Thank you again for furthering my knowledge.

[rcasagranda]

Nice effort juggling words not to say the blunt truth and being "cancelled", the fact that no Arabic nations want to accept any refugees from Gaza already tells the story. Also, Israel has many Arab people living their lives in its territory, but how many Jews live in Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, etc... ?

That shows how compassionate those neighbour Arab countries are towards anyone that is not Arab ... or even towards their Arab Gaza neighbours...

[stab]

Your channel is awesome. For someone who hardly knew shit about Israel until Oct 7th, channels like yours have really helped open my eyes.

[skontheroad]

Nice job once again Unpack'd!! Always reliable, quality content one can trust to have been well researched and factual! Thank you!!