History of Israel-Palestine Conflict

This video presents the History of Israel-Palestine conflict that rooted a few thousand years ago.

Chapter:
00:00 Introduction
00:42 Early History of Israeli-Palestinian conflict
03:11 Israel and Palestine under the British rule
04:25 The Birth of the Israel State
05:12 The 1948 Arab-Israeli War
06:15 The Six-Day War
07:01 The First Intifada and the Oslo Accords
08:38 The Second Intifada
09:21 Israel conflict with Hamas

In the 17 centuries BC, following the call of God, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob settled in Canaan, later known as the Land of Israel. In 1000 BC, King Saul established the Israelite monarchy, which was later split into the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah. The conquest of Roman Empire in 63 BC gave the name “Palestine” to Judah. During this time, Christianity became a dominant religion towards the end of the Roman Empire. In 636 came an Arab conquest, beginning the spread of Islam. In the 11th century, Christians in Europe launched several crusades to bring the Holy City back to the hand of the Christians while from the 16th century, more and more Jews were joining a movement called Zionism aiming to create a Jewish national state in its ancient homeland.

WWI exploded in 1918 and ended with the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Its land in the Middle East was carved by the British and French Empires. The region under the control of Britain was what it called the British mandate for Palestine. Tensions between the Jews and the Arabs who both claimed the land grew, which even led to acts of violence.

In 1947, the UN partitioned Palestine into two independent states: a Jewish state and an Arab state with the City of Jerusalem becoming an international zone with a special status. Less than one year after that, Israel declared itself an independent state. Right after the declaration, the 1948 Arab-Israeli War broke out and ended when a cease-fire agreement was reached in 1949, giving more than two-thirds of historic Palestine, including West Jerusalem, to Israel.

There came more wars and fighting in the following decades, namely the Six-Day War ending with the victory of Israel, the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon kicking the Palestinian Liberation Organization out of Beirut, the First Intifada ending with the Oslo Accords, the Second Intifada ending with Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza.

Then came the establishment of Hamas, a Sunni Islamist militant group founded in 1987, aiming to destroy the state of Israel and create an Islamic state. After the Battle of Gaza (a conflict between Hamas and Fatah), Hamas split from the Palestinian authority and gained power in the Gaza while the West Bank was separately controlled by the PLO.

Israel put Gaza under a suffocating blockade, leading to several bloody wars between Israel and Hamas, the military group in control of the Gaza Strip till today.

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[damz]

Who else is trying to know whats happening between Israel and Gaza as of now??

[tuluvlabelle]

I am 43 yrs old and this is the first time I've heard a brief description and yet almost complete break down of the Israeli and Palestinian war without hearing ANY bias for either side. Just the facts. THANK YOU!

[karlenewarner]

I finally have a grasp on why there has been so much conflict in the region! Thank you for being so informative!

[TheBlueShirtGuy-ufov]

More pro-Palestinian protesters need to see this video. Very informative and unbiased video. Thank you.

[NicohKwan]

To anyone watching this, thank you for spending time and energy into learning the complexities of this history, and for not just reading headlines. And thank you, History on Maps, for showing the roots of this history back millennia, and not just starting from a hundred years ago, which is where I've seen most informational videos start so far.

I have loved ones in both Palestine and Israel, and I have spoken with some of them to hear how they are feeling. Doing so definitely adds to the complexity and hopelessness to the current situation, but it also adds humanity to these regions that currently have armies and singular political leaders as faces, especially during a time when people are in a rush to "pick a side." I have also been ingesting purposely biased media from both sides (I've found that it is imperative to see either BOTH or NEITHER, but never just one perspective), and it reminds me of hard truths I don't see in-person. Children losing their childhood. Spouses losing their other halves. Siblings burying siblings. Morbid things that don't require an ethnic or religious background in order to be morbid. It reminds me why I need to do more, because how could I choose which of my loved ones "deserve" to die?

For an outsider, it can be difficult and time-consuming work, to research and develop so many thoughts and yet still be uncertain how to move forward. It's easy to pick a side quickly, so that one doesn't have to becoming increasingly puzzled by the intricacies of numerous narratives. It's easy to distance oneself, because it hurts to sympathize by putting oneself in the shoes of those suffering. That's why this work--taking extra time to look for facts, staying vigilant about from whom you get your information, and keeping an open mind--is the first step. And there can be no second step without it.

So, thank you for caring about context, for having a desire to understand, and for actively seeking it out. May education always welcome you, and may you always welcome education.

[alanjackson]

I liked the fact that this video displayed more historical context than the last 100 years. So many of the discussions around the Israel-Palestine conflict begin after the Balfour Declaration in 1917. I also find it interesting that so many voices in this discussion are stating that one side or another has a RIGHT to this land. What gives someone a right to the land? Is it historical ownership? If so, then how far back in history do you go? If you use that criterion, north America belongs to the Native American people, and Australia belongs to the Aborigines. Or do you have a right to a land by conquest? Essentially every country in the world has changed hands over time and conquest continues to this day. Does Russia have a right to Crimea because they invaded it and took it over in 2014? Is a country invalid because it is new? Tell that to the Serbians who created their country in 2006. The number of Jewish people in the world have been decimated and forcibly evicted many times throughout history (not just by the Nazis). Do they deserve a country of their own, and if so, where should it be? And the Palestinians, who were a nomadic Arabic people, have been living in Palestine for centuries. Don’t they deserve a country of their own? And if so, where should it be? None of this is simple, so stop giving such simplistic answers.

[vicbaskett]

This is by far the best overview I have seen in 11mins flat. GREAT JOB. non bias, just great information. thanks.

[goodoleusa]

I was working in Lebanon in 71. My partner and I got out with support from one of our customers in Cyprus. Before leaving, we could see the rocket fire from where we were staying. Lebanon used to be the resort area of almost the world. The damage we saw was pitiful. They called Lebanese rot. This presentation brings back a lot of memories.

[YuVaL]

For those confused by the “six day war” because the narrator is saying “sixty day war” - it was the Six day war. Lasted 6 days.

[topdeckdog]

What's remarkable is that this one of the most peaceful and respectful comment sections on YouTube! Well done everyone ❤

[homenick]

I think everyone needs to watch this video, especially Americans

[santimen]

So basically Israel actually owned the land prior to the Roman and Ottoman empire conquests. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob founded Canaan which turned into the first Jewish kingdom. Did i get it right?

[cherrydrums]

Just some extra information for you all that is important if you’re learning about this for the first time, that is unfortunately not mentioned in this video. In many places in israel/Palestine throughout all these periods of history, Jews and Muslim arabs coexisted largely peacefully for years. There has been conflict for centuries but in some cities there was much coexistence as well.

[HassanMohamed-wocp]

Native American saying: « when you see two fishes fighting in the sea, a British man must have been there few moments ago » 4:20

[HeartlessRival]

For those of us with the Privilege of merely observing this conflict. It's so interesting, combines so many topics from religion and geopolitics, colonialism and occupation, urban warfare and terrorism.

[nqlhrjo]

Great video, no bias whatsoever, just factual information.

[Ginato]

What I like about this video is that it explains the ENTIRE history of that area not just 100 years back. This give us more depth of why some things happened.

[j_m_b_]

Keep in mind that this is basically as simplistic as can be -- this entire region could easily fill several books worth of history.

[Noro]

Very informative video, but it's missing the fact that according to official statistics, over 850, 000 Jews were forced to leave their homes in Arab countries between 1948 and the early 1970s. This is around the same amount of Palestinians who were expelled during the al-Nakba. The proportions of refugees were the same on either side, yet people only mention the Palestinians. Today, there are fewer than 7, 000 Jews left in the region outside of Israel.

[hoticemac]

Is it just me or most of us here are trying to understand the complex history of the current war in order to explain to our friends and family that wont stop asking us to tell them about it. You did a great job with this video I must say. I'm not surprised it has almost 8million views