The Creation of Israel and the War on Palestine | Ash Meets...

The Creation of Israel and the War on Palestine | Ash Meets Rashid Khalidi

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Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Colombia University and the author of several books focussing on the Middle East including "The Hundred Years War On Palestine". Here he explains some of the basic facts of the struggle for Palestinian independence and the creation of the Zionist project of Israel.
00:00 - Intro
01:15 - Palestine before 1948
03:07 - How did Zionism emerge?
05:30 - The Balfour declaration
08:30 - Zionist resistance to Britain
12:47 - Britain's chaotic withdrawal from Palestine
14:44 - Was the Nakba inevitable?
18:40 - The violent partition of Palestine
20:49 - Do the Palestinians reject peace?
26:19 - Is Israel a good neighbour?
28:51 - The six day war
30:54 - Palestinian resistance over time
34:27 - Are Hamas terrorists?
40:18 - The end game in Gaza.