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The Land That Wasn't Empty: How Zionism and Arab Nationalism Ignited a Century of War
Think Palestine was a barren wasteland waiting for settlers? Think again. In the 1880s, 450,000 people lived there—mostly Muslims, with a tiny Jewish minority. This video unpacks historian Benny Morris's 'Righteous Victims' to reveal the explosive collision of two traumatized peoples: Jewish immigrants fleeing European pogroms and Arab peasants facing displacement from legal land purchases. We trace the fatal chain from Ottoman land laws and British double-dealing to the 1920 riots. Why did a socialist dream of 'Hebrew Labor' backfire into ethnic hatred? How did one house end up with three buyers—Jews, Arabs, and the British Empire? By the end, you'll see this conflict isn't ancient religious hate. It's a modern tragedy of missed chances, broken promises, and a land the size of New Jersey turned into a volcano. No sides, just the raw history.
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