Israel Palestinian Conflict: The Truth About the Peace Process
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0:11 - 0:17Having covered Israel's legal rights in the West Bank. We're now going to focus on the Peace Process.
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0:17 - 0:28Many suggest that Israel's presence in the West Bank… what some people call the "occupation", is the cause of Palestinian hostility towards Israel, and the reason… there is no peace.
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0:28 - 0:30But is that really true?
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0:30 - 0:40If Israel’s presence is the cause … of the conflict… then it follows that there was no conflict… before 1967 -when Israel was not in the West Bank… Right?
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0:40 - 0:43Let's look at the facts…
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0:43 - 0:48The PLO… the Palestinian Liberation Organization.. was created in 1964
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0:48 - 0:52-when the entire West Bank and Gaza was in Arab hands
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0:52 - 0:59Why create the PLO in 1964… when Israel has no presence in the West Bank and Gaza?
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0:59 - 1:01What "Palestine" were they liberating?
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1:01 - 1:10The PLO emblem -gives us the answer. 0:01:04.00,0:01:10.000 The PLO was created to remove by force …the entire state of Israel from the map of the Middle East
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1:10 - 1:14A goal clearly stated in their Charter.
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1:14 - 1:16This goal was not new.
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1:16 - 1:21The PLO was continuing a long Arab history of saying “No”
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1:21 - 1:25No -to the national self-determination of the Jewish people
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1:25 - 1:28No -to recognizing the Jewish ancestral homeland
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1:28 - 1:30Let's take a look at the history:
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1:30 - 1:38In 1937, the Peel Commission recommended a division of the land… a Jewish state… and -an Arab state.
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1:38 - 1:46The Arab portion would include 96% of the territory that the League of Nations had originally designated… for the Jewish Homeland.
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1:46 - 1:50This included far more… than just the West Bank
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1:50 - 2:02However… instead of accepting the Jews as peace partners… the Palestinian leader Haj Amin Al-Husseini said… "NO" and found a partner… whose vision was closer to his own
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2:02 - 2:11In 1947, the United Nations recommended The Partition plan- which again, offered the Arabs far more than just the West Bank.
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2:11 - 2:18The Jews said “YES” 0:02:14.000,0:02:18.500 The Arab leaders again said "NO" and launched… a "war of extermination"
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2:18 - 2:28Israel won that war, established the state, but did not know a day of peace despite the fact… that its Arab neighbors held the entire West Bank.
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2:28 - 2:32The Arabs continued saying "NO!"
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2:32 - 2:42They attacked Israel relentlessly….using the West Bank as a launching pad… until… Israel took it over - in a war of self defense- in 1967
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2:42 - 2:50After the war… the Arab League rejected all attempts at peace. 0:02:46.500,0:02:50.000 They continued to choose force over negotiation.
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2:50 - 2:57And… at a summit in the city of Khartoum - we again heard: "NO, NO, NO".
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2:57 - 3:03Let's fast-forward to 1993… Israel and the Palestinians sign the Oslo Accords.
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3:03 - 3:07Were the Palestinians finally saying "yes"?
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3:07 - 3:14IT appeared so… Israel said "YES"… and gave territorial control to a Palestinian government it helped establish…
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3:14 - 3:19But despite signing agreements… the Palestinian actions… said “NO”:
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3:19 - 3:26During the next five years… Israel saw a significant increase in terrorist attacks… Which killed hundreds of Israelis.
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3:26 - 3:36In 1996, Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader declares: "...We plan to eliminate the State of Israel and establish a purely Palestinian State".
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3:36 - 3:39But Israel didn't give up saying "YES"..
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3:39 - 3:46In 2000, Israel's Prime Minister Barak -offers the Palestinians 93% of the West Bank.
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3:46 - 3:51Again… the answer is “NO!” …together with increased terror.
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3:51 - 4:01In 2005 Israel withdraws from the Gaza strip, uprooting 8,500 Israeli citizens…hoping to advance peace.
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4:01 - 4:05The Palestinians?? …Again say "NO".
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4:05 - 4:12This time they increase rocket attacks -from Gaza- against Israeli civilians… by over 500%.
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4:12 - 4:16In 2008… another Israeli attempt at "YES"
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4:16 - 4:27Prime Minister Olmert accepts nearly all Palestinian demands… including handing over almost 100% of the West Bank… with minor land swaps.
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4:27 - 4:31The Palestinians?? ...Again say…“NO”.
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4:31 - 4:34So…. what can we conclude?
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4:34 - 4:391. The conflict was not caused by Israel's presence in the West Bank
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4:39 - 4:46The real cause of the conflict -until today… is the long-held Arab history of saying "NO":
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4:46 - 4:50"No to peace"… "No to the existence of Israel".
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4:50 - 4:55Because "NO" is consistent with Palestinian policy… education… and media.
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4:55 - 5:01Political and religious leaders continuously promote Israel’s destruction.
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5:01 - 5:082. Israel has said "Yes" for decades…. and has proven that… by signing peace with Jordan and Egypt.
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5:08 - 5:11So…… Where do we go from here?
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5:11 - 5:13How do we achieve peace?
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5:13 - 5:21With some good will… mutual recognition of the right -to self-determination, and… real compromises on both sides.
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5:21 - 5:27Israel …for its part… will continue saying "YES" to a real and enduring peace.
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5:27 - 5:35But…for the peace process to succeed; The Palestinians…. will have to give up their uncompromising choice… of force… over negotiation
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5:35 - 5:38and… of choosing …"NO" - over "YES"
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5:38 -It is about time.
- Title:
- Israel Palestinian Conflict: The Truth About the Peace Process
- Description:
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Israel's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Danny Ayalon explains the historical facts relating to the Israeli Palestinian conflict. The video explains that the reason there is no successful peace process is because of decades of Palestinian and Arab recalcitrance and the main reason for the conflict is not Israel's presence in the West Bank, but successive Palestinian leaders resistance to Jewish sovereignty.
Also follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DannyAyalon and http://facebook.com/DannyAyalonSources for the video can be found here: http://www.dannyayalon.com/Ask%20Danny/
- Video Language:
- English
- Duration:
- 05:59
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