How Israel Was Created

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The Israel / Palestine conflict explained through the lens of Zionism. This video is the second part in a series, covering the movement from its first major leader, Theodor Herzl, up until the founding of the State of Israel. Part 1: https://youtu.be/xz_OBHCdtDQ This video isn’t sponsored. If you want to support me, here are the best ways to do it: 1) Watch the whole video 2) Share it with a friend 3) Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rchapman If you're interested, I create more casual videos for Patreon and people signed up for my YouTube membership program. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6FO-Up1-oLj5nNivCNHL-Q/join Listen to this episode on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/6CVV337EMst4ySoyFJLjlT?si=PO4ghuTdRtei6l-5XfL9kQ Talk to me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/realryanchapman/ 0:00 Intro 03:56 Zionism Under Herzl 12:09 Early Politics in Palestine 15:09 WWI & Chaim Weizmann 18:21 What Is Right-Wing Zionism? 23:58 The Balfour Declaration 33:07 The Rise of Arab Nationalism 35:32 Polarization in Palestine 39:07 Revisionism 46:08 The National Conflict Breaks Out 48:30 David Ben-Gurion 50:19 Hitler and the 1936 Riots 55:16 WW2 and the Holocaust 1:00:02 The UN Vote 1:02:51 The Creation of Israel Sources: Zionism - Milton Viorst Enemies and Neighbors - Ian Black One Palestine, Complete - Tom Segev Defining Neighbors - Jonathan Marc Gribetz The Balfour Declaration - Jonathan Schneer Zionism - David Engel Empire of Sand - Walter Reid The Zionist Idea - Arthur Hertzberg Arab Nationalism in the 20th Century - Adeed Dawisha Jerusalem - Simon Sebag Montefiore Paris 1919 - Margaret MacMillan A New World Begins - Jeremy Popkin Israel: A History - Anita Shapira Israel - Daniel Gordis The Oxford Handbook of the History of Nationalism - Ed. John Breuilly The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Dov Waxman A History of Zionism - Walter Laquer Land and Power - Anita Shapira The Israel-Arab Reader - Ed. Walter Laqueur Israel: A History - Martin Gilbert