From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free | Explained

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Published 2024-05-16
What does the slogan “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free” really mean? What are the historical and geographic roots of the phrase and the practical implications of its real-world implementation?

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:43 Which river and which sea?
01:53 Two states or one state?
03:43 Why one state can't work
05:19 The original Arabic slogan
06:23 Arab rejection of the state of Israel
07:06 Jewish rejection of Palestinian statehood
07:51 The Oslo Accords
08:43 Failure of peace talks
10:40 October 7 and the resulting war
11:18 What does "Free Palestine" mean today?
12:19 Antisemitism on US college campuses
13:31 Neither Israelis nor Palestinians are leaving

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All Comments (21)
  • @UNPACKED
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  • @dizel9387
    You cannot chant something, you don’t understand. It’s your responsibility to get educated.
  • @AmethystEyes
    Before 1964 Arabs in the region did not call themselves Palestinians.
  • College students chanting something they didn't know it's meaning? how do they even achieve to go to a college?
  • @sohamgupta5609
    "Israel uses rockets to defend it's people, hamas uses people to defend it's rockets." - Bassem Eid
  • Chanting slogans like "From the River to the Sea" and "Globalize the Intifada" without knowing what it means and what it can imply to different people is just irresponsible. Educate yourselves, kids. Stop repeating slogans you really don't understand.
  • @ikachipman9260
    Only one "small" correction: the PLO decree is from 1964. Prior to the six day war.
  • @user-ku3jz6nf4q
    Egypt , Kuwait, Jordan and Lebanon all expelled the Palestinians from their countries and you won't believe the reason why .. it will shock you.
  • @ohadpearl4331
    weird this has so few views. maybe people reported this for being too peaceful or for shining light on their ignorance
  • @Hacker-kr9vc
    They are Arabs not Palestinians who came from Egypt and Jordan
  • "History is very clear about what happens when you smash together a bunch of hostile populations into one country and tell them to play nice." I think most of us can agree that the British made a colossal mess of things. At any rate, both the Israelis and the Palestinians are here to stay. Somehow, a way to live in peace must be found.
  • Your analysis truly earned my subscription for your channel. Good job man
  • @MrLlk14
    That’s true. The original 1964 PLO charter even renounced claim to Gaza which was ruled by Egypt, and the West Bank which was ruled by Jordan. The creation of a Palestinian Arab identity was to destroy Israel and then an attempt at pan-Arabism
  • @AmethystEyes
    When we ask them which river and which sea, and they can’t answer those same people will try to deflect or get angry. We are showing them they know nothing and are just obsessed. I find those are so angry and hate-filled.
  • @Butterfly-ADHD
    Thank you for explaining this in a way that diverse people can understand. Thank you again for furthering my knowledge.
  • @paulewan8068
    From the chip shop at the sea, fish and chips should be free😂
  • @ilanzelig5454
    Now show the video on the persecution of Jews and Christians in the 1000 years that Islam conquered the area. Where did the large Jewish and Christian communities in the Arab countries go?
  • @kathaiti
    Good to know what INTIFADA really means
  • I teach the History of the Middle East. This is a good video. I made a similar video, a bit shorter, a couples months ago on this as well. More recently I made a video debunking the lie that Israel is commiting "genocide"
  • One thing not mentioned, the fact that its never hade existed a nation called "palestina" in the world history.