Yes i would love like a 3 and a half hour documentary on the history here. The Warographics team does a great job and most people are getting their information from social media sites.
There's a very intelligent Arabian TH-camr who made the best video on the conflict to date. Check out Hakima history, for a history on this conflict, how the Arab world views it. And why it's not a religious conflict as many people think.
+1 to a history video from Simon. In the meantime, there are already several good ones out there; I recommend CrashCourse's and Vox's videos on the subject, and especially anything by @RealLifeLore .
I’m from the US and have been passively aware of this conflict for my whole life. But to be honest, I’ve never bothered paying attention because our coverage of it is so heavily biased and you can’t read or watch anything without being told how to feel about it. This video was fantastic neutral coverage of the situation so that I can make my own opinion and thoughts about it. Thanks for that. I’d love a documentary on the full history of the region. I know it spans thousands of years and would be a lot but hopefully is worth the effort in making.
Your opinion shouldnt be formed on a single 30 minute video on a single day of action when the region has been in turmoil for the better part of 100 years.
@@OmniMale the land was given away amidst the world wars. Consider when the military expenditure started rolling in and you'll see that it's not a fair fight.
@@jsmith1871 I think you can definitely form an opinion with this 30 min vid. It was a geat informative video without any heavy bias. You don't need to know everything to be able to form an opinion about something. Which in the case of Muslim-Jewish relations is something not a single person alive knows since it is something which dates back thousand of years ago. Btw, what's a fair fight?
This is an insightful video providing valuable perspectives on the Israel-Hamas conflict. It's crucial to have open discussions about this complex issue to promote understanding and hopefully contribute to a peaceful resolution. Thanks for sharing this informative content! 👍
It is not complex at all, the land was Palestine and still Palestine, Israel occupied it, they should be expeled, it is not anti-semtic cause there is diffrence between anti zionist and anti jewish. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
I can answer that. In a nutshell, the Palestinian movement begins at the tail end of the Abbasid caliphate (~1100-1200 AD timeframe), right after the first crusade retook Israel from the Muslims. The Israelites settled that region in ~1250 BC, and have been at war with the Hittutia/Mitanni (Lebanon/Jordan), Egyptians, and Assyrians (Syria) since they settled and built Jerusalem. It has always been a wealthy area critical to trade, and the neighboring nations have always been hostile. It wasn’t until the Crusades that the term “Palestine” is even used. Simply put, until the Khazars settled Eastern Europe and allowed Jews to flee the middle east from Muslim persecution, Israel was always a subject of foreign control until the 1940s.
@@LordOfCookies123 not at all. In a nutshell, the media is only going to cite the last 200-300 years of history and overlook the ancient history of the Israelites and the thousands of years of persecution prior to the 1940s.
No doubt the title of the video is misleading. If you just looked into the history of the country and the parties you knew it was just a matter of time before this happen. The news are just blowing it not out of proportion because horrible things are happening but pushing it harder than they did with the Ukraine ordeal I feel
The isreali government HAS an apartheid grip over Palestinian people. In Gaza they bombed frequently telling people with nowhere to go because neighboring borders wont take them to leave. Gaza a city with half its population being children and the average age of the total citizens being 18. In the West Bank "neutral zone" where Isreal is not supposed to be allowed to go, Jewish peoples from around the world can go and claim homes of Palestinians that travel out of West Bank whether they're temporary fleeing for safety or any reason. Once they leave they aren't allowed back because Isreali force and Zionist settlers. The settlers are allowed legally to take the homes of those Palestinians. All this is only the tip of the mistreatment and violent misplacement of Palestinians. The only way to even hope for peace would be to hold the Isreali government accountable for the war crimes they've committed and continue to commit and to give back land and for God sake give them back autonomy and basic human rights!
It wasn't going to stay idle forever and you don't need high level intel to figure that out. 'The Crisis the World Didn't See Coming' is a very odd title to me tbh. If you're paying attention, it's pretty obvious it wasn't a matter of if, but *when*. Eventually something had to give.
Because mainstream media is owned by conglomerates that push their own agenda. They have not been impartial "news" organizations for a long long long time. Why anybody still thinks they are is just amazing to me!
I'm genuinely grateful for your honest and unbiased coverage of this complex issue, Simon and the Warographics team. It's refreshing to find a source that provides a balanced perspective, allowing viewers to form their own opinions. Your work truly stands out in today's media landscape. 🙌🌍🕊
@@alexbuckenham1663yep. Take it all the way back to the Romans. Through to the league of nations. You're looking at hours of content. The intervening 65 years would make up days of content. I for one am just glad that Fact Boi is covering it at all. Because the media doesn't seem to care. And I am not professing my support for either side either. It's just a long old conflict
Very well done. Your even handed, factual approach to reporting is a breath of fresh air. As always, no matter which side one may support, the losers are always the non-combatant civilians.
@Mathewson1G hamas has been doing that for literally years tho, and no one cared lol. It's why I've never picked a side in the whole debacle Hamas was literally caught using children schools and hospitals as launching points for rockets.
I've grown up in Yugoslavia during the wars so this whole conflict rings a too much big bell. I can't make myself to support either Palestine or Israel, but goddamn I feel what those civilians are going trough. War is never fair to an ordinary man.
@@aidanhanson8749you got it wrong, brother - i want their land to be given back, i even support war efforts to achieve that, but war crimes are still war crimes
@@DjKryx I don't support HAMAS either their actions are volatile. But the person said they don't support Isreal or Palestine specifically, so that's what I'm referring to
He probably has a team behind that does the research, possibly including himself, and he is there to present the material. He is great at his job though :D
@@garethma7734 This is usually how these channels do it. They have a team researching different topics and one guy to present it. Which is totally fine because there is no way someone could gather information on so many topics on their own while still maintaining this kind of video quality.
It’s the crisis that has been slowly creeping up on us for decades. We all saw it coming. We stood and stared directly at it for years. We watched it for so long that we convinced ourselves it would never arrive.
The world has seen a lot of things coming that never came due to the diligent efforts of those seeking peace. A second US civil war, open war between the US and the Soviet Union, etc. And there are a lot still pending that we're hoping for peace but expecting war like China and Taiwan, and North and South Korea. Nobody expected normalization of relations with Israel and its neighbors to get as far as it has, especially considering what was happening with Palestine up to this point. Just because we strive for peace doesn't mean we've convinced ourselves war will never come. The surprise here was the suddenness and severity without Israel or its allies being aware of the buildup. Everyone knew this would happen if the resources were gathered to do it, but people very reasonably thought the resources weren't there for this. Particularly with Russia rapidly buying up stock from this group's usual supplier.
the speed of rolling out this kind of content, background information, current events, and forecasting the future. well, you and your team do great work. we need more like it. and yes, how could you ask if we'd want background videos on the israeli-palestinian conflict? for fun, see how far back you can go
‘Good Times, Bad Times’ covers this FAR better and also touches upon how Israel’s leadership hampered itself leading up to this. They are Polish thus neutral as well.
Simon, first of all, thank you for all the work you guys do to produce these and to report the details. Independent media is providing many with the whole picture and this is immensely import for democracy. My two cents: “The crisis the world didn’t see coming” is highly debatable. This would certainly be a surprise for people that either didn’t pay attention to the last 6 months of Iglobal affairs or if their news exposure is limited to one of the mainstream media outlets in the US. The US mainstream media does not provide us Americans with any valuable historical context for world events and doesn’t provide reliable journalism or an unbiased, honest perspective. Many Americans are woefully ill informed and lack much of the important context of understanding the world. Public discourse and debate between dissenting opinions is absent and this limits our ability to think critically of ourselves and properly analyze the world with some compassion and humility.
As an Australian I could never understand why the American population seemed so content with their junk media, most of which is a complete waste of time & energy. Im really cautious with where I sour my information from & always check & cross check what I come across. I find it mind numbing that there’s literally millions of people that just lap that crap up and accept it as the bible. 🤦♂️
I couldn't help but think that your coverage was what the mainstream media news used to and should be: non-partisan fact-based information meant to inform rather than persuade through polarized propaganda. Excellent coverage, thank you!
mainstream media has never been impartial, it has always been a political propaganda tool small scale media probably can be apolitical and impartial, large scale needs money, and money comes from the people in power, so it's more likely that it will be tainted with politics and partiality to drive a narrative
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YES. In school, we learned that if you can tell a person's stance when reading an article, that it was a bad, uninformative, cherry-picked article. Where did that common sense go?
Came to the comments to say the same thing. Lately his videos have been better and more informative than the news, and while the subjects he's been discussing are no one's idea of great, his coverage certainly is.
Rather than say that you need to have some first principles otherwise you're just choosing teams blindly. Yes he is more practical in his analysis but remember he can be wrong and he may be inserting assumptions that you don't question because you like his personality. You need to be about your wits and continually educating yourself and questioning your own beliefs too. There's no one size fits all. Sometimes msms says some truth, sometimes influencers, sometimes neither. Don't be a sucker.
A quote from G.K. Chesterton keeps coming to my mind about this war: The protagonist of the book says to the antagonist: "I suppose you're only doing what you believe is right, but what we think is right is so damn different that there can be nothing between us except honor and death."
I mean one side is stealing one and murdering innocent people and the other is just trying to fight back against decades of oppression. This isn’t a war this is Israel committing genocide.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is what taught me just how sheltered I was from the outside world when I was in college decades ago. When I was a teenager, I remember being sympathetic towards Palestine and their conditions under Israeli occupation, something that I began to research after 9/11. I carried that attitude into my first few years of college, until I encountered an Israeli professor in my C++ programing class. At some point during his lecture, he made comments about "irredeemable Palestinian terrorists" and I, being a hot-blooded teenager itching for a verbal altercation, immediately tried to spar with him on that subject. But instead of responding to me, he quietly marched toward my seat, stared coldly into my eyes with unfathomable rage, and whispered words that I couldn't quite hear. But his feelings and intended message were crystal clear: "You do not know SHIT about what life is like for either side in this conflict, and if you speak another word, I will strangle you on the spot." There were no theatrics, and very little was overtly conveyed, but I don't think I've ever felt anything that intense from another human in my entire life. That kind of deep-rooted hatred, borne from a lifetime of bloodshed and open hostility, unrelenting political propaganda, constant and justified paranoia, and ingrained religious dogma; it's impossible to fully comprehend from our bubbles in the West. In the U.S., we have it so good that large portions of our population will absolutely lose their shit over slight flaws in their favorite luxury product, or a minor gaffe by their favorite celebrity, and treat it like it's the end of the world. But in places like Israel and Palestine (or in the countless war-torn parts of Africa, and so on), where daily life includes surprise rocket attacks and violent military occupation, driven by their own interpretations of God's Word, where every day your world very much _might_ end... I could do all the research I can, try to empathize as much as I like, but I don't think I can ever fully grasp how those people feel, and I hope I never have to.
@@rosasinger8565 politics has everything to do in a college classroom. you being israeli has zero to do with if it has a place or not. what a weird statement
I wondered how quickly you'd get a video out about this. Good on you Simon and your entire team for getting on this quickly as we all watch this world go to sh*t, between the Russian invasion of Ukraine and now this the world is pushing closer and closer to major war and I for one am terrified of that prospect.
Evangelical Christians here in the US, however, are dancing for joy because they see it as a sign that the world will be consumed in fire as their White Jesus spirits them away to their segregated heaven.
Please Simon, we'd like an exhaustive timeline of events leading up to this conflict. We believe the team you have for Warographics could absolutely deliver an excellent, fair and bias-free, account of the history from the founding of Israel to right now. I don't care how long it is, I'll set aside a whole evening if I must. Edit: Perhaps use this as an opportunity for a large scale collaboration with other history channels?
jewish state- rome fucked um up -rome implemented christian state to control the masses - arabs fucked um up- arab state - jew fucked um up - jewish state - arabs fucked um up and repeat replacing rome with current world power imposing whatever religion gives them more power over the region. saved you those 8 hours, your welcome
So crimes against humanity has a propaganda. What happend is pure horror. Hamas is not the answer, most people at that side live under their terror. Between the politics I agree, but to say Hamas has a right it's absolutely insane
@@Kv-nb1gm There's no doubt about it. You can rationalize all you want knowing Israel has historically caused more causalities but acts of terror such as we're seeing now is completely unjustifiable.
@@mememaster9703There is not one thing in this Vid that indicates 'propaganda'. The comments section notes this as very informative and unbiased. Maybe you don't know what 'propaganda' means.
You have explained more to me in this video than all the years of news coverage. I appreciate it more than any words I can write. Thank you Simon and team for a wonderful explanation that was completely unbiased and educational.
Thank you for releasing this video so quickly Simon and the team! I am a medical student at the American University of Beirut. The situation is really really worrying here in Lebanon. I won’t give my opinion on the situation in the neighboring country, but I will comment on the serious implications of dragging Lebanon into this war. To put it simply: Lebanon will not be able to survive the conflict if it gets involved. With the current economic crisis (that of course many of you has heard about), the lack of government (and still no president more than a year and a half later), and the overly stretched medical system just to name a few, the country is literally hanging on by a thread. People here are worried about what is going to happen, and I am one of them. War is a truly truly truly terrible thing. PS: If you guys have any questions I would love to answer them.
Do any other countries recognize your university (kind of ironic if the United States doesn't)? Or would you have to start over if you needed to escape?
Lebanon it’s self won’t get involved it would be hezbollah and if they do sadly I worry for the sheer destruction and loss of life that will be felt on both sides of this conflict. The fact over 3 days over 1400 people have died. This isn’t about politics or taking sides any loss of civilian life is tragic, wethers it’s Ukraine,Yemen,Syria,Palestine or Israel.
You know how the people are divided in this country (and this what I think is the cause of most of our problems here 😅). This divide goes back decades and has its roots in the civil war (that my parent’s generation has endured). The general sentiment here is just worry. We are all kind of scared of what is going to happen in the next few days. Ironically today was the first time that many politicians sided together and cited that they don’t want our country to get dragged into the conflict. Thank you for your question and if you would like me to elaborate more do not hesitate!
He's far from neutral... he reports from the israeli perspective and refers to hamas as terrorists. I'm not saying I agree/disagree with him, but just pointing out that there's definitely bias here.
@@danieldaponte1819*hits you upside the back of your head* STOP lumping everyone into a damn camp!!! Thats half the fucking problem with all of this!!!! Just because somone sees what the otherside is going through does NOT automatically means they support EITHER side's violence!!! And there are civilians on both sides who didnt ask for ANY of this!!! At this point if you give a damn about HUMANS, both sides have fucked up!!! There are no good guys here!!! So STOP FORCING A CAMP DOWN EVERYONES THROAT. Im sick to death of people making it about one side or the other. People are dying, THATS what matters!!!!!!!
Simon you're a true content creator. The amount of videos you pump out on such a wide variety of topics is crazy. Great work man we'll always support you
@@kynaston1474 I don't give 1 fucks 2 fucks red fucks blue fucks if he's got money from aliens in space. Doesn't change the fact that he has like 10 channels with around or more than 1 mil+ subs and each of em drop videos 2-4 times a week on interesting factual stuff not random bullshit. The man is dedicated to his craft and his content is good and pretty unbiased. I respect it that's all nun more to it
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Except he never once mentioned that Israel has been placing a strict sanction on everything and everyone in Gaza Strip since 2007, effectively imprisoning 2 million people in a walled city controlled completely by IDF.
What’s ironic is that the Palestinians are actually the real Semites while most Jews are not since they are Ashkenazi who descend from Gomer and Japheth (Europeans). Here’s the proof... Genesis 10:1-3 1 “This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah's sons, who themselves had sons after the flood.” 2 “The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.” 3 “The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.” Only 10 to 15 percent of Jewish people are actual middle eastern while the rest are European imposters.
@@thinkbeforeyoutype7106nope, not proof. People don't care about Palestinians for good reason. No matter how angry you are doesn't give you the right for genocide. Problem will be over soon though 🥱
It is never easy hear a summary of an event you're intimately familiar with, but as a follower of the channel, I wanted to see this. I must say it was very well done. As always, it serves to lend more credibility to everything else you do here. Thank you
@@austinh7110This is the first time you heard of the Arab-Israeli conflict? Anybody surprised by the actions of Hamas has not been paying sufficient attention
All loss of innocent life, irrespective of national origin or any previous enmity towards "the Other", is abhorrent. My heart goes out to the civilians of this conflict.
🤣 You don't believe that. You people were laughing when that guy stabbed that baby in its stroller in France the other day. Barbara Specter has said Europeans should be replaced. I don't have any sympathy for you because you don't have any for me. See how that works?
I wish they could just put those corrupt leaders at a ring and let them fight... away from the children and the innocent people who had nothing to do with anything, and who just want peace... Peace... in the Middle East. I hope... one day...
Please give us the full history of the conflict. Your videos are incredible at breaking things down in a way that is more comprehensible than the most sources. It’s important that everyone witnessing this unfold understands everything that has led up to this point so they aren’t swayed by mainstream media or their own lack of knowledge💯
@@andrewcheng1998Zionism began in the late 1800s. The idea that modern day Jewish Israelis have anything to do with the original 12 tribes of Israel is absurd.
It all started post ww2 when the british split the palestinian colony and gave a portion of the land to european jews for them to create a jewish state, they did this without letting local palestinians have any say at all. British mandate i believe its called... Basically, imagine a bunch of people just move into your house and leave you to your bedroom, they kill your brother for trying to kick them out... and then respond with, "woah woah woah! My great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grandfathers cousin lived here 2000 years ago, THIS IS OUR HOUSE!" This entire conflict could have been avoided if the jews had created their state almost anywhere else in the world. If you support israel you support might makes right in a post ww2 world.
@@CheddarDriparen't the original 12 tribes the only claim to the land the Jews really had in the first place? Even if it's complete nonsense I'm pretty sure a large degree of western support for Israel is based off people's biggest knowledge source of middle eastern history coming from the old testament.
Seeing how people have been fighting over the same part of land for what 8000 years. This will just be another footnote in something that will never change. From Egypt to Estonia, this strip of land is a giant graveyard of battles fought past and present.
Honestly, I refuse to believe that the world didn't see this coming. Everyone saw this coming a mile away. Everyone. The crisis was always brewing. It's sad how people are slaughtered on both sides.
Thank you Simon for your fair, objective, and unbiased approach to journalism and by extension this issue that has been festering for decades. I would like to think that I speak for most people in hoping against hope for a peaceful resolution to this senseless violence.
To call it "senseless violence" disregards decades of history. The only people who didn't see this coming, are people who've had their heads in a hole in the ground (or the hole in their ass)
I was worried about biases in telling such complicated topic, But I'm glad to see the unbiased nature of this channel still holds true even here. Thank you!
@@MohannadhyasatCan your questions be said to be unbiased? Apparently your idea of unbiased might be entirely one-sided. I can’t defend Israel’s behavior in all things - but if you think people will look at a music festival or dead kids and elderly and think “Yeah, they had that coming”, you’re far off.
Personally, as someone who is still learning about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, I would love a long video about it. I think the writing for this episode was as non-biased as possible.
Israel targets terrorists, Terrorists use their children as shields, Terrorists call for death to all jews, Terrorist praise the killing, rape and kidnap of unarmed civilians. Can't even compare the two
I would like to thank you Simon very much for this content. I have been trawling news sites to try to get a clear understanding of what the hell is going on but all I've found is "fluff"... hours of talking... live feeds... but nothing explaining anything until you. While I may sound surprised I'm actually not...I've been a fan of almost all of your channels for ever, what I am surprised about is how quickly you have put this video out. Thank you for this Simon. You are a legend!
@@JustinF30 Yup and without trillions of US $$$ and European €€€ they wouldnt even have a fraction of their military/iron dome, not to mention they would have 0 nuclear warheads. With those untold trillions they could have lifted all of africa and the middle east out of poverty and there would be no refugees at all. Instead they give that money to Israel so they can genocide the local population. Thank god for our enlightened democracy(and selfless politicians!).
This is an ongoing occupation that has lasted for 56 years, when the allied nations just gave Palestine to the jews. Nato is just turning a blind eye to this occupation and not lifting a finger to help the palestinians who have had their entire contry taken away from them.
Thanks for much for this! I appreciate the team at Warographics seeking a balanced review of the current situation. I had avoided informing myself more about what had happened until I saw this, I didn't want to experience a biased account. The only thing that is certain is the loss of innocent lives, my prayers go to all involved, there are no winners.
@@TheWraith7 Sadly true, however if the Israelis were not wrongfully settled, Hamas would have had no need to form. Terrible for both sides either way.
Man, you guys are on top of your game! I was hoping you'd put out a video on this, I find it so useful for understanding the situation a bit more. Thanks for covering this. And yes, I would indeed like that video on the history of conflict between Israel and Palestine!
If you think that the world didn't see this coming, then you weren't paying attention to that region for the last 70+ years. This is literally history repeating itself.
Thank you for this factual explanation of the situation, and the (albeit brief) history. Most of the information I’ve received on this topic has been from blatantly biased sources on social media, and having someone like you to give the unbiased facts is a great thing. I would be interested in a longer, much more in depth video breaking down both the longer history of these regions, as well as a longer (but probably not nearly as long) video on the history of conflicts between these two regions
Good job Simon. Amazing reporting on the situation. Really glad you do the work you do to create freshly informative videos. You’ve grown into a household name man. Keep it up! 🤙🏼
@@mbryson2899He's a good communicator, though. You can only do so much with great information if you don't have someone charismatic enough to share it and make it visible.
this popped up in my feed and I wasn't ready to be shown such an amazing video. Unbiased, neutral and straight to the point. this is perfection. Thank you
Simon and his team do a outstanding job at researching subjects and presenting it in such a way that is easy to understand without confusing us. Situations like these are incredibly complex given the history and countries involved but videos like these leave you with very little questions by the end and youve got a better understanding about it than watching a actual news programme.
No it's not complex. A colonial settler state is oppressing an indigenous people in a completely inhumane and disgusting way and Westerners act like it's completely unprovoked when this causes a violent reaction. Watch some videos of IDF snipers laughing as they shoot 10 year olds in the head or how settlers steal people's stuff while calling them dogs. How would you react?
Surprised the channel moved into covering the event and happy the team was able to keep the unbiased approach that marks the content. Please keep doing it. We do need content like yours. Thanks a lot
HAHA, this videotitle nicely contrasts with other videos saying this was "Decades in the making". And didnt Cody Johnston from 'Some More News' literally cover Palestine???
Love how Simon doesn’t take any side just gives us the facts about what is happening really hard to find information on Israel and Palestine relations without having someone say who is right or wrong
So you love political correctness, you are part of the problem. You have no voice you will always be under the carpet without honor. Shame on you for loving to have no opinion. Everybody is biased anyway so what taking no side really means is the definition of a coward idiot.
I'm pretty uneducated with this whole thing but isn't surprise attacking Israel and killing civilians pretty inexcusable? Israel government is to blame for perpetuating this conflict though
@@Gerwhali think this conflict is mostly about each country having claims on each other, as both countries want certain parts of each other due to the land being religiously important, such as Jerusalem.
I was saying the same, forget about the politics the fact 1400+ civilians have already died in three days is terrifying for what will happen when the counter offensive begins.
Simon is the perfect man to give us this particular information presented here in turbulent times, when we need information to see what is happening. The other military channels I am watching on TH-cam have only briefly touched this subject. I guess they are home thinking.
I gotta say I really like how you and your team have found your direction covering these current events (Ukraine, now Gaza). For years your projects gave me this vibe of algorithm surfing/content generation but these days I actually tune in to get a good overview of events as they unfold where mainstream news sources get stuck with messy reporting. Glad I stuck around and keep up the good work.
Mainstream media is more than capable of coverage like this, but they get so stuck on partisan bias, they can't help themselves, which is ironic cause they're hemorrhaging viewership, but can't understand if they'd be unbiased in their coverage of world events, they'd be fine.
Long form content is my jam, so a video on the deeper history of this conflict would be most welcome. It's something I've always known I should learn more about, but haven't really dived into.
I would really suggest you do if you truly want to understand the conflict. Don't just look back as far as 1948. Read back to as far as Sykes-Picot in 1916, the secret agreement France-Britain agreement that damaged the Arab world so badly that it still has not recovered today. The short form is that Britain promised the Arabs independence and a whole undivided Arab nation on the condition that they supported the Britain against the Ottoman Empire. Upset with their poor treatment under the Ottomans, the Arabs agreed. Thus the Arab Revolt of 1916 began. The Ottomans were weakened, but the Arabs were also severely weakened. Meanwhile, France and Britain's had agreed in secret to simply ignore Britain's agreement with the Arabs and divvy it up as they pleased. This betrayal by Britain has caused an unbelievable amount of damage to the Arabs and they haven't had a chance to recover since the Arab Revolt of 1916.
If you read or listen to audio books I suggest Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth. It covers a lot of the conflicts and creation of Israel in a easy format. It is closer to pro Israel then a non biased format like here but it helped me a great deal to understand the formation and conflicts of the region.
This is very well done I've been watching the news and catching up on the events all day This is better done than most of the dedicated news/current events channels I watched Excellent work, Whistleverse. Impressive as hell
Thank you Simon, for yet another unbiased, neutral video about what can't be described as anything but an uncalled for slaughterhouse, in both perspectives.
I saw it coming... a lot of Israelis did. Pretty much every Mizrahi from my father's generation saw it coming, just like the Mizrahim saw the Oslo war coming before it happened, and the Hamas takeover of Gaza after the Israeli government made it Judenrein could have also been seen from ten thousand miles away. But the ones in power arrogantly ignored us as they always have.
Of course you saw it coming, no one will be colonised and stay silent, the occupied getting desperate, and hell will oet loose, you get what you deserve.
@@rohankishibe8259Who gets the land? The Jews arrived in numbers in the early 1900s and after ww2 but Jews have been there for thousands of years. The area was called judea until the romans renamed it as punishment for a revolt. The area was then full of Jews and Christians. Then the arabs invaded and colonised the entire Middle East and North africa. Should the Jews give it back to the Muslims to give it back to the Christians then the Muslims then the Christians only to give it back to the original owners. The Jews.
@@rohankishibe8259Maybe if the Palestinians weren't vile, racist, antisemitic m*slim fanatics they could have been more welcoming to their fellow people of the book 100 years ago when jewish refugees were barely a trickle into the region. Or after they were genocided 80 years ago. But no, they want to whiney little extremists and call for the extermination of an entire people and as a consequence they get corralled into their nasty little city where they now get to be blown up because they are so stupid that they VOTED FOR HAMAS.
@@rohankishibe8259 No one deserves to get randomly killed by some gunman who's completely dehumanized them. No one deserves to be dispassionately murdered by a precision airstrike for just happening to live near a place where insurgents operated. No one chooses where they were born, or what religion and beliefs they were brought up with.
Invaders do. Israel is an artificialy created country. USA and brits forced jews colonist into melting muslim pot. If someone takes away your land by force and gift it to another nation that what do you epect to happen? @@FormNalvoid
You are a fool to believe that after over 70 years of occupation, genocide, war crimes, blokkades, over thousands of deaths people will still not rise up and protect their land. My heart goes out to all the victims but Hamas is the monster they created.
@@suleimangh The title "The crisis the world didn't see coming" is fake news. Egypt had been warning Israel for at least ten days before the attack. Mossad and Shin Bet certainly knew what was coming. This is indeed Israel's Pearl Harbor.
Thank you Simon. I really appreciate the honest effort to report on this as neutrally as possible. Make a 6 hour, 20 part video if you have to, but yes, please produce the history of this conflict as best you can. It's tiring seeing the sheer amount of biased takes on this.
I was born and raised in Israel and I did serve in the military, I was in the infantry, and yes, I am proud of my service for my country and I am a patriot, with that said, I have been living in the USA for almost 21 years now. Simon did a great job presenting this new developing war the most neutral way possible, so far, of course. But I do want to add a few things, as this video is 2 days old now. From reports that I read from Israel, Netanyahu did get the Intel, he chose to turn his back and that's the result. Also, a few months ago, he ordered the military to move the majority of its forces to the west bank as he wants to fight terror pockets, that's the result of why it took the military so much time to respond. As for Hamas, I truly believe that not only Iran is behind this attack, but also the Iranian backed militants in Syria are involved with Hamas in it, I don't believe Hamas is that strong to do what they did on their own, but I could be wrong. Netanyahu has a lot to do with Hamas getting stronger and stronger every year, I can say whatever I want to say about Hamas, how cruel they are, they don't care about humans (including the Palestinians, not just the Israelis) and any other negative words you can find, Netanyahu is the exact same thing! Welcome to the Middle East Neighborhood.
No historical context is needed in order to understand the sheer atrocities that happened there!!!! You all are welcome to talk to the survivors and hear the horrors of watching their relatives being raped and beheaded, children burnt alive and young teenagers raped then beheaded! and then say you want an “unbiased” opinion This world is f’d up and distorted!!
Damn man this whole situation definitely puts things into perspective. No matter how much I think my life sucks, I can't even imagine what it is like to be in a warzone, it's awful I'm teary eyed watching this.
For folks curious about the history and politics in this region, Warographics did a video on the Six-Day War. I know there was a bunch of stuff that went down before that, but the Six Day War really put the meat and potatoes into this conflict (which none of us alive will probably see the end of it unfortunately).
I just read the Quran, it sums up exactly why this happened. All you gotta do is ask a simple question, why and how do they justify this. Well let's see what their morality is, by reading how their prophet acted.... And he was probably the worst human in human history, no joke Adolf wouldn't even like this guy. His works are widely available to read. Just don't eat before you read it.
You have given an excellent cursory summation of the critical context of this appalling and unanticipated assault. It is extremely difficult to offer a succinct overview of the motives for the conflict, but you have succeeded admirably. My own sense is that it is important for us to recognize that both Israel and Palestinians see the potential of of these tensions as existential in their nature. And that existential quality makes finding common ground to promote de-escalation or prospects for peace extremely problematic and perhaps ultimately impossible. Thus, while my prayers are for peace, the most likely prospect is for horrific war. Indeed, if Israel concludes that "mowing the grass" cannot work, it may seriously counter with an attempt to remove the grass entirely. And the implications of that strategy are apocalyptic.
The choice here, is as it has always been, is made by the aggressor. And as in 95% of all prior cases, the aggressor remains Hamas and the Gazans. Israelis want peace and security and prosperity- and not only for themselves, but the Gazans also. Ever wonder how that hyper dense Gazan city area is constantly rebuilt? Constantly lighted, provided clean water, and electricity? And fed? It is off the backs of the Israeli's who they seek to murder and genocide again and again and again for decades. One side offers an olive branch constantly, and more welfare and assistance than any other group in history to an attacker. And yet, the attacker remains brutal, escalatingly twisted and savage, and utterly thankless. Look what America did after 9/11. to scale, what Israel just experienced if it were the USA would be like a mid-cized city were blasted off the face of the earth by a tactical nuclear strike. Imagine our response in that case. Israel has more restraint and empathy than any nation in the history of mankind. Whenever they have had enough, no one on the planet has any right to criticize what they do afterwards.
Christian Palestinian Lebanese American here, I DON'T stand with Hamas or Hezbollah or the IDF... I stand with co-existence and peace. We're all people at the end of the day... the violence really breaks my heart....
I’m 5 minutes in, so far, it seems incredibly heavily biased in favor of Isreal, avoiding covering any of the policies Isreal had in place for decades to cage the Palestinians in the gaza strip. I’m hoping this vid covers more than just how bad hamas is (which, I agree, is evil, vile, and a group of dogshit terrorists doing dogshit terrorism)
Except he never once mentioned that Israel has been placing a strict sanction on everything and everyone in Gaza Strip since 2007, effectively imprisoning 2 million people in a walled city controlled completely by IDF.
As a French person, hearing about these young people going from having fun to having to run for their lives gives me the sunken feeling as the one I felt on November 13 2015. This violence is senseless, it breaks my heart for all the civilians, Palestinian and Israeli, who've suffered in this conflict.
Its a shame to lose every human lifr, but look at the wide picture. How many young Palestinians lost their lives in Israeli bombing before this ? Unfortunately violence begets violence. Why did Israel in retaliation had to attack a hospital and residental tower ?
Israel bombed the hospital and residential tower because that is where humas operates. They use their own Palestinian civilians as shields so that Israel has to kill innocents in order to kill terrorists. It’s so messed up. The good news is that Israel has made efforts to limits the amount of Palestinian citizens killed by sending messages telling them where bombs will be dropped. Unfortunately the terrorists need their civilians for shields to make Israel look bad. Once again that is why Humas operates from hospitals, schools, and apartments. They are maybe the worst people on earth. Pray for Israel.
Imagine getting your facts about social/war/race/religion from platform restricting speech on these topics? What about going to the official platforms/sites of both conflicting parties and molding your own opinion? Ofc getting fed random az propaganda is passive process doesn’t require some learning curve.
@@anwarxv9279 yeah no anwar i'm sure that the website of the Israeli government, let alone hamas, isn't filled to the brim with propaganda (talking about a learning curve like news is a fucking fromsoftware game😂)
As a follower of all your channels, as this crisis unfolded I searched for an in-depth understanding of the when, how, & why this conflict began but found no previous videos. Thankful to you & your team for this ‘real time’ analysis & looking forward to all future coverage. The unbiased reporting with only cold hard facts is what I look most forward to. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for all the hard work & effort that goes into the research, writing, & production of this channel & ALL the others. Exceptional Indeed
Ain't a crisis. 😂😂😂 Nor a conflict 🤣😂😂🤣😂 this is just defending the motherlands of palestine. After all 1926 nothing like the Zionist country existed. By your laws palestine deserve freedom too.
There are plenty of documentaries and videos. The triggering events lay before the Israeli declaration of independence and started somewhat before the Transjordan declaration of independence.
A history of the region would be very helpful, going back pre-Sykes-Piquot and Balfour. I've never fully got my head round it and you and the team have a knack for untangling this stuff.
This was all designed after ww2, why the gaza strip is secluded in Israel territory, whom are stretching the cord for years by the cosntruction of western banks, this guys designed a slow grenade... And I would love Jewish people better, if they didn't to this when they are powerful and a US backed nation!!! And I am not even anti-semetic but to have a right wing government!!! History means nothing...
The short version is this: "After WW2 the british colonised Palestine and started bringing in Eurpoean Jews as immigrants into Palestine, tensions started between the Palestinians and the European Jews and Britian took away weapons from the Palestinians and gave them to the European Jews. Years later a full blown war broke out when the world announced that 'Isreal' is now a country." Sounds very different from what the media says.
Amm no bro this is not what happened, if you wanna learn what happened before the first world war then you should go search up the jewish "aliot", learn about the pogroms against jews in eastern Europe, the Zionist movement and much more
@@gtpizzabites2 states were proposed from day one in 1948. The Jews said yes, the arabs said no and started a war. Then all surrounding Arab states declared war in a land grap as the British mandate ended. Egypt sieved gaza, Jordan siezed the west Bank. Israel occupied both in further wars in the 60s. They gave gaza insipendence and all was well, no walls were built until hamas started killing civilians
For real his coverage of Ukraine and Russia was also pretty unbiased, I was tired of channels covering the topic rooting for Ukraine and wishing fall of Russia
I'm a long-time follower of all (most?) of Simon's channels. I live in a suburb of Tel-Aviv just to its south. It was 3-4 AM at night last Friday, and I thought to myself "Oh f@#$ it, it's the weekend, I'll just sleep in until noon or so!" I am awakened early in the morning and immediately hear an alarm sound, typical of an impending rocket attack from Gaza. I look at the clock on my smartphone and it's 6:30 AM, as I sprint, barefoot, down from my flat on the 3rd floor to the underground shelter. The rest of the events described and analyzed in this video then unfold before me in a completely erratic pace. It is now the first time I'm legit living through one of the topics Simon covers. It feels... surreal.
It seems like you gave a pretty fair analysis on the situation. One side unexpectedly suffered horrific losses while the other has been suffering losses for decades that most of us can’t comprehend.
@@jaleelhull941Israel's responses are exactly what you'd expect of a nation whose neighbors have been seeking their destruction since day one. Every nation around them screams "death to Israel" and then want to cry foul when Israel responds in kind. It's not hard to figure out that attacking a nation for 80 years will make them quick to action and highly aggressive.
Its like what I've heard all to often as a kid; That if you are being bullied, that's just life, and no one will step in to mediate. but if you respond in kind with swift violence, no matter how justifiable or not, you will be vilified by everyone. No one wins a war of attrition, it only leads to mutually assured distruction of each party involved, whether directly or indirectly.
Yes i would love like a 3 and a half hour documentary on the history here. The Warographics team does a great job and most people are getting their information from social media sites.
I agree!!! I’m always in for a long form educational video by Simon and crew!!!
There's a very intelligent Arabian TH-camr who made the best video on the conflict to date. Check out Hakima history, for a history on this conflict, how the Arab world views it. And why it's not a religious conflict as many people think.
m.th-cam.com/video/dy56Q1a0Flc/w-d-xo.html
m.th-cam.com/video/7eHQKJTnBoY/w-d-xo.html
@@jomo2483it's what happens when you have a partheid state and an open air prison. You leave people no choice but to take actions like this.
they are influenced by western ideas and media
Dear Simon, a video on the history of Israel-Palestine conflict would be very much appreciated.
you dont know?
@@dfcvdagrow up.
9:55 briefly mentioned
Israel shouldn't be there, but it is, we keep them afloat, they do what they do.
Palestine suffers.
That's basically it. Lol
+1 to a history video from Simon. In the meantime, there are already several good ones out there; I recommend CrashCourse's and Vox's videos on the subject, and especially anything by @RealLifeLore .
I’m from the US and have been passively aware of this conflict for my whole life. But to be honest, I’ve never bothered paying attention because our coverage of it is so heavily biased and you can’t read or watch anything without being told how to feel about it. This video was fantastic neutral coverage of the situation so that I can make my own opinion and thoughts about it. Thanks for that. I’d love a documentary on the full history of the region. I know it spans thousands of years and would be a lot but hopefully is worth the effort in making.
I think there was a slight biase but maybe because of the sources he used idk
Your opinion shouldnt be formed on a single 30 minute video on a single day of action when the region has been in turmoil for the better part of 100 years.
@jsmith1871 100 years? 😂😂😂 Try more like a couple of thousand.
@@OmniMale the land was given away amidst the world wars. Consider when the military expenditure started rolling in and you'll see that it's not a fair fight.
@@jsmith1871 I think you can definitely form an opinion with this 30 min vid. It was a geat informative video without any heavy bias. You don't need to know everything to be able to form an opinion about something. Which in the case of Muslim-Jewish relations is something not a single person alive knows since it is something which dates back thousand of years ago.
Btw, what's a fair fight?
This is an insightful video providing valuable perspectives on the Israel-Hamas conflict. It's crucial to have open discussions about this complex issue to promote understanding and hopefully contribute to a peaceful resolution. Thanks for sharing this informative content! 👍
It is not complex at all, the land was Palestine and still Palestine, Israel occupied it, they should be expeled, it is not anti-semtic cause there is diffrence between anti zionist and anti jewish.
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I don't think you could have squeezed another buzzword in there if you tried!
I agree with most of this. But it's not complex. One side has significantly more power. Simple.
there's next to no complexity in western colonialism man. powerful country sees land ---> powerful country forcibly takes land
I’ll happily watch an excessively long video to get the full context of Israeli-Palestinian relations, thank you for such a thorough video Simon
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I can answer that. In a nutshell, the Palestinian movement begins at the tail end of the Abbasid caliphate (~1100-1200 AD timeframe), right after the first crusade retook Israel from the Muslims. The Israelites settled that region in ~1250 BC, and have been at war with the Hittutia/Mitanni (Lebanon/Jordan), Egyptians, and Assyrians (Syria) since they settled and built Jerusalem. It has always been a wealthy area critical to trade, and the neighboring nations have always been hostile. It wasn’t until the Crusades that the term “Palestine” is even used.
Simply put, until the Khazars settled Eastern Europe and allowed Jews to flee the middle east from Muslim persecution, Israel was always a subject of foreign control until the 1940s.
I'm confused, were you responding to someone expressing sentiment against the Jewish people?
@@LordOfCookies123 not at all. In a nutshell, the media is only going to cite the last 200-300 years of history and overlook the ancient history of the Israelites and the thousands of years of persecution prior to the 1940s.
@@wesleymills6542 did you know all of that, off the top of your head ?
Personally I feel there is no way world governments couldn’t have foreseen something like this happening considering how unstable things are there
No doubt the title of the video is misleading. If you just looked into the history of the country and the parties you knew it was just a matter of time before this happen. The news are just blowing it not out of proportion because horrible things are happening but pushing it harder than they did with the Ukraine ordeal I feel
And what would you suggest they do? Not exactly a white and black situation.
The isreali government HAS an apartheid grip over Palestinian people. In Gaza they bombed frequently telling people with nowhere to go because neighboring borders wont take them to leave. Gaza a city with half its population being children and the average age of the total citizens being 18.
In the West Bank "neutral zone" where Isreal is not supposed to be allowed to go, Jewish peoples from around the world can go and claim homes of Palestinians that travel out of West Bank whether they're temporary fleeing for safety or any reason. Once they leave they aren't allowed back because Isreali force and Zionist settlers. The settlers are allowed legally to take the homes of those Palestinians.
All this is only the tip of the mistreatment and violent misplacement of Palestinians. The only way to even hope for peace would be to hold the Isreali government accountable for the war crimes they've committed and continue to commit and to give back land and for God sake give them back autonomy and basic human rights!
@@lucrative6477sanction Israel?
It wasn't going to stay idle forever and you don't need high level intel to figure that out. 'The Crisis the World Didn't See Coming' is a very odd title to me tbh. If you're paying attention, it's pretty obvious it wasn't a matter of if, but *when*.
Eventually something had to give.
Why can’t mainstream media show this level of unbiased coverage? Brilliant work
Unfortunately lobbying is a thing
Money and control
Because mainstream media is owned by conglomerates that push their own agenda. They have not been impartial "news" organizations for a long long long time. Why anybody still thinks they are is just amazing to me!
Money
It presents good information but it is far from being unbiased
I'm genuinely grateful for your honest and unbiased coverage of this complex issue, Simon and the Warographics team. It's refreshing to find a source that provides a balanced perspective, allowing viewers to form their own opinions. Your work truly stands out in today's media landscape. 🙌🌍🕊
Yes, I’d honestly love to see a breakdown of the history of the region.
I too, would be well off to see Simon and company do a series on the history, too.
That could take a script that would require the full deforestation of the world to print
The hate he would get for telling the truth wouldn’t be worth 😢. If only the palestinians wanted to coexist instead of these acts of terrorism.
its not an easy break down. the region has like 2000 years of bad blood and history.
@@alexbuckenham1663yep. Take it all the way back to the Romans. Through to the league of nations. You're looking at hours of content. The intervening 65 years would make up days of content.
I for one am just glad that Fact Boi is covering it at all. Because the media doesn't seem to care.
And I am not professing my support for either side either. It's just a long old conflict
Very well done. Your even handed, factual approach to reporting is a breath of fresh air. As always, no matter which side one may support, the losers are always the non-combatant civilians.
even handed when one side hides in schools and hospitals as well as strapping bombs to children
@Mathewson1G hamas has been doing that for literally years tho, and no one cared lol. It's why I've never picked a side in the whole debacle
Hamas was literally caught using children schools and hospitals as launching points for rockets.
@@Nerevarine420 and for some reason no one cares.
If you support Palestine you’re sick in the head
@@Mathewson1GI don’t know that “no one cares”. I think it’s more likely that it seems like a problem they can’t be solved.
I've grown up in Yugoslavia during the wars so this whole conflict rings a too much big bell. I can't make myself to support either Palestine or Israel, but goddamn I feel what those civilians are going trough.
War is never fair to an ordinary man.
Bruh Israel is killing Palestinian ppl every year for the last 50 to 60 years so how is it hard to see who's in the wrong ??????
I'm with you on not being on either side. This has been going on for a very long time.
How can you not want the Palestinians to be given their land that was wrongfully stolen from them back????
@@aidanhanson8749you got it wrong, brother - i want their land to be given back, i even support war efforts to achieve that, but war crimes are still war crimes
@@DjKryx I don't support HAMAS either their actions are volatile. But the person said they don't support Isreal or Palestine specifically, so that's what I'm referring to
I honestly have no idea how Simon has time to do anything other then education the world in many different subjects.
He probably has a team behind that does the research, possibly including himself, and he is there to present the material. He is great at his job though :D
Simon mastered the game Simon Says. Either that or he is well versed in the art of script reading and theatrics.
@@garethma7734 This is usually how these channels do it. They have a team researching different topics and one guy to present it. Which is totally fine because there is no way someone could gather information on so many topics on their own while still maintaining this kind of video quality.
It’s the crisis that has been slowly creeping up on us for decades. We all saw it coming. We stood and stared directly at it for years. We watched it for so long that we convinced ourselves it would never arrive.
It was inevitable.
I just hope that the Hamas apologists finally stfu...
Video title is laughable 😂
The world has seen a lot of things coming that never came due to the diligent efforts of those seeking peace. A second US civil war, open war between the US and the Soviet Union, etc. And there are a lot still pending that we're hoping for peace but expecting war like China and Taiwan, and North and South Korea. Nobody expected normalization of relations with Israel and its neighbors to get as far as it has, especially considering what was happening with Palestine up to this point. Just because we strive for peace doesn't mean we've convinced ourselves war will never come.
The surprise here was the suddenness and severity without Israel or its allies being aware of the buildup. Everyone knew this would happen if the resources were gathered to do it, but people very reasonably thought the resources weren't there for this. Particularly with Russia rapidly buying up stock from this group's usual supplier.
Yeah, this is that parable of the boiling frog thing indeed.
the speed of rolling out this kind of content, background information, current events, and forecasting the future. well, you and your team do great work. we need more like it.
and yes, how could you ask if we'd want background videos on the israeli-palestinian conflict? for fun, see how far back you can go
Does anyone remember a thing a few weeks ago about Simon leaving? I thought we were just watching backlogs, how-?
@@katsarelas1947Money, pure and simple. They waved some at him and he couldn't help but be baited back.
that was on Geographics and Biographics not this channel @@katsarelas1947
‘Good Times, Bad Times’ covers this FAR better and also touches upon how Israel’s leadership hampered itself leading up to this. They are Polish thus neutral as well.
Speed? Most of this information is days old. As a result, much of it is inaccurate.
1:40 - Chapter 1 - The attack
9:55 - Chapter 2 - The critical context
18:40 - Chapter 3 - The situation unfolds
24:25 - Chapter 4 - Ramifications ; local & global
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Simon, first of all, thank you for all the work you guys do to produce these and to report the details. Independent media is providing many with the whole picture and this is immensely import for democracy.
My two cents: “The crisis the world didn’t see coming” is highly debatable. This would certainly be a surprise for people that either didn’t pay attention to the last 6 months of Iglobal affairs or if their news exposure is limited to one of the mainstream media outlets in the US. The US mainstream media does not provide us Americans with any valuable historical context for world events and doesn’t provide reliable journalism or an unbiased, honest perspective. Many Americans are woefully ill informed and lack much of the important context of understanding the world. Public discourse and debate between dissenting opinions is absent and this limits our ability to think critically of ourselves and properly analyze the world with some compassion and humility.
As an Australian I could never understand why the American population seemed so content with their junk media, most of which is a complete waste of time & energy.
Im really cautious with where I sour my information from & always check & cross check what I come across. I find it mind numbing that there’s literally millions of people that just lap that crap up and accept it as the bible. 🤦♂️
I couldn't help but think that your coverage was what the mainstream media news used to and should be: non-partisan fact-based information meant to inform rather than persuade through polarized propaganda. Excellent coverage, thank you!
mainstream media has never been impartial, it has always been a political propaganda tool
small scale media probably can be apolitical and impartial, large scale needs money, and money comes from the people in power, so it's more likely that it will be tainted with politics and partiality to drive a narrative
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YES. In school, we learned that if you can tell a person's stance when reading an article, that it was a bad, uninformative, cherry-picked article. Where did that common sense go?
Absolutely right. I agree
Came to the comments to say the same thing. Lately his videos have been better and more informative than the news, and while the subjects he's been discussing are no one's idea of great, his coverage certainly is.
I trust this FAR more than mainstream media. Thank you Simon and team
This guy is the mainstream media of TH-cam imo. To be fair though, that's still better than the big boy MSM
This guy is a shill.
@@NotYourEverydayTrav hes unbiased and informative. I wouldnt consider him a shill.
Rather than say that you need to have some first principles otherwise you're just choosing teams blindly. Yes he is more practical in his analysis but remember he can be wrong and he may be inserting assumptions that you don't question because you like his personality. You need to be about your wits and continually educating yourself and questioning your own beliefs too. There's no one size fits all. Sometimes msms says some truth, sometimes influencers, sometimes neither. Don't be a sucker.
MSM is the mouth piece of deception and deception is the Devil s greatest weapon.
A quote from G.K. Chesterton keeps coming to my mind about this war:
The protagonist of the book says to the antagonist:
"I suppose you're only doing what you believe is right, but what we think is right is so damn different that there can be nothing between us except honor and death."
I love that quote! Which book is this from?
@@BartimaeusAurelius The Man Who Was Thursday
I mean one side is stealing one and murdering innocent people and the other is just trying to fight back against decades of oppression. This isn’t a war this is Israel committing genocide.
GK Chesterton rules. I love his 'Chesterton's fence' razor
@@BartimaeusAurelius Highly recommend the book. It's fantastic.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is what taught me just how sheltered I was from the outside world when I was in college decades ago. When I was a teenager, I remember being sympathetic towards Palestine and their conditions under Israeli occupation, something that I began to research after 9/11. I carried that attitude into my first few years of college, until I encountered an Israeli professor in my C++ programing class. At some point during his lecture, he made comments about "irredeemable Palestinian terrorists" and I, being a hot-blooded teenager itching for a verbal altercation, immediately tried to spar with him on that subject. But instead of responding to me, he quietly marched toward my seat, stared coldly into my eyes with unfathomable rage, and whispered words that I couldn't quite hear. But his feelings and intended message were crystal clear: "You do not know SHIT about what life is like for either side in this conflict, and if you speak another word, I will strangle you on the spot." There were no theatrics, and very little was overtly conveyed, but I don't think I've ever felt anything that intense from another human in my entire life.
That kind of deep-rooted hatred, borne from a lifetime of bloodshed and open hostility, unrelenting political propaganda, constant and justified paranoia, and ingrained religious dogma; it's impossible to fully comprehend from our bubbles in the West. In the U.S., we have it so good that large portions of our population will absolutely lose their shit over slight flaws in their favorite luxury product, or a minor gaffe by their favorite celebrity, and treat it like it's the end of the world. But in places like Israel and Palestine (or in the countless war-torn parts of Africa, and so on), where daily life includes surprise rocket attacks and violent military occupation, driven by their own interpretations of God's Word, where every day your world very much _might_ end... I could do all the research I can, try to empathize as much as I like, but I don't think I can ever fully grasp how those people feel, and I hope I never have to.
Some professor hey? Someone who can't control their impulses has no place in education. Shame on that man
It's just tragic. For both sides. Palestinian or Isreali. People that are innocent continue to suffer.
as an israeli, politica have nothing to do in the classroom. he should probably be fired
@@jamesmx7 wtf are you on about?? sounds indeed like the professor controlled his impulses
@@rosasinger8565 politics has everything to do in a college classroom. you being israeli has zero to do with if it has a place or not. what a weird statement
I wondered how quickly you'd get a video out about this. Good on you Simon and your entire team for getting on this quickly as we all watch this world go to sh*t, between the Russian invasion of Ukraine and now this the world is pushing closer and closer to major war and I for one am terrified of that prospect.
Evangelical Christians here in the US, however, are dancing for joy because they see it as a sign that the world will be consumed in fire as their White Jesus spirits them away to their segregated heaven.
@@aq5426yeah it ain't happening. Especially when they realize their Jesus is tan.
Am afraid that we gradually see a domino scenario evolving...
Russian propagandists are claiming that Ukraine supplied Hamas, too. :/
@@frankieseward8667 wtf due? more religious mambo jumbo? You think that world needs more of that shit right now?
Your team is really working extra hard to keep up with what's going on in the world.
I REALLY hope this isn't the only place you get news from
@drefk1973 what's wrong with this site? Better than CNN or MSNBC or Fox
I think I need a brain blaze to cleanse my Platte
(((team)))
Please Simon, we'd like an exhaustive timeline of events leading up to this conflict.
We believe the team you have for Warographics could absolutely deliver an excellent, fair and bias-free, account of the history from the founding of Israel to right now.
I don't care how long it is, I'll set aside a whole evening if I must.
Edit: Perhaps use this as an opportunity for a large scale collaboration with other history channels?
jewish state- rome fucked um up -rome implemented christian state to control the masses - arabs fucked um up- arab state - jew fucked um up - jewish state - arabs fucked um up and repeat replacing rome with current world power imposing whatever religion gives them more power over the region. saved you those 8 hours, your welcome
you should realize from this that this channel is propaganda
So crimes against humanity has a propaganda. What happend is pure horror. Hamas is not the answer, most people at that side live under their terror. Between the politics I agree, but to say Hamas has a right it's absolutely insane
@@Kv-nb1gm There's no doubt about it. You can rationalize all you want knowing Israel has historically caused more causalities but acts of terror such as we're seeing now is completely unjustifiable.
@@mememaster9703There is not one thing in this Vid that indicates 'propaganda'. The comments section notes this as very informative and unbiased. Maybe you don't know what 'propaganda' means.
Thank you so much Simon! You're many channels and coverage is something i appreciate SO much!!
You have explained more to me in this video than all the years of news coverage. I appreciate it more than any words I can write. Thank you Simon and team for a wonderful explanation that was completely unbiased and educational.
How do you know its totally unbiased?
@@oliverrichert i have been investigating this all day and can confirm this is the most not biased video I heard
Thank you for releasing this video so quickly Simon and the team!
I am a medical student at the American University of Beirut. The situation is really really worrying here in Lebanon. I won’t give my opinion on the situation in the neighboring country, but I will comment on the serious implications of dragging Lebanon into this war. To put it simply: Lebanon will not be able to survive the conflict if it gets involved. With the current economic crisis (that of course many of you has heard about), the lack of government (and still no president more than a year and a half later), and the overly stretched medical system just to name a few, the country is literally hanging on by a thread.
People here are worried about what is going to happen, and I am one of them. War is a truly truly truly terrible thing.
PS: If you guys have any questions I would love to answer them.
I'm not sure if you can accurately gauge this, but what is the sentiment of the average Lebanese person about this latest bloodshed?
Do any other countries recognize your university (kind of ironic if the United States doesn't)? Or would you have to start over if you needed to escape?
Lebanon it’s self won’t get involved it would be hezbollah and if they do sadly I worry for the sheer destruction and loss of life that will be felt on both sides of this conflict.
The fact over 3 days over 1400 people have died. This isn’t about politics or taking sides any loss of civilian life is tragic, wethers it’s Ukraine,Yemen,Syria,Palestine or Israel.
You know how the people are divided in this country (and this what I think is the cause of most of our problems here 😅). This divide goes back decades and has its roots in the civil war (that my parent’s generation has endured).
The general sentiment here is just worry. We are all kind of scared of what is going to happen in the next few days. Ironically today was the first time that many politicians sided together and cited that they don’t want our country to get dragged into the conflict.
Thank you for your question and if you would like me to elaborate more do not hesitate!
@@Dr._Rizk what about The Hezbollah and how are they seen in Beirut ?
Thank you Simon for your unbiased and straight forward reporting. This is what news media should be.
unbiased, you are a joke
It's a bit pathetic that youtube has been a better source for less biased reporting.
@@Klust413it makes a lot of sense since TH-camrs aren’t funded (usually) by interest groups with an agenda
@Klust413 there is no such thing as the Palestinian people
Unbiased 😂😂😂
Thank you for sharing this with such an unbiased, fact based, report.
He's far from neutral... he reports from the israeli perspective and refers to hamas as terrorists. I'm not saying I agree/disagree with him, but just pointing out that there's definitely bias here.
@@danieldaponte1819*hits you upside the back of your head* STOP lumping everyone into a damn camp!!! Thats half the fucking problem with all of this!!!! Just because somone sees what the otherside is going through does NOT automatically means they support EITHER side's violence!!! And there are civilians on both sides who didnt ask for ANY of this!!! At this point if you give a damn about HUMANS, both sides have fucked up!!! There are no good guys here!!! So STOP FORCING A CAMP DOWN EVERYONES THROAT. Im sick to death of people making it about one side or the other. People are dying, THATS what matters!!!!!!!
Simon you're a true content creator. The amount of videos you pump out on such a wide variety of topics is crazy. Great work man we'll always support you
@@kynaston1474 I don't give 1 fucks 2 fucks red fucks blue fucks if he's got money from aliens in space. Doesn't change the fact that he has like 10 channels with around or more than 1 mil+ subs and each of em drop videos 2-4 times a week on interesting factual stuff not random bullshit. The man is dedicated to his craft and his content is good and pretty unbiased. I respect it that's all nun more to it
@@TD1021-he just narrates for a Czech media company
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@@kynaston1474fuck are you on about lol. Letting your mask fall off to show your antisemitism my friend
This is a phenomenally well researched, and balanced video. Not easy to do. Well done, Simon and team!
Easier to do than the opposite. One must go out of their way to report anything except Simon's style
Except he never once mentioned that Israel has been placing a strict sanction on everything and everyone in Gaza Strip since 2007, effectively imprisoning 2 million people in a walled city controlled completely by IDF.
What’s ironic is that the Palestinians are actually the real Semites while most Jews are not since they are Ashkenazi who descend from Gomer and Japheth (Europeans). Here’s the proof...
Genesis 10:1-3
1 “This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah's sons, who themselves had sons after the flood.”
2 “The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.”
3 “The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.”
Only 10 to 15 percent of Jewish people are actual middle eastern while the rest are European imposters.
@@thinkbeforeyoutype7106nope, not proof. People don't care about Palestinians for good reason. No matter how angry you are doesn't give you the right for genocide. Problem will be over soon though 🥱
Invading and attacking and murdering civilians is not a war call, it's a war crime, and they have no moral justification.
It is never easy hear a summary of an event you're intimately familiar with, but as a follower of the channel, I wanted to see this.
I must say it was very well done.
As always, it serves to lend more credibility to everything else you do here.
Thank you
Good to hear. This is literally the first I’ve heard of this.
@@austinh7110This is the first time you heard of the Arab-Israeli conflict? Anybody surprised by the actions of Hamas has not been paying sufficient attention
@@sevans606 no. The new offensive currently going on. I’ve been at a concert for the past few days so I wasn’t sober enough to read.
@@sevans606u are not surprised by kidnapping baby’s rapping teenage girls and parading their corpses in the town square?
If you didn't see this coming you must not have been paying attention for the last 2000+ years...
All loss of innocent life, irrespective of national origin or any previous enmity towards "the Other", is abhorrent. My heart goes out to the civilians of this conflict.
May they all rest, and/or heal well.
🤣 You don't believe that. You people were laughing when that guy stabbed that baby in its stroller in France the other day. Barbara Specter has said Europeans should be replaced. I don't have any sympathy for you because you don't have any for me. See how that works?
I wish they could just put those corrupt leaders at a ring and let them fight... away from the children and the innocent people who had nothing to do with anything, and who just want peace...
Peace... in the Middle East. I hope... one day...
@@Wildwildmint A certain song lyric comes to mind: "Why don't presidents fight the war? Why do they always send the poor?"
@@TheForeignGamer hahaha what a childish outlook. These people HATE each other. There been decades of bad blood between them. Its not “their leaders”.
Thank you for releasing this. I've been waiting as I'm sure many others have
Please give us the full history of the conflict. Your videos are incredible at breaking things down in a way that is more comprehensible than the most sources. It’s important that everyone witnessing this unfold understands everything that has led up to this point so they aren’t swayed by mainstream media or their own lack of knowledge💯
He might have to starting with Moses.😂
You’re not going to understand this through a TH-cam video. At some point you’re going to have to read a book or listen to a college lecture.
@@andrewcheng1998Zionism began in the late 1800s. The idea that modern day Jewish Israelis have anything to do with the original 12 tribes of Israel is absurd.
It all started post ww2 when the british split the palestinian colony and gave a portion of the land to european jews for them to create a jewish state, they did this without letting local palestinians have any say at all. British mandate i believe its called...
Basically, imagine a bunch of people just move into your house and leave you to your bedroom, they kill your brother for trying to kick them out... and then respond with, "woah woah woah! My great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grandfathers cousin lived here 2000 years ago, THIS IS OUR HOUSE!"
This entire conflict could have been avoided if the jews had created their state almost anywhere else in the world.
If you support israel you support might makes right in a post ww2 world.
@@CheddarDriparen't the original 12 tribes the only claim to the land the Jews really had in the first place? Even if it's complete nonsense I'm pretty sure a large degree of western support for Israel is based off people's biggest knowledge source of middle eastern history coming from the old testament.
Seeing how people have been fighting over the same part of land for what 8000 years. This will just be another footnote in something that will never change. From Egypt to Estonia, this strip of land is a giant graveyard of battles fought past and present.
Honestly, I refuse to believe that the world didn't see this coming. Everyone saw this coming a mile away. Everyone. The crisis was always brewing. It's sad how people are slaughtered on both sides.
Hey. Palestinians are being slaughtered daily. With or without a war. Everyone knows this. And no one talks about that side when there is no war.
Its a nuclear powered state that is using white phosphorus on civilians. Stop portraying this as an equal opportunity conflict
Refreshingly objective analysis of the situation! Thank you Simon, I'm looking forward to further coverage on this!
Thank you Simon for your fair, objective, and unbiased approach to journalism and by extension this issue that has been festering for decades.
I would like to think that I speak for most people in hoping against hope for a peaceful resolution to this senseless violence.
This is unbelievably biased. You can't even see it.
To call it "senseless violence" disregards decades of history.
The only people who didn't see this coming, are people who've had their heads in a hole in the ground (or the hole in their ass)
@@gcanaday1yes, only you the all-knowing and wise one can see the truth. Get tf over yourself.
@@gcanaday1I mean, he did say that Israel had committed war crimes when they bombed a hospital, so there's that
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Ok "The Crisis The World Didn't See Coming" is a hilarious title. Imagine standing at a bus stop and being surprised when a bus shows up.
I was worried about biases in telling such complicated topic, But I'm glad to see the unbiased nature of this channel still holds true even here. Thank you!
This video is very biased and is showing full support for the evil terrorist hamase
@@MohannadhyasatCan your questions be said to be unbiased? Apparently your idea of unbiased might be entirely one-sided.
I can’t defend Israel’s behavior in all things - but if you think people will look at a music festival or dead kids and elderly and think “Yeah, they had that coming”, you’re far off.
@@MohannadhyasatCause that isnt exactly what they have done now? They aint better than the settlers now.
agreed.
It is a testament to his neutrality that the first two replies to you accused him of being biased for Israel and biased for Palestine.
Such a sad and tragic situation for everyone involved. I pray for peace and for all the families losing their loved ones. So sad.
Your prayers aren’t working. You must suck at it.
Every time I get into a new niche, I inevitably run into a channel run and narrated by this man. HOW DO YOU DO IT ALL?!
I appreciate how fast you're talking. We don't have time for slow talking. Thank you
I think a documentary without bias is what this world needs. There's so much one-sided information out there.
Personally, as someone who is still learning about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, I would love a long video about it. I think the writing for this episode was as non-biased as possible.
The Muslims invaded Jewish land and stole it and now they want it back
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@dantheman2237all he did was state facts tho? Care to explain to the ppl who are not so involved?
Israel targets terrorists,
Terrorists use their children as shields,
Terrorists call for death to all jews,
Terrorist praise the killing, rape and kidnap of unarmed civilians.
Can't even compare the two
You literally said you are someone who is still learning about the conflict.
I would like to thank you Simon very much for this content. I have been trawling news sites to try to get a clear understanding of what the hell is going on but all I've found is "fluff"... hours of talking... live feeds... but nothing explaining anything until you. While I may sound surprised I'm actually not...I've been a fan of almost all of your channels for ever, what I am surprised about is how quickly you have put this video out. Thank you for this Simon. You are a legend!
It hasn’t hit you how much they own yet lol
@@JustinF30 Yup and without trillions of US $$$ and European €€€ they wouldnt even have a fraction of their military/iron dome, not to mention they would have 0 nuclear warheads.
With those untold trillions they could have lifted all of africa and the middle east out of poverty and there would be no refugees at all.
Instead they give that money to Israel so they can genocide the local population. Thank god for our enlightened democracy(and selfless politicians!).
This is an ongoing occupation that has lasted for 56 years, when the allied nations just gave Palestine to the jews. Nato is just turning a blind eye to this occupation and not lifting a finger to help the palestinians who have had their entire contry taken away from them.
it almost feels like western government, the U.S., are giving israel the green light to commit mass genocide which is really alarming
Thanks for much for this! I appreciate the team at Warographics seeking a balanced review of the current situation. I had avoided informing myself more about what had happened until I saw this, I didn't want to experience a biased account. The only thing that is certain is the loss of innocent lives, my prayers go to all involved, there are no winners.
@@TheWraith7 Sadly true, however if the Israelis were not wrongfully settled, Hamas would have had no need to form. Terrible for both sides either way.
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Man, you guys are on top of your game! I was hoping you'd put out a video on this, I find it so useful for understanding the situation a bit more. Thanks for covering this. And yes, I would indeed like that video on the history of conflict between Israel and Palestine!
Don't know how my comment got under yours (Already deleted it)... My bad I guess
Lol. Stevie wonder could see this coming with the way Israel treats the Palestinians.
@@dudebro3250weird since thousands of Palestinians and other Arabs live in Israel without issue
@@simoncohen9323 good point. I still think Israel needs more multiculturalism though. Diversity is a strength so it would improve relations.
@@dudebro3250 sure but I've been to the middle east there's no country that mixes with so many different types of people better then Israel
Excellent report on a super delicate situation. All other outlets take note: This is how professional journalism is done.
If you think that the world didn't see this coming, then you weren't paying attention to that region for the last 70+ years. This is literally history repeating itself.
Thank you for this factual explanation of the situation, and the (albeit brief) history. Most of the information I’ve received on this topic has been from blatantly biased sources on social media, and having someone like you to give the unbiased facts is a great thing. I would be interested in a longer, much more in depth video breaking down both the longer history of these regions, as well as a longer (but probably not nearly as long) video on the history of conflicts between these two regions
Absolutely unintelligent to call this guy “ unbiased” as he skims over the news that TWO HOSPITALS WERE BOMBED BY ISRAEL.
Damn Simon! 3 days! You and the team are true LEGENDS!! 🙏
Hardly three days and the vultures are already circling.
Good job Simon. Amazing reporting on the situation. Really glad you do the work you do to create freshly informative videos. You’ve grown into a household name man. Keep it up! 🤙🏼
My praise goes to the researchers, writers, and editors. Simon simply reads the news he's given.
@@mbryson2899He's a good communicator, though. You can only do so much with great information if you don't have someone charismatic enough to share it and make it visible.
@@mbryson2899 yes, however he presents it with an engaging tone. That mustn't be underestimated
@@audreydoyle5268 If delivery is what you value and content is immaterial then go you, I suppose.
Give us the aforementioned big video.
this popped up in my feed and I wasn't ready to be shown such an amazing video. Unbiased, neutral and straight to the point. this is perfection. Thank you
Simon and his team do a outstanding job at researching subjects and presenting it in such a way that is easy to understand without confusing us. Situations like these are incredibly complex given the history and countries involved but videos like these leave you with very little questions by the end and youve got a better understanding about it than watching a actual news programme.
No it's not complex. A colonial settler state is oppressing an indigenous people in a completely inhumane and disgusting way and Westerners act like it's completely unprovoked when this causes a violent reaction. Watch some videos of IDF snipers laughing as they shoot 10 year olds in the head or how settlers steal people's stuff while calling them dogs. How would you react?
Facts are thought provoking.. you should be asking questions and researching... saying his videos coddle you is not a great claim
Thank you sir
Surprised the channel moved into covering the event and happy the team was able to keep the unbiased approach that marks the content.
Please keep doing it. We do need content like yours. Thanks a lot
HAHA, this videotitle nicely contrasts with other videos saying this was "Decades in the making". And didnt Cody Johnston from 'Some More News' literally cover Palestine???
You’re surprised a channel called Warographics covered… a war? Ohhhhkay.
@@PerfectSense77 Go back to the shadows, gigantic piece of manure.
Who didn't see this coming??? The Internet has been screaming from the rooftops about this looming war.
Love how Simon doesn’t take any side just gives us the facts about what is happening really hard to find information on Israel and Palestine relations without having someone say who is right or wrong
Exactly. It’s always some cultural/ geopolitical bias.
So you love political correctness, you are part of the problem. You have no voice you will always be under the carpet without honor. Shame on you for loving to have no opinion. Everybody is biased anyway so what taking no side really means is the definition of a coward idiot.
I'm pretty uneducated with this whole thing but isn't surprise attacking Israel and killing civilians pretty inexcusable? Israel government is to blame for perpetuating this conflict though
israel at war... yeah hes deffo not pandering
@@Gerwhali think this conflict is mostly about each country having claims on each other, as both countries want certain parts of each other due to the land being religiously important, such as Jerusalem.
Good stuff Simon. You've had one of the best glow ups I've seen for a TH-cam personality over the years, keep it up!
I’ve never seen a man use “glow-up” before
The worst part about this conflict is the many civilians that will become casualties
Israel has been killing civilians for decades
As has always been the case with all wars unfortunately...
I was saying the same, forget about the politics the fact 1400+ civilians have already died in three days is terrifying for what will happen when the counter offensive begins.
Wow, when you don't comment under Vaush videos you actually say reasonable things.
There's already a bunch of Isis style beheading videos out😢
Simon is the perfect man to give us this particular information presented here in turbulent times, when we need information to see what is happening. The other military channels I am watching on TH-cam have only briefly touched this subject. I guess they are home thinking.
I gotta say I really like how you and your team have found your direction covering these current events (Ukraine, now Gaza). For years your projects gave me this vibe of algorithm surfing/content generation but these days I actually tune in to get a good overview of events as they unfold where mainstream news sources get stuck with messy reporting. Glad I stuck around and keep up the good work.
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@@retsaMinnavoiGexactly
Mainstream media is more than capable of coverage like this, but they get so stuck on partisan bias, they can't help themselves, which is ironic cause they're hemorrhaging viewership, but can't understand if they'd be unbiased in their coverage of world events, they'd be fine.
Long form content is my jam, so a video on the deeper history of this conflict would be most welcome. It's something I've always known I should learn more about, but haven't really dived into.
I would really suggest you do if you truly want to understand the conflict. Don't just look back as far as 1948. Read back to as far as Sykes-Picot in 1916, the secret agreement France-Britain agreement that damaged the Arab world so badly that it still has not recovered today. The short form is that Britain promised the Arabs independence and a whole undivided Arab nation on the condition that they supported the Britain against the Ottoman Empire. Upset with their poor treatment under the Ottomans, the Arabs agreed. Thus the Arab Revolt of 1916 began. The Ottomans were weakened, but the Arabs were also severely weakened. Meanwhile, France and Britain's had agreed in secret to simply ignore Britain's agreement with the Arabs and divvy it up as they pleased. This betrayal by Britain has caused an unbelievable amount of damage to the Arabs and they haven't had a chance to recover since the Arab Revolt of 1916.
If you read or listen to audio books I suggest Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth. It covers a lot of the conflicts and creation of Israel in a easy format. It is closer to pro Israel then a non biased format like here but it helped me a great deal to understand the formation and conflicts of the region.
This is very well done
I've been watching the news and catching up on the events all day
This is better done than most of the dedicated news/current events channels I watched
Excellent work, Whistleverse. Impressive as hell
They cry out as they strike you
Thank you Simon, for yet another unbiased, neutral video about what can't be described as anything but an uncalled for slaughterhouse, in both perspectives.
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I saw it coming... a lot of Israelis did. Pretty much every Mizrahi from my father's generation saw it coming, just like the Mizrahim saw the Oslo war coming before it happened, and the Hamas takeover of Gaza after the Israeli government made it Judenrein could have also been seen from ten thousand miles away. But the ones in power arrogantly ignored us as they always have.
Of course you saw it coming, no one will be colonised and stay silent, the occupied getting desperate, and hell will oet loose, you get what you deserve.
@@rohankishibe8259Who gets the land? The Jews arrived in numbers in the early 1900s and after ww2 but Jews have been there for thousands of years. The area was called judea until the romans renamed it as punishment for a revolt. The area was then full of Jews and Christians. Then the arabs invaded and colonised the entire Middle East and North africa.
Should the Jews give it back to the Muslims to give it back to the Christians then the Muslims then the Christians only to give it back to the original owners. The Jews.
@@rohankishibe8259Maybe if the Palestinians weren't vile, racist, antisemitic m*slim fanatics they could have been more welcoming to their fellow people of the book 100 years ago when jewish refugees were barely a trickle into the region. Or after they were genocided 80 years ago.
But no, they want to whiney little extremists and call for the extermination of an entire people and as a consequence they get corralled into their nasty little city where they now get to be blown up because they are so stupid that they VOTED FOR HAMAS.
@@rohankishibe8259 No one deserves to get randomly killed by some gunman who's completely dehumanized them. No one deserves to be dispassionately murdered by a precision airstrike for just happening to live near a place where insurgents operated. No one chooses where they were born, or what religion and beliefs they were brought up with.
Invaders do. Israel is an artificialy created country. USA and brits forced jews colonist into melting muslim pot. If someone takes away your land by force and gift it to another nation that what do you epect to happen? @@FormNalvoid
Listening to Simon talk for hours about a very complicated and nuanced topic? Yes please
Not nuanced at all
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You are a fool to believe that after over 70 years of occupation, genocide, war crimes, blokkades, over thousands of deaths people will still not rise up and protect their land. My heart goes out to all the victims but Hamas is the monster they created.
Thank you, Simon and your writers. This is the most balanced coverage of this that I've seen yet. Thank you.
Balanced? Have you read the title?
@@suleimanghyea balanced, have you watched the video? Numbskull
How is this balanced
@@foxy2007bhow is it not
@@suleimangh The title "The crisis the world didn't see coming" is fake news. Egypt had been warning Israel for at least ten days before the attack. Mossad and Shin Bet certainly knew what was coming. This is indeed Israel's Pearl Harbor.
CRAZY fast. Well done Simon! Thanks for covering such a difficult conflict it needs to be talked about more
Not more important than any other conflict. Your just being told what to care about.
Thank you Simon. I really appreciate the honest effort to report on this as neutrally as possible.
Make a 6 hour, 20 part video if you have to, but yes, please produce the history of this conflict as best you can. It's tiring seeing the sheer amount of biased takes on this.
I was born and raised in Israel and I did serve in the military, I was in the infantry, and yes, I am proud of my service for my country and I am a patriot, with that said, I have been living in the USA for almost 21 years now.
Simon did a great job presenting this new developing war the most neutral way possible, so far, of course. But I do want to add a few things, as this video is 2 days old now. From reports that I read from Israel, Netanyahu did get the Intel, he chose to turn his back and that's the result. Also, a few months ago, he ordered the military to move the majority of its forces to the west bank as he wants to fight terror pockets, that's the result of why it took the military so much time to respond. As for Hamas, I truly believe that not only Iran is behind this attack, but also the Iranian backed militants in Syria are involved with Hamas in it, I don't believe Hamas is that strong to do what they did on their own, but I could be wrong. Netanyahu has a lot to do with Hamas getting stronger and stronger every year, I can say whatever I want to say about Hamas, how cruel they are, they don't care about humans (including the Palestinians, not just the Israelis) and any other negative words you can find, Netanyahu is the exact same thing! Welcome to the Middle East Neighborhood.
I hope your family is ok! Nice dog by the way.
No historical context is needed in order to understand the sheer atrocities that happened there!!!! You all are welcome to talk to the survivors and hear the horrors of watching their relatives being raped and beheaded, children burnt alive and young teenagers raped then beheaded! and then say you want an “unbiased” opinion
This world is f’d up and distorted!!
@@ChrisRaine. thank you very much, my family is okay for now. You have a nice dog too, Pitbull? My dog is Rottweiler and Pitbull mix. 14.5 years old!
@@NoamTheGOAT50 I’m glad to hear that my friend! He’s a Rottweiler, he’s 8 years old.
These videos best represent everything I've been reading and learning about the conflict gathered together in one place.
Damn man this whole situation definitely puts things into perspective. No matter how much I think my life sucks, I can't even imagine what it is like to be in a warzone, it's awful I'm teary eyed watching this.
Just give it a decade or two, I'm sure you'll gain some first hand experience
@@MisterCynic18Seems the world is heading that way. Nation against nation.
exciting af. its high time israel ended this problem and they should rip and tear until nothing remains.
Praying for both muslim community and Jewish as well my heart breaks for both
@@snakevenomdrinkscrew the damn muslims they are the ones that try to kill ppl who are not like them. Now this is more pointed at the radicals.
You deserve an award for this production, as technically it is better than anything I have seen so far from the videos you have made. Thank you!
For folks curious about the history and politics in this region, Warographics did a video on the Six-Day War. I know there was a bunch of stuff that went down before that, but the Six Day War really put the meat and potatoes into this conflict (which none of us alive will probably see the end of it unfortunately).
This may be the THE TRIBULATION. And it will get worse. SADLY 😢
I just read the Quran, it sums up exactly why this happened. All you gotta do is ask a simple question, why and how do they justify this. Well let's see what their morality is, by reading how their prophet acted....
And he was probably the worst human in human history, no joke Adolf wouldn't even like this guy. His works are widely available to read. Just don't eat before you read it.
You are the only channel I can trust for unbiased view on this. Thank you.
You have given an excellent cursory summation of the critical context of this appalling and unanticipated assault. It is extremely difficult to offer a succinct overview of the motives for the conflict, but you have succeeded admirably. My own sense is that it is important for us to recognize that both Israel and Palestinians see the potential of of these tensions as existential in their nature. And that existential quality makes finding common ground to promote de-escalation or prospects for peace extremely problematic and perhaps ultimately impossible. Thus, while my prayers are for peace, the most likely prospect is for horrific war. Indeed, if Israel concludes that "mowing the grass" cannot work, it may seriously counter with an attempt to remove the grass entirely. And the implications of that strategy are apocalyptic.
The choice here, is as it has always been, is made by the aggressor. And as in 95% of all prior cases, the aggressor remains Hamas and the Gazans. Israelis want peace and security and prosperity- and not only for themselves, but the Gazans also. Ever wonder how that hyper dense Gazan city area is constantly rebuilt? Constantly lighted, provided clean water, and electricity? And fed? It is off the backs of the Israeli's who they seek to murder and genocide again and again and again for decades. One side offers an olive branch constantly, and more welfare and assistance than any other group in history to an attacker. And yet, the attacker remains brutal, escalatingly twisted and savage, and utterly thankless. Look what America did after 9/11. to scale, what Israel just experienced if it were the USA would be like a mid-cized city were blasted off the face of the earth by a tactical nuclear strike. Imagine our response in that case. Israel has more restraint and empathy than any nation in the history of mankind. Whenever they have had enough, no one on the planet has any right to criticize what they do afterwards.
it does seem like both sides are determined to completely destroy the other. and I do mean gemocide. and I'm not sure anyone can stop it.
"You don't believe in what I believe, therefore I have to kill you." Basically the crux of it.@@michaelshigetani433
Christian Palestinian Lebanese American here, I DON'T stand with Hamas or Hezbollah or the IDF... I stand with co-existence and peace. We're all people at the end of the day... the violence really breaks my heart....
@@ritarigsXYZsame, brother. It's literally making me feel sick and bringing me to tears. 😢
How could you not have seen this conflict coming?
If you feel like tackling the history of this conflict, it's something I would absolutely watch, no matter the length ✌️
I love such an unbiased take on a polarizing conflict.
I very much appreciate your non biased, fact based reporting. You are doing good journalism.
How can you say it’s non biased?
@@samuelphillian1286 What part was biased ?
@@michaelcalland801 the framing of moral equivalency between child murdering rapists and the Jews who simply want to exist
@@samuelphillian1286how is it biased? Which side did he support? Point it out and give a time stamp.
I’m 5 minutes in, so far, it seems incredibly heavily biased in favor of Isreal, avoiding covering any of the policies Isreal had in place for decades to cage the Palestinians in the gaza strip. I’m hoping this vid covers more than just how bad hamas is (which, I agree, is evil, vile, and a group of dogshit terrorists doing dogshit terrorism)
It's very difficult to display even handedness while really portraying how horrifying what's going on is. Thank you, Simon.
Except he never once mentioned that Israel has been placing a strict sanction on everything and everyone in Gaza Strip since 2007, effectively imprisoning 2 million people in a walled city controlled completely by IDF.
Well said
As a French person, hearing about these young people going from having fun to having to run for their lives gives me the sunken feeling as the one I felt on November 13 2015. This violence is senseless, it breaks my heart for all the civilians, Palestinian and Israeli, who've suffered in this conflict.
Not only running for their lives. The emphasis should reside on the 100s that were brutally gunned down while terrified and cowering.
Its a shame to lose every human lifr, but look at the wide picture. How many young Palestinians lost their lives in Israeli bombing before this ? Unfortunately violence begets violence. Why did Israel in retaliation had to attack a hospital and residental tower ?
Israel bombed the hospital and residential tower because that is where humas operates. They use their own Palestinian civilians as shields so that Israel has to kill innocents in order to kill terrorists. It’s so messed up. The good news is that Israel has made efforts to limits the amount of Palestinian citizens killed by sending messages telling them where bombs will be dropped. Unfortunately the terrorists need their civilians for shields to make Israel look bad. Once again that is why Humas operates from hospitals, schools, and apartments. They are maybe the worst people on earth. Pray for Israel.
Ditto the Ukraine, Donbass, South Africa and anywhere else that has been "interfered/regime changed" into awful violence.
@@ahmedkadic4634 Uhh perhaps because the Hamas cowards tend to hide their military setups in such places.
“Didn’t see coming” girl….its been going on FOREVER
Just took 3 days to get a video out. I appreciate all your guy’s hard work!
"hard work" really!
was waiting on this channel to drop a video so i could get an actually objective vid on what happened.
Thanks for the quick upload Simon and team!
Imagine getting your facts about social/war/race/religion from platform restricting speech on these topics?
What about going to the official platforms/sites of both conflicting parties and molding your own opinion? Ofc getting fed random az propaganda is passive process doesn’t require some learning curve.
@@anwarxv9279 yeah no anwar i'm sure that the website of the Israeli government, let alone hamas, isn't filled to the brim with propaganda
(talking about a learning curve like news is a fucking fromsoftware game😂)
This is one of the best analysis I've had the chance to find online or on mainstream media so far. Unbiased, fair, and to the point.
@dantheman2237 but who is a trusted source on the matter?
You can only hold people down for so long....
As a follower of all your channels, as this crisis unfolded I searched for an in-depth understanding of the when, how, & why this conflict began but found no previous videos. Thankful to you & your team for this ‘real time’ analysis & looking forward to all future coverage. The unbiased reporting with only cold hard facts is what I look most forward to. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for all the hard work & effort that goes into the research, writing, & production of this channel & ALL the others. Exceptional Indeed
Ain't a crisis. 😂😂😂 Nor a conflict 🤣😂😂🤣😂 this is just defending the motherlands of palestine. After all 1926 nothing like the Zionist country existed. By your laws palestine deserve freedom too.
There are plenty of documentaries and videos. The triggering events lay before the Israeli declaration of independence and started somewhat before the Transjordan declaration of independence.
The reason why is because the truth cannot be told without at least sounding antisemethic, people don’t want to get cancelled.
A history of the region would be very helpful, going back pre-Sykes-Piquot and Balfour. I've never fully got my head round it and you and the team have a knack for untangling this stuff.
This was all designed after ww2, why the gaza strip is secluded in Israel territory, whom are stretching the cord for years by the cosntruction of western banks, this guys designed a slow grenade... And I would love Jewish people better, if they didn't to this when they are powerful and a US backed nation!!! And I am not even anti-semetic but to have a right wing government!!! History means nothing...
The short version is this:
"After WW2 the british colonised Palestine and started bringing in Eurpoean Jews as immigrants into Palestine, tensions started between the Palestinians and the European Jews and Britian took away weapons from the Palestinians and gave them to the European Jews. Years later a full blown war broke out when the world announced that 'Isreal' is now a country."
Sounds very different from what the media says.
Amm no bro this is not what happened, if you wanna learn what happened before the first world war then you should go search up the jewish "aliot", learn about the pogroms against jews in eastern Europe, the Zionist movement and much more
British always leaving a mess
@@gtpizzabites2 states were proposed from day one in 1948.
The Jews said yes, the arabs said no and started a war. Then all surrounding Arab states declared war in a land grap as the British mandate ended. Egypt sieved gaza, Jordan siezed the west Bank.
Israel occupied both in further wars in the 60s.
They gave gaza insipendence and all was well, no walls were built until hamas started killing civilians
Thank you for reporting facts as unbiased as you could.
For real his coverage of Ukraine and Russia was also pretty unbiased, I was tired of channels covering the topic rooting for Ukraine and wishing fall of Russia
Yes. I absolutely would love for you to do a video on the ancient history of Israel and Palestine. 🇮🇱🙏🏼💙
I'm a long-time follower of all (most?) of Simon's channels.
I live in a suburb of Tel-Aviv just to its south. It was 3-4 AM at night last Friday, and I thought to myself "Oh f@#$ it, it's the weekend, I'll just sleep in until noon or so!"
I am awakened early in the morning and immediately hear an alarm sound, typical of an impending rocket attack from Gaza. I look at the clock on my smartphone and it's 6:30 AM, as I sprint, barefoot, down from my flat on the 3rd floor to the underground shelter. The rest of the events described and analyzed in this video then unfold before me in a completely erratic pace.
It is now the first time I'm legit living through one of the topics Simon covers. It feels... surreal.
Stay safe bro, i hope you got some kind of strategy in place for when shit gets worse...
You have a lot of the world behind you. Stay safe, fight hard.
Hope youre doing ok, stay safe
🙏 Praying for the Bro!
@@sudo3870get used to having your country taken from you. The rest of the world is going to turn your precious Palestine to dust. Not much of a loss.
What a horrible situation, thanks for making this one Simon and the team.
It seems like you gave a pretty fair analysis on the situation. One side unexpectedly suffered horrific losses while the other has been suffering losses for decades that most of us can’t comprehend.
yes but he also said that they attacked first and Israel's response has always been hard
@@jaleelhull941Israel's responses are exactly what you'd expect of a nation whose neighbors have been seeking their destruction since day one. Every nation around them screams "death to Israel" and then want to cry foul when Israel responds in kind. It's not hard to figure out that attacking a nation for 80 years will make them quick to action and highly aggressive.
One side TARGETS civilians while the other calls them to evacuate. One side rapes wemen while the othe treats all wonded
Its like what I've heard all to often as a kid; That if you are being bullied, that's just life, and no one will step in to mediate. but if you respond in kind with swift violence, no matter how justifiable or not, you will be vilified by everyone. No one wins a war of attrition, it only leads to mutually assured distruction of each party involved, whether directly or indirectly.