These college students dont get that they are white privilege projection distilled. They actually believe they can overlay their values and culture on other cultures. They would be the people who would call you racist for pointing out that an uncontacted tribe would put an arrow in their eye on sight. The plaestinians are like 2 steps removed from that. They dont get it. They actually believe they know anything outside their own campus.
👋 Thank you to all the activists pushing for 2 state solutions! President Biden is a consummate politician, and he's sane. He doesn't get butt hurt by disagreement, or act out because he's called names. He actually believes, imo, that he's serving the American people, and that means listening. Hold his feet to the fire! He expects it as our duty to America. Thanks Beau and crew 😊.
Exactly! You may not agree with him on everything, but he cares and listens, considers, and compromises. His personal opinions also change as he learns more. It's exactly what leaders should do!! 😊❤
I agree with Beau. The only way to resolve this justly is like the establishment of the Jewish state itself, it is going to take a multi state solution.
I don't think even a multi (2?) state solution has much chance of solving this. There's too many powers that have too much to gain by ongoing strife, too many people addicted to anger to resist being manipulated by those powers, and nobody in a position (moral, political, or practical) to enforce a peace without becoming the oppressor of the era.
Good points. As much as I get frustrated with him, I do believe he is working in earnest to have the best long-term outcomes, both here and in Israel-Palestine. He also has integrity, which is a rare trait amongst politicians, but one that we need them to have. Thank you 🍀✌️😎
When I think of that I just consider how nuke-happy Trump actually is. Dude wanted to nuke our allies. I firmly believe by this time, if Trump was in office, there would not be 1 Palestinian left
I'd rather have a leader who understands the insane complexity of foreign policy as opposed to a dementia addled orange idiot who doesn't have a clue and makes snap decisions on single items without thinking about how it affects everything else.
Americans, imagine you're living on land you've owned for five generations, and you get a visit from members of the local Native American tribe, fully lawyered up and saying, "Yeah, this has been OUR land since time immemorial, we are taking it back and we've asked China to back us up with threat of force. We don't know where you go from here, but you do have to go. Now." Now imagine all that happened 80 years ago and you've been living as a refugee ever since. You're still trying to get your land back. Neither Canada nor Mexico wants to take in all the displaced Americans, and in any case you want your OWN land Is there a "they should just" simple solution in this situation?
@@beckyheydemann1332 I don't know the answer to that, but the Israeli claim to that land was based on Biblical times, so maybe something less than that?
Because a good portion of the property in pre Israeli Palestine was owned by landlords in other middle eastern countries, i would imagine that it would be more akin to going and demanding your old apartment back after 75 yrs.
This is apples to oranges. Native Americans have an actual claim to the land. Israel is using a 2000 year old fictitious book to “prove ownership.” I hate to nitpick your example, but it doesn’t work and it’s a bit offensive to equate a First Nations ancestral lands to an imperial land grab.
Hey Beau and internet folks. Had 2 ads during this video asking me for just $5 for #45. Looking for the bright spot they are wasting money asking here.
Come to France. I'm getting ads for locally grown linen tee shirts, toothbrushes with replaceable bristle cartridges, sturdy sneakers, and solar panels. And stupid video games.
To me, it sort'a punctuated the basic question asked early on in this video: "What determines foreign policy? -- cuz' it sure ain't democracy." And, the frightening notion: "What if it WAS ?" ...😳 ...especially given OUR current divide over what would SEEM to be a simple question.
Yup. Every time I get one, I let it play to the end and click on the link because click-throughs give Beau more money than just views. Plus it encourages the algorithm to show Beau's vids to more conservative viewers.
“Why can’t the Arab countries take in the Palestinians?” sounds an awful lot like “Why can’t Canada take in the Indians so the United States doesn’t have to admit they exist?”
Arab countries dont take in plaestinians because they hate them and know their culture. They purposely radicalised them to isis beliefs and then abandoned them now that arab nations are secularizing. They just wanted palestine to be a constant thorn in israel. Now theyve moved on. Palestinian culture is still stuck 1000 years ago though.
I love how we walk on egg shells with foreign policy because things are interconnected, but we see nature as something simple to be trampled to death 😥 Once humans put defending life over fictional profit, governments are over!
I am glad you pointed out if people refuse to vote for Biden and he loses the election, anything good he accomplished in this situation will get dumped in the fire by Trump and the GOP. Just like their tossed the deal with Iran and the attempts to open things with Cuba.
Trump’s Project 2025 goals seek to make changing anything even harder. In fact it rips apart everything people on the left care about. So not only would Biden losing trash chances at foreign policy change, it would trash Americans’ ability to even express dissent. Trump literally wants to invoke the insurrection act to deploy the military and national guard to squash protests. Local authorities using police is child’s play compared to that. Does anyone think Trump’s DOJ would investigate and prosecute someone in a red state who attacks protesters who protested against Trump? Anyone contemplating voting against Biden other than in deep red states (and even then we want massive popular vote numbers to rebuke Trumpism) is experiencing a failure of imagination about what America’s future willbe like if Biden does not win.
It's long past time to throw away those keys. That was 75 years ago and most of those people are long dead. A modern regional power has been built where those homes once stood. Deal with reality.
@@lawrenceksyahoocom It might be reality, but those keys aren't trash. My family farm is rocky, has about a 5 inch layer of soil, and takes a ridiculous amount of effort of keep running. It's also where my sister was married, where my nieces and nephews are growing up, where my parents will be buried, where birthdays and Christmases are celebrated. . . if Texas was occupied by Mexico because "it used to be Mexican territory" and we were thrown out and told to go make a new life in Oklahoma because eh, close enough - I would never stop wanting to come home. And building a new life in Oklahoma would be 1000% easier for me than what the Palestinians are facing.
@@Laecy And how many Mexicans would you be willing to kill in honor of that memory? Will your children's children want to kill their children's children?
"You're allowed to put pressure on your politicians." ...unless you're a Republican and can't "speak ill of any fellow Republican." That "commandment" isn't aging well.
thank you for putting this video together. It helps. Sorry I don’t mean to cheapen the subject but if I don’t lighten it some , … Y’all is a perfectly good word I’ve had northern friends even start saying it in Japan . I hope all of y’all are havi’n a great day and that’s from Japan cause I live in Japan
@@benketengu I've long been annoyed with the lack of second person plural in my mother tongue so about 15 years ago I just started saying y'all at all appropriate times. It's great!
"The easiest path is often mined." Probably not a Minecraft reference. Pretty sure "mined" here means the kind you don't want to step on, not the kind you dig in for rock and stone.
In Minecraft the easy path is already mined could also mean that the easy path isn't worth taking because it has no benefit. If it is already mined, there is nothing to be gained by going there.
One thing I learnt a long time ago: 'just' is a four-letter word. It asks the listener to suspend critical judgment. "Why don't you just...?" is never asking for a reason - it's demanding that the listener do something against their better judgment.
@@BetteLouWho I don't think she was trolling, I think that was a for-example. She (JUST) left off the quotation marks. lol. One of our friends from across the pond.
I have a friend who won't vote for Biden because of the mess in Gaza. THIS is the video she needs to see. I don't think that rationality will influence her as she's so idealistic; the complexity of this issue evades her.
Please show it to her anyway. Have you asked her how T45 would deal with it? Because those are our two choices, at the moment. Of course, it depends whether you are in a state where it makes a difference...
Please. What the other reply says. Think of what the orange maniac would allow. Also, remind her that Biden is working his butt off to hold back crazy bb and keep the parties talking to each other. He has no magic wand.
The great tragedy of politics in the US is that fringe voting group desperately looking for any excuse to avoid voting, in many respects they are more of a nonvoter. Some people don't seek to challenge their own opinion as much as they seek to confirm it.
A Palestinian person I know addressed the why can't the Arab countries take them in. They said, it's because if they leave they aren't allowed to go home.
A political science perspective: imagine you were ruling any Arab country. And now imagine that, suddenly, millions of people have to move into your country. Even if you had the busses and planes to move them, which you don't... All of them are uneducated, and deeply deeply traumatized by generations upon generations of war, conflict, learned (and real!) hatred, being ignored/having no real future, and the bad upbringing that inevitably results from all of those things combined. You now have to house all of them. You have to find jobs for them. They need food. They need education. And they probably all need therapy that not even Western nations would be capable of providing - let alone on the scale you need it, and you certainly also lack the quality of Western therapists. Imagine what millions of those people would do to your economy. How their trauma would increase crime rates and domestic violence. How much your own population would protest so many new workers looking for jobs, thereby driving down wages for those who already lived in your country. How many shortages for food and housing it would cause. What all of that would do to inflation. _If_ your country/economy would even survive such a massive shock to the system, you'd _still_ be lucky if the revolution ended you without intentionally-prolonged suffering.... This is why, even if we for a moment presume that Arab nations _truly_ care about Palestinians (and not just to curry favor with their own populations), _no one_ who is smart enough to have gained _any_ power in any Arab nation, would be foolish enough to invite them in... Note: I'm not saying it's right or moral - but it _is_ rational.
Don't be worried about calling Biden names. But if his administration does manage to pull this off, do acknowledge it. "Thank you for listening and working on this goal. ...Next on the agenda...."
I don't realistically see any "thanks" being given. Hearing a lot of "regardless of what happens joe already lost my vote on this one issue, he's doing nothing and enabling [x]/etc"
Imagine you see a $100 bill under a stack of wine glasses. Why don't you just pick up the $100 bill? Now you're a room full of stacked wine glasses. There are bills everywhere. Why hasn't someone picked them up yet? Example: Brittney Griner was arrested by Putin and basically held hostage. A lot of people advocated for her return. They made a lot of noise. This is a double edged sword, because the more noise that is made, the more efforts the US State Depth will undertake, BUT that indicates an increased value for the hostage. The US had to release the 'Merchant of Death' to get her back. It's not simple because all the people involved have their own point of view, and their own political power, and their own agency to act.
It's literally the notion of pulling the rug out from under people. Yes, you get the rug, but you've also toppled all those standing on it. Some who grab a tablecloth on the way down which pulls all the dishes off that table... etc...
The team was right! All good questions and very important. The moral of the story is… watch ALL of Beau’s videos. Thank you, Beau. We are better and smarter and kinder because of the work you and your team do EVERYDAY, multiple times a day!!!
I'm so glad Beau finally did this video. Many of the people in a hobby community I am in sound like the writer of that email, and I just don't know how to get them to see how things actually work. Some of them genuinely think we need to invade Israel and wont listen to reason about how that is a very very bad idea. Most of them thing Biden can "just tell Israel to stop, and to free Palestine." How do they think the US is so powerful? The only mechanism we possess to achieve that is military force... which worked OH SO WELL for us in Afghanistan, Iraq, Vietnam, etc.
The US in the 19 century transplanted indigenous people of different tribes in to the same reservation thinking that their were all the same, some thinking never changes
Also, some whites wanted to free the slaves, but not have them to stay in the US; and so sent them to Liberia instead ...with the notion that all black people were the same.
Not really... they 100% knew groups were of different tribal affiliations... but when you want the indigenous populations dead, its easier to leverage their internal disputes to get them to kill each other when forced to share a space, with minimal resources, which there are not allowed to leave. This tactic also ensures difficulties in coordination and cooperation, with a propensity for leaders to be the main target of animosity, so that the populations "power" is permanently handicapped without structure and leadership. You are being far to "kind" to act as if it was ignorance that "accidentally" lead to the consolidation of tribes on reservations. It was designed to decimate their populations with full knowledge of what was being done. No different then when imprisoned conflicting gang members are placed together.
This also happened in Australia. A country that pre-white man had the most complex political & social system on the planet, which had a total popn of 250,000-300,000. In total. The system was based around "Avoidance relations". Under this system there were groups of people you quite simply couldn't acknowledge the existence of. And we hadda stick together mobs that were actually Avoidance relations into our missions/reserves. That - and the existence of alcohol. Those 2 things were what really screwed those communities from the outset.
@@opieg7333yes and... I think that the folks making those shrewd decisions also put out the propaganda all the same bc it suited the & are inferior argument so that fed the general white xian cultural arrogance and it kept going.
I cannot tell you how lucky I feel to have come across you and your channels Beau. In a virtual universe of content and creators, to stumble upon your channel is nothing short of a miracle. Thanks for the knowledge, level-headedness, and lessons. I appreciate it all.
I'm not at all sure that when Jewish people ask "Why don't Arab countries take in the Palestinians?" they're really mean "Why aren't Arab countries like us?" I feel like for many of them the real question is, "Why won't Arab countries solve Israel's problem of what to do with a gigantic captive population for us in a way that costs Israel absolutely nothing and doesn't force Israel to deal with the injustices inherent in its own founding?"
Adding to your point about why Arab countries are not accepting refugees: Despite international law to the contrary, Palestinians have no right of return. Refugees who fled during the Nakba to Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, etc, were not allowed back into Palestine. Many of them fled with the keys to their homes and have them to this day. It's not a matter of Arabs not having a connection to each other.
Yup, this. "why don't they take the Palestinians in?" sounds to me a lot like "why won't they help Israel kick out the remaining Palestinians and take the rest of the land?"
imagine you were ruling any Arab country. And now imagine that, suddenly, millions of people have to move into your country. Even if you had the busses and planes to move them, which you don't... All of them are uneducated, and deeply deeply traumatized by generations upon generations of war, conflict, learned (and real!) hatred, being ignored/having no real future, and the bad upbringing that inevitably results from all of those things combined. You now have to house all of them. You have to find jobs for them. They need food. They need education. And they probably all need therapy that not even Western nations would be capable of providing - let alone on the scale you need it, and you certainly also lack the quality of Western therapists. Imagine what millions of those people would do to your economy. How their trauma would increase crime rates and domestic violence. How much your own population would protest so many new workers looking for jobs, thereby driving down wages for those who already lived in your country. How many shortages for food and housing it would cause. What all of that would do to inflation. _If_ your country/economy would even survive such a massive shock to the system, you'd _still_ be lucky if the revolution ended you without intentionally-prolonged suffering.... This is why, even if we for a moment presume that Arab nations _truly_ care about Palestinians (and not just to curry favor with their own populations), _no one_ who is smart enough to have gained _any_ power in any Arab nation, would be foolish enough to invite them in... Note that I'm not saying it's right or moral - but it _is_ rational.
11:44 Israel is grabbing land that is left behind and giving it to settlers - I am a person of Jewish heritage (not practicing) and I see the desire to move the Palestinians as a means for Israel to take more of the land that the Palestinians will never be able to return to.
I often see the question asked as an implied criticism of militant Palestinians. Why won't neighboring countries take the war refugees? Temporarily? Until they can return to Palestine? Because countries like Egypt and Jordan have done that in the past. The results were not good for the host countries. In 1970, Jordan killed 10,000 (?) Palestinian refugees and expelled the rest because militant Palestinian elements had formed a "state within a state" and were violent towards the people around them. Therefore, how can Israel be expected to work with people like that to form a durable peace?
@@lawrenceksyahoocomand yet, nobody looks inward regardless of what country they live in, and how would they would react if somebody stole all of theirland and everything they own. this was done from the start and the only reason it was ever a thing, is to secure our interests in the region. I have to disagree with Beau on this one. there is absolutely no reason why we cannot Force Israel back on the land they were given originally in 1948. we don't, because it benefits us to not do so. people that Gave Israelis land had no business doing it in the first place. everything else is just excuses. now we have Israel interfering in our own elections. nobody seems to be concerned about that, least of all our own government. they expect us just to consider this a normal thing.
Beau, I have run across hardline Jewish people who believe Palestinians don't have any right to live in that region. And they know Israel stance on Palestinian refugees aka not letting them back in if they leave. When they ask why Arab countries won't take Palestinians in is asking about doing a bit of cleaning. They know they made Palestinians life hell and are shocked they won't leave their homes. When many Jewish people left their own home country because they did not feel safe. And don't understand why Palestinians won't go live with other people like them. The Israeli right wing to far right wing definitely wants to push Palestinians out that is why you are seeing what we are seeing in Gaza and also Jewish settlements in the west bank.
The thing activists need to realize is they may not get everything they demand, but getting something is success. Too many people believe "winning" is only when you get everything and the others opposing them get nothing.
To the person who wrote the questions, thank you. 1. Consider your family dynamics, how they shift, change or breakdown. That is sort of like foreign policy-so complicated. 2. To you and every young idealist- or older one- Keep your energy focused on pushing all of us to do better, be better. You are the energy behind the spearhead. You remind us of all of when we felt that fire. 3. Your fire for 'justice' gives others a reason to keep fighting for it. To Beau and crew, thanks for these lessons. I learn to see 'better'.
I hope it was easier than my experience trying to explain it to willfully ignorant, militant teens and young adults on the Internet. I never imagined trying to explain Zionism, the Nakba, and the current Israeli Settler Violence against Palestinians to U.S. Jewish college students, but here I am every goddamn day. Naomi Klein's speech from Seder in the Streets gave me some better starting points, and I straight up copied points from other commenters. But the point that really hits home with the Jewish anti-Palestinian protesters is when anti-Semites like John Hagee and Gavin McInnes are cheering on Israel’s actions (committing genocide in Gaza), it really calls into question the Zionist cause.
These are some great questions, I love that young people are actually trying to understand. Because we are counting on them to make this work. Know that your protests are helping change the narrative, and without that we can't get to 2 states.
These protests also give the President and this administration fuel and cover. Simultaneously fueling efforts to find a more permanent solution (frankly, a historically long term US goal) and giving the cover of this issue is causing issues at “home. Being responsive to the electorate’s concerns is what Representative Government is all about.
Who get's to decide what is moral? Someone who thinks it moral to un-alive someone who doesn't follow the same religion? Someone who insists that it is moral (or immoral) to follow no religion? Who get's to decide what is moral, and what is not? Sometimes your morality is my atrocity, and vice versa. THAT is what makes morality difficult in any policy. The more people you add, the more difficult it gets.
IKR? After all where did Kissinger's Realpolitik get us? It left us worse off in every way. We could at least try to not be evil, couldn't be any worse.
I've been wondering for months why Arab countries won't take them in. I read an article that was about how Palestinians are wondering why people in Arab nations aren't protesting for them like the kids here. I was frankly in shock that Palestinians don't understand the difference between protesting in the US and protesting in, say, Iran. The protesters here have been treated horribly but it's nothing compared to what they will do to them in an actual authoritarian nation. Those people wouldn't dare protest anything
Protests in other Arab countries have been huge in the 100,000s. You won't see it covered on US msm. As for not taking refugees, they have already accepted millions from the nakba and other israeli aggressions over the past 75 years.
If you really want to understand why, you need to understand why it’s not that simple. That means learning history. Learning history is hard, and it means consuming Arab and Israeli sources as well as stuff written by people from outside the region. The short answer people don’t mention is that refugees have been taken in and then used as political pawns, and there have been terrorist attacks and coup attempts against host governments. Look up Black September.
Most Arab countries have some form of Monarchy or authoritarian government. The Palestinians are among the most educated Arab populations, and fairly secular. See the problem for Kings and Dictators if they introduce a desperate, highly educated population into their traditional, undemocratic regimes? Palestinians are regarded as risky to absorb by the Arab countries. 400 million people could easily absorb 1% of their populations.
and why do the EU not solve the problem of the Ukrainian people. If they can just take in all of them, so Russia can take over the rest of the land then the war is over. Not sure if needed to mention, but naturally /s
Yeah! I'm a cis woman, and nothing quite makes my skin crawl as much as being referred to as "you guys". I can "dude" all day long, but "you guys" me, and I automatically assume that you're not really interested in including me in whatever it is that you have to say. I've argued with so many people IRL, like they can tell me how to feel about it. I also do not respond to being included in the term "lady/ladies" because of all the connotations that charged term still carries here in the southern US.
Just north of Pittsburgh, in Butler, a complex group is addressed as "yinzes" or even "yinzeses". Analogous to "all y'all", but crazy sounding, even to those of us who grew up 26 miles farther north.
Not everyone wants to be taught new things. It's much more comfortable to stick your fingers into your ears and yell "but my morals are just!" It takes a lot of courage to want to learn about uncomfortable/immoral things...
Welcome to Professor Beau’s short course, Welcome to the World of Nothing is Simple. Enjoy Your Stay. This is the best chance in almost 50 years. Like climate change, this should have been effectively addressed in the ‘70’s.
This was excellent, Beau and team ♥️ I dare say many have been wondering these questions, and you provide such clarity that we all can go forward. The only thing that disturbed my focus was the laughable ad breaks with Don Jr. asking for money for his dad's campaign because he is being held accountable for his criminal actions. Thank you, you keep me calm.
I do like this simple definition. It may be more idealistic, but I think it most closely represents what agencies such as UNICEF or UNRWA do, handle situations on the ground, in country.
Tell me if Palestinians that left would every be allowed back? That is why the question is stupid. Clearly Israelis want their land, and Arabs understand this.
Arabs have also always wanted "their land", which is a big factor in many Palestinians not being 'allowed back'. Unfortunate events set us on this timeline.
@@margaretnicol3423 I used to teach a national certification course in my field of the time. We put a classroom into our facility, rectangular in shape with me teaching from one end. First thing I did in preparation was to make the entire wall behind me dry erase - like 8' by 16'. Absolutely awesome! Katie could rule the world with a board like that.
Why does this read like a bot comment? Just thought I'd try it out as well. Fair is fair. Honestly, I don't get it. What's the point? Is ones life enriched by that?
@@aylbdrmadison1051 If I can figure out why you sounded like one of the porn bots, I could potentially figure out where they're coming from, but go off. I actually had to check your picture to make sure it was another bot to report. I was surprised to see it wasn't.
@@hattielankford4775 : I didn't. Your comment is just as "bot-like." I quoted something Beau says a lot _"A diversity of tactics"_ and time-stamped the part of the video I was talking about. Bots don't do that. I don't care if you can explain how you made the mistake, but it seems by your lack of apology that you'll just do it again to someone else who also doesn't deserve your derision. Also; where they're coming from is scamming.
The UN Security Council never ratified partition. The UN General Assembly voted to recommend partition, but it can only advise. It has no policy making power.
IMHO - The pressure is coming from the major disagreement with Netanyahu's insane war effort of death and destruction... a thousand times more than any protest here.
It's all of it, it's all connected (huh, I feel like I just heard someone say that 🤔). It's the protests, it's the polling numbers, it's the people calling their representatives, it's the disproportionate response from Israel, it's the fact that Biden fancies himself as a foreign policy expert, it's the fact that this is occurring under a Democratic president and the two-state solution is their long-standing I/P position, it's the fact that the Saudis are trying to tie this to normalization. It's all of these things and more, nothing happens in a vacuum.
Netanyahu is pushing the envelope all the way off the table to get trump re-elected POTUS. This will be devastating for the people of Gaza. Hamas doesn't care.
As for the concept of pressure, I also consider that it may have given the much needed cover/ excuse to make a shift in policy. I have seen many calls for such, but no one who has ever actually worked this hard towards a two-state solution during my lifetime; largely because of pressure not to do so (from my interpretation). However, please don't gloss over how important it is to keep an administration in place that is actually open to seeing it through should this actually happen. Situations like this are longer than a marathon and will need global political support for years to take hold.
How many ledges have you talked people down from? I don’t know the exact number but my guess would be innumerable! Bless you and your team y’all are amazing people thank you.❤🇨🇦
It would be nice if it was one state and they co-existed with equal rights. You know something like a western democracy since thats what funds its defense.
18:16 Beau's reaction to this made my heart sing! A diversity of tactics (diversity is life).❤🌍🌎🌏🌐 These questions are soooo good. And I love how this person truly cares about the world we all share.
You rock! I love the heart, energy, and insight you bring with your comments. Hope your day and other things are going well for you! Respect and hugs from the River Delta! 🌊✌️😸💚 Ps. Keep your eye out for the Tunnel Project trying to sneak back into play. Supposedly something going on within the groundwater recharge discussions. SoCal has got to figure this out on their own. We need to preserve our marshes, estuaries, and rivers.🐾
"That we can,t call bad bad." 3:35. That one resinated. Feels like your not allowed to do that with either side. All in or your an enemy . No critcism allowed.
A subtle difference between Canada and the US - nobody says y'all, and the only people who say ma'am are trying to get assaulted by the woman they're talking to.
The reason foreign policy people hear 'ethnic cleansing' when the question 'why won't they take in the Palestinians?' is that the assumption that the Palestinian people need to leave is built in to the question. The Palestinian people wouldn't be displaced from their homeland if the Israeli people could share it. Palestine is the homeland of both peoples. That's why a two-state solution is necessary. This means both must recognize and respect the other's inherent rights to exist in their homeland first then work out what that's going to look like from there. Is it going to continue to look like neighbours fighting to force each other out of the neighbourhood, or can they someday have a block party celebrating each other's rich culture and sharing their love of the homeland they, in fact, share? Admittedly the block party would be a long way away, but how many people need to die before they accept the very real fact that two cultures share a homeland? I also acknowledge the fact that I share my homeland with the Anishinaabe. To me and to a growing number of my friends, those are not empty words. Anishinaabe and Canadian people share the same homeland and we are separate, distinct nations/cultures. Only when we recognize that the other nation has as much right to exist can we find solutions to the problems that arise from sharing resources and lands. We have a long way and many swings of the pendulum to go to get to our own block party but I believe it can be done.
Well, at least in referring to a group by a gender neutral contraction, the south has been well ahead of the curve, but if we look at anything we else at all (except maybe the best foods, but that's another conversation 😂), we might find that's not always true 😂
Your statements about activists vs Biden's two state goal are helping me to forgive my old friends who are screaming vitriol at the Democrats. Having been through this with the Vietnam war protests, I should have known. I also remember how torn apart my generation still is because of that.
Thank you Beau for the explanation of seemingly undying support from US/ US media (abhorrent)for the atrocities the IDF and Netanyahu have committed. I haven’t finished the video yet but your explanation made it more clear for me Saudi Arabia connection.. location. I knew all that but you put it together in a way that was easy to understand. ITS LIKE A BALL OF YARN 🧶 was my take away. You can’t make this “move” without this unraveling 🤓 FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸
Yes, and that is why overly simplistic saying like "Free Palestine" are HUGELY problematic. They take that ball of yarn, and turn it into a single piece of lint. You really should consider stopping that behavior.
@@littlebitofhope1489 Behavior? Following me pretty closely 🫡 Don’t tell Mike Johnson 🤫 Lit bit of hope isn’t too HOPEFULL FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸 I reconsidered
I wonder if most people appreciate your experience, knowledge, and integrity. As somebody who is a perpetual skeptic. I do. Thank you for what you do. This was very informative
the question was how does the state dept overlook all of the current displacement / death. Who says they are overlooking it. They are trying to decide what to do in spite of seeing the horrific results of where we are. There needs to be evidence that the State Department is actually overlooking this, before the question of how they overlook it makes sense.
Pre 2020 election, I watched as some leftists and progressives argued for and against voting for Biden. Those that encouraged voting for him would say, "He can be pushed left" and those against thoroughly mocked that thought. Those who didn't want to vote for him felt that way because he wasn't progressive enough and never would be for them. Whereas a good number of those that argued voting for him understood that but also understood we wouldn't get the kind of large progressive changes desired within the electoral system. But we could still get some things done. So what's said at 18:48 is pretty validating.
Why not tell people that we care about geopolitics because we consume so much of the world's resources for the lifestyle that most of us dream about and most of us used to have, that we have to be in control of certain regions. And that control is more important than all of our rhetoric about peace and freedom. Tell him everything that politicians say about that is BS because what the nation really needs is stability. Whenever we're willing to change our lifestyle on the aggregate well, then we can be laissez-faire about the rest of the world and just concentrate on continental defense.?
I’ve only seen that guy’s name once, saying that the Russians have an inherent right to conquer and crush the Ukrainian state & people, because Moscow was a great power once or some such. I don’t know why we should listen to someone who has views like that
@@JABN97 Noam has some good views, but he fallen in the trap US bad so anything that opposes US interest is good. He condemns US funding SA who arms a faction in the Yemen civil war. But really doesn't condemn Iran for doing the same.
@@DubhghlasMacDubhghlas that does not sound to me like a man who’s ideas and theories are sound, theoretically or ideology coherent, insightful or worth listing too. Though I suppose even a broken clock is right twice a day, what has he done or said that actually is worth considering? Because as I’ve said, I’ve heard his name dropped a few times, mostly in regards to his view of Ukraine, and frankly don’t know why people see him as an authority figure.
@@JABN97 You still listen to what people say even if you disagree with them. They can be wrong with one thing right on the other. Just to dismiss someone completely is just silly over one topic.
Kudos to the person asking the questions, challenging yourself and your preconceptions (even those that go against what feels right to you) is the hallmark of a true academic.
Regarding the question on how do the parties get past those that have been lost. People engaged in suing for peace unfortunately cannot help those who have lost their lives in the conflict, but they can help the living if they succeed. It is this hurdle that it seems the Israeli government and the IDF cannot get past.
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“Your job as an activist is to effect change. It’s not to have the most radical take in the room. It’s to actually succeed.”
Perfectly stated.
But you know - clickbait...
These college students dont get that they are white privilege projection distilled. They actually believe they can overlay their values and culture on other cultures. They would be the people who would call you racist for pointing out that an uncontacted tribe would put an arrow in their eye on sight. The plaestinians are like 2 steps removed from that. They dont get it. They actually believe they know anything outside their own campus.
Paid activists? I thought they were students and their job is to study.
I always put it this way, for just about any situation - do you want to be "right" or do you want to win?
@@KeeganRobbins Good point. Most activists are wrong about what they are fighting for!
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Thank you to all the activists pushing for 2 state solutions! President Biden is a consummate politician, and he's sane. He doesn't get butt hurt by disagreement, or act out because he's called names. He actually believes, imo, that he's serving the American people, and that means listening. Hold his feet to the fire! He expects it as our duty to America.
Thanks Beau and crew 😊.
Exactly! You may not agree with him on everything, but he cares and listens, considers, and compromises. His personal opinions also change as he learns more. It's exactly what leaders should do!! 😊❤
I am glad we have Biden in office.
I agree with Beau. The only way to resolve this justly is like the establishment of the Jewish state itself, it is going to take a multi state solution.
I don't think even a multi (2?) state solution has much chance of solving this. There's too many powers that have too much to gain by ongoing strife, too many people addicted to anger to resist being manipulated by those powers, and nobody in a position (moral, political, or practical) to enforce a peace without becoming the oppressor of the era.
Good points. As much as I get frustrated with him, I do believe he is working in earnest to have the best long-term outcomes, both here and in Israel-Palestine. He also has integrity, which is a rare trait amongst politicians, but one that we need them to have.
Thank you 🍀✌️😎
“Just” ask yourself if you want a president who understands the complexity of foreign policy or one who can’t stay awake during his own trial.
I keep thinking how lucky for the world that it's Biden dealing with all of this
When I think of that I just consider how nuke-happy Trump actually is. Dude wanted to nuke our allies. I firmly believe by this time, if Trump was in office, there would not be 1 Palestinian left
I agree 👍🏻 @@angelikalindenau943
Maybe the guy stammering about "ancient hatreds" and summing up the protests as hate speech isn't better
I'd rather have a leader who understands the insane complexity of foreign policy as opposed to a dementia addled orange idiot who doesn't have a clue and makes snap decisions on single items without thinking about how it affects everything else.
Americans, imagine you're living on land you've owned for five generations, and you get a visit from members of the local Native American tribe, fully lawyered up and saying, "Yeah, this has been OUR land since time immemorial, we are taking it back and we've asked China to back us up with threat of force. We don't know where you go from here, but you do have to go. Now."
Now imagine all that happened 80 years ago and you've been living as a refugee ever since. You're still trying to get your land back. Neither Canada nor Mexico wants to take in all the displaced Americans, and in any case you want your OWN land
Is there a "they should just" simple solution in this situation?
How many generations does it take for a population to claim “this is ours”? How far back do you go to determine any kind of ownership?
@@beckyheydemann1332 I don't know the answer to that, but the Israeli claim to that land was based on Biblical times, so maybe something less than that?
Because a good portion of the property in pre Israeli Palestine was owned by landlords in other middle eastern countries, i would imagine that it would be more akin to going and demanding your old apartment back after 75 yrs.
@@shawnsmith-ow9yzThat's a bs response. They were living there regardless of who the colonial overlords were.
This is apples to oranges. Native Americans have an actual claim to the land. Israel is using a 2000 year old fictitious book to “prove ownership.” I hate to nitpick your example, but it doesn’t work and it’s a bit offensive to equate a First Nations ancestral lands to an imperial land grab.
I'm loving the explanation of foreign policy that pushes back against the simple minded armchair wisdom of so many people online.
I wish EVERYONE watched Beau
Beau is a big part in why I’m studying foreign policy now
Me too! I think (hope) that people come to an understanding that not everything is black and white.
Professor Beau, this channel is his after class conversation.
Hey Beau and internet folks. Had 2 ads during this video asking me for just $5 for #45. Looking for the bright spot they are wasting money asking here.
Come to France. I'm getting ads for locally grown linen tee shirts, toothbrushes with replaceable bristle cartridges, sturdy sneakers, and solar panels. And stupid video games.
Exactly! 45 is giving Beau money!
@@chezmoi42That almost sounds heavenly after constant political ads (especially DJT) and Medicare advantage ads. 😂
To me, it sort'a punctuated the basic question asked early on in this video:
"What determines foreign policy?
-- cuz' it sure ain't democracy."
And, the frightening notion:
"What if it WAS ?" ...😳
...especially given OUR current divide over what would SEEM to be a simple question.
Yup. Every time I get one, I let it play to the end and click on the link because click-throughs give Beau more money than just views. Plus it encourages the algorithm to show Beau's vids to more conservative viewers.
“Why can’t the Arab countries take in the Palestinians?” sounds an awful lot like “Why can’t Canada take in the Indians so the United States doesn’t have to admit they exist?”
Arab countries dont take in plaestinians because they hate them and know their culture. They purposely radicalised them to isis beliefs and then abandoned them now that arab nations are secularizing. They just wanted palestine to be a constant thorn in israel. Now theyve moved on. Palestinian culture is still stuck 1000 years ago though.
I love how we walk on egg shells with foreign policy because things are interconnected, but we see nature as something simple to be trampled to death 😥
Once humans put defending life over fictional profit, governments are over!
Probably not governments. Possibly never ending expansion at everyone's expense.
The reason we have governments is we can't trust people to do the right thing and we need government to keep people honest.
“Imagine there’s no countries…Nothing to kill or die for…”
"Progress"?
@@anothermike4825good thing I wasn't trying to swallow anything here. You're talking in theory, right?
I am glad you pointed out if people refuse to vote for Biden and he loses the election, anything good he accomplished in this situation will get dumped in the fire by Trump and the GOP. Just like their tossed the deal with Iran and the attempts to open things with Cuba.
And the climate agreement and the plan to deal with pandemics.
Trump’s Project 2025 goals seek to make changing anything even harder. In fact it rips apart everything people on the left care about.
So not only would Biden losing trash chances at foreign policy change, it would trash Americans’ ability to even express dissent.
Trump literally wants to invoke the insurrection act to deploy the military and national guard to squash protests. Local authorities using police is child’s play compared to that.
Does anyone think Trump’s DOJ would investigate and prosecute someone in a red state who attacks protesters who protested against Trump? Anyone contemplating voting against Biden other than in deep red states (and even then we want massive popular vote numbers to rebuke Trumpism) is experiencing a failure of imagination about what America’s future willbe like if Biden does not win.
... and we could lose our entire Republic.
Shit then maybe he should stop his party from shit talking the kids
@@deamoncohln9506 "he should stop his party from..." 😅. Tell me you are clueless about the Dem party without telling me.
Every family in Gaza, there's someone wearing a key on string. The key to their house in Israel that they fled from in 1948.
It's long past time to throw away those keys. That was 75 years ago and most of those people are long dead. A modern regional power has been built where those homes once stood. Deal with reality.
@@lawrenceksyahoocom Good luck with the election. Deal with that reality.
@@lawrenceksyahoocom It might be reality, but those keys aren't trash. My family farm is rocky, has about a 5 inch layer of soil, and takes a ridiculous amount of effort of keep running. It's also where my sister was married, where my nieces and nephews are growing up, where my parents will be buried, where birthdays and Christmases are celebrated. . . if Texas was occupied by Mexico because "it used to be Mexican territory" and we were thrown out and told to go make a new life in Oklahoma because eh, close enough - I would never stop wanting to come home.
And building a new life in Oklahoma would be 1000% easier for me than what the Palestinians are facing.
@@Laecy Great analogy! I may have to borrow it. ✌️😎🍀
@@Laecy And how many Mexicans would you be willing to kill in honor of that memory? Will your children's children want to kill their children's children?
If there was a simple solution, the problem would have been solved already.
Unless someone was profiting from it in some way.
"You're allowed to put pressure on your politicians."
...unless you're a Republican and can't "speak ill of any fellow Republican." That "commandment" isn't aging well.
It shouldn't be. That's not how American politics was ever meant to work.
Unless you criticize the Democrats and then a bunch of centrists will accuse you of supporting Trump.
thank you for putting this video together. It helps.
Sorry I don’t mean to cheapen the subject but if I don’t lighten it some , …
Y’all is a perfectly good word I’ve had northern friends even start saying it in Japan . I hope all of y’all are havi’n a great day and that’s from Japan cause I live in Japan
@@benketengu I've long been annoyed with the lack of second person plural in my mother tongue so about 15 years ago I just started saying y'all at all appropriate times. It's great!
"The easiest path is often mined." Probably not a Minecraft reference. Pretty sure "mined" here means the kind you don't want to step on, not the kind you dig in for rock and stone.
Yeah that saying is definitely from me and it's definitely about the kind you don't want to step on
It originated as one of Murphys laws of war
Counter point. That would be a good saying for mining, too.
It was turned into a Minecraft meme
In Minecraft the easy path is already mined could also mean that the easy path isn't worth taking because it has no benefit. If it is already mined, there is nothing to be gained by going there.
One thing I learnt a long time ago: 'just' is a four-letter word. It asks the listener to suspend critical judgment. "Why don't you just...?" is never asking for a reason - it's demanding that the listener do something against their better judgment.
Like, why don't you just shut up? 🥴
@@BetteLouWho I don't think she was trolling, I think that was a for-example. She (JUST) left off the quotation marks. lol. One of our friends from across the pond.
No such thing as a 'just' job.
@@presentfuture7563 Yes. I took her remark as that, an example. One most of us have heard at some point or another in our lives. ✌️😎
@@presentfuture7563 As the OP, that's how I took it.
I have a friend who won't vote for Biden because of the mess in Gaza. THIS is the video she needs to see. I don't think that rationality will influence her as she's so idealistic; the complexity of this issue evades her.
Please show it to her anyway. Have you asked her how T45 would deal with it? Because those are our two choices, at the moment.
Of course, it depends whether you are in a state where it makes a difference...
Please. What the other reply says. Think of what the orange maniac would allow.
Also, remind her that Biden is working his butt off to hold back crazy bb and keep the parties talking to each other. He has no magic wand.
Try anyway & watch with her if possible.
The great tragedy of politics in the US is that fringe voting group desperately looking for any excuse to avoid voting, in many respects they are more of a nonvoter.
Some people don't seek to challenge their own opinion as much as they seek to confirm it.
There are those who seek an excuse not to vote.
They seek to confirm an opinion rather than potentially challenge it.
This is something I have seen.
A Palestinian person I know addressed the why can't the Arab countries take them in. They said, it's because if they leave they aren't allowed to go home.
Absolute Truth.
A political science perspective:
imagine you were ruling any Arab country.
And now imagine that, suddenly, millions of people have to move into your country.
Even if you had the busses and planes to move them, which you don't... All of them are uneducated, and deeply deeply traumatized by generations upon generations of war, conflict, learned (and real!) hatred, being ignored/having no real future, and the bad upbringing that inevitably results from all of those things combined.
You now have to house all of them. You have to find jobs for them. They need food. They need education. And they probably all need therapy that not even Western nations would be capable of providing - let alone on the scale you need it, and you certainly also lack the quality of Western therapists.
Imagine what millions of those people would do to your economy. How their trauma would increase crime rates and domestic violence. How much your own population would protest so many new workers looking for jobs, thereby driving down wages for those who already lived in your country. How many shortages for food and housing it would cause. What all of that would do to inflation.
_If_ your country/economy would even survive such a massive shock to the system, you'd _still_ be lucky if the revolution ended you without intentionally-prolonged suffering....
This is why, even if we for a moment presume that Arab nations _truly_ care about Palestinians (and not just to curry favor with their own populations), _no one_ who is smart enough to have gained _any_ power in any Arab nation, would be foolish enough to invite them in...
Note: I'm not saying it's right or moral - but it _is_ rational.
Don't be worried about calling Biden names. But if his administration does manage to pull this off, do acknowledge it. "Thank you for listening and working on this goal. ...Next on the agenda...."
I don't realistically see any "thanks" being given.
Hearing a lot of "regardless of what happens joe already lost my vote on this one issue, he's doing nothing and enabling [x]/etc"
@@masterchief9291 I agree, but if I'm asking people to find common cause where they can, the least I can do is be hopeful they will.
Imagine you see a $100 bill under a stack of wine glasses. Why don't you just pick up the $100 bill?
Now you're a room full of stacked wine glasses. There are bills everywhere. Why hasn't someone picked them up yet?
Example: Brittney Griner was arrested by Putin and basically held hostage. A lot of people advocated for her return. They made a lot of noise. This is a double edged sword, because the more noise that is made, the more efforts the US State Depth will undertake, BUT that indicates an increased value for the hostage. The US had to release the 'Merchant of Death' to get her back.
It's not simple because all the people involved have their own point of view, and their own political power, and their own agency to act.
It's literally the notion of pulling the rug out from under people.
Yes, you get the rug, but you've also toppled all those standing on it. Some who grab a tablecloth on the way down which pulls all the dishes off that table... etc...
@@AdamBladeTaylor Maybe a magician?
The team was right! All good questions and very important. The moral of the story is… watch ALL of Beau’s videos. Thank you, Beau. We are better and smarter and kinder because of the work you and your team do EVERYDAY, multiple times a day!!!
I'm so glad Beau finally did this video. Many of the people in a hobby community I am in sound like the writer of that email, and I just don't know how to get them to see how things actually work. Some of them genuinely think we need to invade Israel and wont listen to reason about how that is a very very bad idea. Most of them thing Biden can "just tell Israel to stop, and to free Palestine." How do they think the US is so powerful? The only mechanism we possess to achieve that is military force... which worked OH SO WELL for us in Afghanistan, Iraq, Vietnam, etc.
The US in the 19 century transplanted indigenous people of different tribes in to the same reservation thinking that their were all the same, some thinking never changes
Also, some whites wanted to free the slaves, but not have them to stay in the US; and so sent them to Liberia instead ...with the notion that all black people were the same.
Do Native Americans want to send all whites to England?
Not really... they 100% knew groups were of different tribal affiliations... but when you want the indigenous populations dead, its easier to leverage their internal disputes to get them to kill each other when forced to share a space, with minimal resources, which there are not allowed to leave. This tactic also ensures difficulties in coordination and cooperation, with a propensity for leaders to be the main target of animosity, so that the populations "power" is permanently handicapped without structure and leadership.
You are being far to "kind" to act as if it was ignorance that "accidentally" lead to the consolidation of tribes on reservations. It was designed to decimate their populations with full knowledge of what was being done. No different then when imprisoned conflicting gang members are placed together.
This also happened in Australia.
A country that pre-white man had the most complex political & social system on the planet, which had a total popn of 250,000-300,000. In total.
The system was based around "Avoidance relations". Under this system there were groups of people you quite simply couldn't acknowledge the existence of. And we hadda stick together mobs that were actually Avoidance relations into our missions/reserves.
That - and the existence of alcohol. Those 2 things were what really screwed those communities from the outset.
@@opieg7333yes and... I think that the folks making those shrewd decisions also put out the propaganda all the same bc it suited the & are inferior argument so that fed the general white xian cultural arrogance and it kept going.
I cannot tell you how lucky I feel to have come across you and your channels Beau. In a virtual universe of content and creators, to stumble upon your channel is nothing short of a miracle. Thanks for the knowledge, level-headedness, and lessons. I appreciate it all.
I'm not at all sure that when Jewish people ask "Why don't Arab countries take in the Palestinians?" they're really mean "Why aren't Arab countries like us?" I feel like for many of them the real question is, "Why won't Arab countries solve Israel's problem of what to do with a gigantic captive population for us in a way that costs Israel absolutely nothing and doesn't force Israel to deal with the injustices inherent in its own founding?"
What is the "founding injustices" ?
Adding to your point about why Arab countries are not accepting refugees: Despite international law to the contrary, Palestinians have no right of return. Refugees who fled during the Nakba to Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, etc, were not allowed back into Palestine. Many of them fled with the keys to their homes and have them to this day. It's not a matter of Arabs not having a connection to each other.
That's actually sad 😢
Yup, this. "why don't they take the Palestinians in?" sounds to me a lot like "why won't they help Israel kick out the remaining Palestinians and take the rest of the land?"
Back into Palestine? Where is that exactly?
imagine you were ruling any Arab country.
And now imagine that, suddenly, millions of people have to move into your country.
Even if you had the busses and planes to move them, which you don't... All of them are uneducated, and deeply deeply traumatized by generations upon generations of war, conflict, learned (and real!) hatred, being ignored/having no real future, and the bad upbringing that inevitably results from all of those things combined.
You now have to house all of them. You have to find jobs for them. They need food. They need education. And they probably all need therapy that not even Western nations would be capable of providing - let alone on the scale you need it, and you certainly also lack the quality of Western therapists.
Imagine what millions of those people would do to your economy. How their trauma would increase crime rates and domestic violence. How much your own population would protest so many new workers looking for jobs, thereby driving down wages for those who already lived in your country. How many shortages for food and housing it would cause. What all of that would do to inflation.
_If_ your country/economy would even survive such a massive shock to the system, you'd _still_ be lucky if the revolution ended you without intentionally-prolonged suffering....
This is why, even if we for a moment presume that Arab nations _truly_ care about Palestinians (and not just to curry favor with their own populations), _no one_ who is smart enough to have gained _any_ power in any Arab nation, would be foolish enough to invite them in...
Note that I'm not saying it's right or moral - but it _is_ rational.
@@masterchief9291find a map from 1947 or Earlier for your Answer!
11:44 Israel is grabbing land that is left behind and giving it to settlers - I am a person of Jewish heritage (not practicing) and I see the desire to move the Palestinians as a means for Israel to take more of the land that the Palestinians will never be able to return to.
Agreed
It's settler colonialism plain and simple.
I often see the question asked as an implied criticism of militant Palestinians. Why won't neighboring countries take the war refugees? Temporarily? Until they can return to Palestine? Because countries like Egypt and Jordan have done that in the past. The results were not good for the host countries. In 1970, Jordan killed 10,000 (?) Palestinian refugees and expelled the rest because militant Palestinian elements had formed a "state within a state" and were violent towards the people around them. Therefore, how can Israel be expected to work with people like that to form a durable peace?
@@lawrenceksyahoocomand yet, nobody looks inward regardless of what country they live in, and how would they would react if somebody stole all of theirland and everything they own.
this was done from the start and the only reason it was ever a thing, is to secure our interests in the region. I have to disagree with Beau on this one.
there is absolutely no reason why we cannot Force Israel back on the land they were given originally in 1948.
we don't, because it benefits us to not do so. people that Gave Israelis land had no business doing it in the first place. everything else is just excuses.
now we have Israel interfering in our own elections. nobody seems to be concerned about that, least of all our own government. they expect us just to consider this a normal thing.
@@lawrenceksyahoocom irrelevant.
Beau, I have run across hardline Jewish people who believe Palestinians don't have any right to live in that region. And they know Israel stance on Palestinian refugees aka not letting them back in if they leave. When they ask why Arab countries won't take Palestinians in is asking about doing a bit of cleaning. They know they made Palestinians life hell and are shocked they won't leave their homes. When many Jewish people left their own home country because they did not feel safe. And don't understand why Palestinians won't go live with other people like them.
The Israeli right wing to far right wing definitely wants to push Palestinians out that is why you are seeing what we are seeing in Gaza and also Jewish settlements in the west bank.
And Jared Kushner is working with Bibi and his regime to build vacation rentals along the sea.
The thing activists need to realize is they may not get everything they demand, but getting something is success. Too many people believe "winning" is only when you get everything and the others opposing them get nothing.
Which is why it's advantageous to at the very least seem displeased to show you would have preferred more.
Yeah, I actually have a huge problem with this mentality.
That's a sum zero mentality. I've heard it from Tre45on, empty green, and many repugnicants.
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. --H. L. Mencken
Of course it's Mencken. He may have been a bigot, but he had an extremely clear eyed view of politics and politicians.
Biden not getting reelected is what worries me.
Trump getting re elected worries me more.
@UnashamedCaliforniagirl Yes...that would be the alternative, wouldn't it?
To the person who wrote the questions, thank you.
1. Consider your family dynamics, how they shift, change or breakdown. That is sort of like foreign policy-so complicated.
2. To you and every young idealist- or older one- Keep your energy focused on pushing all of us to do better, be better. You are the energy behind the spearhead. You remind us of all of when we felt that fire.
3. Your fire for 'justice' gives others a reason to keep fighting for it.
To Beau and crew, thanks for these lessons. I learn to see 'better'.
If I could retweet this, I would. All of us, old & young, need to encourage each other to be active in our communities, local, national & global.
It all comes down to is - like what Joe's doing or not it's better than handing over to Trumpery! Vote Blue - for everyone's sake!
Another great discussion from professor Beau of the tool shed institute of foreign policy studies.
I never imagined I’d be defining Zionism to my Jewish mother.
I never thought I would be siding with the Jews but here I am...
@@imperialmotoring3789 well I’m one of them, so I guess you’re siding with me in criticizing Israel?
@@ericew576 i hope your conversations with your loved ones go ok. ❤
@@greenspitfire17 thanks mate! ❤
I hope it was easier than my experience trying to explain it to willfully ignorant, militant teens and young adults on the Internet.
I never imagined trying to explain Zionism, the Nakba, and the current Israeli Settler Violence against Palestinians to U.S. Jewish college students, but here I am every goddamn day. Naomi Klein's speech from Seder in the Streets gave me some better starting points, and I straight up copied points from other commenters. But the point that really hits home with the Jewish anti-Palestinian protesters is when anti-Semites like John Hagee and Gavin McInnes are cheering on Israel’s actions (committing genocide in Gaza), it really calls into question the Zionist cause.
These are some great questions, I love that young people are actually trying to understand. Because we are counting on them to make this work. Know that your protests are helping change the narrative, and without that we can't get to 2 states.
The Palestinians are stuck between Hamas who antagonizes Israel and the PA who appeases them.
These protests also give the President and this administration fuel and cover. Simultaneously fueling efforts to find a more permanent solution (frankly, a historically long term US goal) and giving the cover of this issue is causing issues at “home. Being responsive to the electorate’s concerns is what Representative Government is all about.
Professor Beau, thank you for another lesson. Sincerely, Boomer Bob
Maybe there SHOULD BE some morality in freaking foreign policy, eh?!
Would make the world better
Who get's to decide what is moral? Someone who thinks it moral to un-alive someone who doesn't follow the same religion? Someone who insists that it is moral (or immoral) to follow no religion? Who get's to decide what is moral, and what is not? Sometimes your morality is my atrocity, and vice versa. THAT is what makes morality difficult in any policy. The more people you add, the more difficult it gets.
IKR? After all where did Kissinger's Realpolitik get us? It left us worse off in every way.
We could at least try to not be evil, couldn't be any worse.
3:23 : It's not the kind of mine in Minecraft; it's the kind of mine in Minesweeper (if anyone still plays that).
I've been wondering for months why Arab countries won't take them in. I read an article that was about how Palestinians are wondering why people in Arab nations aren't protesting for them like the kids here. I was frankly in shock that Palestinians don't understand the difference between protesting in the US and protesting in, say, Iran. The protesters here have been treated horribly but it's nothing compared to what they will do to them in an actual authoritarian nation. Those people wouldn't dare protest anything
The second arab countries take in Palestinians enmasse is when the dispossession of their land will be complete. They will never see home again.
Protests in other Arab countries have been huge in the 100,000s. You won't see it covered on US msm. As for not taking refugees, they have already accepted millions from the nakba and other israeli aggressions over the past 75 years.
If you really want to understand why, you need to understand why it’s not that simple.
That means learning history. Learning history is hard, and it means consuming Arab and Israeli sources as well as stuff written by people from outside the region.
The short answer people don’t mention is that refugees have been taken in and then used as political pawns, and there have been terrorist attacks and coup attempts against host governments. Look up Black September.
Most Arab countries have some form of Monarchy or authoritarian government. The Palestinians are among the most educated Arab populations, and fairly secular. See the problem for Kings and Dictators if they introduce a desperate, highly educated population into their traditional, undemocratic regimes? Palestinians are regarded as risky to absorb by the Arab countries. 400 million people could easily absorb 1% of their populations.
and why do the EU not solve the problem of the Ukrainian people. If they can just take in all of them, so Russia can take over the rest of the land then the war is over.
Not sure if needed to mention, but naturally /s
If I’m from Pittsburgh, would you accept the use of “yinz” over “y’all”? I don’t want to betray my heritage like that
Yes
You're educating us. A new one here in Europe
Yes. Definitely. As a transplant in the North…just expect some good natured ribbing.
Yeah! I'm a cis woman, and nothing quite makes my skin crawl as much as being referred to as "you guys". I can "dude" all day long, but "you guys" me, and I automatically assume that you're not really interested in including me in whatever it is that you have to say. I've argued with so many people IRL, like they can tell me how to feel about it. I also do not respond to being included in the term "lady/ladies" because of all the connotations that charged term still carries here in the southern US.
Just north of Pittsburgh, in Butler, a complex group is addressed as "yinzes" or even "yinzeses". Analogous to "all y'all", but crazy sounding, even to those of us who grew up 26 miles farther north.
Worried about looking ridiculous? You'll only look ridiculous if constantly complaining about Biden gets us all stuck with the orange fascist again.
Oooo. 28 minute ride on The Road. Need another cup of coffee
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Salud! Just finished my second one. Might need to brew another pot.
Anyone telling you there’s a simple solution to a complex problem is selling something
It's strange to me that someone would turn off the foreign policy videos. They always teach me something.
Not everyone wants to be taught new things.
It's much more comfortable to stick your fingers into your ears and yell "but my morals are just!"
It takes a lot of courage to want to learn about uncomfortable/immoral things...
@@MrNicoJac the Constitution isn't really all that new, but you're right
Welcome to Professor Beau’s short course, Welcome to the World of Nothing is Simple. Enjoy Your Stay. This is the best chance in almost 50 years. Like climate change, this should have been effectively addressed in the ‘70’s.
Carter tried, Reagan had more power.
Historians get downright twitchy when you ask that question.
This was excellent, Beau and team ♥️ I dare say many have been wondering these questions, and you provide such clarity that we all can go forward. The only thing that disturbed my focus was the laughable ad breaks with Don Jr. asking for money for his dad's campaign because he is being held accountable for his criminal actions.
Thank you, you keep me calm.
Truth! Looks like everyone got those ads. Perhaps Beau is on the GOP radar. Glad to see them wasting $$$ here! ✌️😸
The U.N. is not there to *force* things, the U.N. is there to *fix* things.
It could be like a roundtable discussion, ideally. And deal with "issues" before they became wars?
tack on to the end "that matter to them."
Sure... As long as the sovereignty of nation states is preserved.
Intent vs reality is something to consider as well here
I do like this simple definition. It may be more idealistic, but I think it most closely represents what agencies such as UNICEF or UNRWA do, handle situations on the ground, in country.
Thanks, Beau. The foreign policy road is a rough ride.
Yes, Yes, Yes. Thank you Beau. And thank you to all the activists.
Tell me if Palestinians that left would every be allowed back? That is why the question is stupid. Clearly Israelis want their land, and Arabs understand this.
Arabs have also always wanted "their land", which is a big factor in many Palestinians not being 'allowed back'.
Unfortunate events set us on this timeline.
Countries don't like to admit that all the high and mighty, holier-than-thou rhetoric is as empty as any other countries words.
We need a Katie Porter whiteboard graphic to show all the influences of foreign policy decisions and alliances!
Second.
Not sure that whiteboard would fit in the room! 😀
She would need one of those chalkboards mathematicians use at college.
@@margaretnicol3423 I used to teach a national certification course in my field of the time. We put a classroom into our facility, rectangular in shape with me teaching from one end. First thing I did in preparation was to make the entire wall behind me dry erase - like 8' by 16'. Absolutely awesome! Katie could rule the world with a board like that.
😬 I just caught myself rolling my eyes at the word "just".
Why does this read like a bot comment?
Just thought I'd try it out as well. Fair is fair. Honestly, I don't get it. What's the point? Is ones life enriched by that?
@@aylbdrmadison1051 If I can figure out why you sounded like one of the porn bots, I could potentially figure out where they're coming from, but go off. I actually had to check your picture to make sure it was another bot to report. I was surprised to see it wasn't.
@@hattielankford4775 : I didn't. Your comment is just as "bot-like." I quoted something Beau says a lot _"A diversity of tactics"_ and time-stamped the part of the video I was talking about. Bots don't do that. I don't care if you can explain how you made the mistake, but it seems by your lack of apology that you'll just do it again to someone else who also doesn't deserve your derision. Also; where they're coming from is scamming.
Trump junior begging for money for his dad at 10 minute mark. Really well placed on here, they must be nutz.
Ikr! As many times as I block those ads, the pop back up like cockroaches, with just as much cringe.....🤦
I understand your point about the word "just". But if Israel just let the Palestinians have their own country it would certainly help.
It would be a good time to remember the state of Israel and the state of Kuwait were both created by UN charters.
The UN Security Council never ratified partition. The UN General Assembly voted to recommend partition, but it can only advise. It has no policy making power.
IMHO - The pressure is coming from the major disagreement with Netanyahu's insane war effort of death and destruction... a thousand times more than any protest here.
It's all of it, it's all connected (huh, I feel like I just heard someone say that 🤔).
It's the protests, it's the polling numbers, it's the people calling their representatives, it's the disproportionate response from Israel, it's the fact that Biden fancies himself as a foreign policy expert, it's the fact that this is occurring under a Democratic president and the two-state solution is their long-standing I/P position, it's the fact that the Saudis are trying to tie this to normalization. It's all of these things and more, nothing happens in a vacuum.
Netanyahu is pushing the envelope all the way off the table to get trump re-elected POTUS. This will be devastating for the people of Gaza. Hamas doesn't care.
Truth! We Jews want to know why other Arabs wouldn't take in their brethren.
As for the concept of pressure, I also consider that it may have given the much needed cover/ excuse to make a shift in policy. I have seen many calls for such, but no one who has ever actually worked this hard towards a two-state solution during my lifetime; largely because of pressure not to do so (from my interpretation). However, please don't gloss over how important it is to keep an administration in place that is actually open to seeing it through should this actually happen. Situations like this are longer than a marathon and will need global political support for years to take hold.
Hey Beau, you are a phenomenal teacher.All my best to you, your crew and your family.
Foreign policy is all about the financial interests of the largest corporations and their boards of directors
Beau knows stuff. That's all we need to know...
He's said he voraciously read a lot of history. That plus his superb memory…yah…a prof
"It's just not that simple". lol
I don't think anybody considers going back to before the forties. But I haven't heard "in the borders of 67" in an awful long time.
How many ledges have you talked people down from? I don’t know the exact number but my guess would be innumerable! Bless you and your team y’all are amazing people thank you.❤🇨🇦
It would be nice if it was one state and they co-existed with equal rights. You know something like a western democracy since thats what funds its defense.
18:16 Beau's reaction to this made my heart sing! A diversity of tactics (diversity is life).❤🌍🌎🌏🌐
These questions are soooo good. And I love how this person truly cares about the world we all share.
Why does this read like a bot comment? 😳
@@hattielankford4775 : I wouldn't know. Have you forgotten I've been a regular here for 4 years?
Regardless, that's kind of insulting, really.
@@aylbdrmadison1051 I didn't mean to insult you. I found it linguistically interesting, but ironically don't have the words to explain why.
@@hattielankford4775 : I didn't assume that you intended to insult me, I just said that it was insulting.
You rock! I love the heart, energy, and insight you bring with your comments. Hope your day and other things are going well for you! Respect and hugs from the River Delta! 🌊✌️😸💚
Ps. Keep your eye out for the Tunnel Project trying to sneak back into play. Supposedly something going on within the groundwater recharge discussions.
SoCal has got to figure this out on their own. We need to preserve our marshes, estuaries, and rivers.🐾
"That we can,t call bad bad." 3:35. That one resinated. Feels like your not allowed to do that with either side. All in or your an enemy . No critcism allowed.
Absolutely agree with the importance of pressure. Call your reps. Show up. Speak out.
Fantastic video. To all you young folks. Keep pushing.
A subtle difference between Canada and the US - nobody says y'all, and the only people who say ma'am are trying to get assaulted by the woman they're talking to.
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The reason foreign policy people hear 'ethnic cleansing' when the question 'why won't they take in the Palestinians?' is that the assumption that the Palestinian people need to leave is built in to the question. The Palestinian people wouldn't be displaced from their homeland if the Israeli people could share it. Palestine is the homeland of both peoples. That's why a two-state solution is necessary. This means both must recognize and respect the other's inherent rights to exist in their homeland first then work out what that's going to look like from there. Is it going to continue to look like neighbours fighting to force each other out of the neighbourhood, or can they someday have a block party celebrating each other's rich culture and sharing their love of the homeland they, in fact, share?
Admittedly the block party would be a long way away, but how many people need to die before they accept the very real fact that two cultures share a homeland?
I also acknowledge the fact that I share my homeland with the Anishinaabe. To me and to a growing number of my friends, those are not empty words. Anishinaabe and Canadian people share the same homeland and we are separate, distinct nations/cultures. Only when we recognize that the other nation has as much right to exist can we find solutions to the problems that arise from sharing resources and lands.
We have a long way and many swings of the pendulum to go to get to our own block party but I believe it can be done.
Hope I live to see that
Not for nothing, one perfect stranger to another, I really appreciate what you wrote. Thanks.
Hello guys, gals, and enby pals.
Greetings gentlebeings.
Howdy yall.
The south has had it figured out for a long time.
Hi Sweetie!
Big hello to all my MAGA pals!
xoxoxoxooxoxoxooxxo
ENBY?
@@Erin-Thor I think "Enby" is a Pokeman character.
Well, at least in referring to a group by a gender neutral contraction, the south has been well ahead of the curve, but if we look at anything we else at all (except maybe the best foods, but that's another conversation 😂), we might find that's not always true 😂
@@Erin-Thor "nb" = nonbinary
Your statements about activists vs Biden's two state goal are helping me to forgive my old friends who are screaming vitriol at the Democrats. Having been through this with the Vietnam war protests, I should have known. I also remember how torn apart my generation still is because of that.
How do you know if you have watched too much Beau? When know Beau's answer before he gives it.
Acting for positive change, is never a negative.
Thank you Beau for the explanation of seemingly undying support from US/ US media (abhorrent)for the atrocities the IDF and Netanyahu have committed. I haven’t finished the video yet but your explanation made it more clear for me Saudi Arabia connection.. location. I knew all that but you put it together in a way that was easy to understand.
ITS LIKE A BALL OF YARN 🧶 was my take away. You can’t make this “move” without this unraveling 🤓
FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸
As a lifelong untangler of balls of yarn (string, thread, baling wire, etc.) I really like this image. 🧶
Yes, and that is why overly simplistic saying like "Free Palestine" are HUGELY problematic. They take that ball of yarn, and turn it into a single piece of lint. You really should consider stopping that behavior.
@@littlebitofhope1489 Behavior? Following me pretty closely 🫡
Don’t tell Mike Johnson 🤫
Lit bit of hope isn’t too
HOPEFULL
FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸
I reconsidered
@@Blgenx Do you ever wonder what life would have been like if you had gotten enough oxygen at birth?
@@littlebitofhope1489 Never
I just hope the change that we get, isn't in who is president.
"Just because it's simple doesn't mean it's easy." Mike Dupree
I wonder if most people appreciate your experience, knowledge, and integrity.
As somebody who is a perpetual skeptic. I do. Thank you for what you do. This was very informative
the question was how does the state dept overlook all of the current displacement / death. Who says they are overlooking it. They are trying to decide what to do in spite of seeing the horrific results of where we are. There needs to be evidence that the State Department is actually overlooking this, before the question of how they overlook it makes sense.
The world is an incredibly complicated system of systems. Thanks for highlighting that, Beau :)
Israel needs to consider Arabs as their own people. If not, it's apartheid.
'Y'all' is the best and most logical contraction of the words 'you all'. Suck it up people, use the word.
And if you’re in Texas, it’s ALWAYS “all y’all.” 🤓🤠
You a Southern fundamentalist or just a regular language-nazi? (That's also an old term)
@@angelikalindenau943 - Accuracy matters, we aren’t “Grammar Nazi’s,” we are southerners who live in hell. 🤣
"Howdy" is one of my other favorites. For lack of a better term, it's also essentially a contraction that shortens the phrase "How do you do?"
You all is not what the term means, it is more a part of the English that was in the Shakespeare time.
If this upsets enough students that trump gets elected they can forget about the Palestinians because he will not care.
are we ever going to give the natives their land back
I doubt it
Pre 2020 election, I watched as some leftists and progressives argued for and against voting for Biden. Those that encouraged voting for him would say, "He can be pushed left" and those against thoroughly mocked that thought. Those who didn't want to vote for him felt that way because he wasn't progressive enough and never would be for them. Whereas a good number of those that argued voting for him understood that but also understood we wouldn't get the kind of large progressive changes desired within the electoral system. But we could still get some things done. So what's said at 18:48 is pretty validating.
One thing to worry about would be that if Biden is not reelected, Trump will kill all of the gains Biden has made so far, in my opinion.
So basically, money. Got it.
Why not tell people that we care about geopolitics because we consume so much of the world's resources for the lifestyle that most of us dream about and most of us used to have, that we have to be in control of certain regions. And that control is more important than all of our rhetoric about peace and freedom.
Tell him everything that politicians say about that is BS because what the nation really needs is stability.
Whenever we're willing to change our lifestyle on the aggregate well, then we can be laissez-faire about the rest of the world and just concentrate on continental defense.?
With the "looking ridiculous" question, shamelessness is a virtue.
6:23 And then there is American Imperialism. But that needs a series of videos all on it's own.
Or one long video with Noam Chomsky.
Chomsky's got nothing but an axe to grind. He doesn't present solutions, he merely stirs the pot. Next.
I’ve only seen that guy’s name once, saying that the Russians have an inherent right to conquer and crush the Ukrainian state & people, because Moscow was a great power once or some such.
I don’t know why we should listen to someone who has views like that
@@JABN97 Noam has some good views, but he fallen in the trap US bad so anything that opposes US interest is good. He condemns US funding SA who arms a faction in the Yemen civil war. But really doesn't condemn Iran for doing the same.
@@DubhghlasMacDubhghlas that does not sound to me like a man who’s ideas and theories are sound, theoretically or ideology coherent, insightful or worth listing too.
Though I suppose even a broken clock is right twice a day, what has he done or said that actually is worth considering?
Because as I’ve said, I’ve heard his name dropped a few times, mostly in regards to his view of Ukraine, and frankly don’t know why people see him as an authority figure.
@@JABN97 You still listen to what people say even if you disagree with them. They can be wrong with one thing right on the other. Just to dismiss someone completely is just silly over one topic.
Kudos to the person asking the questions, challenging yourself and your preconceptions (even those that go against what feels right to you) is the hallmark of a true academic.
Regarding the question on how do the parties get past those that have been lost. People engaged in suing for peace unfortunately cannot help those who have lost their lives in the conflict, but they can help the living if they succeed. It is this hurdle that it seems the Israeli government and the IDF cannot get past.
Foreign policy has been about oil industry interests for a few decades
Truth!
At work I joke that the word "just" automatically leads to a 10% price increase every time a customer says it.
😂😂😂
That line about Kissinger
Howdy Beau peeps.
How bout “people JUST need to be patient and let Biden, et al sort things out - quietly.”
Where do Floridians stand on "Y'all" vs "All Y'all"?