Lecture 139: How Britain wanted a Jewish Ulster in Palestine by David Cronin
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- Could Palestine become a “little loyal Jewish Ulster in a sea of hostile Arabism”? That was the hope expressed by Ronald Storrs, a governor of Jerusalem during and after the First World War. His words illustrated how the British elite supported the Zionist colonisation project on the understanding that doing so would advance its own interests in the Middle East. They exemplified, too, how the same elite saw strong parallels between Palestine and Ireland. In this talk, David Cronin will examine these parallels, offering an overview of how an unjust situation created a century ago persists to this day.
David Cronin is an Irish journalist, living in Brussels. He is an associate editor of The Electronic Intifada, a website focused on Palestine. His books include Balfour’s Shadow: A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel and Europe’s Alliance with Israel: Aiding the Occupation. Both are available from www.plutobooks.com
Very interesting talk. Thank you.
From the rivers to the sea
Ah missed the Zoom! Glad it's on catch up
For the first 10 minutes of this video I had a hard time understanding whatEamon McMahon was saying. Between the accent and the mumbling speaking style I could barely decipher anything. Thankfully, David Cronin did most of the talking and he enunciated much better.
I am very pro the Palestinian cause, however I do think the historian should've made reference more to the Holocaust and how it has contributed to the current situation.
And the awful nature of it.
It doesn't excuse what the Israeli State has done and is doing but I don't think you can go through all that history of Palestine/Israel without it being an issue and a big issue and a stain on Europe.
I also think it feeds into the EU response re the Palestinian people.
Europe or continental Europe feels immense guilt about what happened.
I am glad the presenter made reference to the Holocaust, when he talked about the Holocaust museum in Israel.
What came out to me from watching this talk, and it was a great and a very interesting talk, was the damage of British involvement in the region.
Everywhere you go, every conflict or most, there is a British imperial handprint there.
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《Holocaust survivor Gabor Maté : the most beautiful and powerful testimony on this subject I’ve ever heard. From someone with deep connections to the history of this situation.》
If Europe fells "guilt" for what mainland Europeans did to Jews they should now feel even more guilt for their financing, supporting & arming the racist apartheid Israel they've enabled commit Ethnic Cleansing Pogroms & State-sponsered mass-murder against the Palestinian People throughout the past 73 years.
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Yes, I agree.
what holocaust are you referring to? and how do holocausts contribute to the massacre of women and children and the stealing of their land?
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They shouldn't contribute to it.
It's absolutely wrong what the Israeli State has done and is doing, it's awful stuff.
All I am saying is that I don't think you can talk about 20th century Palestine/Israel history without mentioning the Holocaust. It feeds into how the State has acted and acts. It doesn't excuse its actions at all, but it gives context, and history isn't much good without context, I don't think.
It also feeds into why mainland European countries have been very reluctant to stand up to the State and Government of Israel and criticise it for its actions and continuous breaking of international law.
Tx
Interesting
Carefully researched talk; well done. A good speaker. Causes one to think... He hates Britain: Britain loves the Jews: thus, he hates the Jews' oppression of the Palestinians. I get all that. But, consider, though - I'm British; I hate the Jews' oppression of the Palestinians; I abhor the Irish/British cultural schism. Thus, what of the British pro-Palestinian (anti-secessionist Irish) in the eyes of this speaker?