Watch the InterviewIsrael’s Security ConcernsThe Myth of the UN Creation of IsraelThe Zionists’ Settler-Colonial ProjectIsrael’s 2005 Withdrawal from GazaThe Truth about the So-Called ‘Peace Process’Ancient Historical Connections to PalestineThe Correct Application of...
On February 26, I was in New York City arguing the negative to the debate resolution “The root cause of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the Palestinians’ rejection of Israel’s right to exist.” I argued that the root cause was rather the rejection of Palestinians’...
On February 26, I was in New York City to participate in a Soho Forum debate with journalist Eli Lake, who took up the affirmative position to the debate resolution “The root cause of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the Palestinians’ rejection of Israel’s right to...
Preface“The Promised Land”The Common Ancestry of Jews and PalestiniansThe Fabled Ancient Kingdom of IsraelPalestine Under Persian and Greek RuleThe Origin of the Name “Palestine”The Muslim Arab Conquest of PalestinePalestine Under the Ottoman EmpirePalestine Under the...
On December 21, I joined the great Scott Horton, host of the Scott Horton Show and director of The Libertarian Institute, to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip. We explain the historical context necessary to explain why Hamas decided to perpetrate horrific...
I was recently interviewed by economist and author Saifedean Ammous for The Bitcoin Standard Podcast to exchange knowledge about the history of Palestine and Israel. We dispelled pervasive myths and set the historical record straight about the origins of the...
On November 17, I discussed the Israel-Palestine conflict for the Nate the Mutualist podcast (formerly Nate the Voluntaryist). It was a lengthy discussion, and we covered a lot of ground in considerable detail. We talked about the influence of Christian Zionism on the...
On Saturday, November 4, I was live on TNT Radio with host Bruce de Torres to discuss the Israel-Palestine conflict. I explained the Israeli government’s longstanding policy of effectively utilizing Hamas as a strategic ally and how the failure of Israel’s...
I joined Bretigne Shaffer once again on her podcast podcast What Then Must We Do?, this time to discuss the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel on October 7, Israel’s retaliatory war crimes in Gaza, the origins and root causes of the conflict between Israelis and...
I was invited onto the Tom Woods Show to debate the critically important topic of Israel’s ongoing military assault on the Gaza Strip with Alan Futerman, who argued in favor of the debate resolution that “Israel is justified in doing ‘whatever it takes’ to ‘completely...
I joined host Richard Grove on the Grand Theft World podcast to discuss my work on US foreign policy and particularly the Israel-Palestine conflict. My interview starts at about the 2:13:30 mark in the video below and runs for about an hour and eleven minutes. We’d...
On March 18, 2019, the Soho Forum hosted a debate in which Elan Journo argued in favor and Danny Sjursen against the resolution that, “To resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Israel must first achieve defeat of the Palestinian movement.” Elan Journo is the...
Introduction“Myth” #1: “Israel illegally stole land from the Palestinians”“Myth” #2: “The surrounding Arab nations actually want to create a Palestinian state”“Myth” #3: “The Arab nations want to solve the refugee crisis”“Myth” #4: “UN efforts are helping to solve the...
IntroductionThe Zionist Mandate for PalestineThe Ethnic Cleansing of PalestineThe Jewish Nation State Law Introduction On July 19, the Israeli legislature, the Knesset, passed a law defining Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people, prompting criticism in the...
There are countless popular myths that dominate the mainstream discourse about the Palestine conflict today. The propagation of these myths serves to sustain the status quo of injustice and oppression. In this interview with Mance Rayder, I systematically dismantle...
IntroductionThe Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995Trump’s WaiverHow the Mainstream Media Explain the ControversyOmitting UN Security Council Resolution 478The 1948 War: Omitting the Means by Which Israel Was EstablishedThe 1967 War: Omitting the Legal Status of East...
IntroductionThe Zionist VersionObfuscating the Origin of the Palestinian Refugee ProblemWiping Palestine Off the MapNone Dare Call It ‘Ethnic Cleansing’Summing Up the Times’ Reporting on “the Nakba”The Nature of the ControversyOmitting “Plan D”Zionism and the Idea of...
IntroductionWhat is the ‘Peace Process’?The Meaning of Resolution 242The Role of the Palestinian AuthorityHow Can This Obstacle Be Overcome?A ‘War of Independence’ or ‘al-Nakba’ (the Catastrophe)?The ‘Six Day War’The Path Forward Introduction Why has the conflict...
IntroductionUnravelling the Mythology on Israel’s OriginJohn Kerry’s Big LieDeciphering Kerry’s “Six Principles”Principle 1: Israeli Annexation of Settlement BlocsPrinciple 2: Acceptance of the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine as LegitimatePrinciple 3: Rejection of the...
Roger Cohen comments in the New York Times: Palestinians speak of the 1967 lines as a basis for negotiation, an idea President Obama once endorsed. Yet many continue to see the conflict not as the battle of two national movements for the same land — one resolved by...