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History of Palestine and Israel

An overhead view of rubble in Gaza shows the utter devastation inflicted by Israeli bombardment.

In order to form a reasonable opinion on the subject, the history of Israel’s settler occupation of Palestine is important to understand. Here are some historical records demonstrating the timeline and events.

Recent History

The conflict between Palestine and Israel has been unfolding over the last 80 years, and is not a new demonstration of tension or aggression. There have been thousands of fatalities between both belligerents in the last 20+ years, which demonstrate that the attack on October 7, 2023 was not unprovoked or random.

October 7, 2023

Since the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, there have been numerous false claims made by Israel, which have been swiftly published without question by US media outlets.

Today

Humanitarian aid is being actively blocked by Israeli Zionists, supported by unsubstantiated claims by Israel that some UNRWA employees were involved in Hamas’ Oct 7 attack. In response to this, the U.S. government has proposed a $320 million “aid pier”, an elaborate and expensive military operation to establish a pier on the Gaza beach which bottlenecks aid volume, and adds unnecessary logistics to the delivery of crucial supplies to innocent Palestinians. The pier has, of course, broken apart, and proven to be a complete waste of money and resources, while also further delaying essential aid against the famine of Palestinians.

Meanwhile, the Unites States is actively blocking otherwise unanimous UN votes to recognize Palestine as a nation state. While the rest of the world’s nations are interested in the sovereignty of Palestinians, the U.S. continues to demonstrate that it prefers for Palestinians to be oppressed and obliterated by Israel.

South Africa has built an International Court of Justice (ICJ) case against Israel for committing genocide against Palestinians. The case is well-documented and cites recorded events, quotations from Israeli leaders, and the patterns of actions that demonstrate an active genocide. The international court found the accusations plausible, and ordered Israel to cease all genocidal activity.

An world map overview of all the current nations support South Africa's ICJ case against Israel's genocide of Palestinians.
A chart of the world’s nations in support of South Africa’s ICJ genocide case against Israel as of May 2, 2024. Egypt has since joined in support.

Israel, and accordingly, many American politicians who’s opinions have been bought by the Israeli lobby, have declared the ICJ entirely antisemitic–instead of heeding the court’s warnings–and continued their genocide by bombing the refugee city of Rafah indiscriminately. More nations are gaining the understanding and the courage to stand up against the powerful European elites who are behind the atrocities in Palestine, and joining South Africa’s position each week.

The situation grows more dire every day for Palestinians who face death and dismemberment from bombing, severe illness and disease from unclean water, and famine due to the blocking of humanitarian aid.

Looking for More?

Check out these additional resources from professional journalists and academics who do not receive money from AIPAC or Hamas.

  • US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
    USCPR has been working against the apartheid status and inequality of Palestinians for many years, and building support for a Palestinian state who can self-govern and be free of Israeli oppression. Read their Palestine 101 article, which outlines the reasons why Palestinians are considered an oppressed people through documented history and policy.
  • Norman Finkelstein
    Finkelstein is a professor and historian with a focus on the Israeli occupation of Palestine — he is a Jew who’s parents were murdered in Nazi concentration camps who nonetheless substantiates the claim of apartheid and genocide by Zionist Jews in Israel against Palestinians.
  • The Grayzone
    Independent, objective journal run by Max Blumenthal and Aaron Maté (both Jewish-Canadians) who have covered extensively the recent history between both parties, with a focus on debunking U.S. propaganda paid for by AIPAC.
  • Code Pink
    Code Pink is a women-led activist group with a focus on ceasing for-profit, endless wars. Spearheaded by Medea Benjamin, they have a tremendous wealth of resources behind geopolitical issues, and regularly hold events to confront systems of oppression.
  • Democracy Now!
    Democracy Now! is an independent world news outlet which promotes the true nature of democracy, and disrupts the standard news cycle of empire-approved narratives stemming from standard press release headlines. Hosted by Amy Goodman, a truly objective reporter, Democracy Now! takes a hard look at all the sides of global affairs, and showcases a spread of articles on the current Israel-Palestine conflict.
  • The Chris Hedges Report
    Hedges is a Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist who covered the Middle East beat during the early 2000’s War in Iraq, speaks Arabic, and has taken a specific interest in the Israel-Palestine conflict. His pursuit of publishing the truth leaves him continually celebrated for his quality depth of coverage and writing quality, and equally slandered by the establishment press for speaking against the approved imperialistic narrative.
  • Jeff Sachs
    Sachs is a truth-seeker who is close to the information on foreign policy, having many domestic and foreign connections. He has served as the U.S.-appointed economic advisor to other foreign nations, and is presently the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. Sachs defines the edges of US propaganda and helps readers look past them.

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