Intro

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

The final installment of our series on Israel/Palestine covers the Arab Revolts of the late 1930s through present day, highlighting the agreements, wars, uprisings and accords that explain how the chasm widened between Jews and Palestinians, and why every attempt at reconciling the two sides has failed. It’s a sweeping narrative that involves generational actors, imperial interests of neighboring countries and acts of violence, bravery and betrayal.

Chapters

Intro: 00:00:23

Chapter One: On the Precipice. 00:05:21

Chapter Two: No Turning Back. 00:15:31

Chapter Three: Six Days in June, Nineteen in October. 00:26:00

Chapter Four: The Politics of War. 00:30:00

Resources

Marxists.org: Leon Trotsky on Zionism

Council on Foreign Relations: What to Know About the Arab Citizens of Israel

PBS: Parallel Realities - Resolution 242 And The Aftermath Of 1967 | Shattered Dreams Of Peace

Wikipedia: Six-Day War

Opinio Juris: The Biden Administration and the Golan Heights

Al Jazeera: Mapping Israeli occupation | Infographic News

Jewish Virtual Library: Vital Statistics: Jewish Population of the World

Christopher Hitchens on Antisemitism

BBC News: Golan Heights profile

The Baffler: Unmaking the Myth of Ben-Gurion

My Jewish Learning: Sephardic, Ashkenazic, Mizrahi and Ethiopian Jews

JCPA: Ben-Gurion’s Concept of Mamlahtiut and the Forming Reality of the State of Israel

Council on Foreign Relations: The Sunni-Shia Divide

Council on Foreign Relations: What Is U.S. Policy on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?

Council on Foreign Relations: How Evictions in Jerusalem Led to Israeli-Palestinian Violence

NPR: This is how the Republican Party became so strongly pro-Israel

The Jewish Agency: Modern Zionist Aliyot


The Weiner Holocaust Library: How did the Holocaust happen?

Holocaust Encyclopedia: The Evian Conference

Palquest: Interactive Encyclopedia Of The Palestine Question:  Issa al-Sifri

UN: Faisal-Weizmann agreement/Non-UN document - Question of Palestine

Palquest: Interactive Encyclopedia Of The Palestine Question: Musa Kazim Husseini 

Palquest: Interactive Encyclopedia Of The Palestine Question: Great Arab Revolt, 1936-1939

Fanack: Historic Palestine: The Arab Executive (1920 -1934)

MERIP: Owen, Studies in the Economic and Social History of Palestine

MERIP: Conspiracy of Praise

Just Vision: Izz ad-Din al-Qassam

The New York Times Archive: The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World since 1948

Jewish Virtual Library: Ze’ev (Vladimir) Jabotinsky

Encyclopedia: Altalena

Palestine Nexus

Palquest: Abd al-Aziz Rantisi

MERIP: The War of Numbers

The Washington Post: War Casualties Put at 48,000 in Lebanon

Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute: The Reagan Administration and Lebanon, 1981–1984

Al Jazeera: Who is Israel’s far-right, pro-settler Security Minister Ben-Gvir?

Blowback: How Israel Went From Helping Create Hamas To Bombing It

HRW: Israel: Gaza Killings Unlawful, Calculated

The Hill: Trump on Israel embassy move: ‘Evangelicals appreciate it more than the Jews’

HRW: A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution

Pew Research Center: Israel’s Religiously Divided Society

Book Love

Rashid Khalidi: The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017

Moshé Machover: Israelis and Palestinians: Conflict and Resolution

Dennis Ross: Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace

James L. Gelvin: The Israel-Palestine Conflict

Jeremy Wilson: Lawrence of Arabia: The Authorised Biography of T. E. Lawrence

Jim Newton: Eisenhower: The White House Years

Augustus Richard Norton: Hezbollah: A Short History Updated and Expanded Third Edition

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The final installment of our series on Israel/Palestine covers the Arab Revolts of the late 1930s through present day, highlighting the agreements, wars, uprisings and accords that explain how the chasm widened between Jews and Palestinians, and why every attempt at reconciling the two sides has failed. It’s a sweeping narrative that involves generational actors, imperial interests of neighboring countries and acts of violence, bravery and betrayal.
Chapters
Intro: 00:00:23
Chapter One: On the Precipice. 00:05:21
Chapter Two: No Turning Back. 00:15:31
Chapter Three: Six Days in June, Nineteen in October. 00:26:00
Chapter Four: The Politics of War. 00:30:00
Resources
Marxists.org: <a href="https://www.marxists.org/subject/jewish/trotsky-zionism.pdf">Leon Trotsky on Zionism</a> 
Council on Foreign Relations: <a href="https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-know-about-arab-citizens-israel">What to Know About the Arab Citizens of Israel</a>
PBS: <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/oslo/parallel/8.html">Parallel Realities - Resolution 242 And The Aftermath Of 1967 | Shattered Dreams Of Peace</a>
Wikipedia: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War#">Six-Day War</a>
Opinio Juris: <a href="https://opiniojuris.org/2021/08/02/the-biden-administration-and-the-golan-heights/">The Biden Administration and the Golan Heights</a>
Al Jazeera: <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/18/mapping-israeli-occupation-gaza-palestine">Mapping Israeli occupation | Infographic News</a>
Jewish Virtual Library: <a href="https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jewish-population-of-the-world">Vital Statistics: Jewish Population of the World</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMGwcZPbLHw&amp;t=12s">Christopher Hitchens on Antisemitism</a>
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-14724842">Golan Heights profile</a>
The Baffler: <a href="https://thebaffler.com/latest/unmaking-the-myth-of-ben-gurion-leifer">Unmaking the Myth of Ben-Gurion</a>
My Jewish Learning: <a href="https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/sephardic-ashkenazic-mizrahi-jews-jewish-ethnic-diversity/">Sephardic, Ashkenazic, Mizrahi and Ethiopian Jews</a>
JCPA: <a href="https://jcpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/bengurions-concept.pdf">Ben-Gurion’s Concept of Mamlahtiut and the Forming Reality of the State of Israel</a> 
Council on Foreign Relations: <a href="https://www.cfr.org/article/sunni-shia-divide">The Sunni-Shia Divide</a>
Council on Foreign Relations: <a href="https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-us-policy-israeli-palestinian-conflict">What Is U.S. Policy on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?</a>
Council on Foreign Relations: <a href="https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/how-evictions-jerusalem-led-israeli-palestinian-violence">How Evictions in Jerusalem Led to Israeli-Palestinian Violence</a>
NPR: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/10/19/1206481356/republicans-israel-gop-middle-east-evangelicals-end-times-rapture-christians">This is how the Republican Party became so strongly pro-Israel</a>
The Jewish Agency: <a href="https://archive.jewishagency.org/historical-aliyah/content/28841/">Modern Zionist Aliyot </a>
The Weiner Holocaust Library: <a href="https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/how-and-why/how/the-einsatzgruppen/">How did the Holocaust happen?</a>
Holocaust Encyclopedia: <a href="https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-evian-conference">The Evian Conference</a>
Palquest: <a href="https://www.palquest.org/en/biography/35537/issa-al-sifri">Interactive Encyclopedia Of The Palestine Question:  Issa al-Sifri</a>
<a href="https://www.palquest.org/en/biography/35537/issa-al-sifri"></a>UN: <a href="https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-207006/">Faisal-Weizmann agreement/Non-UN document - Question of Palestine</a>
Palquest: <a href="https://www.palquest.org/en/biography/9749/musa-kazim-husseini">Interactive Encyclopedia Of The Palestine Question: Musa Kazim Husseini </a>
Palquest: <a href="https://www.palquest.org/en/highlight/158/great-arab-revolt-1936-1939">Interactive Encyclopedia Of The Palestine Question: Great Arab Revolt, 1936-1939</a> 
Fanack: <a href="https://fanack.com/israel/history-of-israel/rise-of-zionism/historic-palestine-the-arab-executive/">Historic Palestine: The Arab Executive (1920 -1934)</a> 
MERIP: <a href="https://merip.org/1983/07/owen-studies-in-the-economic-and-social-history-of-palestine/">Owen, Studies in the Economic and Social History of Palestine</a>
MERIP: <a href="https://merip.org/1985/10/conspiracy-of-praise/">Conspiracy of Praise</a>
Just Vision: <a href="https://justvision.org/glossary/izz-ad-din-al-qassam">Izz ad-Din al-Qassam</a>
The New York Times Archive: <a href="https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/s/shlaim-wall.html">The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World since 1948</a>
Jewish Virtual Library: <a href="https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/ze-ev-vladimir-jabotinsky">Ze’ev (Vladimir) Jabotinsky</a>
Encyclopedia: <a href="https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/altalena">Altalena</a>
<a href="https://palestinenexus.com/">Palestine Nexus</a>
Palquest: <a href="https://www.palquest.org/en/biography/14583/abd-al-aziz-rantisi">Abd al-Aziz Rantisi</a>
MERIP: <a href="https://merip.org/1982/09/the-war-of-numbers/">The War of Numbers</a>
The Washington Post: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/09/03/war-casualties-put-at-48000-in-lebanon/cf593941-6067-4239-a453-71bdcaf9eba0/">War Casualties Put at 48,000 in Lebanon</a>
Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute: <a href="https://history.state.gov/milestones/1981-1988/lebanon">The Reagan Administration and Lebanon, 1981–1984</a>
Al Jazeera: <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/27/who-is-israels-far-right-pro-settler-security-minister-ben-gvir">Who is Israel’s far-right, pro-settler Security Minister Ben-Gvir?</a>
Blowback: <a href="https://theintercept.com/2018/02/19/hamas-israel-palestine-conflict/">How Israel Went From Helping Create Hamas To Bombing It</a>
HRW: <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/03/israel-gaza-killings-unlawful-calculated">Israel: Gaza Killings Unlawful, Calculated</a>
The Hill: <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/393826-trump-on-israel-embassy-move-evangelicals-appreciate-it-more-than-the/">Trump on Israel embassy move: ‘Evangelicals appreciate it more than the Jews’</a>
HRW: <a href="https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/04/27/threshold-crossed/israeli-authorities-and-crimes-apartheid-and-persecution">A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution</a>
Pew Research Center: <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2016/03/08/israels-religiously-divided-society/">Israel’s Religiously Divided Society</a>
Book Love
Rashid Khalidi: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9781250787651">The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017</a>
Moshé Machover: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9781608461486">Israelis and Palestinians: Conflict and Resolution</a>
Dennis Ross: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9780374529802">Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace</a>
James L. Gelvin: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9781108738637">The Israel-Palestine Conflict</a>
Jeremy Wilson: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_of_Arabia:_The_Authorised_Biography_of_T._E._Lawrence">Lawrence of Arabia: The Authorised Biography of T. E. Lawrence</a>
Jim Newton: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9780767928137">Eisenhower: The White House Years</a>
Augustus Richard Norton: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9780691180885">Hezbollah: A Short History Updated and Expanded Third Edition</a>
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Unf*cking The Republic® (UNFTR) is a series of audio essays on the grand American experiment lovingly curated and presented by a quasi-anonymous political writer. 

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Unf*cking The Republic® (UNFTR) is a series of audio essays on the grand American experiment lovingly curated and presented by a quasi-anonymous political writer. 
Each essay reflects on a singular topic that is generally misunderstood or purposely obfuscated by the so-called “powers that be.” As we know, history is written by the victors and can be perilously manufactured to favor destructive world views. These views become intractably ingrained in the public consciousness and pervert public policy, oftentimes with horrific results. 
As of this podcast’s founding, we find ourselves living in a true kakistocracy. The disconnect between what we believe and what is actually happening below the surface or in plain sight is where this podcast lives. 
Together we’ll upend conventional wisdom, blow up narratives on the left, right and center and use magical devices like facts, logic and reason to explain how exactly we arrived in bizarro America, the funhouse mirror version of what was originally intended. #UNFTR

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