Recent developments in Israel regarding potential annexation of the West Bank and possible takeover of Gaza are sparking international outcry. People are screaming about legitimacy, about international law, about occupation.

But here’s what nobody wants to do: stop pretending this is happening in a vacuum.

If we’re going to talk about annexation, we need to talk about how these territories became “occupied” in the first place. We need to talk about what “occupation” actually means legally. And we need to talk about what Israel has offered and what has been rejected.

Because context isn’t optional. It’s essential.

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00:00 - Intro

00:53 - What Are We Actually Talking About?

02:12 - How Israel Ended Up Controlling These Territories

03:24 - The Legal Status: Not as Clear as They Claim

05:13 - Land for Peace: The Offers Nobody Talks About

06:35 - Why the Goliath vs. David Narrative Doesn’t Change the Facts

07:49 - Why Annexation Talk Is Happening Now

08:52 - What Annexation Actually Means

10:01 - The Double Standard

11:02 - Final Thought

Here’s a comment I keep seeing: “Jews only like the UN when it suits them. You accepted the 1947 partition plan but reject everything else the UN does. Hypocrites.”

And here’s my response: You’re confusing two completely different things.

The UN recommending a partition in 1947 and the UN institutionalizing hereditary refugee status through UNRWA for 75 years are not the same policy. Not the same context. Not the same organization, really.

Accepting one UN proposal while criticizing another isn’t hypocrisy. It’s evaluating each on its merits.

So today, let’s talk about the UN’s two faces. How one resolution tried to solve a problem, and how another made sure that problem never gets solved.

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00:00 - Intro

01:05 - 1947: The Partition Plan

02:55 - 1949: UNRWA Is Born

05:00 - Why UNRWA Is Different

06:09 - Two Completely Different Things

06:49 - The Hypocrisy Accusation

08:33 - Evaluating on Merits

09:36 - The Double Standard

11:07 - What UNRWA Actually Does

12:06 - The Real Hypocrisy

12:54 - Why This Matters

14:08 - Final Thought

I’m listening to Ronen Bergman’s “Rise and Kill First,” and there’s a line that stops me cold.

A Mossad operative, born in Canada, raised in the US, talking about Israel before the Six-Day War, says this: “Before the Six-Day War, Israel aroused in me the sympathy of an underdog.”

Before. Not after. Before.

That one word explains everything about how the world sees Israel today. Because in 1967, something changed. And it wasn’t just the map.

#JewishPodcast #MiddleEast #Israel #Palestine #Antisemitism #IsraelPalestineConflict #Victimhood #VictimhoodCard #PoliticalNarrative #SixDayWar

00:00 - Intro

00:45 - The Underdog Years

02:08 - The Narrative Flips

03:00 -Enter the Palestinians

04:30 - Why the West Loves Underdogs

05:59 - The Long-Term Consequences

06:50 - The Underdog Card Is Played Forever

07:47 - The Cruel Irony

08:38 - What the Sources Show

10:16 - Final Thought