The War Before the War: What Everyone Gets Wrong About Israel-Palestine

About this episode

Oren Kessler discusses the origins of Palestinian nationalism and misconceptions about the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Oren Kessler explains the origins of Palestinian nationalism, the myth that Jews started the conflict in Israel, and why peace in the region has been elusive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Oren Kessler

Topics covered

• Palestinian nationalism
• Israel-Palestine conflict
• peace in the region
• historical origins
• myths about conflict

Keywords

• Palestinian nationalism
• Israel
• Palestine
• conflict origins
• peace
• myths

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Israel, Palestine

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