Why Israel has a terrible geography
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@@Zeyede_SiyumYESSSSSSSSSS!!! ❤❤❤❤
A fantastic analysis of the real politik of the situation.
0:39 "Hostile neighbours" yet you left out the fact they have peace treaties with their neighbouring Arab countries.
1:31 in this map you depicts Jerusalem and especially the east Jerusalem to be part of Israel when in reality it's not Israel it's occupied territory that occupied by Israel under international law. So why you put it in your videos?
One point this video fails to mention is the value of the Negev Desert in terms of flat land mass and width. This southern desert not only hosts Israel's only advanced nuclear facility producing vast quantities of nuclear fuel for it's weapons programmes as well as two of the Jewish States largest and most advanced military air ports hosting their most advanced F35I stealth 4th generation fighters.
So they are basically hiding their big toys.
5th gen
@@healord51 In an open desert. But sure......
The Negev desert also serves as a huge training ground for the IDF. A lot of the IDF's training bases are located there.
Yep. For sure. Inlcuding a huge / live ammo outdoor facility used for urban warfare training jointly used by both the IDF and US Army / Marines. @@adamk4775
Finally someone that explains the complexity of the issue. Regardless of which political side you identify with, any claim for a simple "just do this" solution is completely ignorant of the complexity.
It is not complex and never were, just piss off from the land you stole, and let the Palestinians live in peace.
You see, same with Europe during WW2, there was no simple solution, seeing the complexity of the situation there.
There is a simple solution. We saw it in South Africa a couple of decades ago.
Any claim that there is a solution, is ignorant of the moral consequences of this intractable quagmire.
@@Rampart.X There is only one solution to fascism. Same treatment they got in Europe during ww2.
A small mistake I noticed in the video: You've marked the Golan Heights in green with the rest of Israel in 1948 and pre-war 1967 when it was still in Syrian hands, only to later switch it to blue in the aftermath of the six day war.
Edit: another mistake: at 16:03, you put Hezbollah flags in the West Bank, though as far as I know they only operate in Lebanon and Syria.
Its a probability of what can happen if west bank not controlled
Good point. Those who are against Israel conveniently forget that those land that Israel is supposedly occupied was "occupied" as the result of Muslim attacks. If Muslims haven't tried to invade Israel those lands would continue to be under Muslims control.
Another important correction, Gaza is poor not because it has "no strategic values" whatever it supposed to mean but because it is under control of Hamas Jihadists (hopefully not for long).
It's literally Islamic Halifax with Sharia laws as the laws of the land.
There's more. He also makes it look like the Arab states were the ones to attack in 1967, while Israël started the war by attacking Egyptian airfields. See 13:29. Israëli officials later stated that there was no sign Arab nations were planning an attack so this is quite a miss to be honest.
@@henk7591
You conveniently forgot that Egypt expelled UN peacekeepers who had been stationed in the Sinai Peninsula since the Suez conflict, and announced a blockade of Israel's access to the Red Sea (international waters) via the Straits of Tiran, which was an act of war against Israel.
I was confused too, Hezbollah acting in the West Bank would be a nightmare for Israel. Also, he forgot Lebanon when talking about the 1947-1949 war.
Thank you for providing this context for this ongoing conflict in that region. It cannot be overstated how much we need more coverage that educates rather than propagates.
Did you mean propagandizes?
@@leandersearle5094 no because the spreading of ideas simply for the sake of spreading them is more dangerous to ignorant people in the world than only having to deal with biased information propagating.
An educated person knows that nuclear physics isn't biased information, but that doesn't stop an educated person from knowing that we should be careful how we propagate that knowledge and who we propagate it to responsibly.
Jane Elliott jas a white that I must paraphrase, but it is something to the effect of "the job of education is to lead the student away from ignorance."
Education provides awareness and context that a flood of propagated yet useless information cannot replace.
@@Tygrus758 I'm afraid I don't understand your point from the perspective of it. I understand sorting out chaff/noise from useful information, but you seem to be advocating for the removal of useful information simply because there is too much of it (and that's as much charity as I can give you). I agree that having information collated for you is handy, but I can't agree to the statement that there must be a filter between people and information.
@@leandersearle5094 so you believe that a person that learned a new lesson yesterday should begin teaching, as an expert, the very next day? That wouldn't be very educated. It's acheivable with propaganda and propagated media though.
We moderate information daily because people are overwhelmed by too much information. Propagating information for the sake of propagation is damaging. Just look at the world we live in today.
Educational media and Propagandized media are separated by their motivation towards the ignorant people learning the information. Education encourages critical thinking and further education while propaganda needs the opposite. Propagated media only needs to be spread because there is no consideration for whether the information helps or hurts.
@@Tygrus758 To answer your one question: in a sense, yes. People learning should be sharing their knowledge with other students and with those who haven't learned yet (I did catch that you said "as an expert," but that would be impossible, and I chose to extend the grace of ignoring a dishonest phrase).
As for propagation, most people already filter the information given to them, through ignoring it, and it's only when *forced* to engage (such as being pressured to take a side in a conflict) that they will imbibe chaff as useful information and discard useful information as chaff.
The is no limiting principal on requiring "experts" for roles. It must be opposed externally, or it will push inexorably toward any and all ad rediculum arguments that can be made. THAT is what we observe today.
A responsible citizen in a republic NEEDS access to as much information as possible to make an informed decision. The erosion of this principal is currently leading to tyranny in *every* Western nation, and infantilizing the populace can and will only make the problems worse.
I really appreciate topographical map you used 4:05, use it regularly, we can understand maps much better like that.
agreed, that is an excellent map
yes agreed, thanks for highlighting this
And hence, now lays bare the paradoxical dilemma of the country.
This was an excellent video. I'm really impressed. The maps particularly were of very high quality and greatly helped to visualize and conceptualize the situation.
Subscribed.
Israel will destroy it self with in . They can not go for one state solution without a masscre of 6 miljon people or stablishing an undemocratic faschist Apartheid state like south Africa . Or on the other hand facing war with its neighbour as allways .What a bad place to live . Well its says in the Torat its self ,the jews will be spell and punished for their ungodly actions. Is it not what is going on today or what is you opinion
This channel is absolutely elite. welcome
I see a lot of BIAS towards Israel, but for you fans of the channel, everything is fine and aligned.
@@User-jr7vf This video has some fact issues and is incorrect . The Arab did not start the six day war the Israelis did . There is no mention of Israeli massacre of Palestinian in different stage of war like today
@@User-jr7vf Israel will destroy it self with in . They can not go for one state solution without a masscre of 6 miljon people or stablishing an undemocratic faschist Apartheid state like south Africa . Or on the other hand facing war with its neighbour as allways .What a bad place to live . Well its says in the Torat its self ,the jews will be spell and punished for their ungodly actions. Is it not what is going on today or what is you opinion
It never ceases to amaze me that Israel has survived this long.
When Uncle Sam is backing you up, you can achieve amazing things. 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸🦅
@@farzana6676that's partially a myth. The USA had little to to do with the 1948 victory for example.
If USA aid was so magical to victory, govts with much more help like Afghanistan, south Vietnam, etc would have won.
It's just an intellectually lazy excuse for anything pro USA that happens in the world, basically an anti US propaganda point to blame the USA for affecting everything as if a country with millions of people has no agency, ideals, or abilities of its own.
Uncle Sam wasn't there in 48 or 67 though@@farzana6676
@@farzana6676Not true. Do you want me to list down a large list of proxy wars where the US was directly or indirectly involved and they lost? Israel stands strong mostly because of the people who live there who know that their existence as a community depends upon the existence of Israel.
@MrX-lk3ij If America was not giving F35's or F16's to those proxies, then America wasn't really backing them, atleast not comprehensively.
Like Japan and Korea, Israel is another example of success when America fully commits to a nation's success.
Just to correct, HAMAS rule of Gaza wasn't as a consequence of the siege of Gaza (or more accurately the current harsher siege), but rather the opposite it started only in 2007, after in 2006 HAMAS won the elections and in 2007 when HAMAS completely took over executed FATAH officilas.
It seems more plausible that didn't HAMAS take over because of the siege on Gaza and poverty in the area but rather because of the rise of radical islam all across the middle easy.
And also it was funded by Israeli criminal regime dude u cannot just cherry pick that is cheating
And also because Mossad funded HAMAS
and funded the isalem to@@dollynina8992
@@dollynina8992 🐑
@@softdrink-0 It's true. One quick Google search would confirm that. 👍
In your map of the 1967 war you show the West Bank as Israeli. The truth is that it was part of Jordan, who annexed it themselves in 1949. This is one subject in which it is essential to stick to objective truth as far as possible. You have also missed out the 1956 War. In general I like and value your videos.
And also, the gaza strip was occupied by egypt at the same time
And yom kipur war
also, arabs started those wars, and Israel is more an European state than an Asian.
Jordan renounced its claim to the territory in 1988. Jordan didn’t want a Palestinian state next to them that would have sovereignty, borders, and a military that could work to take over the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, which the Palestinians did try to do in September 1970.
@@AndyFromBeavertonfor some reason, lots ignore the actions of Arab countries regarding Palestine, and the lack of a Palestinian state can be blamed not just on Israel, but Palestinian extremists and even several Arab states.
This conflict is legitimately complex and genuinely complicated. I don’t get why people suggest it isn’t
Shirvan’s Analyses are easily some of the most informative and unbiased. Really helped me understand Israel’s motivation and actions. In turn, this has made me appreciate its existence even more.
its crazy because it felt like Israel was getting one geopolitical win after another until the bombings from Gaza happened. They were getting official recogniction from more and more countries and notwithstanding some domestic issues they were doing great diplomatically
Israel is morally and fiscally complited. To stopping israelis occupation and racism is enough to triggering financial crises in USA and EU. If this countries have finance crise, they can't help israel. Finance situation USA and EU is depending from Saudi Arabien. If tomorrow Saudi stopped oil, israel is not existing. That is why USA(Biden, Blinken) threaten Saudi whit nuclear weapon. But Iran jumps to Saudi side an he threatens USA. Pakistan is also joined to Iran and Saudi.😂😂😂. If tomorrow Nord Korea and Russia joined to the Arab, than....... RIP racist democracy!
It was disintegrating internally due to Netanyahu trying to put an end to an independent judiciary
Israel was doing better, but Netanyahu was not. Iron dome not working properly that oct.7, turret weren't working that day oct.7 and the military consolidated away from the border instead of instantly going to counter the attack. They only sent helicopters to deal with them oct.7-8. Then they went to the border towns.
This was a perfect storm for Israel to become Fascist dictatorship under Netanyahu that will rule for life.
Those diplomatic achievments were a danger to the goals of Hamas and Iran, thats why they attacked. suffering Palenstinians have always be the justification to kill jews, thats why their arab "brothers" never allowed them to have peace.
That's exactly why hamas attacked. to stop the saudi israel peace deal.
This channel is absolutely elite-level. For Geopolitics enthusiasts like me, you are a great dude. PLEASE KEEP GOING AND AS I HAVE ALREADY SUBSCRIBED YOUR CHANNEL ABOUT AN YEAR AGO, I suggest that you post a bit more stuff CaspianReport. It takes time for you to post a video and it is super difficult but still. Great channel no doubt.
Great video. I would just like to add that this conflict punches waaaay above its weight class in terms of the exposure it gets. Many other conflicts, even of religious/ethnic character, are bloodier and have been going on for longer, but gets nowhere near the attention this conflict gets. That has reasons of course, but it's important to remember that it's not materially the most important conflict in the world even though it seems so at times. South Sudan, Yemen/Saudi and Ngorno Karabakh barely gets any airtime compared to when something happens in Israel/Palestine.
Israel is viewed by many in the global south and east (not just Muslims) as West's biggest colonization project. It is a symbol of slavery that many feel they still fight against. For many, it will never compare to any other conflict, and without empathy you will never understand it... so don't try. Many who are dissatisfied with their governments will wrongly or correctly blame American Imperialists for their woes and Israel is a big symbol of that oppression for them. It is a simple story of westerners taking land, but not just any land... A piece of land in the old world (not the Americas, not Australia). It is funny that the land that has caused the almost religious like awakening against western imperialism (aka liberal democratic policies aligned with American interests, I know some of you are allergic to the world imperialism) happens to be the "holy land".
The only reason for that is, unlike other conflicts this conflict is the only one that can lead to a nuclear war or a world war
@@ahmedkamal1240 the reason for it is because muslims hate israel. no muslims protest the hundreds of thousands dead in syria or yemen. but when 1400 jews are massecred they all come out protesting/celebrating. Maybe you're right about the nuclear thing in regards to other countries, but the muslim world definitely push it into the spotlight because of their hatred of israel
@@ahmedkamal1240
Lol Nobody expects this would be a nuclear war. Hamas didn't even last a week against Israeli conventional army in that Oct 7 invasion.
Palestine gets the attention because of how much power and influence Jews have in the US and the west. All those other conflicts involve demographics that, to put it bluntly, no one in the west cares about.
There is a lot of "If you dont agree with me then you are the bad guy" comments. 😅
Love the poetry you always sprinkle through the script, adds lots of value.
agree.. especially since shirwan isnt a native english speaker
It helps the propaganda
@@wendten2 A lot of those quotable quotes aren't his. They're sayings of other people that he fails to give attribution for.
@@ArawnOfAnnwn Non of them are his, but the way he know when and where to use them surely is poetic craftmanship. And no you dont have to give attribution to long dead people...
@@wendten2 "you don't have to give attribution to long dead people" - I disagree. Not giving attribution allows others to just pass off their wit or wisdom as their own. This misleads people about the intellect they think they're listening to. Every video of his has people praising him for his one-liners as if he came up with them. Some of those people won't know he didn't, and mistakenly think he's cleverer than he is.
Don't you think it was worth mentioning that in 67 it was israel who attacked egypt and jordan first, and annexed west Bank... ?
Egypt blocked the straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping in 1967 and forced the UN peacekeeping force in Sinai to leave. That was effectively a declaration of war, so Israel preemptively attacked.
@@jonathanpriel5013 ohhh pre emptive strike !
So if arabs attack it's for no reason... You just ignore the fact of expulsion of Palestinians, blockade and colonisation of their land, and Settler terrorist, and treat it like Arabs attacked for no reason....
On the contrary if israel attacks, it's justfied preemptive strike and Arabs are to be blamed for this.. this is the level of hypocrisy... 😂 Israel will pay and her demon supporters will cry out of frustration, doesn't matter how long does it take...
We have the faith, pateint and most importantly the ability to withstand 1000 defeat...
As always, an amazingly comprehensive and neutral toned overview. Thanks.
Neutral?😂😂😂
Its not really neutral.... its sneakily pro Israel as Azerbaijan, the channels origin, is pro Israel with a large number Jews living there. Israel uses Azerbaijan to threaten Iran Militarily and undermine Iranian trading routes . Iran threatens Israel militarily using the Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Your channel is the best geopolitics outlet on this platform. You do really good work.
Excellent video explaining Israel's geographical conundrum. Provides a lot more objectivity and unbiased explaining of the situation than any social media or MSM outlet. All I'm seeing on social media is "pro-Palestine" this or "pro-Israel" that. There's no middle ground or objectivity at all on the complex situation.
Israel will destroy it self with in . They can not go for one state solution without a masscre of 6 miljon people or stablishing an undemocratic faschist Apartheid state like south Africa . Or on the other hand facing war with its neighbour as allways .What a bad place to live . Well its says in the Torat its self ,the jews will be spell and punished for their ungodly actions. Is it not what is going on today or what is you opinion
Israel will destroy it self with in . They can not go for one state solution without a masscre of 6 miljon people or stablishing an undemocratic faschist Apartheid state like south Africa . Or on the other hand facing war with its neighbour as allways .What a bad place to live . Well its says in the Torat its self ,the jews will be spell and punished for their ungodly actions. Is it not what is going on today or what is you opinion
This and Warographics’ 2 hour video are two of the more objective videos on this complex issue.
Britain should have given the Jewish People "Madagascar" instead .
Nothing but calm fish as neighbours .
This video has a pro-Israeli bent.
The video acts like Israel got its independence from Britain when it was facilitated by Britain. It doesn't mention the displacement but mentions the Arab nations attacking. In 1967, it makes it seem as the Arabs got together and attacked Israel and it doesn't mention that Israel was the original surprise attacker. This video is certainly biased.
This issue gets more complex the more I delve into it
Mate, this is clearly Israeli-sponsored PR here.
@@ronnynoneofyourbusinessgoo7892 Yeah, I have never seen such blatant hypocrisy before. Caspian has always been biased towards Israel, and considering how Israel has been caught soliciting many youtubers for shit like that, it has seriously made me lose my trust in him
@@ntluck1592 Can you expound a little more; As in what specific hypocrisies were presented in this video?
@@utuberme1there is no hypocrisy in geopolitics. Deception is a tool of leverage and warfare. The Arabs and the Israelis use it freely.
@@ntluck1592you are so Spam.
U can come any time to Israel. When u want to the reality conflict in first view. We welcome you at Ben gurion airport 😊
Fantastic breakdown!
Thank you! This has made the current situation somewhat more understandable.
What a fantastic video Shirvan. I came away from this with a much better understanding of what is going into Israel's decision making.
15:12 😂😂 LOL Palestinians loyal to the ISREALI State what useless research you have done. No one in theory and practicality believe that Palestinians to be loyal to isreal. Your views are totally biased and absolutely supporting to Palestine nevertheless you stating to use ground report.
You are a Muslim radical supporter your solidarity is with Muslim and Islam only this have been shown in many videos of your supporting Palestine being Muslim majority against isreali. Same you had done with supporting Islamic republic of Pakistan over India.
Why don't you have guts to criticize china.
16-11-2023
After this video you really have the sense of "what an unparalleled mess, there's no clear way out or of this", which I think it's quite accurate but very counterintuitive, since we tend to have fast answers and solutions if what's to do especially in politics.
In 100 years we will still have this conflict. It is a total mess with no way out.
I think its quite easy to understand.
This is geopolitics, what's happening in the practical - material world, is that a humanitarian crisis caused by an unmeasured attack from Israel is occurring in Gaza, whatever comes moving forward is to attend to that and for Israel to face the consequence of their actions, the existence of a state based in such occupation and mistreatment through violence is not progress and should never be seen as a complex issue.
@@Razzy_D9111 sure then, it's a very simple black and white problem with a straight forward solution🙄
(The solution is probably 42)
Israel will destroy it self with in . They can not go for one state solution without a masscre of 6 miljon people or stablishing an undemocratic faschist Apartheid state like south Africa . Or on the other hand facing war with its neighbour as allways .What a bad place to live . Well its says in the Torat its self ,the jews will be spell and punished for their ungodly actions. Is it not what is going on today or what is you opinion
@@Razzy_D9111 Okay, what's your solution to address that?
Also forgot to mention that Israel managed to control the entirety of the Sinai up to the Suez Canal after the 6 day war. But was forced to give it back due to international pressure, mostly from Saudi Arabia which threatened an oil embargo on the US. Huge amount of land they were forced to give back tho they gained Egypt to recognize Israel as a sovereign state.
They didnt gain shit lol Egypt signed a treaty with usa promising not to invade them 😂
@@addounsamiyoucef1999 and a promise they didn’t even keep 🤦♂️🤷♂️
@@TRYCLOPS1 they did keep
them and jordan how do you think Israel is still standing ? The usa is paying them money to protect it
@@TRYCLOPS1 iran and hamas are the only governments that want that state gone although that might change soon
@@addounsamiyoucef1999 they didn’t. They invaded again in 78, Egypt and Syria.
An excellent summary, and I have seen many. Keep up the good work.
Excellent analysis. Subscribed
Thank you. So many people just ignore the geopolitical situation and just see the Palestinian Israel conflict without the surrounding geopolitical issues and factors involved
There’s so many comments online that will say that it’s the Israelis who are the aggressor and Palestinians who are the suffering victims. I’m not taking sides of that discussion; this video is simply explaining Israel’s geopolitical issues that it’s facing while at the same time not defending the actions of both the Israelis or Hamas.
@@ekgrulez1All critical race theory stuff is useless
He ignored a lot of the other surrounding issues and factors for the sake of his analysis...
@@kingace6186he just simplified it the best he could... and did a damn good job... if he covered every little detail the video would've been way too long and no one would watch it...
@@ekgrulez1 Oh I wonder why Israel is so hated and has so many enemies in their "own neighborhood".
this is the best video ive seen on this topic and ive been following it for 25+ years.
So basically this video is saying that for its security, Israel can't give up the lands and territories it occupied from other countries.
*conquered from
Another false claim. Israel did not occupy land from any "country". In 47 the land (which was British at the time) was divided by the UN between Arabs and Jews. The Jews accepted and the Arabs started a war in which Jordan occupied the west bank (which wasn't given to them by the UN) and Egypt occupied Gaza. Later in 67 Israel took the west bank and Gaza which Jordan and Egypt didn't claim was theirs since. No one claimed that the west bank is "occupied" when the Jordanians occupied it after the 48 war. No "country" ruled the west bank and Gaza accept for the British who left in 47 and Egypt and Jordan which occupied it and gave up on any connection to the land.
@@Breath.E I can't believe you just stated that Britain owned the Palestinian land in 1947 invaders cannot own land so to then sell it to the highest bidder, like they did with slaves. You people are the reason why the world is in chaos. Very sick people!
It's funny when Arabs start a war against the Jews, lose, and then cries about being oppressed.
Conquered just like peaceful Muslims conquered and displaced before them. Hypocrites all.
One of your best. Super informative. Learned nuances of the situation I never heard before. The maps helped a ton
Israeli policy wasn't a two state nor a one state solution but a 1.5 state solution, at least until October the 7th.
The strategic thought about that was that if the Gaza strip becomes a separate entity, it's population wouldn't count in any settlement. The birth rate in the west bank is on the decline for two decades (unlike Gaza) so it's deemed manageable and can be accommodated by some autonomous entity as was described in the Trump plan.
The demographic difference between Gaza and the west bank stems from their different economics. The west bank needs to take care for itself as relatively few are eligible for UN aid. The trend of urbanisation caused a decrease in fertility as is the rule everywhere in the world (children in urban environment are a drain instead of an asset and even in the villages, mechanisation cause children to be less of an asset). In Gaza, most of the population are eligible for food aid so somebody else takes care of their children. This enables them to have more despite half of them not working.
Essentialy it is UN do-gooders and their welfare in Gaza perpetuating the problem by allowing governing power in Gaza(Hamas) to not take care about the statehood and its people and focus on ideology and destruction. Also why not have 8 kids when UN will feed them anyway.
Or like all throughout history, people tend to have more kids the poorer they are especially when an apartheid state is actively trying to ethnically cleanse them.
@@googane7755 thing is Gaza wasn't occupied since 2005, so you can't claim it's the "apartheid state" there. That logic would be applicable to West Bank, but it doesn't seem to play out there either.
@@vaclavdockal6272just an open air prison
@@vaclavdockal6272what a fucking load of hasbara bollocks. israel controls gaza’s borders, sea and air. water and electricity is controlled by israel. and you don’t call it an occupation?
The level of education I receive from these extremely high quality videos is simply astonishing. I love it!
how do you know?
I wouldn't say this is an objective analysis of the situation but more like a justification for all the out of law, immoral deeds of isreal by portraying it as this victim nation just trying to survive in this 'hostile for no reason' neighborhood. I advice you look at other more unbiased balanced sources, if you don't at least listen to both sides and make your own conclusions.
@@abody499 can people like u just accept that some just wanna be neutral
@demianperez1182 wat
Wonderful analysis! Caspian never disappoints.
"Punches above its weight in Statescraft". Largest recipient of US aid and has unconditional support from the world's empire. Yeah....
I had never ssen the situation from this precise point of view and that was simply interesting AF. TYVM and very well done. There is no bias, it's just presenting a particular point of view, very important to understand better the depth of the whole imbroglio...
"their secret weapon: they have no place to go" that phrase is really what describe why Israel fights
well, their enemy put totall war ideology in, so thats it
22% are dual citizens? the leader of the country is some guy from Philadelphia? they've plenty of places, more than the Palestinians that's for sure. And before any "they(Palestinians) have the whole Arab world to take them in!" Why didn't the whole "free" world take in jews before the start of the holocaust? and why didn't some jews choose to leave even after violence rapidly escalated against Jewish communities' during and after Kristallnacht?
There were many proposed places for a Jewish state. Palestine was not the primary proposal. You had south America, Russia, Madagascar etc.
"The Jewish question" was a purely European problem, Europeans are the actual anti Semites, they don't want Jews, it's why they kicked them out and let the Arabs/Muslims deal with them.
So do the palestinians...
Good man Caspian. The best summary of the conflict there is.
this is an extremely well researched and balanced report thank you my friend
15:12 😂😂 LOL Palestinians loyal to the ISREALI State what useless research you have done. No one in theory and practicality believe that Palestinians to be loyal to isreal. Your views are totally biased and absolutely supporting to Palestine nevertheless you stating to use ground report.
You are a Muslim radical supporter your solidarity is with Muslim and Islam only this have been shown in many videos of your supporting Palestine being Muslim majority against isreali. Same you had done with supporting Islamic republic of Pakistan over India.
Why don't you have guts to criticize china.
16-11-2023
Best presentation I've seen, because it explains a point that should be better understood by many discussing Israeli conflicts: Israeli foreign policy is just a continuation of military tactics.
You mean Israel is a Nation State? xD
You mean politics is war by other means ? :-)
@@guidobolke5618 Exactly lol
Exactly 💯
But it's expensive & cannot go on forever... It's a bad military strategy to keep occupation forever... Right now Uncle Sam, Evangelicals & Zionists are picking the bill. If the economy which is fragile right now is affected & that money stream dries off then it will be very expensive for Israel to continue it's occupation....
Nice work. His videos are always informative and explanatory.
This was so informal it should be showed to everyone interested in the topic.
I think you mean informational?
I wouldn't say this is an objective analysis of the situation but more like a justification for all the out of law, immoral deeds of isreal by portraying it as this victim nation just trying to survive in this 'hostile for no reason' neighborhood. I advice you look at other more unbiased balanced sources, if you don't at least listen to both sides and make your own conclusions.
Jeez ... your intro gave me Star Citizen vibes. I thought I had clicked on the wrong channel!
Great video as always, though. Thank you.
If the surrounding is hostile that is mean you dont beloing to that area
@@Icarus7c04 Arabs are cowardly losers and we shall prevail. We are smarter and kinder 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱
Good video as usual! I really respect your ability to create unbiased content about such a heated and controversial conflict
comment is 2 minutes old and has 16 likes. definitely not a bot.
@@carlosfrancisco9645 its a valid point
@@carlosfrancisco9645 Of course its a bot. Hasbara strikes again
@@carlosfrancisco964516 minutes old. So you are wrong. U posted 3 mins ago. So the comment should be 5 min old by your logic
@@carlosfrancisco9645 The comment was 14 minutes old when you posted lmao, maybe you should learn to read mate
So many mad Muslims and tankies in the comments 😂
Thank you for the wonderful video as always Shirvan!
Excellent explanation of what Israel is facing. So many people do not understand the full story, but more worrying, they do not wish to understand. Video’s like these could go a long way if people wish to understand.
I'm getting a lot of folks replying to my comment post, saying how biased this video is. They only think of Israel as an aggressor, which in many ways I can't disagree with them. But they don't understand the complexities of what Israel faces. They only think in a one sided perspective.
Understand what? They chose to create a country within another and are victims of their surroundings?
Just because the situation they got themselves in is complicated doesn't mean their actions are morally good.
@@NaCk210 they are not perfect… nobody is… however, they are far superior to those wanting their total destruction….
@@NaCk210I wouldn't call a fight for survival as morally good, but I wouldn't consider it morally reprehensible either.
If we are comparing Israel's geography to simple mechanical devices, then it resembles a wedge rather than a linchpin. Strategically it is also a wedge that divides the Arab world. Given rhat Winston Churchill - the main architect of the post-Ottoman Middle East - said that he wanted it to become " an empire on the cheap" governed by the principle of "divide and rule", the wedge comparison sewms apt. Linchpins unite. Wedges break apart
Israel is America's unsinkable aircraft carrier in the Middle East, just like Taiwan is against China.
But with the Muslim population in America growing faster than ever (1% for Muslims vs 2% for Jews), you will start seeing a generational shift from the traditional unconditional support for Israel to a more balanced split.
A little bit simplistic hyperbole here but the Democrats will always pretend to support the underdogs while promoting the interests of the elites; while the Republicans will always pretend to support Israel, mostly because they love the Jewish space lasers that cause the Californian wildfire... It's funny that the biggest zionist supporters on the far right are also anti-semitic, probably they think that if Israel does not exist, there will be 9 million more Jews in America.
The Brits are the best at using arbitrary differences as pretense for land seizure.
The French helped out on this one. My country - US - has managed to combine all of the worst strategies of both Britain and France during this century.in the ME.
True.
I'm impressed by your ability to navigate around the political land mines inherent in this story and conflict.
Haha, if you pay attention, this video definitely has a pro-Israel tint.
@@sambingham1196 it's not even subtle tbh
@@ybh8inify "Guys as you can see, Israel has no choice but to occupy the golan heights! They have no choice but siege gaza and maintain military occupation of the west bank! its all for their safety because the arab nations are looking for any chance to wipe them off the map..." It is so pro Israel that it had to, no MUST, ignore all historical context as to why the arab nations didnt like Israel back then and why they couldnt accept a nation on their doorstep.
@@halinaqi2194 So are you saying all that said is wrong? Does Israel have a choice, do tell? Would arab nations not take any chance to wipe them off the map if they smelled weakness? Whatever the historical context may be, are you saying all that is incorrect at the end of the day?
Oh wait right, Israel does have choices from your point of view. Like so many other commenters of your sort seem to love to demand, just vacate the land, basically millions of people fck off to wherever, who cares ey? Or just stop fighting at all and willingly take steps to getting eradicated as they have 'no rights' anyways, that seems to be the reasonable and realistic 'choices' Israel has for you people.
He probably got paid by israel
BIggest mistake Israel did, was to let go Egypt's Sinai Desert territory
yeah, its a big advantage for them having that big buffer zone between egypt a country of 100+ million.. i wonder why they give that up but only keep golan heights
@@qwerty-vp1sb american pressures
People don't talk about it but very very big reason for this peace was actually international pressure,Israel after 67 was boycotted massively,kicked out from many Asian organizations,suffered total oil Embargo and economic stagnation,Suez was entirely closed until 73 and there was IMMENSE pressure from the world to Israel to retreat,Sadat really did a checkmate where he expressed his willingness publicly and came to Israel while demanding ALL of Sinai,Israel in that couldn't even keep Yamit or Taba which considered "part of Israel" in that time.
@@yakov95000 it's was because the Americans the only 1 country who israel can trust her
They made a deal with the devil in 1948, and he does not forgive his contracts. The price? Eternal fear and alienation.
12:12 You said Gaza holds little strategic value so it server as a place Of poverty and neglect, There leaders could have turned Gaza into top destination Mediterranean resort in Middle East. Instead their leaders live in 5 star resort out side Gaza and the people suffering.
sirvan is just whitewashing Israels warcrimes
Gaza literally has a gas field off its coast, it most certainly has value. CaspianReport is clueless.
@@aq4356They're accessible from Israeli ports just north of Gaza
I’m a US citizen and Resident of the state of Wisconsin. I have not watched mainstream news since Obama was in office. Many Americans don’t watch mainstream news anymore we don’t trust our media or our government. Many of us use alternative sources. You are one of my favorite for geopolitical issue explanation giving me a non American perspective on many issues.
If you're only watching "alternative sources", you're still at a disadvantage Information wise.
You need to watch it all so you can compare and analyze all the info and weed out the b.s on both sides.
The alternative sources are controlled by the mainstream
Dito!
@@joemosely9383I agree you need to cast a wide net however the corporate news is complete propaganda. It's a waste of time. Our best bet is to cast a wide net among various sources.
If you’re not watching editorialized news and you are getting your news from CZcams and Facebook, you’re definitely eyeballs deep in conspiracy theories
Incredible analysis
no place to go? I thought most Israeli's are dual US, EU, or Russian citizens?
Great stuff as always my guy! I’m a high school history teacher and I learn a lot from your videos that I pepper-in throughout my lessons. 🤘
A history teacher Great. here's something you can look up. A quote from Gamal Abdel Nasser, the President of Egypt in 1956 in regards to the Newly created state of Israel;
-“You will never be able to live here in peace, because you left here black and came back white”
Why do you think a President would say such a thing to a newly created State, and say it before the whole world?
As a teacher, you should probably study the sources directly.
Excellent presentation as always - learnt a lot. Thank you
I learned so much from this video. It's crazy that we never really learn about both sides in the US and are left to wonder "why no two-state solution yet?"
Maybe the problem is lack of homework 😂
THANK YOU! Simple as for such a complex topic. Anyone not engaging with these facts when discussing the topic is not discussing it realistically or in good faith. And you managed to do it in just 21 minutes somehow. Very well done.
(Graphics could have been a tiny bit stronger but I understand the time and cost thinking.)
my favorite Caspian video to date. well done!
yeah super biased in favor of israel
@@ahmvedakeel bro u people just don't wanna accept that some people wanna be neutral🤣🤣🤣
A very sobering analysis of the Israeli view of its local world.
Exactly...comments say it's unbiased 😂
Exactly it spelled out Israeli point of view.
I'm looking forward to hearing point of view of other paries of this conflict in another video
Exactly, he started with the sponsor who helps him get unbiased information then makes the most biased video.
I kept going until he said Israel independence from Britain, this is the most biased sentence I've ever heard.
Britain created Israel on the Palestinian land through war crimes, rape, and ethnic cleansing
@@saffsuff It _is_ unbiased. Look at the title: the video is about the geopolitics of Israel. Individual-level conflicts have zero effect on geopolitical realities.
😂😂 tell me you hate israel without saying it.
"Keep your enemies close." Whoever said this didn't have many enemies.
Men! Your maps, animations, diagrams, storytelling are AMAZING! Very Inspiring. Do you have any course to teach us?
This is what Baldwin II of Jerusalem feels
Never stop doing what you do. Great video as always. From Argentina, with love.
This was very biased. Like when he said Israel's independence from Britain, well Israel was made by Britain and it got established through ethnic cleansing, genocide, rape, and many war crimes.
There was no Israel before 1948, it was Palestine documented in VISAs that Jews got when they came from Europe
Zionists were planning a Israel in your country first. May be the Jewish population reason. Any way later they Understood kicking out Arabs under British empire was easier. So here we are.
Well, I appreciate that you make distinctions between the various “Arab Nations” and try to treat each as a separate entity.
However, that rhetoric “From the River to the Sea” IS NOT an Arab “Nation” idea … it is an Islamic/Muslim Theocratic POLICY (Mandate) … in fact, it is a Tiny Step toward Their Mandate to Force the Entire World to Submit to Islam … by ANY MEANS Necessary but especially through Violence and Intimidation (Jihad) …
Israel simply happens to be seen as the Smallest, Nearest, Most Vulnerable Target and … according to Islam … the Most Persistent Enemy to Tgeir Cause.
glory to Israel for showing islam who is the boss
Could you imagine how prosperous the area would have been if the Arabs would have just accepted the original land borders in 1947, they would had the Singapore of the Mediterranean. Jewish technology and innovation combined with nearby oil money and human capital of the Palestinians. People really have no care for their future generations when their perceived pride gets in the way. Ironically Israel would have been just 20% of the size it is now.😅
Great explanation about the strategic security from the point of view of Israel...
I can't believe some are calling this 'unbiased'
Israel will destroy it self with in . They can not go for one state solution without a masscre of 6 miljon people or stablishing an undemocratic faschist Apartheid state like south Africa . Or on the other hand facing war with its neighbour as allways .What a bad place to live . Well its says in the Torat its self ,the jews will be spell and punished for their ungodly actions. Is it not what is going on today or what is you opinion
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@@XSuperRedBullX you can tell theyre bots or people acting like bots when they all keep repeating the same word: "complex"
@@Alex_Gabuya Shirvan knows on which side his bread is buttered.
Best explanation about this complex issue I have seen/heard yet. A comprehensive understanding of the current situation as well as historical background and underpinnings is important if not crucial.
@ 4:04 "The lay of the land shapes the hand that rules."
Brilliant!
Wonderful video. Explains the nuances clearly.
Fantastic content as usual. Thank you for putting these videos together.
Amazing work explaining the complex situation Israel is facing
Heavily Biased work...
Basically no one likes them and not h4m4s is exposing them
@@davidhollenshead4892 What about the video do you find biased?
Israel put themselves there. Why didn't European Jews return to their homes in Germany and Poland?
@@LTC366 imagine you are a jew ho just survived Auschwitz your whole family literally turned in to ashes.
You trie to go back to your home but you divorced that is destroyed or is taken by your neighbor ho is willing to kill you because your a jew. Many holocaust survivers ho tried to go back to there home got murdered so there is no there please to go except Israel...
The only place that will protect the jew from antisemitism...
It was a mistake leaving Sinai.
Truly outstanding documentary! Thank you!
Almost had us in the first half
Great analysis as always!
This was a very informative piece. Good work.
One of the best analysis and explanationnof the issues and problems in implementimg the 1993 Oslo Peace accords and the 2 state solution. Well done mate and thank you for this incisive explanation
I get called a rassist if I point out that isreal cannot afford to give up the heights if they want to survive as a country.
It's not a moral judgement it's just a fact.
This an incredibly balanced and accurate analysis on a topic that’s rarely, if ever, balanced or accurate.
Is it balanced to say "they have no where to go" at the end? And completely glossing over the fact that most of them immigrated into this region (their parents/grandparents)?
@@TheXV22 There are more Mizrahi Jews than there are Palestinians.
@@TheXV22Arabs also immigrated to Palestine from the Arabian Peninsula... that's not the point
@@TheXV22 Its their home its where they were born. Both Palestinians and Israelis have a right to stay in the land
@@neemapaxima6116 What the f are you talking about? Palestinians used to live there even before the arab conquest and this is proven even by your stone aged holy book
Another incredible breakdown, thank you!
Genuine question, why is the Israeli occupation of those strategic spots internationally illegal? They were invaded and then pushed the invaders back and won the strategic territory in the process. How is that illegal?
@16:08
this is probably the most important factor people need to learn about this conflict.
it's actually fueled by fuel - not hate. hate is just a tool.
The ancient World of Conquest had shown the biggest issue strategic surrounding of this region. Whoever controls this region, it opens the gateway either North or South.
We don't live in the ancient world anymore. But with this type of thinking that's where we're headed.
@@sammalamaWe may not live in the ancient world, but the Geography of the land, which had not changed for centuries will head us in the repeated cycle of how world conquest is made.
Even for us people to today will also become part of the ancient world. Having this type of thinking (Studying ancient history) ensures us either for a better future or how to deal with what is to come.
By not Studying the past, we are just ensuring the repeated cycle, which time had shown us in the Middle East, which was also known as Mesopotamia.
@@Nameles84 You can't solve the problems of the future with the type of thinking that created them. If you want a world where all people live in harmony, you can't keep thinking in ancient war tactics. I'm not saying don't study the past, I'm saying don't repeat it by avoiding how these problems are created in the first place.
@@sammalama You solve the problems of the future by studying the past by preventing scenarios from happening if one do not think of how ancient tactics works, you can't counter them if your opponent (who also studied them) believe in Harmony through Conquest. - It's like a pro-gamer, who have learned from past experience, against a novice, who don't even know how geography works.
It is the same behavior when Buddhism once flourished in Central Asia during a period where people believe in harmony for being kind and be naive that others will do like wise, but the Persians and Arabs of that time believe in Harmony through conquest, which led to their foundation till this day and the end of Buddhism in Central Asia.
@@Nameles84 You can be strong and kind. Why do people have the need for conquest in the first place? We have explored the entire planet, there's nowhere left to go, nothing left to take.
You said to learn from the past, and clearly they haven't if they're repeating the exact same military tactics used by every empire that ran through that region. If every empire has done it, and failed to hold on to power, what makes you think you can? Clearly you're repeating the same mistakes.
Again, you can't solve a problem with the same mind set that created the problem. The answer is finding a way to make everyone feel welcome, and part of the big picture.
Excellent work as always.
I thought the Six-Day War began with a preemptive Strike by Israel rather than by strikes from other countries as described here?
Yeah, Caspian was a bit biased in this one
Its best to look at the context before rather than just who struck first.
Egypt blocked Israels right to international waters by blockading the straits of Tiran a month before the war
Also, Arab and Israeli armies both began to mobilize, with Syria concentrating its forces heavily in the north.
From Israel's perspective, betting on peace didn't seem smart and they decided to begin the inevitable war on their own terms.
@@ecksdee1637 blocking of the straights is pretty much an act of war by itself.
Finally a balanced video on this issue! So many other channels claim to be balanced or unbiased and then they stumping for Hamas. This is excellent content.
“There secret weapon is they have no place to go” hits hard
Amazingly informative video. Thank you!
That was very well done.. Most informative. Thank you.
Thank you and your team for such amazing content.
I wouldn't say this is an objective analysis of the situation but more like a justification for all the out of law, immoral deeds of isreal by portraying it as this victim nation just trying to survive in this 'hostile for no reason' neighborhood. I advice you look at other more unbiased balanced sources, if you don't at least listen to both sides and make your own conclusions.
The biggest problem is if territories of states are not connected and split by another state’s territory. Similar to the Armenia and Azerbaijan conflict.
In the Gaza situation it’s even worse because of the tremendous high population. It’s not like it would be possible to re locate the people… in the Armenian Azerbaijani conflict it would be theoretically possible to get clear separated borders…. Not saying what Azerbaijan did is justifiable…
Just wanted to point out the geographical aspects that are often factors or reasons in such wars/conflicts. I know that to the Israeli Palestinian conflict way more factors need to be considered but for a long term peace agreement between both parties and a 2 state solution Gaza being cut off to the rest of the world would lead again to another conflict sooner or later regardless of whatever Israel does now militarily.
Israel will destroy it self with in . They can not go for one state solution without a masscre of 6 miljon people or stablishing an undemocratic faschist Apartheid state like south Africa . Or on the other hand facing war with its neighbour as allways .What a bad place to live . Well its says in the Torat its self ,the jews will be spell and punished for their ungodly actions. Is it not what is going on today or what is you opinion
A one-state solution, "from the river to the sea," would be ideal - think of a secular Republic of the Levant. However, racial hatred, religious agendas, and deep-rooted distrust on both sides make that impossible. Too bad they can't all just get along, live and let live. It could be a beautiful, happy, and prosperous nation for all, but instead it is eternally cursed with violence, enmity, and death.
@@vulpo yes it could really
Gaza has the sea, and a border with Egypt, so it is not necessarily cut off from the rest of the world (or wasnt until Hamas took over).
Half of all Palestinians in Palestine live in the Gaza Strip alone.
Imagine fighting with people who have God in their side
The people really need to push back on extremism of both sides.
You forgot to mention that Israel left Gaza in 2005, you forgot to mention that Israel really wanted to give Gaza to Egypt in the peace agreement But Egypt flatly refused
All Arab country refuse that . are you going to create new crisis Nakba !!
No they didn’t Gaza was entirely controlled by Israel acess into and outside, Gazas airspace, water acess, food electricity water everything Gaza was never given freedom it was just walled up and turned into a ghetto
Giving Gaza back was a strategic Israeli ploy to freeze the peace process & tell the world they tried negotiating with Palestinians... This was a show of their intention to a solution but in reality they wanted to block Gaza completely like a prison that it really is right now.... This confining a large chunk of Palestinian population in a locked area was easier for them to control....
As long as Israel maintains the backing of the global superpower. They will always have a foothold in the middle east.
Failing that. The Israeli state will not collapse without resorting to a nuclear response.
this is just plain wrong
Breaking news: US is no longer the global superpower.
@@samnamas3490 Now that's wrong. Number 1 economy. Number 1 military power. Number 1 in total nuclear weapons power.
The U.S is still the global superpower.
@@jaimintrivedi2207 It is correct. It just isn't morally right.
@@Praisethesunson being a superpower isn’t about being ranked number one. It’s about being the world hegemon.
This is just a more rambling version of your video, 'Geopolitics of Israel'
18:50 Fire your editor. That1967 Six Day War sign has been up since like 15 minutes lmao
20:37 The capital of Jordan is AMMAN not Ammam!