What If Everything You Were Taught About Israel Was a Lie?

For decades, myths have defined the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, repeated until they replace reality.

Behind the headlines lies a story of identity and survival, where history collides with propaganda and truth becomes the first casualty.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:40 Myth #1: The Occupation is to blame
04:11 Myth #2: The KGB invented Palestinian identity
08:34 Myth #3: Settlements are the biggest obstacle to peace
13:07 Myth #4: “A land without a people”
19:11 Myth #5: Israel is an apartheid state
24:00 Outro

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Sources:
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDChJJ_MhDo Unpacking Israeli History, May 25, 2025
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZLDnqDJ0x0 Unpacked, March 27, 2024
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFeKwv4GkZI Unpacked, April 7, 2021
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-Dave Chappelle: The Closer. Netflix, 2021
-United Nations Country Team in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Common country analysis for the Occupied Palestinian Territory. United Nations, 2022.
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Image/footage credits:
Coming soon.
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Executive Producers:
Michael Steinhardt

Co-Executive Producers:
Marc Shmuel Levine
Iris & Shalom Maidenbaum

Gold Level:
The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life
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Translation credits:
Portuguese: Saymon Pires, www.livrariasafra.com.br, @safralivraria

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