So i welcome you this morning, thank you all for coming, my name is dane kennedy. Im the director of the National History center. Which is sponsoring this briefing. It is on the geo politics of middle east oil, Historical Perspectives on the current crisis. I want to just briefly explain what we are doing here and why were doing it. This is part of an ongoing series sponsored by the center that brings Historical Perspectives to current issues. The center itself is strictly nonpartisan. The purpose of the program is not to advocate for any particular policies, but in fact to provide sort of Historical Context to help inform policy makers and the public as they deal with difficult issues. I want to thank or acknowledge the Financial Support of the mellon foundation, which makes this briefing series possible. I want to thank rachel wheatly in the back of the room who is our assistant director and has helped to organize this. I want to thank the office of jerry connelly. Which has booked t
By the end of the 60s the palestinians had become masters of their own destiny. But a bloody showdown was on the horizon. Not with israel but with fellow arabs. The palestinian commando movement emerged as a force to be reckoned with in the region following the defeat of the arab states in the 1967. The palestinians had taken their 1st steps towards emancipation from the out of work. And that. Would allow us at the arab league all of these factors doesnt look at blow to the arab custodianship of the palestinians and their cause and thus palestinians became the masters of their destiny. The palestinians took full advantage of the state of chaos suffered by the defeated out of regimes palestinian guerrilla factions the most prominent of which was fatah consolidated their grip on the refugee camps in the arab world hundreds of fresh recruits and rolled to join these factions the image of young for the even more Freedom Fighters clad in the traditional palestinian headscarf became an icon
1948 the state of israel was proclaimed. Palestine was lost. 16 years later in 1964 the Palestine Liberation Organization or the p. L. O. Was founded. Made up of different factions the p. L. O. Has been at the heart of the struggle to regain palestine ever since. Setting up an independent Palestinian Organization was not easy. The 1st challenge the palestinians faced was to wrest control of their own destiny from the at abrasions. In early 1965 a series of attacks were carried out against israeli civilians and infrastructure. A previously unknown Palestinian Group calling itself a loss if i meaning the storm seen here in training claimed responsibility for the times. And also if i was started by a small group of palestinian activists in the diaspora they believed Armed Struggle was the only way to end back their last homeland. Breeze eames did not share this view they feared being drawn into a conflict with israel for which they did not feel prepared. Palestine had been an area of conf
The race to the white house goes on joe biden has but secured his place is the democratic nominee we can be still trying to join us for continuing coverage of the u. S. Election 2020 on aljazeera. 148 the state of israel was proclaimed. Palestine was lost. 16 years later in 1964 the Palestine Liberation Organization or the p. L. O. Was founded. Made up of different factions the p. L. O. Has been at the heart of the struggle to regain palestine ever since. Setting up an independent Palestinian Organization was not easy. The 1st challenge the palestinians faced was to wrest control of their own destiny from the at abrasions. In early 1965 a series of attacks were carried out against israeli civilians and infrastructure. A previously unknown Palestinian Group calling itself a loss if i meaning the storm seen here in training claimed responsibility for the times. And also if i was started by a small group of palestinian activists in the diaspora they believed arm struggle was the only way
Coverage of the death of me about it at the age of 91 do stay with us. Hello welcome to another look at the international forecast we have seen some rather unsettled weather a sleigh rain sleet and snow pushing across the Korean Peninsula and into japan that will tend to ease away as we go on through the next couple days temperatures damp still around 12 degrees celsius there for a size a process guys coming back in behind its moving to the 2nd half of the way with the winds going into more than all the temperatures scaling around that value actually still 11. 12 haber price skies across the Korean Peninsula we have got quite a wintry mix there across central and northern parts of china down into the south sunshine bursting through once again hong kong at around 23. 00 degrees celsius meanwhile weve got plenty of sunshine across south asia we have seen some long spells of rain pushing across northern parts of india now pushing through behind towards kolkata southern areas of bangladesh