I'd say both of these videos are way too simplistic. I'm very pro-Israeli but it is hard to justify many of the actions taken by Israel in the past ten years. I don't think a compromise can ever be reached. Sadly, I doubt that even if Palestinians were offered good land elsewhere that they would take it and there is no way that Israel dare give up the West Bank or Gaza at this point.
I've been to Israel. I love the country. I've been in the home of both Jews and Arabs. These Arabs did not flee in 1948. They stayed to work with the Jews and helped create a new nation. They did not act like nor appear to be second-class citizens. They acted like much like most middle-class families throughout the world. This family told me that the Jews pleaded with the Arabs to stay and help make Israel a great nation. Many (most) Arabs said they would grab the land back the day the British left and the rest is history.
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