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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: Did Israel Steal Palestinian Land?
Description: In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo and Nikos Sotirakopoulos challenge the misleading narrative of the shrinking Palestinian lands and the claim that Israel has allegedly stolen them. They explore the history of how the Israeli territories were lawfully acquired, the Palestinians’ repeated failures to form an enduring, peaceful state, and the broader philosophical questions of what moral premises are necessary to validate any claim to statehood.
Among the topics covered:
The dishonest narrative of the “shrinking Palestine” maps;
The documented history of how individuals acquired the land through trade;
The Arab rejection of the two-state UN partition plan;
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