Palestine Part 1 – From Ancient Roots to 1948 | Office Hours

In this episode of Office Hours with Dr. Roy Casagranda, Roy and Jeremy take on one of the most difficult and important conversations of our time: the history of Palestine.

Part 1 traces the story from ancient times through the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. Roy walks us through the roots of Jewish and Palestinian identity, the role of empires from Babylon to Rome, the Crusades, and the Arab conquest. We explore the rise of Zionism in Europe, centuries of antisemitism and pogroms, the Holocaust, and the global decisions that led to partition and displacement in Palestine.

This is not just a history lesson — it’s a framework for understanding how the past still shapes the present.

This is Part 1 of a multi-part series. Future episodes will examine the apartheid system, ongoing settlements, the genocide in Gaza, the daily realities faced by Palestinians today, and what can be done.

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00:00:00 Opening: Why Palestine Matters
00:01:40 Ancient Peoples and Early Judaism
00:06:00 Babylonian Captivity & Persian Rule
00:09:56 Greeks, Romans, and the Jewish Diaspora
00:15:10 Arab Conquest and Jewish-Muslim Relations
00:17:05 The Crusades and Christian Antisemitism
00:20:18 Colonialism and the Rise of Zionism
00:22:18 Pogroms, Dreyfus Affair, and Herzl
00:29:00 Race, Identity, and the Claim to Palestine
00:32:02 Balfour Declaration & Sykes-Picot
00:35:10 Zionism and Antisemitism Connected
00:41:09 Holocaust: From Camps to Final Solution
00:47:00 Nazi Racial Policies and IBM Data
00:55:00 Hatred, Opportunism, and Power
01:00:00 Why Allies Didn’t Bomb Auschwitz
01:06:00 Holocaust Death Toll & Modern Antisemitism
01:10:02 UN Partition of Palestine, 1947
01:14:15 1948 War and Palestinian Expulsion
01:20:00 Aftermath: Refugees, Druze, and Bedouin
01:23:00 Closing and Next Episode Preview

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