The Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Video)
Journalist Shir Hever traces current Middle East turmoil to the Ottoman Empire and asks viewers to question the shifting paradigms of the discord.
In a conversation with the nonprofit acTVism Munich, journalist Shir Hever traces current Middle East turmoil to the Ottoman Empire and asks viewers to question the shifting paradigms of the discord.
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