What's been the impact of Western policy on Palestine & Israel? | Inside Story

The West has united in backing Israel since Saturday's armed attack, killings and abductions of Israelis by Hamas.
But western governments have avoided criticising the intensive Israeli bombing of Gaza, causing thousands of Palestinian casualties.
So how is western policy towards Israel and Palestine over decades affecting the conflict today?

Presenter: James Bays

Guests: Abdullah Al-Arian, associate professor of history at Georgetown University in Qatar, specialist on U.S. Middle East policy.

Maria Luisa Fantappie, head of Middle East and Africa programme for Italian think tank, Istituto Affari Internazionali.

Richard Boyd Barrett, member Dáil Éireann (Irish Parliament), People Before Profit party.

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