2022-02-13 - Radio Ranch 2.13.22 Alison Weir - How The U.S. Was Used to Create Israel - Buried History: How the U.S.-Israel Relationship Was Built

Global Voice Radio Network's tracks · Sep 1, 2026 · 29m · transcript

In this episode, I share a deep historical critique of political Zionism and its relationship with the United States, following the speaker’s argument that the roots of today’s Gaza crisis reach back more than a century. We trace the movement’s emergence in the late 1800s, the demographics of Palestine before statehood, and the early growth of Zionist organizing in America. The conversation highlights figures such as Louis Brandeis, Felix Frankfurter, and Chaim Weizmann, and revisits key turning points including the Balfour Declaration, the Paris Peace Talks, and the partition plan that…