{"id":2646184,"date":"2026-08-17T18:30:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T22:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-in-just-30-seconds-bill-maher-uses-actual-history-to-defeat-one-of-palestinians-dirtiest-gaza-lies\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T18:32:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T22:32:33","slug":"watch-in-just-30-seconds-bill-maher-uses-actual-history-to-defeat-one-of-palestinians-dirtiest-gaza-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-in-just-30-seconds-bill-maher-uses-actual-history-to-defeat-one-of-palestinians-dirtiest-gaza-lies\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: In Just 30 Seconds Bill Maher Uses Actual History to Defeat One of Palestinians&#8217; Dirtiest Gaza Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-in-just-30-seconds-bill-maher-uses-actual-history-to-defeat-one-of-palestinians-dirtiest-gaza-lies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2646184&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/khymani-james-dumbassery-on-display-just-two-days-before-his-expulsion\/\" title=\"Khymani James displays foolish behavior shortly before being expelled\">provided content includes<\/a> a discussion about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, featuring insights from Bill Maher and Senator John Fetterman. Maher asserts that Palestinians have historically not favored a two-state solution, citing the 2005 withdrawal of Israel from Gaza and subsequent governance by Hamas, which he claims was the result of Palestinian choices rather than Israeli actions. He emphasizes that Gaza was turned into a fortress rather than developed, and criticizes the support for Hamas, which has launched attacks against Israel, including a recent deadly assault on October 7, 2023. Maher also points out that Israel offered a peace deal that was rejected by Palestinian leaders, highlighting the claim that Palestinians desire a one-state solution spanning from the Jordan River too the Mediterranean Sea, which would encompass all of Israel. The discussion underscores that Hamas and certain Palestinian factions are primarily responsible for ongoing conflict, rather than Israel. The article also provides historical context about gaza&#8217;s disengagement, the rise of Hamas, and previous failed peace negotiations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It took Bill Maher about 30 seconds to prove that the Palestinians have never really wanted a two-state solution.<\/p>\n<p>The topic came up on Maher\u2019s \u201cClub Random\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GcEoJNDL7cw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">podcast in the spring<\/a> with Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania as his guest. A clip from that interview about Gaza was reposted over the weekend and went viral.<\/p>\n<p>Maher noted that \u201cfreeing\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/platner-officially-goes-expect-free-palestine-vulgar-message-ice-no-accountability-seriousness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Palestine<\/a> is the in-vogue cause that celebrities in Hollywood, where he lives, have grabbed ahold of lately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs if Palestine would be liberated by living under Hamas,\u201d he first quipped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the way, [Gaza], geniuses educated on TikTok, was liberated in 2005 by Israel. Israel gave it back and said, \u2018Here, you have your land again. You do something with it.\u2019 And this is what they did with it: They made it into a fortress, didn\u2019t spend it on the people,\u201d Maher said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt could have been Dubai,\u201d he argued, given its prime location on the Mediterranean Sea.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In less than 150 seconds, Bill Maher explains how Israel gave back Gaza to the Palestinians in 2005, and instead of turning it into a Dubai, they chose Hamas and wanted war.<\/p>\n<p>They refused every peace deal Israel offered them. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OdUM8FKvxH\">pic.twitter.com\/OdUM8FKvxH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vivid.\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 (@VividProwess) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VividProwess\/status\/2088770211532935481?\">August 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fetterman agreed. He noted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/listen-time-bill-clinton-demanded-america-carry-donald-trumps-border-ice-policies-point-point\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Clinton<\/a>, while he was president, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2016\/05\/bill-clinton-palestinians-israel-223176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">helped negotiate<\/a> a deal that would have given the Palestinians nearly all of the West Bank and East Jerusalem as their capital, but Palestinian President Yasser Arafat <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/International\/story?id=81751&#038;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">turned it down<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bill Clinton: \u201cI killed myself trying to give the Palestinians a state. I had a deal they turned down that would have given them all of Gaza and 97% of the West Bank. You name it. They turned it all down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Palestinians never wanted peace.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d3iUGiusQ0\">pic.twitter.com\/d3iUGiusQ0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vivid.\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 (@VividProwess) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VividProwess\/status\/2034004345461813525?\">March 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey did not want a two-state solution. Their one-state solution, as you always point out, is from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vulnerable-squad-democrat-says-anti-israel-chant-river-sea-isnt-hate-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">river [to the] sea<\/a>. What\u2019s in there?\u201d the lawmaker asked Maher.<\/p>\n<p>The answer, of course, is all of modern-day Israel, from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A map of the 12 tribes of Israel as they lived around 1200BC.<\/p>\n<p>On International Day of the World\u2019s Indigenous Peoples, remember: the Jewish people are indigenous to the Land of Israel. \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xVHKPXTkDk\">pic.twitter.com\/xVHKPXTkDk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hananya Naftali (@HananyaNaftali) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HananyaNaftali\/status\/2086346826282582324?\">August 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople out here, they\u2019re actors. They just want a cause. They want to do something about it: \u2018Free Palestine.\u2019 But that\u2019s as far as they\u2019ve looked into it. They don\u2019t look past the buzzwords,\u201d Maher concluded.<\/p>\n<p>As a brief history, Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Israels-disengagement-from-Gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pulled out<\/a> of the Gaza Strip in 2005, which included removing over 9,000 Israeli citizens living in settlements in the region to the pre-1967 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-makes-story-meeting-israeli-pm-prior-six-day-war-67\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Six-Day War<\/a> boundary.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gal-gadot-guy-nattiv-screen-idf-footage-hamas-atrocities-hollywood-vips-raise-awareness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamas<\/a> won a majority in the parliamentary elections, and the following year the terrorist group seized control of Gaza from the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority, which administers the semi-autonomous areas of the West Bank, the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hamas-gaza-palestinian-authority-israel-war-ed7018dbaae09b81513daf3bda38109a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Oslo-Accords\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oslo Accords<\/a> signed between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization in 1994, Israeli forces had agreed to a framework for Palestinian self-government.<\/p>\n<p>Violent flare-ups followed, causing Israel to go back into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/netanyahu-publicly-rejects-trumps-peace-plan-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaza<\/a> before withdrawing again in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas used it as a base of operations for missile strikes against Israel and, ultimately, the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, during which they killed approximately 1,200 Israelis and took 250 people hostage.<\/p>\n<p>Maher and Fetterman know the history. 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