Israeli Historian Ilan Pappé on Gaza War, Hostages & the Context Behind Current Violence

We speak with Israeli historian Ilan Pappe about Israel's escalating war on Gaza, as well as a leaked document from the country's Ministry of Intelligence that suggests permanently expelling Gaza's entire population to the Sinai Desert in Egypt. This is a massive operation of killing, of ethnic cleansing, of depopulation," says Pappe. He also says the only way to secure the release of the more than 200 hostages held by Hamas is to agree to an all-for-all swap for the thousands of Palestinian political prisoners held by Israel, including many women, children and elderly people. This is the only way to release the people who were taken." Pappe is a leading critic of the Israeli occupation, a professor of history and the director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter. His books include The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples and The Idea of Israel: A History of Power and Knowledge.