I tried watching a few days ago and was a bit disappointed. A couple of your comments made it harder for me to watch further, so I didn't.

One of them was (unless I misunderstood) I think something about whether the Palestinians (or whatever they should be called) had represented themselves at some early 20th century important decision-making process with the authorities, and if I recall you seemed dismissive since they hadn't been there or hadn't represented.

The other point that I remember a bit better was around "squatter's rights". Blech. This is not, in my view, a valid argument, unless (I suppose) it was really very one-sided and just about the only tribes hanging out on some given land have been one single tribe, for dozens and hundreds of years. To the best of my knowledge that is not the case here. This is the 21st century, and if we're to shoot for something resembling an enlightened discussion around a grotesque and in some ways impossible to ameliorate situation involving the slaughter of civilians, then in my view we should go for something better than "God gave us this land". We should also go for something better than "our ancestors beat your ancestors in various wars, and they were sitting in this musical chair before and longer, and in greater numbers than yours, so I"m sorry that a bunch of civilians were just slaughtered and you can't also live well in the 21st century, but please just shut up and go away". This is not to say it is the argument of all Israel supporters, but I think some of that is there, for some of them.

We both seem to have Jewish upraising/background of some sort, and for some purposes this may lead us from a common starting point, though for some purposes that is not a consequential point. I'm familiar with (and am sometimes lectured a bit about, by family) the argument that there was nothing else that could be done in 1948, and a Jewish state had to be created, on that particular land. I say it's 2021 and regardless of the strengths and weaknesses of that point, what I'm focused on is:

a) limit my time focused on "Israel" because I see many intellectuals becoming obsessed with arguing about it. However, to the extent I'm able to try (at least) to lend a constructive voice, keep in mind that there are the highest possible stakes here for all involved.
b) reflect that I frequently hear valid points made by both sides. I'm willing to listen. I'm familiar with the fact that critics of Israel generally do nothing to honor the key question of what can reasonably be expected from Israel when people are lobbing bombs at them. Unfortunately, I also see broad-brush dismissive defenses of Israel which ignore that there are hard questions to be asked (and better answers to be given) as to what can reasonably be expected of the human beings trying to make lives in the Palestinian territories (or whatever those areas should be called).
c) too much money flows from around the world to financing of weapons and never-ending conflict.
d) Many of us in the US and around the world understandably want to discuss and sort out what we think. I just don't seem to run into much (if any) discussion that seems to take into account both sides not with an eye toward some sort of artificial meaningless "equality" of arguments, but with an eye toward really finding a viable secular thoughtful meaningful solution.

It's possible to argue that on balance, essentially, the Israelis, in the short-term, are right simply to defend in the manner they have. I have my doubts as to arguing that they are right to engage in what might be seen as longer-term provocations and effrontery. I also find it abhorrent that critics of Israel so often make one-sided arguments equally as offensive as any one-sided unfair unlistening approach that Israel sometimes seems to bring to the table. Notwithstanding any details to those arguments, IMO a broader discussion needs to take place, particularly among those of us who are secular and able to see past the ridiculous "god gave us this land" crapola, and try to bring a meaningful better path to the situation.

Israelis and Jews have the advantage of having lived their lives subject to lies and hatred from all quarters. Consequently, all the BS from phony SJW's, closet Nazis and other fools is readily disregarded. None of it will have the slightest effect on Israel's behavior.