Benjamin Netanyahu: A Profile of the Israeli PM

Explore the life and legacy of Benjamin Netanyahu, from his military service and academic achievements to the lasting impact of his brother Yonatan’s tragic death during Operation Entebbe.
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[@JustanotherMerikan]

Mispronunciation of Intifada is hilarious😂🖤

[@DaveOBrien]

Nails on a blackboard!

[@alpraz4654]

Infitada 😍😍😍

[@jtsnowman66]

Infitada sounds like spanish 😂

[@benjamingrunbaum3601]

Yeah, sometimes I can't tell if he's using a British pronunciation or if he's just confused. lol

[@Kinzarr4ever]

@@benjamingrunbaum3601 Doesn't help when at one point he first gets it wrong and then right in the span of a couple of seconds. All part of Simon being Simon though.

[@lancelogedde8291]

Honestly I really like when he only focus on ONE topic and really goes in depth on it !!

[@hiroshi138]

I'd prefer to return to how this channel started...episodes focused on famous battles

[@dektarey4024]

@@hiroshi138 There are hundreds of channels doing that. No need to return to a format with a limited lifetime, especially as pretty much every single one of those battles has been covered in immense depth by more knowledgeable writers already.

[@Aus200]

​@@dektarey4024be quiet bot.

[@alexisdm17]

BIG DIFFERENCE: The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) is Lebanon's Army. The Lebanese Forces (LF) were a Christian milita during the civil war. Now they're a political party

[@vultureTX001]

there were a lebanese political party back in the 1930's . Phalangists

[@iddomargalit-friedman3897]

You completely misunderstood what "the iron wall" doctrine is It means that peace with local arabs and nearby arab nations can only come through the establishment of an "iron wall" - military might that would make it's destruction impossible and make them lose faith. In other words, it is a doctrine that says that the most important thing in the relationship is resilience and deterrence, and that as long as there is hope for Israel's destruction, no amount of placating or fruitful cooperation would help. Notably, the ultimate goal is peace and cooperation. It has nothing to do with civil relations between arabs and jews - the revisionists supported full legal equality, cultural and religious freedom, and political cooperation.

[@sultan__8636]

Thing is this will not work , It will only make Israel A nuclear wasteland at the end of the day

[@raymonddavis7233]

Well, that’s awfully nice to think about. But a political faction like BBs requires that such a state of dominance is never perceived to be achieved even if it is in reality. Far right factions require that their citizens be afraid of their neighbors. If they aren’t, far right politics disintegrate and the brand giving them power collapses. Therefore, Israel needs events like IO/seven to happen, and indeed DID allow it so.

[@raymonddavis7233]

It’s clear the “Iron Wall” is a fallacy. The most powerful nation in the Middle East brought to its knees by paragliders from its tiny fourth world prison state - when we know they knew of the attack far in advance? Please. Israel will never be powerful enough to not need to be perceived as a maiden in distress.

[@KJRM816]

Bullshit 🤣

[@raymonddavis7233]

@@KJRM816 no it’s not, unfortunately. Would you like receipts?

[@yanivcassuto4198]

You had a mistake when talking about Netanyahu's first defeat. He was defeated by the Labour's leader Ehud Barack, the lost the Likud leadership to Sharon. Also, the hostage exchange of Gilad Shalit was due to mounting domestic pressure over cost of living in Israel, so he had to calm the productive more center-left public somehow, that's why he signed the deal.

[@תומרלייזגולד]

Yeah Sharon resigned from the Likud party because he founded a new party with moderates from the Likud and Labor, not resigned the premiership

[@yanivcassuto4198]

@@תומרלייזגולד התגובה שלי הייתה לטעות שלו על הבחירות ב-1999. ביבי לא הפסיד לשרון, הוא הפסיד לאהוד ברק ואז הפסיד את ראשות הליכוד.

[@relaxedleisure4766]

“Productive” - this is why the left is never going to win again. Respect your fellow citizens.

[@Nathan-h5o]

KZbin has deleted 1,000 comments 😂😂

[@cheryllines4106]

JOUTUBE 🥵!

[@MovieRiotHD]

How do you know?

[@orhutubeli5332]

1) The reason clause is unique to the Israeli judicial system, no other court in the world can cancel a governmental decision just because a judge thinks it's "unreasonable", that means a judge can substitute the government with a totally subjective explanation. 2)the court dealing with Netanyahu's case has told the prosecution that the bribery accusation has no sufficient proof without even hearing Netanyahu's defence, the court has also asked the prosecution to withdraw the accusation but they refused for obvious reasons of prestige and not wanting to be humiliated.

[@תומרלייזגולד]

Yet it has only ruled out government decisions in a select few cases, perhaps the most 'political' among them was the government decision to give west bank palestinians on whose property Israeli settlers built things on financial compensation on the ground that they haven't consented to the sale of the land and thus it's a violation of their right to property, so it only matters if you're a Kahanist. There was also the time in the 90's when the education minister, member of the Mafdal party, which represented national religious jews, prevented an episode on HaTelevizia HaKhinukhit (an educational TV channel) that featured discussion of LGBT, the producers appealed, and the supreme court struck down the decision as unlawful and this fight got dragged out for over a year and the education minister was forced to back down and the episode was aired. Besides that, there was only like 18 other cases of this happening, mostly covering non-controversial, non-political stuff like government transparency. Yes, historically there are examples of the supreme court acting on behalf of a promotion of a liberal democratic set of values that may not be strictly specified in Israeli constitutional documents, and may not always be in line with the government's agenda, but are we really to complain I mean we benefit from more democracy Anyways the judicial reform of 2023 was struck down as unlawful and blocked by the supreme court so it's not happening.

[@orhutubeli5332]

@@תומרלייזגולד I don't care what the court did with this unusual power, I only know that its the only court on the planet, in western democratic countries, that can strike down government decision without a legal explanation, nobody can decide that something is reasonable or not because it's completely subjective. The court did not struck the law down because it's a basic law and a part of the Israeli constitution which the court uses to strike down laws, so it either the case that basic laws are at the same normative level as regular laws untill the Knesset announces that the project of the Israeli constitution is done or Israel has a constitution from the mid nineties with the legislation if the human honour and liberty and Freedom of occupation laws. The court must decide but either way the striking down of the law is impossible because if the basic laws are a constitution then the only body with authority over legislation is the Knesset and if the basic laws aren't the constitution then the court has no normative basis for the cancelling of any legislation. The court could choose thr path of insisting that it do whatever it chooses without good explanation but that wouldn't help because in the long run it only looses the little trust it has.

[@tomerschubert2095]

The reason were the only western democratic county whose judiciary can do something like this is because we’re the only western democratic country with effectively no enshrined checks and balances on the powers of government. The reasonableness clause is the only check on government power, and a clause rarely used at that. What could possibly be the reason for a government to want to remove such a clause if they do not plan to do things that they know would otherwise be struck down?

[@tomerschubert2095]

@@orhutubeli5332Btw practically every judiciary in the western world has this power, the only difference is that they have constitutions and we don’t.

[@ravidlivne7317]

עילת סבירות קיימת במערכות של מדינות אחרות, כגון בריטניה וגרמניה. בנוגע לעניין השוחד: אכן הרשאה בשוחד כנראה לא תהיה, אבל למה אתה לא מציין שבשאר העבירות ההרשאה נראית יותר מסבירה? למה הסנגורים פנו לגישור פלילי כבר פעמיים, אבל המדינה סירבה? באיזה מצב סנגור פונה לגישור פלילי, אתה יודע?

[@ouriel181]

There is a mistake about the "iron wall" its not term as iron barrier, but idea in an essay written by Ze'ev Jabotinsky in 1923 as an idea that arabs will never accept jews, so the jews need strong defense (as military capability and power in general) that the arabs will give up and pursuit peace.

[@canaanite23]

This episode is a F mess . There is so much misinformation.

[@ouriel181]

@canaanite23 i noticed, but at least he tried 😅

[@greatmental]

@@canaanite23 Yes, it is never ending.

[@tomlinsona0704]

Except they built a giant iron wall around Gaza.

[@penultimateh766]

@@tomlinsona0704 Yeah, because Gaza is full of militant Arabs that thirst for the blood of Israeli children as amply evidenced Oct 7.

[@Lord_Retrospect]

Uganda is East Africa

[@Falcon364]

Go Uganda!! 🎉

[@bonemeal_boi]

Nooo, Uganda je SRPSKA

[@WanderingMiqo]

Come on, we should know by now that Warographics doesn't have a proof-reader.

[@Gol_D_Rog3r]

I’m never this early. Thanks for the crisp news content

[@right_42]

why is gol d Roger in the comments?

[@theodorebear6714]

*"The war is not meant to be won. The war is meant to be continuous."* -George Orwell

[@deanmachine7971]

Can't wait for the pager video!

[@user-fn1zn7qh3s]

Only here to increase Simon on algorithms

[@OliverHallissey]

Such a great channel been viewing Simon’s content for as long as I can remember 👊🏻

[@droldsw31]

That's Great! When will you turn 11?

[@tomi832]

I think it's important to note that: 1) the Judicial reform didn't have anything to do with Bibi, he wasn't a part of it. 2) it didn't influence in anyway his case. The reform was about a huge problem in Israel where the Justice system has too much power. The vast majority in Israel agrees that a reform is needed, they just either thought it should be voted differently than what Netanyahu's coalition wanted, or just have some different details. But it wasn't an attack by Bibi against the justice system. 3) the cases against him are dwindling at best. Most people in Israel basically believe that they were created to try and force him to quit being the PM, they didn't believe he would fight back. I think that now half of them are basically closed? And the ones who are still open don't look like they'll conclude against him really. The media outside Israel (and most ones inside too) don't really talk about them this days, even though they continue. There's probably a reason why... And no, I don't vote Bibi.

[@bigm6180]

A Warographics & Biographics mashup? Hell yes!

[@sebbvell3426]

You should do video talking about Ayatollah Khamanei Ali

[@jamesotoa9266]

Uganda is in East Africa

[@Kingkoyero]

Thanks for this.

[@vultureTX001]

Blaming Bibi for not making a deal with Syria in the 90's? WTF Syria has had zero diplomatic relations with Israel since 1948. That's is why Syria can't ask for the golan heights back, first they would have to acknowledge Israel.

[@sunshineforlunch]

Great chronological breakdown Simon. Thanks for this.

[@jaydenebling1439]

never thought I would be 10 mins early, great work simon❤

[@eddyr1041]

Wow❤.... But where is iran?

[@sebbvell3426]

Benjamin Natanyahu has been in power longer than I have been alive

[@BugManiacRoy]

@@sebbvell3426 that's a problem. He's got a herd of actual idiots here in Israel, extremists amongst them, and he uses them to stay in power. I doubt he'll be reelected again.

[@mrnotverypc7549]

So as kim jong un and xi jinping that dictators for you most israelis hate him he not a true leader

[@greatmental]

"Been in power" He is democratically elected. And there was about a one-two year term where his party was not in the coalition. Furthermore, elections in Israel are for political parties and there members. Not for a president, such as in the USA. Therefor, the population votes for his party, and not necessarily for him. But the party has inner votes to decide on the one who will serve as the Prime Minister.

[@zbrojarçek]

​@@greatmentalHow many Arab-Israelis, using the definition I assume you prefer, in occupied territories are unable to vote in elections that very much affect them? Israeli democracy is a bigger joke than American democracy. Your other points are meaningless. You do not refute the OP in any way.

[@penultimateh766]

@@zbrojarçek Non-citizen residents cannot vote in elections in any sovereign state. The first step to gaining citizenship is to stop blowing yourselves up at bus stops.

[@alexratzloff894]

I'm a huge Netanyahu fan... I don't care wat ppl say! He's a good wartime leader and his country and the world will vindicate him long after he's out of office

[@EmilyRose1]

Do a video on the pager attacks

[@jamesmcpherson8599]

The thumbnail is so unintentionally funny

[@GrievousReborn]

I personally feel like he cares more about destroying Hamas than getting the hostages back.

[@the0ne809]

he cares more about prolonging the war so his coalition govt doesn't fall apart and then lose reelection and his trial starts.

[@Makumbi]

It's the current doctrine. Any excuse to settle old scores.

[@penultimateh766]

And?

[@benfelps]

that’s extremely obvious

[@Makumbi]

@@penultimateh766 it draws attention away from the real issues.

[@bak9451]

awsome content

[@matthewsolis7075]

I have been looking for some incite into this man for some time. Very interesting.

[@BryanDraffen]

You say Intifada, I say Infitada. You say dyslexic, I say lysdexic.

[@DodgeyWizard]

Thanks for sticking with this topic I hope you can keep the ad rev from this one

[@Bert4ceasar]

It goes without word, netanyahu is next to trump trying to hold on to his positon as long as he can to avoid trail for corruption and abuse of power ... and perhaps a trial for mass murder.

[@MaWa-pw6fg]

im all caught up on all simon channels except casual criminalist and blaze. cant listen to either of those at work😂.

[@ykwia1]

Intifada not infitada

[@nrsrymj]

Infinite empanadas

[@MrTexasDan]

@@nrsrymj incomparable enchiladas

[@StigmaX]

Tom Cruise knows where Shelly Miscavige is.

[@AG3n3ricHuman]

It amazes me how seemingly few nations have term limits for their top office.

[@drumroll7552]

Suicide bombings on Israeli "targets." That's a misleading language. Those "targets" were civilian, but god forbid anyone blames the Palestinians for anything

[@hagusbristol7346]

My boss who is jewish himself (old guy, kinda successful in his field) hate the pm of Israel. He blames him for the current crisis and blames him on the actions of his past.

[@fathertimegaming17]

So one guy somewhere has an opinion. Thanks for adding to the conversation

[@pindakaas4443]

Great story… not!

[@BugManiacRoy]

As an Israeli, I agree with him. Netanyahu is a snake.

[@Charles-js3ri]

​@@fathertimegaming17Way to go jerk. He's added an anecdote and you snarled at him. What do you add?

[@karmah88]

there are a heck of a lot of jews who feel the same too. he's put jews all over the world in danger.

[@Matthew-gy6iy]

Such good docs and so much work clearly put in…why not learn how to properly pronounce the names of the people involved?

[@wile-e-coyote8371]

I love Frittada's! 😂

[@yakov95000]

War Hero and great reformer,yet should have ended his rule his half decade ago,his divisiveness destroyed Israel politics...

[@CalaverasRC]

I’m craving empanadas.

[@benjamingrunbaum3601]

Cornell University is in Ithica, NY- nowhere near Philly.

[@relaxedleisure4766]

He grew up in Cheltenham, basically Philly.

[@sebbvell3426]

Intifada, not infitada.

[@jimp8400]

Thank you

[@tomandgames370]

God i miss the channel biographies with Simon in them

[@normalguy7898]

Netanyahu is a legend.

[@anotherbacklog]

Strong response risking international backlash, or make peace and risk end up like Rabin. Who ever planned the October 7 incident really understands who they are dealing with, and what he would choose.

[@tomerschubert2095]

Rabin was murdered by a far right extremist…

[@droldsw31]

For us Americans, it's pronounced, "Yitshot Rabean".

[@hiroshi138]

Cool. Now do an episode on the Hamas terrorist leader Sinwa.

[@suspiciousafternoon]

He's been in power longer than I've been alive and he's 74!? Wow

[@chrisjett4174]

Sounds like the “only democracy in the Middle East” is lead by a Dictator and held in power by nazi like voters😂

[@tonym6193]

He's Israel's Putin

[@victormutabazi8208]

Well done

[@lannyplans]

The wall works very well. Some were inconvenienced so that others would not be murdered.

[@ARIXANDRE]

Political Kamikaze. He knows he's going down but not before he causes as much destruction as he can.

[@AmanuelAlehegneWubete]

The most low IQ take ever ... but ok

[@randomwarehouse4702]

Whatever you think of him, we can agree that Kanye using a butterfly net and bottle of Yoohoo to sign(???) his name was the best moment of 2022. That guy doesn't need lithium salts, he needs the entire goddamn Congo

[@andyguy1911]

lol 😅

[@NewHandle_]

​@@randomwarehouse4702 what?

[@liorbendavid3078]

This is probably the most retarded take

[@SnoWolfyechiel]

I love you Simon, but the video contains too much mistakes, and missing too many important details

[@BL00DeMoN]

there is no chance for anyone of Bibi's coalition to be the next prime minister, Likud (his party) held 32 seats - next was the opposition party Yesh Atid with 24 seats, if Likud wont win the majorette of the votes next election (2026) probably someone from the opposition will need to build the new coalition. and not someone form the far right that held only 10 seats (both Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir)

[@aidenvoskuilen8318]

0 views in 0 seconds, Warographics really fell off

[@djy69]

Because he's anti semitic

[@right_42]

SUHT UP!!!!!!!!!!!

[@right_42]

GET OUT IF MY HEAD GET OUT IF MY HEAD GET OUT IF MY HEAD GET OUT IF MY HEAD GET OUT IF MY HEAD GET OUT IF MY HEAD GET OUT IF MY HEAD GET OUT IF MY HEAD GET OUT IF MY HEAD GET OUT IF MY HEAD GET OUT IF MY HEAD GET OUT IF MY HEAD GET OUT IF MY HEAD GET OUT IF MY HEAD

[@Taydutt13]

​@@right_42*of

[@jvang2293]

HAHAHA ORIGINAL AND HILARIOUS 😂😂😂😂😂

[@JasonInAmerica]

En-ti-fada. Enfitada sounds like a mexican dessert dish.

[@cybotx1024]

Uganda is in East Africa, not Southern Africa. It's actually part of the EAC

[@angel_cheon-sa]

Good morning

[@reverendredrum870]

Isn't an "Infantada" a tostada made from babies?

[@whiskey_tango_foxtrot__]

We accuse you of bribery for accepting cigars and champagne. Biden enters the chat and laughs.

[@MrTexasDan]

the Big Guy !!

[@DETRACT0RD00M]

He doesn't look like he's ever been happy..

[@DarkWarchieff]

He looks like a warcraft gnome.

[@DoodiDo]

Chad af.

[@OtroDiamierda]

You're British people need to wake up and realize Hamas is not your friend

[@StoneInMySandal]

Israel isn’t our friend either. Israel is a dead weight around the neck of the West.

[@michaelrabi9924]

This is pretty amature. Way too many errors and mistakes in the video. Even basic things like Bibi lost the election in 1999 to Ehud Barak of the labor party, not to Sharon - who would become PM in 2000. Also, it kinda sounds like you understood the "iron wall" to mean a literal iron wall, and not in reference to Ze'ev Jabotinsky's concept. These are just two examples and there are many more. Either way, the whole psychologizing Bibi thing is (usually: oh wow he wanted to be his brother and to get a thumbs up from his father!), as always, boring, cartoonish and ultimately - unhelpful.

[@MrMadeinisrael]

Infitada, intifada, enchilada

[@johnmoorefilm]

I had a delicious in-fitata in Mexico City once…😅

[@lidamolina2658]

God bless Israel.

[@notoriousprocrastorious]

The majority of Israel supports him and his coalition. Including myself. He is the donald trump of israel in the sense that leftists blame everything on him and never give him credit for his wins.

[@relaxedleisure4766]

Don’t do him dirty like that! While I’m going to vote Trump, he’s a buffoon and doesn’t even come close to Bibi when it comes to his accomplishments in office.

[@callumglass]

Kind of forgot to mention the soon to happen ruling, from the ICC for his arrest warrant.

[@nwankanu]

You haven't made any video about the happenings in Lebanon

[@KumaDormilon]

I love british scott galloway

[@stolt8045]

Oh hey look, it's a biographics episode!

[@mikes3756]

I’m Israeli. Sometime about 10 years ago it seems Netanyahu went over to the dark side

[@penultimateh766]

Thinking like that is what lost you 1200 people on Oct. 7.

[@ravidlivne7317]

Israeli too. Bibi's rule is divided into two: until the Abraham accords, and after the accord, which he simply destroys everything he built.

[@BryanW-bp3le]

You sure it’s not just media manipulating your prospective on the man? Or do you really believe he somehow just randomly decided to be a Bond villain for no apparent reason whatsoever?

[@XavierLignieres]

I swear the amount of times I have had to double check the stuff he or members of his close circle have said lately out of sheer disbelief is crazy ! Some absolutely disgusting fascist dictator level stuff ! I am surprised there has not been more protests or rioting against his regime in Israel.

[@mikes3756]

@@BryanW-bp3le I live here. I consume all the media. He didn’t just decide. He was a slow but steady act of confusing his own interest with that of the country.

[@MaliVal]

you probably should have adressed the fact that he lead far right wing extremist anti-peace riots in Israel prior to becoming a politician. And was vocally against the PLO and the wishes mirrored by Nelson Mandela since its inception.

[@BlahAnger]

European and US citizens deciding a piece of land is theirs..... what could possibly go wrong.

[@vultureTX001]

well in this case of ISrael, the Brits/France/USA were attacked by the Ottomans and that empire fell. Wars have consequnces, don't agree find then Britain and France can take back Syria,Jordan,Iraq, Lebanon that were made at the same conference of the LEague opf NAtions voted for a jewish state.

[@whiskey_tango_foxtrot__]

You just going to skip the Jordon/PLO civil war that killed 10,000 and booted the PLO out of Jordan?

[@peterscott4715]

Some much of information in my brain on this topic was wrong.

[@luboyerajoel6391]

Uganda is in EastAfrica

[@vivavasquez]

USS Liberty

[@NANA-v7w5n]

5:19 it’s almost like he should be able to understand from personal experience how his extremist actions and disregard for a population might have been something to consider when doing a pros and cons list of whether carpet bombing kids probs not going to make Israel safer, it’s not an excuse to him but things don’t exist in a vacuum seems like might have had some influence on his world view

[@detrimentum6331]

Don't forget the first and second Enchiladas. Those were exceptionally spicey.

[@zmaschannel4808]

Cornell is in NY not Philadelphia. He did go to high school in Philadelphia.

[@danirdd92]

Infitada is the new penguwings

[@mortalvombat66]

Simon do you still believe that a conflict between Israel and Hezbollah would last longer than 72 hours?

[@lannyplans]

Reckless abandon hardly, great restraint is a more accurate term.

[@Weliveevryday]

This guys so weird how you call Israel the security force in Palestine you lack definitive understanding

[@_AmirK_]

As an israeli I like this channel for it’s fair and balanced reporting. But I think you underestimate and don’t really understand enough the impact of terrorism on the Israeli society. From our perspective the embracing and normalisation of extreme violence, and the growing islamism in the Palestinian society is really important. And it really shifted the israeli public view against the peace process. After the Intifada israeli people don’t think the other side is genuine anymore, and for a reason. The PLO still funds terrorists. The Palestinian as a whole are fed with racist and violent propaganda every day from the PLO who wants to maintain control, and from Iran who wants chaos in the region.

[@spointz8936]

But what about the increasing violence, militarism, Jewish supremacist propaganda and racist anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab propaganda within Israeli society? How does the IDF and Israeli society's violent, callous treatment of Palestinians affect Palestinian views on Israel?

[@spointz8936]

From the Palestinian eprspective every Israeli PM was a terrorist and a war criminal. From Ben-Gurion to Begin, to Shamir, Rabin, Sharon, Netanyahu. Not to mention most Israeli PMs most definitely wrre not genuine about peace. Everyone knows Netanyahu only pretended to the US to be for 2 state solution for public appearances but was never slightest bit interested in it. It was all manipulation so he could forestall Palestinian aspirations w fake negotiations and fake peace while stealing more land in the West Bank and treating Palestinians like subhumans. Honestly, the only Israeli leader genuine abt peace was Ehud Barak

[@khlaps]

@@spointz8936 Extreme problems require extreme solutions

[@politicsuncensored5617]

@@spointz8936 It is fairly simple to understand. Don't keep starting wars if you do not want to see your own people deleted. Much of the Arab nations live in peace with Israel and those Arab nations want - - "Nothing" - - to do with the Palestinian people because of all the baggage that comes with them. Violence & terrorism. Up voting your own silly comment is rather - - - Childish & Immature. Shalom

[@raymonddavis7233]

@@_AmirK_ The mainstream Israeli opinions I’ve seen would make a white capped man in the United States blush. I’m not saying that to be sensational. The rhetoric on the Israeli side is some of the most awful I’ve ever heard. Period. In fact, it’s made me basically lose faith in humanity.

[@rtyrsson]

Simon... that "massive casualty count" in Gaza is only around 40,000 people. This is a number reported by Hamas themselves, and also does not distinguish between combatants and non-combatants. And that distinction is very blurred in Gaza. That number is less than 2%, which is miraculous in an urban warfare campaign. The averages in urban warfare are several orders of magnitude higher. So... "massive" is greatly overstated. Remember also, these are the same people who celebrated on 10/7 and abused the hostages and bodies of the dead as they were dragged through Gaza City. So, they're not exactly worthy of any pity.

[@mountainmanmike1014]

40000 is the conferrable dead it does not include the over 100000 missing and likely dead. your a sick person

[@WasabiSniffer]

despite my support for the Israeli people and scorn for the likes of Hamas and Hezbollah, I can't help but think of something Abraham Lincoln once said during the Civil War, "...my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side..." i read somewhere on quora recently, "support for Palestinians and support for Hamas aren't the same thing, in fact they're wholly incompatible."

[@PaulC78]

Another video to watch in bed tonight…interesting subject too

[@canaanite23]

Jfc the levels of misinformation, bad framing and opinions presented as facts here really makes me question your political commentary of other nations. What a mess

[@MrTexasDan]

Simon and his writers have a history of leftist leanings. It is all throughout his numerous channels. You should hear them on US political matters. It is really a shame, because they could be the best source of news on the internet if they'd clean that up and get rid of the activist writers.

[@patricksauerland1990]

he says intifada so wrong so much I had to stop watching :( he says infitada like a child.

[@whiskey_tango_foxtrot__]

Folks like a fighter and love a winner.

[@AdastraRecordings]

Yahu had a mole inside the Pentagon when he was just finance minister. Imagine what his contacts are like now. All hail Rex Mundi.

[@Hunnid24]

Israel is the most aggressive foreign state when it comes to espionage in the U.S. and I blame the dual citizenship.

[@donny5302]

@@Hunnid24 This guy has never heard of China.

[@handle8431]

Socialists and allied Islam o fascists hate the guy...I get it

[@nhlanhlamatukane2614]

Your historical synopsis leaves out critical points in which aggression on either side may have provided the ingition of the subsequent events. The video essay is lop-sided.

[@goldberg7019]

I think his replacement is more likely to be a centerist

[@emberverse.eth.]

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