Israel's Crisis is Only Getting Worse...

Benjamin Netanyahu is threatening to send Israel spiraling. We explain what’s happening, why, and what can be done. The story can help answer the common question, "Why does a democratic country need a constitution?"
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In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been aggressively pursuing transformative judicial reforms, in his words, to make Israel more democratic. Meanwhile, thousands have been taking to the streets for the past 15 weeks straight in the largest protests in Israel’s history. We explore the history of Israel’s founding to explain why this country is so strange and why it has no constitution. We’ll also take a look at the reforms and the coalition pursuing them to diagnose what risk these policies may pose to Israeli democracy. Turns out that when you invent a country out of thin air in the 1940s, it’s helpful to write a constitution!
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00:00 INTRO
01:05 I - STRANGE ORIGINS
02:59 II - REVOLUTION
05:08 III - BAD SOLUTION
07:08 IV - TODAY'S REFORMS
09:30 V - WHAT'S NEEDED

[@Mamorufumio]

this video aged well

[@EuropeanQoheleth]

Very well indeed.

[@christopherh5672]

Israel treatment of Palestinians is sickening. The world sees it that way too. No shame

[@kzazazazk]

I just found your channel, ive watched two videos so far and im extremely impressed by the direct and unambiguous information. Two topics I knew very little of and aren't commonly understood but still vitally important to the geopolitical climate. Thank you for taking the time to explain this stuff.

[@ferrisbueller9991]

Found the channel a couple of days ago as well. Impressive production value.

[@sandyjuntunen4088]

It's not news, & it "explains" everything from their political viewpoint- a " liberal Democrat" view. It's deceptive, not disclosing it's an activist democrat channel here for the purpose of " saving democracy" which they deem endangered. So be aware it's a very biased, one sided view- & not necessarily true.

[@Nonamearisto]

This is why Israel needs a Constitution. To give people a baseline of what is and isn't acceptable.

[@kiwimonk3696]

I agree better constitutionalism equals better democracy

[@ahmedalshabrawy202]

The problem with that is a constitution usually contains a lot of things like the country border Israel can't have that Because they want to expand more and more If they include the Palestinian territory they will be doing what they accuse Hamas of If they don't include the Palestinian territory they will be admitting the occupation of the west bank

[@yko_7313]

Sir, as an israeli myself I am blown away. This is the best researched english video describing the situation that I have seen up until now. I am very impressed. Well done!

[@RepairedMinds]

You may be an Israeli but you are NOT an Israelite

[@denisekay4292]

​@@RepairedMinds 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎 get over yourself!!!

[@shahs3262]

@@RepairedMinds 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@maxs.5112]

@@RepairedMinds Depending on how you use the term Israelites, and assuming the person is a Jew, then he did descend from them.

[@massinakmin8340]

please make your apartheid state stop killing Palestinian babies.

[@k.m890]

I've been following this story for a few years . this rendition of this fast moving story is on point. Liked and subscribed, and I'm looking forward to watching this channel grew.

[@samramazotti2986]

If the Israeli jews feel their rights are threatened with this government, I imagine the Palestinian how will be treated if this coalition of extremists in this government succeed some day to pass the reform

[@jonaswhale6451]

Says enough about there mentality , evil people egoistic and very hatefull to anything that iss not theres . They get what they deserve if you threat your own people and the Palestines like the Germans did in the Ghetto off Warschau with the Jews as the Jews now do in Gaza they deserve this situation . Karma is on his way and its going to be though !

[@Pix.Odyssy]

already being treated. apartheid states are not democratic

[@SSDD_NYC]

This channel is a gem of critical thinking. Each video proves more and more how important it is to observe a clear and fresh view of these topics and nations.

[@spectacles-dm]

Thanks so much :)

[@acemcmillan6873]

@@spectacles-dm The menace, gentlemen, is the Jews. In whatever country Jews have settled in they lowered its moral tone; segregated themselves and have not assimilated; /( APARTHEID ) Benjamin Franklin

[@acemcmillan6873]

FASCISM: Don't worry about American pressure on Israel. We, the Jewish people, control America, and the Americans know it." - Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, October 3, 2001

[@christiankastorf4836]

Critical thinking has long been banned or at least defamed as soon as Israel is concerned. The Israel-lobby has long succeeded in claiming that all that criticism can only be attributed to antisemitism. The number of cancelled information events, panel discussion, closed museum exhibitions, fired journalists, silenced voices.... can hardly be counted anymore.

[@gwho]

The opposite of woke and BLM

[@bladepeterson778]

The last section, "What's Needed" was easily the best part of this video. An interesting discussion about not only what Israel needs to fix it's current issue, but also how more democracy without checks and balances can lead to very bad places. The will of the majority can be a very serious issue, hence the need for individual rights and checks and balances within the government and its institutions. As usual an excellent video. With the excellent discussion, explanations, insights, and well done graphics I can hardly believe you are under 10k subs. Here's hoping you see some phenomenal growth soon! You deserve it!

[@edzukich]

WHAT THE WILL OF THE MAJORITY IS MISSING IS RECOGNISING THEY ARE PART OF A RACIST STATE OF APARTHIED - what Israel needsi is to fix is its HUMANITY for the love of god stop the persecution of fellow humans. FIX YOUR SELF A REALITY CHECK AND STOP THE SECOND HAULACOST FFS

[@jackwilliam2965]

The will of the majority can be a very serious issue. Well it is, if you are Israeli. More of a dictatorship calling itself a democracy.

[@YaronZ-fr6fm]

Black & white need not apply. Welcome to what's in between. NUANCES to the rescue! An elite cabal of Neo-liberal ideologically driven Israeli judges electing their next in line offers no CHECKS & no BALANCES, none whatsoever! A travesty on steroids. In the US, an elected president presents his ideologically catapulted judges to congress (true representatives of all US citizens) for full public scrutiny. A fully transparent essential ritual. US citizens can call their very own Senators and espouse their grievances ad nauseam. 1/2 of the Israeli populace reject the idea.Welcome to the intricate, messy, noisy & at times unruly machinations of Democracy. P.m. Netanyahu forced to negotiate & compromise with his adversaries.Democracy. Yippee!!! Vietnam demonstrations, European violent pro Socialism & Anarchy demonstrations in France ('Danny the red' in the late 60's), Yellow vest French anti globalist farmers, Canadian truck drivers, Dutch disgruntled farmers. The list goes on & on...Checks & balances & freedom of speech concede defeat to the UN, EU & the psychopathic folks of Davos. Carl Schwab, Bill Gates, Big Pharma, Google, Amazon, big corporations & their nefarious, evil & machiavellian ilk threaten the social order. Democracy in dire straits. Yikes...1/2 of the Israeli populace reject the idea. Will of the people must prevail.

[@gustavusadolphus4344]

This is why using the word "democracy" in substitute for the word "good" is so harmful. Democracy isn't inherently good, and can be just as dangerous as an oligarchy

[@WonderWhy]

Fantastic video! So well researched and beautiful presentation. Keep up the great work.

[@spectacles-dm]

Thanks mate!

[@danielartok3886]

Outstanding video. Taking such a difficult topic and summarize it into a 12 minutes video.

[@josephthollmiller2]

skipping over the Nakba is gross. 800,000 ethnically cleansed don't get a mention. have some intellectual honestly, shees

[@Cynsham]

I agree that the Nakba should have been mentioned, but frankly, I think that is a topic that deserves its own video dedicated to explaining what happened during the 1948 Palestine War and how that has led to the current state of relations between Israel and Palestine.

[@alhusin2010]

Not a mention of Palestinians in the origin of Israel?

[@m.dthedemon4076]

Exactly my thoughts

[@Akrmdz444]

Talk.

[@ozzy7912]

Imagine naming your supposedly millenia old national identity after the name of your British occupation overlords who didn't even control the land for 50 years. Reeks of sham

[@jonaswhale6451]

The Brits wont cut there own hands !

[@joshbedford4889]

Very well put! High quality commentary for sure.

[@konfatty6757]

As an Israeli myself, I find this video highly accurate as it represents our poor situation nearly perfectly. I really enjoyed watching this video, as it is very clear how much effort was put into it. The way you managed to really summarize and squeeze our highly controversial and rich past into just the right amount of relevance for the video is amazing. I really look forward to watching more content from this channel. Very important video, and I can not believe I just found out about this channel. You can tell this content is amazing with just a brief look.

[@massinakmin8340]

please make your apartheid state stop killing Palestinian babies.

[@grumpyamerican]

I hope you collapse. Israel was founded on corruption and defying gods rule of waiting for theessiah. Fall like the rest of us, goyim.

[@The30115]

States that were built upon ethnic cleansing are unstable, and will surely collapse eventually. Decades of crimes against the Palestinians that were brutally concealed, and anyone dared to reveal them faced death or career loss. Due to Palestinian resistance and fighting for freedom of speech, Israelis were pushed to elect far right people to reach high positions, dropping the mask of "tolerance and peace" and exposing Israel's true face. Now, Israel is stuck with ruined reputation worldwide, and religious fanatics at the top that are calling for "finishing the job", referring to the ethnic cleansing campaign Israel committed before its creation, the Nakba, causing more and more violence. My heart goes to the Palestinians, who are the biggest victims of this government.

[@jonpilledsingledad]

I am not Israeli but my wife and her family are. They way I hear them talking about how things used to be and how things are going now is frightening, it feels almost like the shift Iran had in the 70's. I'm not a Zionist but there are more than religious reasons for Israel to exist. I pray that things get better for you guys but as long as bibi and the hacedim hold the government hostage I don't see very much hope. שלום עליכם בכל ישראל

[@konfatty6757]

@@jonpilledsingledad unfortunately I do agree with that statement, although we must not lose hope to defend our democracy!

[@qjames0077]

This video, unfortunately, aged very well

[@NikolaMeduric]

I didn't understand these issues and I couldn't find the unbiased review of them until I saw this video. 👏 Well done, always stay unbiased like this, please!

[@ToudaHell]

I know the UK don't have an official 'constitution', but the whole idea of constitutions came from them. Or I can say that the UK have the worlds oldest consitution in the Magni Carta. Its the first document in existence to limit a reigning monarch's power, and to create those checks and balances. In a time of absolute monarchy, it was revolutionary.

[@1queijocas]

Yeah, the UK has multiple documents that together work as a constitution. Of course a single document is better but UK’s was formed accidentally, modern states shouldn’t copy the UK model but rather the US

[@jrgenaagaard2084]

This channel is about to blow up. Keep on the good work!

[@ricardoc.]

Just seen this video and the one about South Africa, and I'm really impressed with your insights into current geopolitical complexities. Thank you for shedding so much light on these important issues. Greetings from Brazil.😊

[@flambr]

not a single msm outlet discussing political instability post oct 7

[@BubushiByNature]

Great summary of the situation! Impartial, informative and simply presented. Well done!

[@87rapha]

Just discovered this channel with this video. Very impressed with the research, lack of bias and general approach to this controversial topic. Really, well done. As an Israeli who sees a huge amount of biased 'explanations about whatever the latest situation is', this was a breath of fresh air.

[@neoxyte]

Just came over from a comment on a wonderwhy video. I love finding small channels like these with high quality content. You definitely need more subscribers buddy so here's one from me

[@banto1]

Thanks for a well explained video on this topic. As you mentioned, everything in Israel is complicated and this judicial reform issue is a lot more complicated than you were able to cover in this short video. This is a classic case of both sides being simultaneously right and wrong. Most likely scenario is the government falls apart and the whole issue gets put back into the box of "stuff to deal with later".

[@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings]

Mind Begs the Question: Hitler in guise of Arien Nation Built an Evil Regime to Rule If a PM/Govt use same strategies Following on footsteps of Hitler,no?

[@tozrimondher4250]

Israel and democracy are two words that cannot be put in the same sentence

[@Sanskritam16]

White man and evil can be put in both sentences. Whites killed and wiped out many. Yet only Israel gets the hate. This tiny countries get more attention than white crimes

[@twistedyogert]

Explain

[@Anonymous-dh4fl]

@@Sanskritam16 Not saying i disagree with what you say, but so called Isarel is also white, you put them beside a European and very rarley would you be able to tell the difference.

[@Sanskritam16]

@@Anonymous-dh4fl who cares. I challenge you to search global historical gdp chart. India was richest for 1700 years. Robbed by east india company. So I don’t care who robbed me but my loot is gone but not my culture. We will bounce back and rule again

[@Tyronius_Maximus]

@@Sanskritam16 White people also invented modern medicine and paved roads, so keep pooing on the street in your underdeveloped country, Mr. Sanskritam

[@spectacles-dm]

Thanks to everyone who watched! This is a complicated topic with a lot of issues we didn't have time to touch on. While we did our best to be as nuanced as we could, we're bound to make mistakes and welcome your feedback. On that note, you can check our sources for everything here & find corrections below: www.spectacles.news/israels-crisis-isnt-over/ 5:44 - As pointed out in a reply by Ephraim, who is a kind viewer who helped us research this topic, 10k cases is not 10k cases of constitutional review but the court's entire workload. 10:30 - One astute viewer pointed out that South African Apartheid is not an example of majority tyranny but rather minority tyranny. That's right! Our mistake. Still, it stands as another proof of the necessity of liberal rights for realizing real democracy. 11:00 - Canada also lacks a codified constitution. Whoops! But they’re in the same boat as New Zealand, so it’s a moot point.

[@ephraimherer9406]

5:44 israel supreme court is also court of appeals so it sees more like 2000 "constitution cases"

[@mokied]

@@ephraimherer9406 This is true, also he's comparing apples and oranges here because in the US there are circuit courts that are taking the load off the Supreme Court. If he wants to make a comparison he need to list all the cases brought in front of the appellate courts.

[@spectacles-dm]

@@ephraimherer9406 Great point! Sorry we missed this. Still, 2000 constitutional cases is absurd, and having 8000 "other cases" is going to exhaust the court. without a doubt. And thanks again so much for helping us with the research!

[@ophirwesley4424]

@@spectacles-dm ya one of the main talking points used by some politicians is that "if you really wanted a meaningful reform in the courts you should have started with easing the workload and reducing wait times - because that's the stuff that actually hurts people on a day-to-day basis".

[@fsexplorer9727]

@@spectacles-dm Hey man what about the ethnic genocide of Palestinians, or how Israel shouldn't even exist, or how these issues are to be expected from an inherently fascist and apartheid country? That's not anti-Semitic to say btw its anti-Zionist, two different things. It would actually be anti-Semitic of you to say that I am being so, as you would be saying that all Jews are the same and that all of them support Isn't real, which thankfully isn't.

[@MM-un3ob]

Great video. Before whatching this video, I had heard a lot about the fourth chapter, but close to nothing about the first three.

[@ElihuNavon]

If only we had videos IN HEBREW explaining this as well as you did

[@fabionelmiguel]

Just found your channel, good and insightful content. 👍

[@spectacles-dm]

Thanks so much! Looks like your channel has lots of great stuff as well!

[@anthonyrau5313]

Great video, and very well written and produced. Thank you

[@HaranYakir]

That was a really good summery and conclusion of our situation. Good job

[@VanBurenOfficial]

High quality content as usual! Thanks

[@afgor1088]

liberal democracy tending towards fascism 😲 who could have foreseen such a thing

[@freepalestine7687]

Literally us all 😂 but Probs 2 them for still trying

[@tombranch2261]

More an illiberal democracy to be fair.

[@whodarboilebamnames3990]

Important to note when it comes to English common law. There is a constitution, just not in one packaged document.

[@peterkelly4873]

Thanks for another great video!

[@ThomasWright-jw6eo]

How, please tell me how the hell no one goes into the weeds to explain the details that you have done so here? Like is it a lack of will to go deep into the issues idk, but I have watched many different coverages of the Israeli constitutional crisis from mainstream sources to alternative media sources but no one goes in depth or to the detail that you have laid out here!! Kudos to you and thanks for the information!

[@shadyghost5567]

"amidst complicated disputes" is such a hilarious way of summarising illegal occupation

[@Steyr32]

There isn't much the Arabs can do about it, just like how the natives of USA never are going to get their land back its the same with the Arabs.

[@San-rp2fs]

it is indeed

[@JoeGarcia-jn5cw]

Illegal according to...what? The British, who ruled Mandatory Palestine and explicitly stated their desire to grant Jews a state in the region, or the UN who invented Mandatory Palestine and wrote up the two state solution (that the Arabs rejected)? Pretending this issue isn't complicated just does a disservice to everyone involved.

[@MVSSENJU]

@@JoeGarcia-jn5cw True! And most people saying it isn't complex usually have zero knowledge of the region's recent history and have zero real solutions for the conflict

[@ephraimherer9406]

@shadyghost the occupation is illegal and the settlement are hurting the chances for peace but i dont believe that leaving the west bank would help

[@colinchung9722]

this didn't age quite so well...

[@simbac9991]

Gotta say this was a great overview of a very complicated topic. Well done!

[@azaraelhyzer3874]

Israel acting like that austrian guy somehow. 😂

[@garyhayes3630]

Democracy sinks to the lowest common denominator. Minority needs protection.

[@suetrublu]

Thank you for helping me understand this situation better!

[@JZ1917]

Spectales, thank you for existing.

[@andrewlim9345]

Thanks for this balanced analysis of the issues facing Israel’s legislature and judiciary. Liked how you address the lack of a constitution and the motivations behind Supreme Court reform.

[@The30115]

I think you should have covered the Palestinian part in this, too. In some of these protests, there were Palestinian flags (which represents many Arabs) present, but the flag holders were attacked by the police and the flags were taken down, given that these protests were for pro-democracy.

[@fsexplorer9727]

Yep, thanks for mentioning that. This guy just forgets to mention how Israel is a settler-colonial ethnonationalist state that shouldn't have existed and was created by the British government against the will of the people who actually lived there for them to be able to maintain control over the region, which was generally successful. Classic British/French/Western European/American policy.

[@fsexplorer9727]

@The Adjudicator Lol white people have been racist so long I was genuinely taken by surprise to see that phrase pop up again. The last time I heard it was when I was in a US standard middle school classroom learning about how the Native Americans were big meanies who wouldn't let the settlers who gave them gifts move on to their land.

[@sonyjoseph5426]

Indirectly he did , when he mentioned status of non Jews

[@fsexplorer9727]

@@sonyjoseph5426 If I am talking about issues of Nazi Germany in some alternate future where Hitler managed to remain in power, would talking about Jews as just a quick side not as "non-Aryans" be appropriate for you when talking about unrest in the country?

[@The30115]

@sony joseph That only implies the status for Arabs will get worse, without hinting about the current inequal status.

[@ubfinn]

Wow, never seen such good understanding of the situation outside of Israel. Great video!

[@user-hp7ok6ok2u]

Another excellent piece! Thank you!!

[@Danfromthenorth]

The good thing about this crisis is, that it highlights the weaknesses of democracy. To admit that there is such a thing as to much democracy and that a majority has to be limited in what it can do is an important learning

[@gustavusadolphus4344]

Ikr. "Democracy" is a cult or religion to many people nowadays. To criticize it is to criticize God himself.

[@slappy8941]

*too much

[@ShamanMcLamie]

The problem here is that Israel doesn't have a constitution proper. One of the biggest issues I see is that the courts are running wild and abusing judicial review to push the policy whims of judges. Which is not the role of judges who normally don't have the Democratic, or even institutional perview to do so. Roe v Wade in the US is a classic example. For nearly two centuries it was commonly understood that states determined abortion law. Yet the courts just up and decided one day that it violated the over century old 14th Amendment. The people who wrote the 14th Amendment, the politicians who voted on it and the people who elected those politicians did not intend for the 14th Amendment to grant abortion rights. Hell 3/4 of American states banned abortion at the time. Yet the judiciary a century later decided to butt into a very contentious issue and decide it once and for all. They completely ignored the democratic will of the people to play policy maker. The Constitution and it's Amendments which do constrain Democracy themselves were ratified Democratically. The existing demos found the issues and values so important they were willing to restrict the future demos from changing them without a significant majority. Women's voting rights and the end of slavery were achieved via Democracy and not Democratic fiat. Democracy is by no means perfect, but every level of government and every action of government needs some level of Democratic legitimacy to govern.

[@fortificationenjoyer1919]

The Jews are ironically fascists now

[@lightfeather9953]

​​@@ShamanMcLamiethis argument could apply to all sorts of laws that supported things like slavery, imprisoning gay people, etc though, that were later deemed unconstitutional.

[@yakirmorris6601]

Great channel, keep it up!

[@TWILS02119]

Really good job explaining key issues.

[@joeypeleg152]

Very well done and explained.Kudos

[@19MAD95]

This is great. I was ignorant before and hopefully I’m better informed.

[@s0me0nelse]

Best video i seen so far describing our situation here! Never seen english speaken viseo that decribe it better so far.

[@vitalybilo]

I am from israel and i have to say great work! I would add a tiny note that like you said the parliment is cinservative the judicial systems leans more heavily to the left which is one of the things sparked the reforms in the first place! It's almost like a Left vs Right tltype of war with the left fighting using the court and the right fight with the parliment...

[@massinakmin8340]

please make your apartheid state stop killing Palestinian babies.

[@sonyjoseph5426]

Sound like your comment could be summed up in what is written in the book of Jeremiah 10:23

[@akapushkin]

Yeah, only a)that's not necessarily right and b)it shouldn't change anything. We don't know whether the judges are leftists or not because they aren't even allowed to talk about politics. The only reason why this suddenly became "a common knowledge" is because the politicians have been using the High Court as the scapegoat for decades. If one looks at the actual decisions, they don't look like "left vs. right", they look like equality vs. violation of the rights of minorities/private people and corrupt decisions from the government, that happens to be right because every single government since 96 is right. And regardless, having an uncooperative High Court is kind of the whole point. The High Court is the only "check and balance" over the government, and it would be a super bad situation if the only "check and balance" is also overly lenient to the ones it's supposed to check. But to the point, I digress. The current system is completely broken, and as someone who has been protesting since January, I absolutely won't be satisfied if we just go back to the status quo. It's not sustainable anymore, which the video quite rightly mentions.

[@zechariahrauch4740]

You're doing good work dude, keep it up.

[@taliwalt5332]

Well thought out and explained.

[@luddity]

The eventual constitution will have to be based on the outcome of the question that has gone unanswered for generations of "One state or two?"

[@danielrivlin9405]

Amazing, as an Israeli, I could not explain it better at all. Than, you

[@ciaronsmith4995]

You can't explain anything, probably.

[@JaykPuten]

Oh man, a deeper dive as the beginning states would take more than a whole new video.. there could be lengthy volumes and hours long series to really get into just the history of the topic Which is true of alot of videos on this channel New subscriber here.. I love the bar at the bottom that lets you know where different parts in videos are, as in other videos I can skip things I know, or just have an idea of how tightly a particular topic is trying to be put in any of your videos, as each one could be hours long topics themselves, from Abe in Japan to this video to Oppenheimer... You do an insane job of trying to pack information that some of us wouldn't dare attempt even if given hours to describe it I don't envy the job, but I must say I love the videos

[@koontekinte0]

thanks a lot for a pretty comprehensive video.

[@linobenetti6578]

i dont think i ve ever watched a better presentation than this one over here...on any topic if i may add...!!!!! congratiolations to you !!!!! my very best greetings from Kalamata. kalimera to the world. Shalom

[@bilalnaks1862]

Not one mention of the Palestinians, which is the biggest blind spot. Israel’s insatiable desire to dominate the Palestinians and establish ‘Eretz Israel’ is the elephant, and will always remain so. Although, the nod to apartheid in the photos should awaken minds.

[@thelordsofgaming2153]

if Israel has unsatiable desires to dominate the Palestinians, why have they, on multiple occasions, proposed peace, going as late as 2022 with yair lapids speech in the UN imploring the Palestinian delegates to renew the peace process?

[@gm8507]

Anti semite

[@Xavi297]

I disagree. Palestinians have only slowed down the process of writing the constitutions to the constant state of emergency and security issues that Israel has faced because of them. But apart from that, Palestinian cannot bring anything of value to Israel as their only stated goal is to destroy whatever Israel has built. That’s it.

[@Jonas_M_M]

This might be the most nuanced content on the matter I have come across. Most of the media spend their time with arguing about if one is supposed to like Netanjahu or not... to support Israel or not.

[@fsexplorer9727]

Maybe because Israel is an apartheid state? The world is a complicated place, but whether or not to support a country that is inherently apartheid isn't one of the complicated parts.

[@Jonas_M_M]

@@fsexplorer9727, did Africans serve as politicians, judges and soldiers under Apartheid, have equal rights under the law, or enjoy the other fruits of liberal democracy in general? Anti-Semitism or propaganda is what this is, but do not spread it, under any sircumstances, anywhere, either way.

[@fsexplorer9727]

@@Jonas_M_M So am I racist against Germans for critizising the Nazis? I am anti-Zionist, not anti-semetic. It would in fact be anti-semetic of YOU to call me so, as this would be implying that all Jews and people of Jewish/Israelite descent support the apartheid state of Israel when they do not. In fact, nearly all countries, with the major exception of the US (not a good look when your only main ally is #1 in inverventions into democratically elected countries, school shootings, and can't let people survive on a minimum wage and was created on the backs of enslaved people that the country still won't accept), denounce Israel because of the easily accessible evidence, which you could find very easily if YOU weren't an Islamophobic liberal (I'm not conservative). To be honest, I'm sure that when the Nazis were winning WW2, the Aryan populations of Nazi Germany lived a not so bad life. The real question is on the Jews, disabled, Gypsies, Romanis, Soviets, and many other groups during this time. This same thing applies to Israel, where you can clearly see the horrible things the Israeli government is doing to the Palestinian population. They don't even hide it. You have the burden of proof to show how Israel isn't apartheid as this is effectively common knowledge to anyone that can get out of range of sucking the dicks of Isn't real and the disunited (and racist) states of America.

[@superelizabeth9253]

​@FS Explorer no, you are a meathead

[@davidsoup1738]

​@@fsexplorer9727Israel isn't anywhere near an apartheid, in fact many many Arabs and Palestinians live in Israel, and if you talk to them they would tell you they enjoy the same rights as any other Israeli citizen. don't you even dare compare Israel and Palestine to Nazi germany and the Jews you antisemite. for Israel to want to protect itself from invading forces is only normal. the land belongs to them, and they've been getting attacked by multiple Arab countries simultaneously for over 70 years just for having a country that is rightfully theirs

[@nafisasalie6230]

They make it look nice it is worst. They dont want the world to know their youth are fedup with their injustices

[@johnnygoodman2003]

The youth seem more angry at the palestinians than the government

[@tonyprice2256]

@@johnnygoodman2003 Why would that be? Are they that gullible?

[@ishaypolak7757]

Fantastic video. Thank you

[@portucodes]

Great & very enjoyable video that encourages critical thinking! As an Israeli I can confidently say you described the situation as accurate as one can describe, it's clear that you put a lot of research into this video. I will add to the other fellow Israelis that commented and say while this may a highly controversial topic you explained it in a non-partisan view which makes this video stand out.

[@fsexplorer9727]

A centrist view on racial policies: Conservatives and liberals: we want to exterminate Palestinians and commit genocide People with a brain: let's not do that and let the people who originally lived there govern themselves centrists: lets make a comprimise!

[@willhebert576]

A small critique: The gray chapter bar ominously chugging across the screen is a little distracting, and somewhat redundant. You already have the chapters brilliantly demarcated on KZbin's built in scroll bar! Maybe just stick with those and ditch the in-video graphic? (which must be time consuming to animate)

[@spectacles-dm]

We've heard this a few times, and heard the opposite. Full disclosure: we have it there for viewer retention - to tell people with short attention spans, "the next one's coming!" But we have talked about revisiting the design and appreciate the input!

[@notapplicable7292]

This video was really well made

[@gijsjoep1]

Great channel mate, you should be proud

[@guyhuli]

The only thing I don't agree with in this video is your choice of the words "more democracy". Democracy is the rule of the people. Granting unlimited power to politicians, who clearly want to trample on the rights of parts of the people, is really not "more democracy".

[@rycordova5957]

Funny you didn’t mention Palestine

[@Milo-id9qd]

Their problem is surprisingly similar to the one UK has, which was probably a point of inspiration for Ben-Gurion (some countries have no constitution). Conservatives politicians who tend to be populists, vs Judicial who is neutral or tries to be neutral. A parliament who wants to be supreme and absolute, even of being held accountable.

[@Trilandian]

A surprisingly balanced take on the reform crisis, especially from a non-Israeli. Kudos. It's refreshing to see someone mentioning the fact that those who support some form of judicial reform have a legitimate case.

[@osh2023]

Another part, I'm sad to say, is that the current coalition is pushing against women's rights. Not in words, but in actions. Whether it is by rejecting laws that protect women (claiming they will make a better version soon) or by appointing only men to positions of power. e.g. 24 CEOs of ministries were appointed earlier this year, all men.

[@user-ml1uu3ko5d]

Democracy is by definition Anarchy... STOP USING THAT TERM IN A POSITIVE WAY.

[@lorenzo7026]

Great video 🔥

[@sheltv100]

Everything explained in this video is the reason why I support the anti-government protests.

[@BulkernatorKerb]

This channel is a hidden gem. Subscribed!

[@scronx]

Fantastic frankness on the hottest subjects. Bravo and thank you!

[@alexmckenzie8491]

Wow! That was interesting, thanks.

[@mjohn5921]

Looked at your 7.5k subs and doubted how credible this channel could be. I am israeli btw... Let me tell you that this is BY FAR the absolute best analysis of what is going on in israel on youtube! Kudos for a great job researching all the different aspects needed to put this video together!

[@osh2023]

Another part, I'm sad to say, is that the current coalition is pushing against women's rights. Not in words, but in actions. Whether it is by rejecting laws that protect women (claiming they will make a better version soon) or by appointing only men to positions of power. e.g. 24 CEOs of ministries were appointed earlier this year, all men.

[@fsexplorer9727]

Good thing to know that this channel is horrible and is pro-Israel. Good to know for anyone not interested in liberal pro-fascist propaganda.

[@zubairrahman3679]

So you agree stealing land from Palestinian. Poland kid choose to come here and create new nazi group

[@TheStarBlack]

And of course, the outcome of this will have a huge impact not only only on Israel or the middle east but the whole world. Israel's current rightwing government holds huge sway over the politics of other counties. In the UK for example this effectively bars anyone who opposes current Israeli policy from becoming prime minister. Netanyahu not only weakens democracy in Israel, but the whole world.

[@jonnyd9351]

ANTISEMITE NEO NAZI!

[@ytsm]

You got any evidence to support your UK Prime Minister claim?

[@desertodavid]

@@ytsm or for that matter, what evidence does he have that Netanyahu is ruining democracy for Israel? I don't believe that for a second. Like every other decent person that comes along, the left has to cut them down and degrade them villainize them. maybe that's what THE STAR BLACK is listening to.

[@marialanchester8180]

@@ytsmExactly I agree, God bless Isreal

[@jonnyd9351]

@@ytsm check Wikipedia article on the Israel lobby in the UK. That’s a watered down version

[@NileValleyDreams]

Thank you for this rather excellent deep dive and breakdown 🔥🔥🔥

[@Embassy_of_Jupiter]

I love the progress bar at the bottom

[@danielitskovich9767]

Wow. I live in Israel and you explained this topic perfectly 👍🏻

[@ahmadshehada2020]

You're living in the occupied territory of Palestine.

[@VvgVvvv-cf6il]

​@@ahmadshehada2020your living in propaganda land

[@ahmadshehada2020]

@VvgVvvv-cf6il And you're living on a farm with sheep.

[@VvgVvvv-cf6il]

@@ahmadshehada2020 pretty sure im not

[@thatguynoonelikes4865]

I completely agree that if Israel isn't an apartheid regime already than after these reforms they're definitely on their way to something much worse, especially for the Palestinians But to be honest at this point I don't think Bibi can be stopped without a big dramatic like a civil war ensuing, he's just kept winning and is already halfway to his goals, I might just be jaded but it feels a lot like he's already on a firm route to succeeding in putting the country on an unstoppable track to tyranny

[@fsexplorer9727]

it is already on tyranny, given the ethnic cleansing

[@YeshuaIsTheTruth]

Why can Palestinians go wherever they like but Jews and Christians have to stay out of the Palestinian run territories unless they have armed guards? How is that even remotely similar to Apartheid in South Africa? You know it was the Dutch that could go wherever they liked, right?

[@fsexplorer9727]

@@YeshuaIsTheTruth This is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Israelis are literally making fucking settlements on Palestinian land and are campaigning for exclusive rights towards Jerusalem. Also, Palestinians of all religions along with Muslims in general are unable to freely travel the country, stop pulling shit from nowhere. You're right that it's not even close to apartheid in South Africa, it's much worse already.

[@iExploder]

@@YeshuaIsTheTruth Palestinians aren't allowed to go wherever they like. They're blocked at checkpoints whenever they try to leave. Call me when Palestinians are stealing Israeli land and kicking them out of their homes. Because that's what the Israelis are doing to Palestinians. A genocide in slow motion is still a genocide.

[@jamesgarner327]

​@@YeshuaIsTheTruthPalestinians certainly can't go where ever they want.

[@144Donn]

Great graphics too!

[@amitaimedan]

Excellent content. ❤

[@raphaelcollado4285]

The reforms Netanyahu and the coalition wants basically over empowers the legislative by the fact that they want to limit judicial review and the power to override decisions. This is why a constitution is needed so that the three branches of government can check on one another to limit their powers, not just the legislative.

[@raphaelcollado4285]

To add, I think it is only right that the Judiciary has the power to review legislation because they are the least powerful branch out of the three branches. While these Justices are not elected, its the beauty of that they do not have to worry on their decisions out fear of being elected out of office, thus they make more democratic decisions to change society. By limiting their power to review cases, it empowers both the executive and legislative branches which could lead to unchecked power, especially if they can just overturn the decision of the court by majority both. And in that, democracy dies, by empowering the two already powerful branches while limiting the Judiciary.

[@PintoRice]

I am an American who went to these protests, in Tel Aviv on a night where over 100,000 people showed up! I am very sad about what is happening in the country, and most people in the country are, young and old. The country has been successful and strong under secular rule and the secular people that built the modern state are not having enough kids. The orthodox will soon control the country, and the ideals that founded the country will die. Also, to the people that will try to make this have to do with the occupation, just know that most secular people are quite radically in favor of a two state solution, it's just the right wing and the ultra-orthodox that will fight it. This country needs a miracle.

[@pauljensen5699]

Incredibly good video, thank you.

[@zw8984]

Explained so well!

[@zzzxxx7294]

An apartheid will never find internal peace unfortunately.

[@blanchjoe1481]

Dear SPECTACLES, Thank you for a well researched and developed piece. As the famous Bene Gesserit saying by author Frank Herbert, "...When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong - faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's too late....". Israel is Technically a Theocracy in Democratic Sheep's Clothing. Benjamin Netanyahu created a term used in Israel now to foment fear and bolster the influence of the Jewish Religious Political Right, the term is "Demographic Bomb". If it's 25% Non-Jewish population continues to increase at its present rate, Israel will lose its Jewish ( and political ) demographic majority, it is important to keep in mind that the fight between the Knesset and the Israel Supreme Court is fundamentally about this. On a similar tack this same process is taking place in the one nation state in the world that acts as a Bulwark for the Israeli state, the United States Of America. Forgetting the recent news of US Immigration issues, the US immigrants continues in comparatively large populations of individuals from all over the world, and one of the fastest growing immigrant groups are those originating from the Islamic States. US census number show decade after decade of an increase in Arab / Islamic immigration, and a corresponding increase in population growth as well. Growing both demographically, religiously, and soon politically, trends indicate that the influence the North African and Arab populations will equal and then rival the vaunted Jewish American political lobbies, the irony being that far greater implications for both the Palestinians and the state of Israel will exist in Israel's own Non-Jewish populations, and also within the marbled halls of the American Congress, than whatever happens currently between the Knesset and the Israel Supreme Court.

[@Muenni]

Did you seriously just claim "one of the fastest growing immigrant groups" to be people from the IS? How useful would such a metric be? And did you equate Arabs and "Islamic" immigration? Muslims can and do of course immigrate from countries such as Indonesia or Pakistan, not just Arabic countries, and will be part of any metric measuring the Muslim immigrant population. Muslims (not just Arabs) make up maybe 1.1% of the US population and, if you believe Pew's predictions, will double to over 2% in the next 30 years. On what basis do you assume they're going to gain such massive political influence? Jews are over-represented in Congress, whereas the smaller Muslim population is still under-represented. Why would that flip? And even if it did, why would that minority hold so much influence over American politics that it is of greater importance to Israel than the clash between Israel's own political organs and their supporters? This seems like some very wild speculation.

[@adamesd3699]

@@MuenniThere is another factor as well: The Likud alliance’s biggest and most numerous supporters in the US are not even Jewish Americans (many of whom are liberals), but rather conservative Christian Americans, especially Evangelicals, etc. And there are many millions of those. Easily swamping the number of Arabs/Muslims in the US. And a third factor is that many, perhaps even most, Arabs in the US are not even Muslims. Many are Christians .

[@Emanon...]

Palestinians. If you call them "Arab and North African", I'd argue it would be just as fair to call the Jewish population "European and Russian". Dear Lord (I don't care which one), even your language has been wholly co-opted by zionist tropes.

[@MsPizdetz]

Great video

[@tombuilder1475]

awesome break down!

[@Daniel-jv1ku]

Fantastic video. Cuts straight through the toxic and confusing media reporting while not going for the "who knows who's right" approach. We must always remember that the 2000 year exile happened because of excessive internal conflict. Each side invited the Romans into Israel to help defeat the other side! We must not let history repeat itself AND not by simply ignoring our problems. We are one people and we can't screw this up!

[@superelizabeth9253]

Preach

[@OsirisMawn]

I certainly hope you do

[@Daniel-jv1ku]

@@OsirisMawn You certainly hope what? What are you referring to?

[@OsirisMawn]

@@Daniel-jv1ku that they screw up. If evil had a face it would be them

[@Daniel-jv1ku]

@@OsirisMawn You mean the Jewish people? What do you actually know about us? What's so wrong with Jews, one of the world's oldest-surviving peoples, getting their ancestral homeland back? What's wrong with them having a country of their own where they can shape their collective society and destiny? Perhaps you have learned about many bad Jewish people, especially powerful ones. Haven't you realized that there are good and bad people that are Jews, that the only caveat is that Jews are disproportionately represented in most white collar industries compared to their small population, and that you're simply picking out the bad important Jews while ignoring the good ones? Even worse, you (I assume you're the typical anti-semite) get the bad ones to represent the entire Jewish people in your head, easily believe claims that we're all in on some really bad things that are causing the world's problems, and that we are so bad that we should not be treated like other peoples & therefore grave actions should be taken against Jews to make the world a better place? And here I am, a Jew that wonders what I did so wrong to get bullied in elementary school by a neo-Nazi German kid. One time, he even beat me up in the middle of class during instruction time after he screamed "dirty Jew" at me. This is in Canada, btw, and no one reacted in the same way they would react if I was black or something. The other kids looked away in discomfort. The teacher pulled him off of me and tells him to take a walk and calm down for 15 minutes in the hallway. And there was my family, who was very large before WWII. One day, the Germans conquered their village and they were all killed in their house, with only one person (my grandmother) managing to escape while her 7 sisters were murdered. And there are Israelis who, despite their country having done some things wrong, are very patriotic & believe in the overall righteousness of their cause but constantly have to defend the very existence of their country, something pretty much no other ethnic group has to do. And then there is you and all the other people like you. People who criticize Jewish culture - no problem with that, every culture has flaws, some are better, some are worse. But that's not what you are. You hate. And you can keep having your irrational hatred although I suggest you do some reflection on your morality & humanity. At the same time, I hope we'll remember our mistakes and stay together. God willing, we'll deal with the ironic tragedy of people wanting to kill us in our own country, take back Judaea and Samaria, deport terrorists, and offer all Arabs a wonderful life while getting rid of our own unofficial discrimination that too often happens against them by not all, but some Jews. Then, if people like you try to hurt us ever again, the ones who didn't move to Israel will be able to do so; they'll have a place to go to. Then, we'll have peace and a normal life in our home, something every people deserves.

[@ronaldbarrett3112]

What is typically ignored, as they try to ignore the 1917 Balfour Declaration that Israel is in Palestine. It is a "mandated" land. DUH!

[@Buhassanali]

You very polite explaining the origins man!

[@yasifaizi4316]

Good to hear