Israelis: Do Smotrich and Ben Gvir represent you?

[@alexmayorov795]

It's also important to realise that, because the Israeli electoral system is proportional, only a small minority of Israelis voted for them. Ben Gvir and Smotrich's parties got ONLY ~5% EACH. That's TINY. Yet because of the political havoc, they are indispensable for the coalition they're in.

[@ליאורפשנוב]

There are Jews named Alex dude

[@ליאורפשנוב]

😂

[@bliss448]

So? Netanyahu and all the rest of them think alike, individually they are less unhinged then those two but that's about the only difference one can detect.

[@mijaelstand]

this is why i think we should abandon our parliamentarian system and become a republic with 2 chambers with national and regional representation. even it would help to governments like the bibi one, so he would not be dependent on them in order to continue in the chair.

[@anythingidkn5938]

Likud is just hamas but in Hebrew

[@flywheel56]

Here's a question about fate... Do you think relations between Israelis and Palestinians would have turned out happier if Yitzhak Rabin had not been assassinated by Yigal Amir?

[@atrixiousscramasax6686]

not answering the question but adding: yigal amir is on the same side, same views as ben gvir and smotrich. ben gvir stole the car symbol from rabin's car

[@spofaldx8546]

no, because the paestinians think every single rock in land of israel should be theirs so the 1967 borders is not enough for them iam an israeli arab im talking from experience of living with people in the west bank and gaza on the other hand the jew dont care they just want to live they have been living in fear for more than 3500 years of being chased out of their homes and killed all over the world even in the land of israel before 1948 most of the house around the dome of the rock and al-aqsa mosque in jerousalem were owned by jews but in 1929 the arabs attacked them and stole the jews homes hope that helps

[@Bettybaminjerusalem]

As an Israeli, that's a good question. I think after Yitzhak Rabin death the country went backwards...before the goverment did a lot more against racisem he was the prime minister of everyone, not just for the people who voted for him. I miss him a lot, his integrity. My child wrote form school a long letter for him very moving about how it might have been better here had he was still alive. (She is 10...)

[@farfiman]

No. But maybe the relationship between left and right would.

[@doesntmatter4136]

Not at all. Terrorism got insane by the assassination, Oslo was a failure.

[@ROI684]

3:08 translation mistake She haven't said "all the death and terrorists" she said she don't support the calls for "death TO terrorists"

[@roylebitski6685]

She is 18 dude, why picking

[@lior-h]

More accuratley she said she doesn't support capital punishment for terrorists.

[@ido3211]

@@roylebitski6685 what do you mean ?

[@1xxy2y6]

the Israeli people are sick. They don't see who the real terrorists are. they have exceeded the limits!

[@levigoldberg901]

No maybe that’s what she meant but the translation is accurate word for word

[@dakdak612]

Now ask Palestinians if sinwar represents them…

[@wasker7187]

I'm not a Palestenian,,,but yes he represents me

[@AaronGeller]

Well that would be difficult in Gaza right now. Also, Palestinian are under two different governing bodies

[@Dawud1996]

I don't like this comparison

[@H.G689]

Sinwar represents 7 Billion of people who wish you stay in hell, if that means something to you!

[@mikeel6323]

75 % of Palestinians said YES. (Source: Palestinian authority)

[@grandpasmokes904]

As an Israeli, our government is atrocious. The sheer disconnect from the public--especially regarding education, foreign relations, the Palestinian question, and religion--is mind-bending.

[@eKoush]

one state with equal rights for all, you agree?

[@grandpasmokes904]

@@eKoush are you referring to a centralized, unitary state for the Palestinian and Israeli populaces? Absolutely not. Yes, everyone should be treated equally under the law, but the supposition that both peoples could be integrated into one is unrealistic and has never been echoed in Israeli society for a reason--it's unattainable. It is crucial the remember that the non-Jewish Arab minority in Israel was absorbed from the Arab designated state of the UN Partition--they are Israelis through and through. Arab residing outside the UN Partitioned Jewish State have evolved differently; religiously, culturally, and politically. Add the 90+ years of conflict between the groups and these basic, fundamental changes, no. Your One State ideal, for many another reason, would lead to bloodshed.

[@cakeye1258]

​@@eKoushIt's too late. If Israel gave all Palestinians citizenship in 1967 before Hamas and Fatah took over, then it would've been possible. But now both loathe each other, so it's never gonna happen.

[@grandpasmokes904]

@@cakeye1258 I’d claim Israeli society is more fearful of Palestinian integration than bigoted against it. We’ve grown to detest any such proposition for the ensuing violence. Palestinian society is more-albeit not entirely-radicalized and is motivated more out of disdain and hatred toward us. It is important to remember that 1967 saw the initial support of the Palestinian public to the invading Arab armies; it is also important to remember that before Fatah and Hamas, we had the PLO, which carried out several terrorist attacks. In the beginning of the 1970s there was the Black September Massacre.

[@CoffeePaladin]

@@grandpasmokes904 Incase you haven't noticed, there's already been bloodshed. Your country is currently eradicating human life in Gaza and the West Bank at a genuinely astonishing rate. But aside from that, if you don't support a unitary state yet you do support equal rights, are you suggesting an Israeli-led state that governs the Palestinians in some way? Do you support Palestinians having their own state and if so what are the borders of this state, generally speaking?

[@FabuliciousAF]

I wonder why did nobody answer to your question of "why don't you do anything about it" what is there to do about it? it's a democracy. as much as I dislike Ben Gvir and Smotrich - they are elected by the people in the same democratic way any other government representative is elected. The only way you affect it is by voting and raising awareness for the next time there are elections.

[@olgay555]

It's dont mean that at this point, they represent the israels people. They won't go to election because they know they don't gonna be part of government. But the damages they did and they continue to do it already impossible to fix

[@buymybooks437]

yes. that was a stupid question.

[@alexmayorov795]

It's also important to realise that, because the Israeli electoral system is proportional, only a small minority of Israelis voted for them. Ben Gvir and Smotrich's parties got ONLY ~5% each. That's TINY. Yet because of the political havoc, they are indispensable for the coalition they're in.

[@joge2468]

Nobody sane wanted to form a coalition with Likud, so Bibbi got those two idiots. Now they wield power totally incommensurate with the number of people they represent. We have this problem in the U.S. congress right now too. The MTGs of the world can hold the entire caucus hostage because they can’t pass anything without her vote.

[@matane.5427]

You do understand that citizenzs themselves can't enforce elections before the term's end, right? BTW, both parties have roughly 10% of the seats, it's just the close results between the two blocks that gave them power beyond their actual size.

[@jimhoffman6979]

Yashir Koach from Chicago. I haven't seen your videos lately for maybe a year. Glad you're continuing. Todah Rabah!

[@chayimjakob5499]

"Why aren't you doing something to restrain them?" What a democratic concept!!!

[@dogbert52]

​@Yvanoel01what racism? Who is discriminated against in israeli universities? In army service? In land prices? Who?

[@FaiezCader]

Really what can one individual really do

[@chayimjakob5499]

​@FaiezCader In a democracy, what you do is you accept the outcome of democratic elections.

[@FaiezCader]

@@chayimjakob5499 yes but Isreal didn't except the Democratic Elections that Palestinian Resistance won.We all want Palestinians and IsreAlis to live in peace but to achieve that it's to end the occupation of Palestinians

[@user-wq9eg3nm4c]

On the condition that the government works for the benefit of all the public​@@chayimjakob5499

[@thomasrussell4674]

Corey Gil-Scuster, thank you for at least having these difficult conversations

[@batyaintzfat]

As an Israeli...I found this fascinating. Thank you again for your invaluable work.

[@AbdulSoomro-kj5lt]

Perhaps Israel isn’t the problem but extremists: I am beginning to realise

[@thomasjosullivan9179]

I would like to hear more about why you found it fascinating?? I was just watching a video of a wounded Palestinian man on the bonnet of an IDF truck. He had been shot by them and his blood was flowing down the front of the truck. Just another war crime

[@thomast6851]

​@@thomasjosullivan9179 Israel has said from the beginning that it's soldiers violated protocol.

[@thomast6851]

​@@AbdulSoomro-kj5lt That is true.

[@cara_rima]

@@thomast6851do you think Israel is committing genocide in Gaza? Note that the UN declared today that over 20,000 children are estimated to be lost, disappeared, detained, buried under the rubble or in mass graves. Do you think Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians? 9 out of 10 Palestinians are not eating every day and it’s been declared a man-made famine.

[@lforlight]

The question of not doing something to get rid of them is stupid. They were elected in democratic elections. That means they do represent a slice of the population, over 10.8%. Netanyahu chose to collaborate with them, and he himself represents the largest slice of the population, 23.4%. He managed to build a coalition, comprising of over 50% of the elected Knesset members (MPs), meaning that ultimately, these freaks represent the majority of the people. That's democracy. Sometimes you're in the majority and sometimes in the minority and that's it. These people did do something to get rid of them, and that was to vote for a different party in the elections. That's what everyone CAN do. Protests don't do anything but say "we don't like that we lost the elections".

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

And in the next elections after October 7th, the Israeli left will hopefully be voted completely out. I'm tired of their contempt for this country and its people.

[@adigriffon]

Yeah but government systems matter. In the US a party that gets 23 percent of the vote won’t end up in charge.

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

@@adigriffon funny. Our Supreme Court got 0% of the vote and they are somehow in charge. And they continue to get my people killed.

[@augustin5611]

That's exactly because Bibi got 23% that he had to form a coalition with far right extremists, he needed them to reach the majority at the Knesset

[@augustin5611]

It can be hard to comprehend from the US political system but in many country, there's between 3 to 5 important political parties surrounded by sometimes dozen or other smaller ones. When a consensus can't be reached by one of the big parties, he has to compromise with smaller ones that are the closest to his view. When the war started, other parties form the left ask Bibi to form a new coalition, with them in it, at the condition that he would kick out the far right extremists such as mentioned in the video. Bibi chosed to refuse their offer as he knew that his political field of action would be less restricted by keeping the far right at his side, rather than try an alliance with the left, that could sabotage him in the long term.

[@EuropeanQoheleth]

9:30 ''A journalist doesn't take sides'' but then she says she's involved in hasbara. That very much is taking sides.

[@freedahlogic8368]

No. It’s actually not. It’s mostly seen as correcting the record because of the sheer volume of misinfo about the history of Israel and the reasons for the conflict. It’s important to realise that even though many people talk as though ‘Hasbara’ means you work for the Israeli government. Israelis themselves use this term to describe any personal effort to advocate for themselves, their country, and their right to safety. So Hasbara in the way most Israelis seem to describe it means using whatever influence they have to promote accurate information to people around the world who so often have opinions that are founded on misinfo and disinfo.

[@ido3211]

The word "Hasbara" in Hebrew only means "Explaining". Israelis use this word to tell they are correcting misinformation on social media.

[@y.m.505]

The democratic nature of the Israelis is always revealed in these interviews. They can freely speak their minds... But can we say the same about the Palestinians?

[@truthinknowledge8312]

What's the use of a democracy if it's oppressing and genociding civilians ?

[@UzumakiNagato]

LoL

[@karimtabrizi376]

Well maybe if palastine had not been choked by isreali?

[@ahmedsalama5768]

Well what if i told you that Israel is the one preventing them?

[@UkraineTrain13]

Choked? You mean the Israelis that left Gaza unilaterally and got rockets and kidnappings in return? Israelis who offered peace in 2000 and a two state solution and got the second intifada in return? What rational Israeli could believe that most Palestinians want anything other than the destruction of Israel and the wholesale slaughter of the Jews?

[@Reaper31292]

Interesting that this question seems to only have been asked to secular Israelis. It's no wonder that they said no. I voted for them, and pretty much every single person I know in the right wing world supports them in Israel, even if they didn't vote for them. They aren't the social pariahs that Americans and Anglos wish they were. They got the amount of the vote they did because a sizable amount of the Israeli public generally wants strict security and I think that's necessary for obvious reasons at this point.

[@zb3495]

Tell me more about this security these chaps have gotten you.

[@juliannaruffini]

a sentences terrorist it says a lot about you

[@dogbert52]

​@@zb3495tell me more about your october 7th joy and elation

[@yorammm]

the face of facist Israel

[@basheerkassim2230]

​@@dogbert52tell me more about the land theft and occupation that the Zionists* did against the Palestinians.

[@asd4asdas34dasasdas3dsad]

"Democracy" even if they like or not, they represent them as elected represents.

[@ayalaostrovsky9550]

We have also two arab countries in parliament. Don't worry for us.

[@BernieJaver]

U are asking secular assimilated Jews go to observant orthodox areas and u will get completely different answers

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

Unfortunately most Orthodox Jews are just as assimilated. They speak as though they are in medieval Germany 18th century Polish nobility.

[@nirmiller3277]

Orthodox are even more against them I'm from here I know

[@SpringTime-n1x]

This so called journalist is another leftist, “the enemy within” Shame on him

[@johndawhale3197]

Orthodox don't even serve in the military...

[@theisraelig5162]

@@nirmiller3277 You're talking about the ultra orthodox, orthodox just means religious Jews, but that's irrelevant because even the ultra orthodox are sitting with Ben Gvir and Smotrich in the same coalition.

[@hanna319]

Ben Gvir and Smotritz, like everyone in the Israeli government, represent their constituents, they obviously do not represent all the voters in Israel. Those who want to know how many elected them, that is, how many support them, should look at the statistics of the last election. From an Israeli point of view, you asked the wrong sector, seculars (for the most part) will not vote for them, they are popular among the right-wing conservative and religious Zionists, and Ben Gvir is a rising star even among the Orthodox (Haredim).

[@hanna319]

@WeWe-vp6qf Let's not get carried away. Messiah has nothing to do with it.

[@hanna319]

@user-jt8vj1vm6y I've never heard that name before.

[@hanna319]

@user-jt8vj1vm6y Ok fine, I don't know. I have no opinion.

[@hanna319]

@user-jt8vj1vm6y I have no opinion about people I don't know.

[@ls6720]

@user-jt8vj1vm6yHanah Arendt wasn’t Israeli. Even if an Israeli loved everything she ever said, she wouldn’t “represent” them.

[@jacquesengelstein1262]

What a stupid question.... For that exactly question we have elections, and you can see exactly how many Israelis are voting for them. And about 12 procent voted from them directly

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

And more than 12% will vote for them in the night selections

[@zevspitz8925]

And over half the Knesset seats went to a coalition that all agreed to have Ben Gvir and Smotrich in it.

[@StapleGenius99]

12% of the vote and 100% of the power

[@zevspitz8925]

@@StapleGenius99 No, it just means there are 12% of Israelis who fully support Ben Gvir or Smotrich, and a majority of Israelis who say, "I'm can live with them, even if point-by-point I don't agree with what they say". Isn't that what democracy is all about: finding the greatest possible consensus and acting on it?

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

@@StapleGenius99 unfortunately not. The ultimate power in Israel is still held by the unelected Supreme Court, who are to Israel what the Mullahs are to Iran.

[@esfiryelin9306]

If Smotrich and Ben Gvir can't represent Israel because of they weren't in Army, then Lapid could not represent Israel as well, he wasn't in IDF.

[@knowhere60]

Lapid did serve in the IDF, just not in a combat role.

[@igotnothingbettertodo472]

He was a "journalist" Yet he preaches about services. What a clown.​@@knowhere60

[@lau_dhondt]

It's superinteresting to listen to these answers. Well done Corey. 12:00 best answer imho. Greets from Belgium.

[@TomLennox24]

Will he ask Palestinians if Hamas represents them? Very few Arabs are against Hamas.

[@dianalee1589]

when u see what israel is doing i think it starts to make sense why they would but you apparently have no clue

[@caetanas1783]

​@@dianalee1589What Israel is doing exactly? You don't like Israel killed terrorists? So you supporting terrorists?

[@reemah5996]

The extremist parties elected by the Israelis were the ones who were financing Hamas 😅

[@laylaali5977]

Well Palestinians have been under siege for over 90 years under occupation 58 years and now genocide so they have two views of hamas generally they don’t like them because they are corrupt and authoritarian but at the same time they’re the only ones who stand up to their oppressors.

[@0burun0]

​@@dianalee1589Israel doesn't have a goal to kill Palestinians. It's consequences of war, as Hamas hides between civilians. Israel is trying to minimize civilian death but it's very difficult especially when many people are looking for Israel to fail..

[@doyouevennaturebro4593]

This is very encouraging to see. May those that want peace win in the end.

[@chuck62891]

I live in the North and my opinion is that the political atmoshphere here is very different than those in the center. Bibi, Ben Gvir and Smotrich are much more popular here as we live close enough to see Lebanon every day.

[@anastazjaQ]

Don't they notice that warmongery brings more harm to IL and Palestinians? That more cruelty and occupation to Palestinians causes violance from their side?

[@dogbert52]

​@@anastazjaQwhat do you call the 7th of october?

[@Brownies85126]

​@@dogbert52 a response, lol, crying about 7 oct and ignoring your apartheid system and everything else come with it

[@chuck62891]

@@anastazjaQ What occupation was there in Gaza on Oct. 6? The PA in Judea and Samaria is in the areas agreed upon by the Oslo Accords that both sides signed. The whole thing is a false narrative by the terrorists of the PA and Hamas.

[@chuck62891]

@@dogbert52 I call it a horrible wake up call to the deluded Left wing people in Israel who thought that there could be peace with Hamas and the PA.

[@Badgerbeard]

" you can't equate the violence of the oppressor with the violence of the oppressed. They are not the same, and the oppressor is the ultimate source of violence from both sides." Caitlin Johnstone.

[@Akiva_Merkava]

This is not the logic of peace. You cannot have rapprochement without reconciliation and you cannot have that if you cling to blind arrogance. I'm Jewish and half Irish so I understand the peace process and your way of thinking is antithetical.

[@augustin5611]

It's reashed french anti colonial discourse from the 60's. Stupidest way of thinking ever, justifying the killing of innocent and the adoration of terrorists ever since

[@TheAvadonna]

As an Israeli who lived through the second Intifada I can tell you that the question of 'oppression" goes both ways. The lives of the Israeli Jews are constantly restricted by the consideration of security even in times of relative peace. Every house has a safe room for bombings, every place you go to you have to stand in line to have your bag checked. There are countless other daily elements to this. The notion of a clear division between the oppressors and oppressed works only as an over-simplification in theoretical discussion by people who are always outside of the situation. It is entirely different for the people who are actually in it.

[@raz5802]

Its a free country. politicians of all kinds can run, even from the right (like in Hungary, Poland, France, Netherlands)... all is legitimate. we mustn't let outsiders de-legitimize politicians of this country... it is just a smoke screen to delegitimize this country as a whole (their actual agenda). At the end of the day, we are a country of laws, checks and balances. These so called "extremists" are saying the same things that the Ben Gurion, Begin and Golda Meir used to say (go do some research)... due to modern Woke culture and extreme liberal left this has become a problem... we cannot even say we "hate terrorists that come and attack innocent civilians" - it is politically incorrect. FYI, I am not a Ben Gvir or Smotrich voter...

[@freedahlogic8368]

You have my support. Always. Love from Australia. ps I used to be a green voting progressive until I saw those parties completely blank what happened on October 7. I’ll never trust their judgement again. Now I have no political orientation. I’m just anti-terrorism. Not sure how I’ll vote but it will be determined by a well reasoned approach to the real risk.

[@nisrmasry2134]

The other side has all the right to resist the terrorism of inforced occupation upon them. It's basic human logic. Nothing to do with woke leftie or extreme rightie !!

[@nisrmasry2134]

​@@freedahlogic8368The other side has all the right to resist the terrorism of inforced occupation upon them. It's basic human logic. Nothing to do with woke leftie or extreme rightie !!

[@timeless17030]

You are 100% right with what you said. Delegitimizing democratically elected politicians leads to nothing good and because everyone and everything has shifted to the far left, this is why there are so many problems. We need strong boundaries to have a good relationship with our neighbours and friends. This has always been the case and it's even more needed now than ever.

[@caetanas1783]

​@@freedahlogic8368Thank you for your support. In this world of rising bloody antisemitism it's very important for us.

[@TheTranceCartel]

It's reassuring to see that Israelis feel as helpless and demoralised about their political system as the rest of the world does about theirs

[@danieldok1988]

ABSOLUTLY NOT! As a proud Israeli, I see Ben Gvir and Smotrich as the worst representation of our nation. They adopt an ultra-nationalist stance based on a religious and mythical perspective of the conflict, ignoring real-world circumstances and driven by racism, ignorance, and arrogance. I can't defend their statements or actions in any way. It's important to note that they only hold around 10 out of 120 seats in the parliament. The only reason they have disproportionate power is because of Netanyahu, who is willing to harm Israel's cause, image, and interests for his own political survival. This doesn't undermine the justification for Israel's war against Hamas, but it has led to many mistakes in the country's management since October 7th. I hope the Israeli people will have the wisdom to remove these awful men from the government for good.

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

"They adopt an ultra-nationalist stance based on a religious and mythical perspective of the conflict, ignoring real-world circumstances" No, thats the left, who think that Israelis should be ethnically cleansed from their land to appease Arab and Islamic colonial greed.

[@Maps-w6j]

@@snakey934Snakeybakeyshit up and realise you are the invading power of Palestine. Be happy to live their otherwise you Jews would’ve still be persecuted in Europe like you have always been there

[@TomHutchinson5]

My favorite thing about these videos is the candor often displayed. My least favorite thing about these videos is the ads that often play with them.

[@leongreen5332]

The last but one woman, the daughter, was brilliant. Really being part of the solution, than part of the problem.

[@Randsurfer]

The mother also nailed it.

[@kovgt]

Thanks!

[@ntheg]

I don't understand the second part of the question... what do you want them to do? Ridiculous

[@criticalthinker1123]

In any democratic country, people protest if they are not happy with the governing body

[@gabrielfine6296]

He has a point, we have a collective responsibility for the deeds of our government. Just like the Palestinians.

[@liaa4172]

Lmfao vote differently maybe??

[@ntheg]

@@liaa4172 who said they didn't vote differently? This is a naïve question that reeks of ignorance

[@liaa4172]

@@ntheg is that why bibi and his ppl are in power??

[@hanifibrahim460]

Thank you for these, I find them incredibly heartening to see a human perspective behind the political sabre rattling. Even to people I would disagree with, to see their genuine concern and hear their personal rationale is very interesting!

[@Lenamaslow]

Just wanted to say: dear Israelis, stay safe wherever you are, you are not alone. A lot of love from Italy! Ohavim Israel.

[@mikeel6323]

Thank you Italia ❤

[@ForeverRepublic]

🇮🇹❤️🇮🇱

[@theoBaba773]

My family in Sicily. We want Roma back. We will get it. 🤌🏼

[@blivion7203]

​@@theoBaba773 So buy land like the Jews did in Israel before 1948, instead of stealing it like the Arabs did before 1948 in (the massacre of) Hebron. And then get the majority of most UN members to vote in favor of a state for Romans, legally (just as Israel did). Just br careful because if the Italians listen to the Arabs and Palestinian arabs' advice, they might try to attack you and if they lose the war they perpetrated, that also means they'll lose land. Just hope they'll get over it and not build terrorist organizations... Only difference is Italians already have a state. Palestinian arabs had their chance in 1937 and also 1948 to declare independence but chose to declare war instead. They've had more opportunities since then and rejected each and every one of the propositions.

[@deanl0]

@@theoBaba773 You can keep the vatican but not Roma

[@yaakovhassoun8965]

so he basically goes to tel aviv and asks the question to the left?! what's he expecting... go to any of the shetachim or jerusalem and you'll see a very different answer

[@interestingyoutubechannel1]

The left? What "left"?!! I'm from Tel Aviv. NOBODY believes in concessions and repeatedly begging for peace from people who intend to kill us. Not any more. But, supporting Ben Gvir and Smotrich is supporting the far-right extremists, terrorists. 90% of people on the Right, do not support these scumbags.

[@ציפיספרן]

No. He goes everywhere youre not listening (maybe you dont want to acknowledge the fact that ppl have all kinds of opinions here). One of the women was from Ashkelon - a southern city near Gaza

[@yaakovhassoun8965]

@@ציפיספרן my point is that many people really approve of both ben gvir and smotrich (even if there are many that don't). and he seems to have gone into an area where that opinion is not represented, and reported it as if it's the only opinion on the matter.

[@levelheaded2804]

if this video is representative of the public to any extent, how come Smotrich and Ben Gvir hold important ministerial posts in the government? Is this just Bibi holding on to power at any cost?

[@JeanBod1111]

They did massive online campaigns for years to convince everyone they will fix everything and and they proved the opposite.

[@ChaosRider726]

They have only about 10% of votes together. They unite before the elections since separated there was a big chance they both won't even get enough to pass. They can crash the government if they want too because that the coalition have only 62 seats. So they kind of squeezing unproportionable achievements because of that.

[@kevinoconnell9056]

​@WeWe-vp6qfAgreed. It's like in the United States asking people how they feel about radical Republicans statements that are voted for far away in the southern belt

[@yakov95000]

They have more support in mixed areas West Bank,Jerusalem,Southern Israel,Lod,Ramle where Arabs attack Jews and harass girls not Jewish vast majority areas...

[@alexmayorov795]

I think it's also important to realise that, because of the Israeli electoral system is proportional, only a small minority of Israelis voted for them. Ben Gvir and Smotrich's parties got ONLY ~5% each. That's TINY. Yet because of the political havoc, they are indispensable for the coalition they're in.

[@esthertschwartz]

Your question of 'why don't you do something to get rid of them' is anti-democratic and inflammatory. Israel is proud to be ruled by the system they chose. Yes, the system definitely has its flaws. There have been left wing governments with small extreme left parties represented. No one created chaos because of it. The way to create change is to vote. To respect the system, even if you do not personally like the outcome, and get out to vote

[@wezbrum9430]

Protesting against government ministers who are enabling settler violence (which makes both Israelis and Palestinians more unsafe) is not undemocratic.

[@dogbert52]

​@Yvanoel01no he wasnt. Read history.

[@bla-ig4bd]

As a Palestinian I find BenGvir and Smutriz scary... reminiscence of Germany in 1936

[@samramzy544]

They are far more dangerous because they have international support are hypocrites and criticize them but take no action. But when the country is named Irak we all know how it ended.

[@DailyContent320]

As an Israeli I agree

[@roylebitski6685]

מסכים, מבחינתי בן גביר זה חמאס, ואני קצין בצבא

[@shirelsloomi8452]

@@roylebitski6685 איזה מגזים אתה, ואני לא בעד בן גביר... להשוות את בן גביר לחמאס, ועוד אחרי 7 באוקטובר, זה ממש הצהרה מגזימנית וחסרת פרופורציות. ושוב אדגיש שאני לא תומכת בבן גביר ואני לאת מחברת לדעותיו, אבל יש גבול להגזמות שאדם יכול לומר ועוד בפלטפורמה כזו.

[@bla-ig4bd]

@@shirelsloomi8452 I am not exaggerating. Go back and study what it was like in Germany in 1936. It is well documented. BTW, as a Palestinian، I also find Hamas scary.

[@Luke465yall]

7:38 "When we walk in the streets we automatically are afraid, your attitude changes."

[@alexkochin2108]

For me, Ben Gvir and Yair Golan are one and the same. Both have a terrible impact on Israel.

[@Badgerbeard]

I'm a Brit with Palestinian heritage Why don't you ask me? Better still go to Hebron Buy a coffee for a Palestinian Family and ask them about their experiences.

[@mash1991]

He does tho?

[@shyattoun6963]

Ben gvir and smotrich represent us in a way, mostly regarding to counter terror actions, other than that they don't have anything to offer. They just show it in childish manner.

[@bliss448]

Have you ever considered that maybe you're the terrorist? Think about it.

[@bliss448]

Have you considered that you're the terroist? Everybosy else thinks so, they can't all be wrong.

[@skontheroad]

Interesting perspective 🤔. And a correct one when one thinks about it! People and their ideals are multi-faceted. They just represent one sliver of the Israeli ideology that is being focused on at the moment. Hopefully, soon, we will put this part of our ideology that they have forced everyone to focus on away, and we won't see it again for quite some time!

[@deanl0]

To say that they are acting in Childish manners is way out there. Say it as it is pure evil Yes time will tell that they were no good at all for Israel

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

Whats childish about it?

[@zafar0132]

what is the difference between gvir/smotrich and the position of the vast majority of Israelis to the plight of Gaza, not much.. they just like to label them as extremist, but in truth they are equally extreme, and may in reality be even more extreme.

[@shoutforit]

Loads of people vote for them, that's how they got to kenesset. So they have lots of support at grass root level

[@grandpasmokes904]

Only 5% voted for them. They are "swing-parties." Bibi used them to gain the support of the Orthodox community--not all of it, since Shas isn't there. They were appointed Cabinet-like ministries for this reason. Your claim is stupendously ignorant.

[@Bettybaminjerusalem]

Enough people voted for them to be a small party (many Israeli arabs voted for Ben Gvir strangly because they thought he will be tough on crime in arab villiages. ) I think they got more popular since October 7th even though they are responsible for many of the problems on October 7th. Still the majority of Israelies will say they are extreemist that don't represent them. I think they are very racist and have done a lot of damage to the Israeli society not to mention internationally. I hope they won't be a oart of a future goverment ever again.

[@guyh282]

bullshit. in Israel, the party leader with the most votes gets a mandate to assemble a government with any other party leaders - even if they have just reached the threshold number of votes required to be in the parliament. this means Bibi (who got the most votes in the last election) could assemble a government with any fringe lunatic politician - as long as they qualify under this criteria.

[@mstrehena5535]

Absolutely

[@Gideon01]

They got 11% of the vote combined.

[@aliasagentsecret360]

1:45 תותח ! אהבתי את התשובה המקורקעת

[@interestingyoutubechannel1]

Ben Gvir and Smotrich do not represent me.

[@almami1599]

Well they definitely represent the Americans who are sending them money

[@EuropeanQoheleth]

True

[@jaialaiwarrior]

In that case Hamas DEFINITELY represent the "aid" money sent to Palestine that they either steal or take directly. Thank your for reminder.

[@augis888]

clearly USA would prefer to end this whole situation because American have LONG TERM CONTRACTS with Israel in terms of weapons, and they cant just choose when they want to sell or not. they supply weapons no matter if Israel have war or not. arms industry dont work like that. there are LONG TERM pacts for that. do you believe US government has some weird desire to end Palestine? why would they need that? they have MUCH BIGGER issues with China in Pacific. this war with Hammas now is serving Russian interest more then US because USA would prefer to concentrate on RUSSIA and CHINA - that is their ACTUAL geopolitical issues, not West Bank or Gaza 😂

[@aberserk9512]

.. and pay the kosher tax in US..

[@اسكندرفكار]

There are international laws to imabargo countries who do war crimes like isreal​@@augis888

[@carmiwisemon740]

If this Corey wasn't obviously biased against Ben Gvir and Smotrich he would have interviewed people in areas that support Ben Gvir & Smotrich and his audience amy have heard what these two politicians represent and not the lies and misinformation that he's trying to perpetuate.

[@l-uk3xm]

Couldn't agree more. The film maker is a pathetic leftist and Arab lover.

[@meandu2-fh8jr]

They are both devils who murder children

[@thomasjosullivan9179]

Thank you Corey, a tiny glimmer of hope. Maybe there are more Israelis with some humanity than I had believed.

[@dogbert52]

The rest have no hunanity? Ok dolfi

[@l-uk3xm]

Sure, being a terrorist lover is super human. The film maker is Canadian, not Israeli, he doesn't seem to understand that "humanity" in this region is viewed as a weakness and an open invite to aggression. There was a lot of humanity shown on Oct 7 by the Arabs.

[@thomasjosullivan9179]

@@l-uk3xm There has been a lot of terrorism on display by the Israeli people every day since the 7th Oct

[@thomasjosullivan9179]

@@l-uk3xm How many police and soldiers died on the 7th Oct??

[@l-uk3xm]

@@thomasjosullivan9179 Estimated 300+

[@evanbrad7327]

9:27 I could have sworn she is said she works in Hizbollah, I almost fall of my chair.

[@takeonefortheteam3764]

Same lol

[@death-aura]

same here, where did that kh come from lol

[@roylebitski6685]

Lol hasbra not hizballah

[@roylebitski6685]

Hasbra means explaining in hebrew

[@freedahlogic8368]

lol.. no she said ‘Hasbara’. People think it’s like saying “I work for RT” or TRT or Al Jazeera; but it isn’t. It’s more like ‘I advocate for Israel because the western media gets this thing all wrong’.

[@mastereppsreturns6586]

As a pro Palestinian, this was a surprisingly heartwarming video

[@yelenas7923]

Try to be objective. It will help you to understand that two side did a lot of mistakes. But most of Israelis support two state solution and most of the Palestinians not

[@EverestOnyekwere]

ALSO FOR ME, AS A NIGERIAN 🇳🇬, I LOVE ITHAMAR BEN GVIR & SMOTRICH WATCHING FROM NIGERIA, WITHOUT THEM ISRAEL WILL BE IN SMOKE, YOUR FIRST MISTAKE O ISRAEL IS THAT YOU THINK YOU CAN EVER BE IN TRUE PEACE WITH ISLAM, ... YOU CAN'T IMAGINE THE HORROR WE ARE SUFFERING IN THE HANDS OF THE ISLAMISTS OVER HERE IN NIGERIA

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

Based Nigerian!!! Are you Igbo by any chance?

[@EverestOnyekwere]

@@snakey934Snakeybakey Why do you ask?.

[@thomasjosullivan9179]

@@snakey934Snakeybakey He is a nut in any event

[@ayalaostrovsky9550]

My love to you from Israel. ❤ We know it is terrible, but always have to hope for better days.

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

@@EverestOnyekwere Because my favorite teacher (in Israel) lived there for a while, and taught me some of the language. Don't worry, I have nothing against any of the other Nigerian groups.

[@haimgrn]

3:43 מה קורה במדינה הזאת? מה זה "ללכת לקיצון" כשמדובר במפלצות הנוח'בה?

[@freedahlogic8368]

She said ‘death penalty’ is extreme. idk whether it is or not. I’m against the death penalty but I don’t live in a country where there are people trying to murder random people all the time. We’ve had a few attacks but our anti-terrorism infrastructure is pretty good so far. And we aren’t dealing with a centuries old murderous grudge.. When people try to say “this didn’t start on October 7 it started in 1948” I always argue with “so explain the Hebron massacre of 1517 to me.. how does that fit in?” If people bother to read the evidence in support of Israel is there. Not least of which the newspapers from 1947 which report the 1945 loan contract between Hitler and Amin Al-Husseini. The world couldn’t exactly walk away without allowing a Jewish state after seeing that contract.

[@colinloves]

@@freedahlogic8368 you dug a bottomless pit when you mention Hitler. The Zionists and the Nazis were in a long term relationship, next to the one night stand with Amin Al-Husseini. I suggest you do some research into this shameful subject

[@l-uk3xm]

@@freedahlogic8368 Totally agree w/you. Those liberal leftists are our 5 th column, and this film maker is one of them.

[@krism6260]

Even a young, "centrist" girl doesnt see there's two sides to a story...

[@isaiahrodriguez2770]

And casually admitted she is a paid social media propagandist…

[@neguhjoe]

centrist my ass, she proceeds to unironically say she works in "Hasbara".

[@dogbert52]

"Both siding" for jih adis :) Yes, there is a side that dreams of october 7th gleefully and theres the side of the j oose. I can guess on which side you are

[@krism6260]

@@dogbert52 zionist indoctrination worked well on you.

[@samislim3875]

Mr. Corey - it is heard in your interview (a lot of Israelis) that they want peace with Palestinians. How? Which peace? as a gift from Israel? where security of Israel is more important than the risk of living with Palestinians? Why - for Israelis - Palestinians come second or third? why does a Jew from New York have more rights in a Palestinian village than the Palestinian himself? How do Israelis who want peace feel bad if Palestinians resist settlers? what do they expect from Palestinians ? to hug them and to give them their land? What peace?

[@dogbert52]

The peace of 7th of october? The peace of the 1400 years of dhimmi? The peace that yazidis got? The peace of the 22 gen o cides of the native jooose in the arnab states?

[@yoavba5706]

can you please ask Palestinians in the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) whether the PA represents them?

[@lordlorian81]

Thats a good idea by the way

[@mikeel6323]

75 % said that hamas/sinwar is representing them. Source : Palestinian authority.

[@jimmyrecard5056]

They will chose anyone who will fight against the illegal Israeli land grab, they are desperate

[@yoavba5706]

@@mikeel6323 I know, but it would be interesting to hear from them why that's the case.

[@bliss448]

@@yoavba5706 Why? Probably bc the PA is busy cleaning the shoes of Netanyahu and his cohorts whereas Hamas and Sinwar care about Palestine's right to exist. That's why.

[@irinastarobinskaya3461]

Why do you ask only secular people? These politicians represent kipa struga.

[@yitzchakepstein2142]

Ben Gvir is not a racist. He's just the only one in the Knesset who believed Sinwar when he said he would cvt the hearts out of the Jews. You should really pay attention to Ben Gvir.

[@2gunzupPAC]

I’m not sure what planet you live on.. he literally holds a photo of a man that committed a terrorist attack on Palestinians as a hero. The whole world views Ben gvir as a racist

[@AC-mp7cx]

ah i see, he's the guy who totally didnt have a picture of a terrorist in his house, and did celebrate a kid dying.

[@triplh86]

@WeWe-vp6qf Why would you call anyone but yourself stupid as a Zionist? That doesn't make any sense dummy. The world knows your society is racist and so much more asf. Who do you want to fool?

[@2gunzupPAC]

@@AC-mp7cx yep the guy who is too cowardly to even serve in the idf and has been convicted for charges of terrorism.

[@alexpleto4513]

Maybe you don't see him a racist cause you're also a racist yourself

[@kokosbluete3259]

I feel relieved that most people are against this government...but I'm sad that they are so unconscious of the suffering of Palestinian people caused by the crimes of their government. Thank you for giving uns such insights!

[@lordfedjoe]

They will say they are not in support of Them, but they also vote in support of Right wing. To understand how they feel, they will tell you that Ben Gvir and company are not Racist. This shows their real intentions.

[@ls6720]

Did you watch the video?

[@Badgerbeard]

Dear Akiva (great name) I really don't think Caitlin Johnstone's quote is antithetical but rather fundamental to understanding the path to peace, and I will explain, but first introductions. I too am a product of two cultures British born and bred but keen to understand and learn about my Palestinian Christian heritage. We could argue that we both should be in a position to better understand the outlook of oppressor and oppressed. I've always admired the culture of the Irish people as connoisseurs of social justice. To have a homeland where you can achieve self-determination and escape persecution is a very reasonable aspiration, and the Palestinians thought the same with the early Jewish settlers, arriving before the conflict started. My own grandfather, a Christian Palestinian in Haifa, took in two Jewish families into the family home. He was horrified by the stories of persecution they had suffered in Europe and was happy to offer them hospitality. Providing hospitality to visitors and new neighbours was not unusual - it was the norm, custom and practise. My mother told me stories of how Palestinian farmers helped to show the early Jewish settlers how to work the land and which crops to plant, european settlers that were sometimes unfamiliar with farming let alone farming in the middle-east. Christians and Jews in the region had lived in peace with the Muslim majority for generations. My grandfather was forced to get his family to safety at the point of a gun in 1947. There but for the grace of god go I. Having listened to historians like Avi Shlaim I know that Arabs and Jews could and have lived in peace with mutual respect. Implicit in Caitlin Johnstone's quote is the understanding that if you remove the violence and subjugation of the oppressor you are well on the road to peace. I would suggest that you can't have reconciliation without justice being seen to be done for the benefit of both sides such that mutual respect can start to be restored. If you feel like replying I for one would be keen to read it.

[@ilayohana3150]

3:08 she didnt say death and terrorists, she said death to terrorists, which is what ben gvir proposes, a death sentence to terrorists, which israel gets a lot of regardless of this war.

[@mbvbac]

A more revealing question would have been 'Is it justified killing civilians in Gaza?'. That would have gotten some far more awkward responses. EDIT: my responses are repeatedly being removed.

[@lforlight]

It's a moral quandary for sure. Every war on land, especially in urban areas, entails the death of uninvolved civilians. You can work hard to minimize that number, or be murderous to maximize that number, but the number exists and will inevitably exist due the nature of war. Since it goes hand in hand with war, the question you propose is not different from "Is the war in Gaza justified?", of which the answer would be a resounding yes. The threat on Israel must be dealt with, and it cannot be allowed to pose danger on the Israeli population anymore. As a bonus, the population of Gaza would be free of the tyrannical rule they've been under. By wording your question the way that you did, I assume you imply that there's a goal or intent in this war TO kill civilians, as if there's a quota to fill. This is not a war of revenge, there's no eye for an eye. There's no intention to kill civilians, there's no war room where generals point at the civilian Mahmoud Muhammad's home and say his family should perish. The civilians are collateral, unintended casualties, in the war against Hamas. Israel and the IDF in particular operate incredibly to minimize the number of civilian deaths, but as I previously said, a number is inevitable. That number can be pinned on whoever started the war, for he knew that civilians would die if he gave the go-ahead, and that is Hamas.

[@mbvbac]

@@lforlight My responses are being removed but suffice to say that Israel are committing war crimes and it is well documented. I won't bother with a longer reply in case it is deleted again.

[@mbvbac]

@@lforlight I wonder why my responses that are critical of Israel are being removed?

[@lforlight]

@@mbvbac KZbin has upped its automatic moderation a few months ago, so it automatically removes comments that mention certain things. It makes commenting on current events very hard.

[@mbvbac]

@@lforlight Yes, KZbin appears to censor views critical of Israel. Perhaps their lobbying of Meta has worked.

[@UzumakiNagato]

Imagine saying bengvir or smotrich aren't racists... These people are delusional x'D

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

Don't care. a racist who puts the Jews first is preferable to a racist who puts the Jews last

[@user-td4do3op2d]

Racist against who? Isn’t Ben Gvir an Arab?

[@linoyohana1186]

why do you call them delusional? they literally said they don’t support their opinions and that they don’t represent them.

[@lordfedjoe]

Exactly! They say they don't represent Israel because they are on camera. But then turn around to say they are not racist. Like WTH

[@freedahlogic8368]

They aren’t; they are just take an offensive approach to the humber if Palestinians who support terrorism. It’s not what I would do but I understand how they got there. They see their role as settlers as the first line of defence against people who want to murder Israelis; after October 7 I had to admit they have a dman good point.

[@Aris-yb1uy]

"as a Jew yes, but as an Israeli no" this reply is very important, and I hope people understand what that really means

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

They do a better job of representing me than anyone else in that parliament.

[@Physiker17]

Well, I hope Israel doesn't cease to exist one day, because of their "contributions" to democracy.

[@iamtimur4795]

why you assuming that those who not agree with Ben Gvir and Shmootriz don;'t do anything about it? you ask them "so why you don't do anything about it" like you 100% sure they don't do nothing

[@cossackhistorian7425]

Why did Hungary and Poland get sanctioned by the EU for being far right when they don’t let illegal immigrants while the EU is completely fine with those 2 in Israel’s government doing far worse?

[@yakov95000]

Israel is not part of EU that is the first thing(therefore you signed that you accept the authority of European commissions),Second those 2 didn't do anything but talk so I don't know what you mean by "doing far worse"

[@worldgrea]

Totally different things here... First, because they're in the EU and didn't execute the agreements... Nothing to do with being far right at all. And Poland didn't got sanctioned for not taking immigrants, but for their former government manipulating democratic laws regarding the judical powers. But since the new gov stopped the mentioned law, also the EU stopped the sanction process. Secondly, what has Israel to do with the EU? They're not an EU member.

[@dogbert52]

Israel is in the EU? Being right winged is a crime now?

[@soniakos444]

​@@worldgreaThat's not true. In Poland, nothing has changed legally, because the previous government still has a president who vetoes laws. The European Union withdrew the sanctions based not on legal facts, but only on the assurances of the new government, which is heavily criticized.

[@pasha92]

Because Israel is not part of the European Union. Another point, Hungary and Poland were sanctioned not for being far right but for a variety of reasons concerned with things like rule of law.

[@deguilhemcorinne418]

Why the transcription is interrupted between 8:20 and 10: 17 ?

[@Linda43]

A Blessed Shavuah Tov To All Am Yisroel And Friends Of Zion 💙 🕊 💙 from Chevron, The Second Holiest City In Israel 🇮🇱. All My Good Thoughts And Prayers For Our Brave Soldiers And Hostages 💙

[@PaulBallantyne250]

Please ask if the world should *sanction or restrict the international movement* of the settlers or radicals in the current govt of Israel. thnks

[@tamarfischer283]

First time I see the interviewer pushing his own opinion on interviewees, " they are racists". Who says they are?

[@Ali-sm2wg]

"Who says" He literally says the rest of the world thinks that and he is absolutely right. If you don't think he's racist against arabs, there's something wrong with you. Period.

[@tamarfischer283]

@@Ali-sm2wg you can put periods wherever you want. Unfortunately for you opinions are only valid if you bring evidence. Just putting a period at the end of a sentence doesn't do it

[@Ali-sm2wg]

@@tamarfischer283 You're right. It doesn't. But you know what does? The fact that the entire world agrees aside from maybe a tiny tiny handful of ultra right wingers... That does it, wouldn't you say?

[@tamarfischer283]

@@Ali-sm2wg I would not. That would not pass the first scientific test. You are welcome to believe it but please do not come and tell me there is something wrong with me.

[@Ali-sm2wg]

@@tamarfischer283 People don't think they're racist or extreme no matter how racist or extreme they are. One can only look at their actions, their history, their views in relation to the current global perception of the context.

[@MadaraUchihaSecondRikudo]

As an Israeli, of course they represent me. They're my elected representatives. I did not vote for them, but that is the game in Democracy. You get representatives from all over, and sometimes the people you vote for are too weak or didn't deliver, so they get voted out. Do I _like_ that they're there? No. I think they're terrible and the policies they pursue are terrible. Do they represent me? Yes, and I must own it. That is what it means to live in a democracy.

[@logicallyvalid]

Not surprising this question comes from a person who lives under a theocratic regime rather than a democratic one. The question makes zero sense. You don't need to poll on this question as to how much support them, as it was already done in the last elections (I think their two parties have roughly 12% supporting them, combined)

[@tunis.489]

You know Hitler was democratically elected too right?

[@Physiker17]

I strongly disagree and Lebanon is in general not a theocratic regime, if it was someone religious who asked the question, he would have spelled his full name (very probably Mohammed).

[@logicallyvalid]

@Physiker17 Lebanon is fully in control of Nasrallah and Khamenei, which are religious.

[@logicallyvalid]

I didn't put emphasis on the Religiousnes of the one who asked, rather than on his lack of understanding of democracy as his question portrayed ​@Physiker17

[@Physiker17]

@@logicallyvalid How ironic, you accuse someone of not understanding democracy based on a question, but then give the most simplistic and propaganda based explanation of the situation in Lebanon. You are lucky, I swore a while ago, not to argue with idiots in the KZbin comments. I hate to quote Star Wars but "I find your lack of faith (and understanding) disturbing"

[@SickVeteran99]

1:14 is that the same person from your video on Israelis: Adam and Eve on 2:26?

[@crhu319]

It doesn't matter if they do or don't. It matters only that Ben Gvir, Smotrich and Weiss operate with impunity. Most Germans were not in the SS either.

[@caetanas1783]

Israeli far right is not the SS, watch your language. If you want to seek for an equivalent to SS in the middle east you a many examples, Hamas is one of them.

[@mhasson33]

They definitely represent a huge amount of Israelis except that the media constantly slanders them to downplay this. They got more votes than Gantz in the last election

[@gaulishrealist]

9:25 Why did she mispronounce Hasbara? Must be not a Hebrew speaker.

[@evanbrad7327]

I thought she said Hizbollah lmao...almost feel off my chair

[@annan.3283]

Her English was perfect American.

[@reemah5996]

The Likud Party ruled 4 times and returned in 2009 under the leadership of Netanyahu. I don’t think they hated and does not represent them then?

[@isupportjusticeandtoleranc2178]

Will when it comes to Palestinians, most Israelis are like netanyhu and ben gvir.

[@kingfisher-u8q]

no !

[@dw7647]

Netanyahu is on the cusp of being ousted, the moderates left his war cabinet and even the IDF spoke out against his Gaza plan. Israel is a democracy with many Israelis ranging from European to African to Arab.

[@lordlorian81]

You are delusional and wrong You simply know nothing about the conflict But i will enlighten you The core of the conflic Jews want state of their own- Palestinian want no jew state at all Try solving this puzzle

[@olgay555]

It's not true

[@magentamagenta1274]

@lordlorian81 It’s not a puzzle it’s a fact. It’s written in the Hamas charter.

[@almounasaddiyeh8685]

Smotricht, ben Gvir and Netanyahu from october 8th had to scream to the top of their lungs, bring the hostages home! But they don’t care, hostages don’t fit in their busy agenda of power and money. They’re not Jews themselves. Yachadut means unity and brotherhood for all. They do not represent anybody but themselves and their pockets.

[@19bendunk]

This is truly embarrassing.. why you think they had 12 mandates? I was one of the people that choose them, and i will keep elect them.

[@caetanas1783]

המדינה לא היתה אף פעם במצב נוראי כל-כך אבל אתם ממשיכים ללכת עם הראש בקיר. לא הגיע הזמן לנסות משהו אחר?

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

@@caetanas1783 It was the leftist who got us here, and who held a monopoly on power until now.

[@Gretchaninov]

Please ask Palestinians: How did you react to 9/11? How do you feel about that attack?

[@بدربدر-ز6ي9د]

Ask the native indians how do they feel about 150 million of their ancestors who were butchered by white european terrorists

[@samramzy544]

Smotrich and Ben Gvir don't represent any of them? how they become deputies then, you bunch of hypocrites?

[@ori1676]

first learn what coalition means in a democracy

[@samramzy544]

@@ori1676 first learn what extremists acceptance means in a democracy. So hypocites AND extremists, my bad.

[@ori1676]

@@samramzy544 Netanyahu and his political aliies are far right extremists thats true, but only 50% of the citizens voted to this coalition (enough for Bibi to form a government)

[@dogbert52]

​@@samramzy544you guys are hillariously salty, criticizing democracy while you have non in your own countries 😂😂😂😂

[@samramzy544]

@@dogbert52 Indeed. But democracy means responsability. Ppl who can vote and vote for extremists are more to blame than ppl who cant choose. So correction: hypocrites, extremists AND irresponsible. The more i tlalk to you the more i discover who you are. Thanks.

[@TruthSeekerAfrica]

Ask the religious extremist people and they'll support those two.

[@clucbag5418]

Religious extremists make up a very small population of israel

[@EmmaWhitaker-gf3uc]

Why are there 2 sets of subtitles? And the smaller font subtitles also have a time-delay. which is confusing. I bet most people outside of Israel don't understand the political system here. Both Ben Gvir and Smotrich now have power all out of proportion to the number of people who support them. They are from 2 pretty tiny parties and represent relatively few people. Enough people voted for Bibi Netanyahu that he won the Prime Minister-ship - unfortunately IMO. BUT he needed to have more mandates to form a government. So he made deals with pols from smaller, more extremist parties. They have become way too powerful. Extremism is dangerous.

[@npgibson69]

Cory provides subtitles and KZbin also does when it detects something that’s not English. You can switch off the KZbin titles by pressing CC.☮️

[@natmeyy7590]

It's not a war its a Genocide, its occupation, its apartied .The greatest sin of all is to stand by silent and indifferent.

[@hanyabed9367]

“Why don’t you do something about it?” I post on Facebook. Says the only democracy in the Middle East

[@nomylearnspalestine]

@Mon Amie ask Palestinians: 1) Would you vote for a female president who has the same political beliefs as you do, 2) What origins are black palestinians, 3) What are your thoughts on veganism..

[@m.dthedemon4076]

What's the point in all of these questions? 😂

[@Alexander_1999_]

The problem is that those extremists are different from other political parties in Israel only in retoric. On the issue of occupation all political parties in Israel have the same position.

[@elirosen530]

on the issue of preventing genocide of the Jewish people in IL you mean...

[@Jupiterocks]

As an Israeli American those 2 are the future and will make sure October 8th 9th and etc. will never ever happen. Open your brain not heart. Big difference

[@seuntimilehin3381]

You'd complain about extremists but say two right wing extremists are the future of Israel. Nice analogy

[@ghosthunter0950]

@@seuntimilehin3381 as much as I dislike ben gvir I'm sorry but those extremists are not equivalent. Ben Gvir doesn't go telling his population to go and randomly murder Arab civilians that have done nothing wrong. meanwhile you have Hamas leaders going on stadium encouraging people to murder people and a terrorist fund by the Palestinian authority. what you're doing is Is like comparing hitler to an average American trump supporter and pretending like they're the same.

[@bliss448]

And who's going to make sure the umpteenth Nakba and more land grabs by the squatters won't continue to happen. Just go back to the US where you came from, stop squatting in other people's homes.

[@bliss448]

@WeWe-vp6qf Are you a bot?

[@fafolaw]

Nonsense, Oct 7th happened on their watch and it was directly related to their policies, if they had all the power in Israel they would destroy the country.

[@yoseidman4166]

Why don't you ask a wide range of people from all sides? That would be much more interesting and helpful.

[@user-pc3xt9xo4m]

Because those who support Ben Gvir are in Gaza fighting Hamas, risking their lives to protect these people with BDS (Bibi Derangement Syndrome).

[@RezaRob3]

Thanks for your great videos.

[@DwynAgGaire]

Thanks for your work Corey!! It's always great to hear from real people.

[@Zygorhiza]

I love how Smotritch and Ben Gvir are represented as "Crazy racist extremists" here when their views are WAAAAYYYY more moderate than the view of the average Palestinian. Just look on the channel what Palestinians say about coexistence with Israel, their view of Jews or the very existence of Jews in the land, that is a whole different level of hatred and extremism.

[@DieForMetalcore]

OK BOOMER

[@ROI684]

You're right but that's the very concept of extremism, it's relative. It's measured by the Israeli society standarts and that's a good thing, I consider ben-gvir and smotrich as crazy racist extremists because they are, they are in our society. We obviously shouldn't aspire to be like the Palestinian society therefore shouldn't compare ourselves to them

[@ROI684]

​@user-jt8vj1vm6y They have nothing against co existence of societies, however they don't want the Palestinians to have authority on the land of Israel in which they believe all belongs to the Jewish state. Which tbh is similar to the common Palestinian aspiration, however the difference is in the actions they support in order to achieve their agenda. The common Palestinian supports terror attacks against civilians, including the October 7th atrocities. They consider martyrs as heroes of their culture. They very openly priorities land over everything else. I would take his statement even further and claim, since ben gvir and smotrich aren't in favor of intentionally murdering civilians.... That a Palestinian equivalent of them would be considered as extreme left

[@mickymiller6130]

Much of this was predicted by the late professor Zeev Sternhell, a Holocaust survivor and Israel’s foremost authority on fascism, who explained in his 2018 essay titled “In Israel, Growing Fascism and a Racism Akin to Early Nazism” that these fascists “don’t wish to physically harm Palestinians. They only wish to deprive them of their basic human rights, such as self-rule in their own state and freedom from oppression.” Though the appointment of the sadistic Ben Gvir as minister of National Security is about wishing the Palestinians physical harm. In short, those who continue to doubt that fascism is an impending danger for Israel, are not paying attention to how its coalescing chauvinistic forces are planning on ravaging whatever is left of Israel’s liberal institutions in order to turn the Jewish state into a full-fledged fascist theocracy.

[@Dg78421]

Corey, you won't succeed in dividing Israel. Your entire channel is centered around division. Just because you delete my comment doesn't make it any less true.

[@johndawhale3197]

Calm down yo. He's not dividing anyone...he is a cool dude...

[@bodee591]

The question should be ” are you against colonisation ? "

[@The_Voice_of_Reason_is_here]

"Hamas are an asset" - Smotrich

[@ChaosRider726]

Surprisingly he actually said that (~10 years ago and way before October 7 but still....),

[@ro6493]

"Smotrich is an ass" -most Israelis

[@noam8080]

He meant as a formal govt ruling Gaza and not just chaos of different factions

[@dancingshapes]

@@ChaosRider726 Don't worry, he already said it also after the 7th October in an interview.

[@zevspitz8925]

"I am obligated to improve infrastructure & services, and everything to which Arab citizens are entitled by right, not as charity." Smotrich

[@nabeelkh]

@corey appreciate you doing this - however just curious on the methodology of how you chose the people and places you visit. Curious as a student of conflict resolution/representation to see if views are adequately represented and how do you control your own bias.

[@nabeelkh]

Also, by shoving a camera into peoples face, how do you people aren't being politically correct. I am sure if you were to do a parallel where you aren't recording people and not talking to them on the streets, my hypothesis is that the answers may change.

[@timeless17030]

I would like to know this too, as his bias is showing here.

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

Corey is a bad source on this I'm afraid. I used to follow him as well. The problem is he enjoys stirring the pot, which was acceptable before this war, but for him to do it now when the country needs unity is absolutely shameful, not to mention how manipulative what he shows us is. You may notice that everyone he interviewed was from a coastal city, and only one of them was a Mizrahi. Ben Gvir received 11% of the vote (about 14 or 15 percent of the Israeli Jewish vote) and many more Israelis who didn't vote for him in that election said that they would vote for him in the next one now that he's proven to be a competitive candidate. During the struggle to pass judicial reforms, in the face of the leftist tantrum, Ben Gvir won even more support. After the wake-up call that was October 7th, the entire country shifted to the right, with only the most insane fringes remaining on the left. Those who had voted for labor will now vote for Bibi or Benet, and those who had voted for bb or Benet will now vote for Ben Gvir, Smotrich, or Sofer.

[@Abilliph]

@@timeless17030 You are all talking nonsense. The 12% who voted for them are still being represented in this video. Corey isn't here to give you statistics.. you can find all that online by yourself.. He just walks in random places and ask people on questions.. It's not a social study of the general Israeli opinion.

[@l-uk3xm]

@@snakey934Snakeybakey The film maker is a super leftist and Arab lover. I saw his other vids, and it's very transparent. Keep in mind too is that he's not Israeli, he's Canadian, he doesn't seem to understand the Middle East very well.

[@jknowstheway1462]

1200 Israeli's butchered Oct 7th. Smotrich and Gvir say never again and there is controversy? Ignorance at its finest.

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

I have zero respect for Corey. He's always liked to stir the pot, and I was fine with that, but not when the country needs unity more than anything... I want him sent back to Canada.

[@jhingoorpatima237]

How this happened?

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

​@@lilam.9261Good! They discuss ethnically cleansing Jews from Judea and Samaria in the parliament on a daily basis, and now that these brave souls talk about removing a foreign Outpost of Islamic colonialism you have your panties in a bunch? Cry harder! Your tears mean nothing to us, we saw on October 7th what makes you cheer.

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

​@@jhingoorpatima237I can answer that. treacherous Israeli politicians ethnically cleansed the indigenous Jewish population from Gaza, and gave it to the islamist as a reward for their killing of Jews. Since then they have deliberately sabotaged to the IDF in every engagement so that they could not do their jobs.

[@dogbert52]

​@@lilam.9261what did your darlings do on october 7th? And who declared war on who repeatedly since 1948?