Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy talks to journalist Max Blumenthal about how the Israeli occupation has poisoned not only the region but much of the world, and how BDS might be the last standing hope to dismantle it
love you who can help Palestinian give Palestinian their own country. . thanks I thought all Jews in Israel are bad .. sorry for that but at least some are good also thanks from a Muslim
You are amazing Gideon with your clarity and honesty, I share all the views you talked about, any person who is honest with himself and the world would say what you said , and it takes guts and a lot of work on one's self to be like you , because you are a true believer not a follower God bless you Gideon you are indeed a hero
What a beautiful man Gideon Levy is. Every time I hear him speak I get chills. How come the world leaders are not listening to this man. Seriously! I believe he is a messenger of truth that send by God to open our eyes to what is going on in Israel regarding the Palestinians. I am shocked and outrage what is happening to the Palestinians on the land that is theirs . United State has blood in it's hand for every Palestinians who is killed, being brutally attacked and made refugee in the neighboring countries. This wouldn't happen if US didn't send Billions to Israel to continue this unbelievable treatment of the Israels Arab. My question is WHY the world is not listening to is brilliant and brave man? I hear you Sir and so are millions around the world. Change will come. Keep telling the truth. May God bless you and protect you.
They both self hated Jews. In Israel vast majority of people disgusted with Gideon Levy and considered crazy and self hating. Go to look at Syria where half million people were killed in the civil war and not Israel where people like this crazy guy can feel safe
Are you saying that anyone who criticizes Israeli laws and policy must be a self-hating Jew? What logical or emotional basis is there for your assertion?
Jacques Levy There are plenty on normal people in Israel who criticized Israeli policy, law, government. It is the same as in any other democratic country. But those two are crazy. They both support BDS which was depicted by Angela Markhel as antisemitic organization that has a goal to destroy Israel. Even most influential critics of Israel in USA Noam Chomskey and Filkinshtein says that the goal of BDS is to destroy Israel. Blumenthal in favor of peaceful destruction of Israel. Gideon Levi considered crazy even by majority leftists people in Israel
I love you question. Most of the Arabs and Arab supporters on the internet are very general and vague. Once i ask them specific questions, it make them to feel very uncomfortable . I can bring you many many reasons with some of them you will not agree. Gidon Levi is a very general and vague in his speech in this video. Nothing specific. Very general accusations. The fact that those 2 Jews want Israel ceased to exist is probably the main reason why they are crazy. Fact that they support BDS is already say that those two are crazy. Even political author-activist Norman Finkelstein - a noted advocate of the Palestinian cause - has branded the BDS movement “a hypocritical, dishonest CULT” and said in a recent interview that BDS is “not really talking about rights. They want to destroy Israel.” Did you listen both this guys in other videos? Do you know that in 2000, 2001 and 2008 Israel offered 95% of the occupied territory to Pal and 5% additional is from Israeli territory? Palestinians answered with a war that killed more then 1000 Israelis mostly civilians. The Arab Palestinians rejected a country of their own in 1947. Why? Because they wanted ALL of the land. NONE for the infidel Jews. At Camp David in 2000 Barak offered Arafat almost everything he had demanded - a state with its capital in Jerusalem, control over the Temple Mount, return of all of Gaza & 95% of the W Bank, and a $30 billion compensation package for refugees. Intermediary at the talks, Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia to Arafat: "take the deal"..."I hope you remember, sir, what I told you. If we lose this opportunity, it is going to be a crime...Either you take this deal or we go to war." Arafat chose war. Why? Because the Arabs wanted ALL of the land. NONE for the infidel Jews. Those 2 clowns will not tell you about those events. Do you know that vast majority of Pal live under Pal authority and very very rare see any Israeli soldier. No Israeli Army in a vast majority of the Pal land and very rare when normal Pal go into contact with Israeli soldiers. In a vast majority of the contact between Israeli soldier and Palestinian is like contact between you and policemen in your country. Pal population live under Pal police, law, courts, local authorities, Pal prisons. It is very hard to say about this situation as an occupation. Gidon Levi brought one example of Hevron. First of all half of the things they depicted Hevron is a lies. Second it is very very small place out of whole West Bank. You can'r make conclusion from one small example for whole situation. That is very classical manipulation - bring small example and make general conclusion based on one small example for whole situation. Do you know that every years 30 000 people come from Gaza to get a cancer treatment and that the Israel saves thousands of Pal life by providing advanced medical treatment. And that is despite the fact that Gaza ruled by Hamas that aim for destruction of Israel and for genocide Jews. That is a very similar as in the middle of the world war 2 sick people from Germany would go to get medical treatment in England. These 2 clowns would never talk about this. Because it will contradict their narrative. It is really simple, if you start a genocidal war and then lose....ACCEPT it and move on. Arabs would've massacred israeli population had they won. These 2 clowns didn't remind you about this fact.
Thank you Max Blumenthal for airing this great interview. Thank you Gideon Levy for your outstanding courage, and to both of you for seeking the truth.
Clinton's AIPAC speech finally made the scales fall from my eyes. I cannot support her. Concerned though I am about Sanders' electability, I'm supporting him now.
+Roy Martin Polls at present show Sanders beating Trump by a big margin - Hilliary losing to Trump. She's also a dangerous hawk.. be lucky if she doesn't start WWIII (same with Cruz for that matter).
+childofeternity The polls at this point in the cycle are meaningless. I think Sanders is far more vulnerable than Clinton. She's been vetted and vetted. Republicans haven't even begun taking on Sanders. I think a Trump-Sanders race would be difficult to predict and that makes it scary.
Richard Einstein Are you joking? Do you know what powers he is got to face? The Bankers, the Military industrial complex and malevolent parts of CIA, NSA,FBI and Homeland security! He will end up like JFK within an hour after entering office!
How do you people not get it? Make absolutely NO difference who is in the white house. The only decision the president makes is what to eat for breakfast. Israel steers the ship you fools. Netanyahu is your president.
Mr. Levy is the only voice who speaks the truth passionately, without euphemisms and without the baseless, inexhaustible, absurd hope which pervades the discourse of other Palestinian supporters. There will be no justice or redemption for the Palestinians in this life. But the more they suffer, the greater the terrible ,everlasting curse which is fallen on their Jewish oppressors.
Just discovered this interview! Brilliant minds! This discussion is so actual! "The Israeli occupation has poisoned not only the region but much of the world."
Gideon Levy and Max Blumenthal never fail to impress. They continue to speak the truth, motivated by justice, fairness and ethics, even though they have been misrepresented and marginalized by the mainstream. I have enormous respect for both of them. They make the world a better place.
God bless Gideon and Max , both true leaders of men , i have been following this issue myself for 35 yrs now , nothing but pure admiration for leaders like this , it's men like this that make the puppets look like paper tigers .
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke. Gideon Levy is a good man, fighting with the pen against evil. Thank you Gideon, for your courage, for your compassion, for your generosity.
"...All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing..." - Gideon Levy speaks from a position of first hand experience and intimate knowledge of the Israeli Occupation, it is encouraging that the likes of him and MAX Blumenthal speak out so the World may know the truth.
The compliment of Max Blumenthal of being inspired and encouraged by Gideon Levy is very authentic and true, coming from the heart of an emotional human being. Thank you to both of you!
Americans don't u destined their own Constitution, of course they do not understand how they support Israel or why ? There has never been open conversation about Israel anywhere in US, not even colleges.
+alice dodge Clearly you haven't seen Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein or Edward Said talking at US colleges, they tear zionist arguments to shreds!
A truly inspiring person demonstrating Intelligence. The ability to be shaped by experience and having such courage to speak out with clarity and love for Israel. For me, Gideon Levy is right up there with Edward Said and Daniel Barenboim
Mr Levy made me start when he said Trump would be the most beneficial US president for the Israeli situation, but I see his point. Still, I wonder if Bernie Sanders might not be good in that way, without any of Trump's obvious baggage and dangerous temperament.
I just became a fan of gideon levy. He is one of the few guys who have the balls to tell the truth about israel. With ken o'keefe, max blumenthal, George galloway and the late helen Thomas. If you know others, let me know.
According to the real Jews: "The Torah forbids Jews to end the exile and establish a state and army until the Holy One, blessed He, in His Glory and Essence will redeem Jews. This is forbidden even if the state is conducted according to the law of the Torah because arising from the exile itself is forbidden, and Jews are required to remain under the rule of the nations of the world, as is explained in the book VAYOEL MOSHE. If Jews transgress this injunction, He will bring upon Jews (may Jews be spared) terrible punishment."
terribly moving. the nterview, the visuals accompanying the interview and tha knowledge that there in israel itself voices that oppose it's fascist policy in dealing with palestinians. may these voices grow in number to tilt the balance on favour of a deal that could see the palestinians recovering their rights while not depriving jews of their rights either.
Gideon Levy, Israeli journalist is one of the best journalist to describe the mechanism of the Israeli governments occupation of the Palestinian area and how the Israeli eliminate every hope and vision in the future all time to everybody Palestinian. How does the rest of the world come up to expectations, that the Palestinian reaction should be a big laid back to a massive Israeli infringement /assault without indescribably resistance???? If you are in the Palestinian shoes, what do you think you would do???
explanation that David Icke made for the baffling influence Israel has over USA seems to make the most sense: People who lobbied for the creation of Israel decades ago (Balfour Declaration) are the same people who have unimaginable influence in US banking & finance, intelligence, military, politics and media
Sanders had the best position on Israel among the major presidential candidates, was the only one who did not genuflect to AIPAC. But you can google or RU-vid "Bernie Sanders - the speech he did NOT give to AIPAC". He was the only one who offered simple compassion to the Palestinian people.
problem is, when israel eventually falls on it's own sword, there willl have to be a huge ongoing cleansing re-eduaction programme like no other, bigger than the one in germany after WW2 for the nazis, alot of israeli society, it's powerful military, sectors of the us, the press, us polititians and a world wide webb of countless well funded highly organised organisations are steeped in their 'views'
