Which EU Countries are Most Pro-Israel? 

True, i have a hard time with the picking sides arguments. I think both side are trash that keep committing crimes against humanity.

​@@Rui301 I dont care who did what to who. Blood is on both sides, and conflict will never end, if ,,sins" of curent and past people, ideology and theology wont be throw away as past, or irrelevant.

I agree. I get tired with this hole conflict with Israel.

Russia attack Ukraine : russia bad Ukraine good "Israel" attack palestine : "bOtH SidEs"

They have been 2 state orders 5 time it has been rejected by Gaza

Germany is an anti Muslim racist nation. Add that to the guilt over the Holocaust, and much of Germany is radically pro Israel. They think this means they have learned from their past. Germany has learned nothing

The Irish government is certainly out of step with the Irish public

@@toyotaprius79 i think this is true for a large majority of the countries

Most people in the West a pro Israel because they have access to better education, better libraries. They can research a topic and form a fact based opinion rather then an emotional one.

In Czechia, a poll by MEDIAN found that 30% of the population supported Israel outright, 22% supported Israel's offensive to put down Hamas but found their methods excessive, 10% did not support Israels's actions if/because they resulted in danger to civilians, and 7% did not support any Israeli action at all. 31% did not want to respond or did not feel they were knowledgeable enough of the conflict to have a side in the issue. The highest support was with people with tertiary educations (36%), the lowest support was in people with only basic education (17%).

And their virulent anti semitism being the reason for supporting zionism

How did soviet allow Czechoslovakia to do that

Actually exile Serb goverment was technically but yes we are very old and traditional ally.

​@@guycrew3973 1. Czechoslovakia was pro Israel even before ww2 2.Soviets were originally pro Israel during the first war over Palestine.

@@virtueleague2005 huh I thought they’d realize that Israel would be an obvious American ally

In this day and age?

If things get too calm just mention Kosovo

😂😂😂

There's even a side argument about Luxembourg

tbh it's always some hasbara bot trying to say that killing 5000 children is okay bacause (insert dumb argument)...

Soviets were pro-israel until it was established as a slap in uk imperialism. Than they suspended their recognition and u get the baath-soviet conection. Also, the palest resist was used to atempt regime change in jordan, lebanon and also when iraq invaded kwait. Everyone seems to forget the role of soviets in this conflict.

US is ultra pro Israel but is miles away from holocaust

@@puraLusa The situation with the Soviets was really bizarre because after WW2 they started supplying Israelis with weapons so they could win themselves an independence. The bizarre thing was that a lot of the arms Soviets supplied were... Nazi weapons. Sometimes with the Swastikas still on.

@@HubiKoshi soviet play book: cause havok and then appear as the saviour option. Look at that defector who talked about soviet role in bangladesh, a situation who also ended up in war with ethnic cleasing accusations. Still, when publicly discussed the state of affairs it's always "murica bad did it" - 100% general ignorance and politically indoctrinated debate in most instances.

Those countries that aren't pro-Israel can take all the displace Arabs cause we don't want them. They're dangerous and all they want to do is fight

he'd be proud. the nazis liked zionists

well to be honest...i think he would have far less a problem with that than you believe. Because his main concern was to get them out...its just as that didnt happen the " end lösung" became a thing. Since millions and millions of people just would stay. Even though the laws where supposed to make it more and more unfriendly to do so. They just still did. And so the laws became increasingly MORE brutal. And then the war broke out. Which obviously ...changed things even more. BUt in the end. The way it is NOW...that woudl for sure have been the solution they thought up in the very first placee...that why the solution is called END lösung...as in END SOLUTION. Because others had failed.

Guilt

That's the exact reason they are pro israel though, historic guilt

He'd applaud them lmao. They're supporting a nation with a similar ideology.

Czech m8.

They don't call themselves "chezchia" they call themselves "cesko"

irrelevant place

@@PaulByrne-jv5dg probably more relevant than the flyover state in America you live in

seems Irish @@feral_orc

yes and it goes both ways, condemning terrorism isn't anti-semetic

@@yasinJ123 What terrorism?

Condemning an apartheid state isn't anti-semetic.

@@droge192 hamas is a terrorist organization

@@caustictoad israel is a terrorist state

isnt "neo nazi" simply a nomer of a period (present/modern) in time ? I was of the impression neo nazi is an umbrella term of all currently living nazis.

@@lt2064 indeed, all currently living nazis, except for some few very old guys, are by necessity NEO-nazis. | my point was with tl;dr's usage of the word "roots". to say that a party has "neo-nazi roots" seems to me to mean that it's foundation was laid by NEO-nazis some time after the original nazis were defeated - meaning: no direct continuity to the murderers of yore. but in reality, such direct, institutional continuity DOES exist. the fpö is the direct institutional inheritor of the austrian branch of the nazi-party as seen in history textbooks. making them not so much "yet worse" as "yet uglier".

Sounds like Coke v. Pepsi, only with organized racism, instead of sugary sodas.

There is a limit on what you can discuss in 8 minutes

Because they are cucks

He said he'd concentrate on the extreme ends

It voted along with Israel on rejecting a ceasefire, but it voted against Israel regarding Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Two different UN votes. That's the exact same situation with Austria and Czechia, by the way.

The wallet adverts were more important...

makes sense, thats why jewish communities were so big in germany and even became the jewish center of the world where the idea was born to create a jewish state.

Lol Good one

@@frankwilliamk3769 its true tho the german empire treated its jews quite okay for the time

Surely better than East europe but I doubt better than England.

But England actually wasn't even with lots of jews so there was no "jewish problem"

Pois, tens razão, se ao menos tivessem posto uma legenda no mapa a explicar o que é que cada cor significa...

Agreed.

Not to mention that the EU is bigger than showcased on the thumbnail

Yes, cuz Portugal is quite pro-Israel.

The big problem is that most "Jews" today that embrace the secular anti-Christ "Zionist" state of 'Israel', are descendants of Edomite, Khazar and even Canaanite proslytes to Judaism i.e. they are not blood descendants of Judah, or even any of the other Tribes of Israel. The Romans expelled most of the 'Jews' from Palestine after 70 AD. The Bible prophesies that the Edomites who comprised most of the inhabitants of Judea at the time of Christ, would return and "despitefully" steal His land: "‭I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,‭ ‭And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.‭ ‭Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.‭ ‭And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel." (Malachi 1:1-5) They are Zionist Edomite proslytes, not Israelites. There are "Jews" that are anti-Zionist who may be blind Israelites, but most of His sheep have heard His voice and followed Him over the centuries. Like with the Northern Kingdom "Israel", most of the Southern Kingdom "Jews" were also taken into Assyrian captivity - never to return. Only Jerusalem itself was spared, to later go into Babylonian captivity for 70 years. The lost Northern Kingdom "Israel" and lost Southern Kingdom "Jews" of "Judah" in Judea, 'disappeared' into history. These two "sticks" have become one in His (Christ's) hand and are called by His name (Christians). The remnant tenth He left behind in the land, witnessed Christ and his ministry firsthand. Many converted and later fled Jerusalem when they remembered His prophesy of it's destruction with the Temple. There is a tiny remnant of "Jews" and descendants of David in Jerusalem, as He promised - only He really knows who they are. Christ is anti-Zionist because Zionists are anti-Christ ! Zionism and Christianity are diametrically opposed and therefore "Christian Zionists" are "oxymorons" 🥴 The Israelites comprised 12 Tribes. Not all Israelites are "Jews" and not all "Jews" are Israelites - study the Bible and study history. The Tribe of Judah are not all of Israel and few "Jews" today are even Israelites, but are descendants of proselytes, including Canaanite proselytes ! See Revelations 2:9 & 3:9 Yahweh's unconditional promises to the "Lost Tribes of Israel" still apply - they have and are still being fulfilled in their descendants up to today and in the future ! Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.‭ (Matthew 23:15) And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them. (Esther 8:17) I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.‭ (Revelations 2:9) Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.‭ (Revelations 3:9) The Bible also prophesies that the Edomite proselytes would despitefully steal His land. The Maccabees conquered and forcably converted the Edomites to become 'Jews' before the time of Christ. The Edomites have now stolen His land, as prophesied in the Bible, and are calling it "Israel" ! These Edumeans throughout the Western world, will soon be rewarded according to Obediah 1-18 Those that escape will flee to their fake 'Israel' where they will plan their revenge on the West. They will use their fellow Idumeans controlling the East to invade the "Lost Tribes of Israel" in the Western World. We will fearfully watch the massive Russian Tarter and Eastern Hordes approach Europe in their many millions. However, as they near Europe north of Edomite 'Israel', the Bible says that Yahweh will erupt from Mount Seir south of 'Israel' in the heart of Edom itself. Turning to defend 'Israel' from this "whirlwind of the south", this massive army will meet it's demise in the Valley of Armageddon - after Jerusalem is already liberated from the Edumean Anti-Christ persecuting Jerusalem's resident Christians

Not all muslims or arabs are Islamists though right? Just like how most germans aren't socialdemocrats because they have a socialdemocratic government

Germany with the phenomenal ability to be on the absolutely incorrect side of history

The people who criticize Israel for invading Gaza seem to not provide any alternative to Israel that prevents what Hamas even threatened, which is more large scale terror attacks. Terrorism cannot be accepted as a valid means to achieve a political goal, otherwise global terrorism will surge. The issue is complex, and people must understand that just “liberating Palestine” won’t prevent Hamas from continuing terrorism.

@@jtgd There will always be Terrorism and Nations will meet it with military power whenever it gets an upper hand. But being scared and pandering to Terrorists is not the german way.

This is very true. People will endlessly campaign for freeing Palestine and critisize Israel for being evil. These people don't understand anything.

The play within the play

It's sad that they are still traumatized and can't make an objective critique about another genocide

They were there loooong before Germany or Palestine were even concepts.

@@DavidM1156 What kind of genocide? Hamas has attacked Israel and is now using the civilian population as a shield. The blame lies solely with Hamas.

@@abrakadaver7495 you're aware this has been going on for more than 6 months? 😅

@@user-ds8rj2vc4v if we start using that as grounds for taking peoples home from them things around the world would get real interesting

Don't dream ! All European countries are pro-Israel, including Russia. Some pretend to criticize Israel because of the Islamists present on their territories. Europeans hate Muslims, except "European" Muslims who got ID cards from European countries and support Hamas, obviously...

I'm Irish and we identify with Palestinians. Both our countries were invaded by the UK using settlers and religious conflict.

​@@Maidaseuu just brainwashed palestine is fairy tale

Germans are pro Israel because we want to defend against the genocidal mohamedines

I think both are interesting. Governments are the ones that exercise national sovereignty on the international stage. That is, they're the agents of the parliament/public/nation state.

@@MaidaseuIreland has been an independent country for over 100 years. I don't understand why some people can't move on from the past and let things go, it's the whole reason the Israel/Palestine conflict is still an issue today.

They already talked about it on their daily channel. Unless something new comes up, I don't expect them to do a full video about it.

@@giantWario I think it deserves a full video tbh. Spain barely shows up in this channel despite being the EU's 4th economy, and the topic too complex to just gloss over it.

@@EclipseZer0They are irrelevant that’s why

@@francoispignon7459 they'll discuss it on Wednesday iirc.Rather "neutral" media is starting to follow the topic and publicly admit that it is "controversial", some pointing at the surveys where it shows a majority of Spaniards are against amnesty. Leader of Portugal's PSD, the party that will likely win the upcoming elections there, made a public speach in Madrid in favor of the protests. As for the EU, they are very likely to be worried specifically about the softening the emblezzement charges (and now amnesty them), which they had already warned against on 2022. The response will likely be tame at first to not spark a dilemma, but later on (and specially when Spain leaves the European Council's Presidency) could become a serious issue.

Catalonia IS NOT recognized by the UN, and there never be UN resolution about catalonia. Palestine on the other hand is.

Luxembourg is a tax haven. They need to appease the Middle Eastern clients or else they'll lose their biggest accounts. Being anything except pro-Palestine was never a choice.

Luxembourg has no presence anywhere except for their little duchy

Luxembourg is essentially the EU's fiscal haven. They do not matter on the international scene at all. They can be whatever they want. Nobody cares.

@@Worldaffairslover why are you so salty about the 'little duchy' then?

Luxemburg's opinion is very relevant to issue...

The left does that too. Forcing people who are at each others throats to live together just because it looks good on paper. 😂

Like always...they just care about how to advance their political career.

I'm more interested in politics, security and economic interest. Pelistinians are a lost cause who doesn't benefit the global economy. Same for the Amrnians.

@@Tonius126 Most honest Israel supporter.

Indeed. But not you. You are right there, every day, campaigning for a reduction in road deaths. You know that 1.4million people are killed in road traffic accidents, and 100,000 of those are children. That's what makes you so special. Not forgetting your tireless campaigning for the unarmed pygmy tribes of Africa, currently being beaten, enslaved, murder and even eaten by the Bantu tribes of Africa without provocation. Oh yeah, you're a tireless campaigner for the safety of children and the protection of the pygmies, and not at all like those people that just read the Guardian and gets told what to think.

😂 Best foreign policy country!

I'm sure if a colony was established on Sentinel Island nothing bad would happen at all, and no one would bat an eye at it

@@feral_orc 😂 good luck erecting the 1st stone and be alive for the second 😂😂

The issue with that is that a naïve UN didn't forcefully create another state in Sentinel Island. Israel already exists - it can't simply be "removed" and it's no ones fault than the UN

@@adr77510 the migration started under the ottomans - if the un hadn't created a jewish state, it would be forcefully creating a non jewish state - which ends up in the same position. Doom if u do, doom if u don't. The war between the beligerants would exist either way cause violence between the 2 groups was already happening under british mandate, it's the reason why the uk left and delivered the problem the un - cause it already saw it had no pratical solution to avoid war.

The Irish people's though do have a history of colonialism. They terrorized coastal Wales and we can only assume genocided the local Pictish people of Scotland, replacing them with Scottish Gaels. The very name of Scotland comes from the Irish Scotti tribe which moved there from Northern Ireland. The fact that what Sin Fein says is not extreme is the worrying part of Irish politics and why we can not trust or rely on Ireland to do anything. Some of the scummiest politics in Europe. Terrorist sympathizers all the way.

Israel is not a colonialist power. There was nothing worth colonising, the land was legally purchased at extortionate prices, and half the population is of North African or Middle Eastern origin. Irish people have been badly misinformed.

It’s really disappointing to see another media outlet break this down to 2 sides / us v them. The Irish, I believe, have a much more nuanced understanding of life in general, than the what American life has tried to push on the world whereby there is only two sides of a coin and you must choose. The Irish stance in Palestine is not just what the political class / government say; but is driven by wider public. It is reductionist to absurdity saying Irish are pro-Palestine for some historical colonial underdog reason. At one time Ireland was pro-Israel. Ireland might have ‘lost its religion’ but it remains true to what it believes is morally right. At such time that Israel started a campaign to annihilate Palestinian people the Irish called that out as wrong - as they did with s.African apartheid when much of the world ignored it. The Irish do not support Hamas, but do not deny similarities in defending their own existence when human rights are ignored, yet know through experience that only through talking can a route to peace be found.

neither were Baltic countries and opinions are polar opposite on pretty much anything. Just add the one word "in Estern Europe" before being lectured on the roots of word "slave"

I do not agree in the slightest. The Irish are not some sort of enlightened people, they are petty and only side with people when those people are against the West while claiming all the benefits of being a developed western country that acts as a state sized benefit scrounger, it's barely a country with it's economy and military being overseen by foreign states. I think you and i imagine the Irish are mixing up a belief of being enlightened with the reality in that it is actually a culture of weakness, victimhood and self-righteousness. I can't take any countries seriously when their entire foreign agenda is short erm moral grandstanding. Countries who support Palestine and ceasefires are amateurish at understanding the wider picture and the harrowing consequences of such self-righteous stances. More and more do i believe that granting Ireland independence was a mistake.@@richiewagstaff2156

Agreed, Palestinians deserve freedom and Israelis deserve security.

It's why I'm so shocked that a ceasefire is seen as specifically pro-palestine. So many of the countries have a conflicting view on this pre/post Oct 7. Ceasefire is literally saying, "stop the killing and the bombing" and it's suddenly a 'side' of a conflict to ask for that. I love history, this has always been considered the neutral position, have no idea why this conflict claims uniqueness.

That's impossible. Read the Hamas constitution!

@@TheBlackIdentety read the Likud party's charter. "The Jordan river will be the permanent eastern border of the State of Israel.” "Jerusalem is the eternal, united capital of the State of Israel and only of Israel. The government will flatly reject Palestinian proposals to divide Jerusalem” "The Government of Israel flatly rejects the establishment of a Palestinian Arab state west of the Jordan river.” "The Jewish communities in Judea, Samaria and Gaza are the realization of Zionist values. Settlement of the land is a clear expression of the unassailable right of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel and constitutes an important asset in the defense of the vital interests of the State of Israel. The Likud will continue to strengthen and develop these communities and will prevent their uprooting." Are you against genocidal rhetoric, or only genocidal rhetoric from Hamas. Personally, I hate both.

Thank you for your balanced statement. Many forget the big protests against the Israeli government. Instead, they talk about genocide and compare the entire state of Israel to Nazi Germany. How much can one forget history? Disgusting.

They're not

exactly. so im unsure as to why they feigned confusion as to how orban can be both a fierce zionist and also vehemently antisemitic.@@m.dthedemon4076

Zionisim = jewish imperialism Semitisim= jewish religion

damn it's almost like being oppressed give you the right to commit atrocities. But well, you would probably support Stalin or Mao in the 60's just because capitalism is bad.

Scientific researches shows 90% connection

I can actually respect that as an immigrant to the west.....It's fucking annoying how all right wing Europeans can't shut up about borders, how immigrants are somhow stealing their jobs and invading their lands...etc, yet they support Israel becuz hypocrisy....same with Syria, Iraq...etc...like you bombed these countries to the ground, now you don't wanna handle the aftermath?

And I as an Israeli support romania giving back transylvania to hungary......see how stupid it sounds when somone from another country gives his oppinions about subjects he does not truley understand.

Why would you like that? That's terrible.

@@Azoooooooooooozbecause Zionism does that

Why don't you give Jewish settlement in Czech 😂

@@steel47 If Jews will come, we won't have problem with them. They were here very long time, there are still some Jews, but Hitler and then communists killed many of them

Both countries are very much right wing

France's stance could be described as "moderately and cautiously pro-Israel".

china and russia are generally more pro palestine because of iran

It is hypocritical for those who oppressed the Catalans to accuse other countries of oppression

That's one of the mistakes. They have been pressured to compromise and negociate even before the establishment of israel. Understand this: they don't want to. It's exactly cause usa, uk etc forced them into the negociations table that we all get to be pulled into their rabit whole. If 2 parties don't take the iniciative it doesn't work. It's their mess not ours, we are just pulled into it.

I mean being against the settlements in the West Bank really isn't a controversial anti-israel position and the legitimacy of the settlements are controversial within Israel's society. Also, calling Israel to cool down and moderate their war efforts in Gaza for the safety of the civilians in Gaza isn't necessarily an anti-israel position. However, calling for a ceasefire, which will give Hamas enough time to breath and regroup, and somehow rejects Israel's right to defend itself clearly is an anti-israel position. I would say in this current military conflict of 2023 it boils down to, whether a foreign government supports the legitimacy of Israel to militarily attack Gaza after the events of the 7th of October. Based on that a gonverment can be classified as pro-israel or pro-palestinian. There is not a lot of space for neutral "in-between" positions.

beautifully said

true, we actually had some problem with palestinian embassy in Prague in the past, they were hiding weapons for terrorists there, that happens when you want to talk with them and allow them to have something like embassy in your country and they are surprised that Czechs are pro-Israel then

You don't know what you are talking abut. "the state of Palestine that no western European country currently recognizes" WRONG The ONLY country on the globe is the Western European country SWEDEN that recognizes the "State of Palestine". Do your homework before grabbing the keyboard!

there were more resultaions against Israel, then against Syria, Iran and N.korea combined!

It's too easy for china to get away with doing this@@Besthinktwice

@@Besthinktwice we dont know all the details but just the fact that there are concentration camps for "reeducation" is worrying

​@@BesthinktwiceI wouldn't necessarily call it genocide in the sense of the Holocaust or Holodomor as the goal isn't the literal extermination of people as individuals. However it is perhaps an example of cultural destruction and forced assimilation if reports are to be believed. Many of the reports suggest that they are sending young adults to "training centers" that resemble the residential schools for indigenous peoples in 20th century North America. While trying to extinguish a cultural legacy is still a horrible project and could be called a "cultural genocide" it is not on the same level as the death camps used against the Armenians in World War I or the deliberate denial of food aid used against the Irish in the Great Hunger. Instead it heavily mirrors the actions of the US and Canada used against indigenous peoples as recently as 1996. While it is likely China is committing human rights abuses, the level of those abuses is more akin to that of the US and Canada in the 1970s. We should still condemn China's actions, but using accurate language also forces us to realize that we in the West have committed similar atrocities very recently and need to be vigilant about the human rights abuses committed on our shores.

It says a ton about the credibility of the UN as an organization. You will hear crickets about Russia, Iran, China, or North Korea, but the second Israel fights back after a terrorist attack the UN rushes into action.

I feel like part of making peace will be make both side ro sit together on the same table, and to do that you need tie with both of them, I feel like this is part of what the Saudi plan. Apart of money.

And tiny little problem... None Army or Nation or state, able or tried to conquest Israel and as long you don't try, Israel will continue to exist.

israel is an american puppet state, they will have large amounts of support no matter what.

Also shared values military technologies and shared interests against iran the west has nothing to do with palestine aside from left wing ideology sympathizing with the weak

Why don’t one of the 50+ OIC nations give a piece of their huge landmasses for Palestinians if not giving Palestinian brothers citizenships? That will solve all the issues.

Right-left wing division is totaly outdated now. For example ehre in Czechia, classic left wing parties died, communists have like 1%, our classic social democratic party (our the oldest party established in 19th century) fell under 5% and populists and nationalists took their place. Also there is a lot of parties in middle who don't fit into this division like Pirate Party for example.

​@@Pidalin pirate party?

@@kianvalizadeh8033 Pirate party what? You have to ask actual question. 😀 Pirates are pretty strong now in whole Europe, here in Czech Republic, they are I think the 3rd most powerful party in parliament. A lot of people switched to them when they were voting for example geen party, but green parties mostly turned to some crazy eko-nazi parties, so a lot of people switched to Pirates who also have some similar things in their program, minus beying extreme left wing like green commies.

@@Pidalin thanks.

Lol zionism is a secular ideology

@@yonatanbehar3322 yeah right lmao

It's simply because the ultra-conservative Jews have vastly outbred the secular Jews by a factor of 3 to 1. Memetics and human evolution - coming to a country near you soon.

​@@yasinJ123it is? There really is no debate that classical zionism was secular lmfao

Original zionism was a secular socialist movement. Until the 70s the social democratic labour party was in power

just sad

Welcome to the 21st century.

And only one country received more condemnations from the UN than all these countries

Deputies elected Sánchez as president yesterday, he is now president of the next legislature

Unlike Palestine Catalonia was never occupied. Palestine isn't asking for independence from Israel. They are asking from the colonizers give them back their land.

The world with start to pressure Spain to free Catalonia as well

What ​@@jal051 said. Some in Catalonia are asking for independence from Spain, Palestine seeks recognition as a state, not independence from Israel.

@@jal051 Israel is not a colonizer. It has been jewish land far before any Palestinan settlers stepped there (from neighboring Arab countries like Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon).

He did say it was going to be a massive simplification at the start. Obviously whether the current government is left or right leaning isn't going to be be all end all but it does appear to be a consistent factor. Taking Ireland as an example since you brought up Varadkar, while most(all?) parties show support for Palestine the ones on the left do it more vocally and more frequently, also with their criticism of Israel. Ireland as a people supports Palestine for reasons beyond left/right divide but even then that divide is clear in the degree of support. I sometimes wonder if the right leaning parties are only saying they support Palestine because they know that is the popular opinion of the general public and they don't want to throw away votes because when it comes to doing anything other than talk they often fall short and fail to achieve anything significant.

Leo Varadkar is a shifty shift.

@@moisuomi what?

@@Subjagator Ireland doesn't have issues of right/left unlike the UK or USA and Parties are kind of shifting left to right to left whatever suit them We basic Center that leaning to Left

Varadkar is a WEF ' young GLOBAL leaders' just as macron,kallas of Estonia,baerbock..

You have the rigged eurovision, what more do you want?

Like everywhere else - the leftist are Anti-Israel and more sane people are Pro-Israel.

yea scandinavia is a big player in the world

Yeah I reported them, please do so too

what croatia? you mean italian dalmatia

Leftist trash 😷

The same I suspect the opposite

the left is anti-jewish? lol k@@Alonkis251

I also suspect a lot of Support for palestine comes more from far left woke people due to a one sided relationship. The gay people wont be able to survive 10 seconds under hamas

It comes from not being suicidal like the left. Yes, I'm a white straight christian male. Sue me!

Theyre the same thing

Speak for yourself. I stand with the Jewish people. By standing with muslims you're betraying our entire history, from D. Afonso Henriques to D. Sebastião. If you're not proud of this country's heritage you can go to morocco.

I'm Portuguese and I don't stand with Palestine. Deverias saber como é ter o teu país invadido por muçulmanos que depois se acham em casa...

thx malta much loveeee

if that's the case why don't ya'll give Baden to jews why do palestinians have to pay that price

More like doctrine.

Tf you on about. I’m 1 person does that mean I only give a shit about myself ?

This is very understandable and I agree with the sentiment. But as far as I know Israel doesn't recognise Palestine as a seperate state or at least doesn't give the Palestinians all the powers they'd need to build a functional separate state. I think that this gives the Israeli state some responsibility to care for Palestinians, while I do realise how hard this is, given how hostile many Palestinians are towards Israel.

@@Leiwanderer That's because the Palestinian authorities refused, repeatedly, offers of statehood (on more than 100% of the lands they occupy). Israel can "recognize a Palestinian state" all it wants, but that won't make it true, and the humanitarian crisis to follow would still be blamed on Israel.

@@urikaynan1392 I agree that the current situation is mainly the Palestinian's fault. I just don't think that this gives Israel the right to be reckless in the pursuit of its interests.

Isn’t Palestine also only a state not a country?

Portugal is 2 state solution oficially and recognizes both. Beyond that it's just partisanship and personal opinion. It was so before and no update will happen unless this upcoming election puts a far left or a far right party in power.

@@puraLusa Portugal is not putting a far right party in the country. No matter what’s going on.

Portugal opinion either 😂

@@puraLusa I mean Portugal still has 20 times the population of Luxembourg. They might not be a big player in the EU but they are still an actual player. Same for Belgium, the Netherlands and hell, I just realized they didn't talk about Italy either. Meanwhile, Luxembourg's only significance on the world stage is being a tax haven.

@@giantWario number of population doesn't make u a player. Without eu money portugal would have less pop due to hunger, health care crash etc. It isn't a player cause it's a dependant economy.

Portugal could be a better player, it doesn't mean we aren't. We could be economically like the Netherlands (and with that, greater international political power, having a monopoly on microchip manufacturing machines is a huge benefit, for example) if we had had better policies in recent decades.

@@tiagotimoteo4004 I don't subscribe in monopoly. But yes, could have/ would have - but not the point. Fact is portugal is unimportant in this matter. And to be honest I don't agree with sidding with either cause that's more about political agendas than with the situation itself. So not being a player in this instance I see it as a positive not a negative. Also, portugal wasn't part of making this mess in a long line of guilties, it isn't portugal beef that has way more important things to solve. And yes, I'm taking away importance of the conflict despite the appaling inhumane situation and it's on purpose - war is awfull and it happens everywhere all the time. No one war is special or deserve special atention.

irredentist italy

Lol

No, there is no right to declare war on a territory under military occupation. Gaza is under military occupation under UN rules because no one enters or leaves without Israel's permission

It's not started by Hamas, educate yourself with history.

Hamas is a terrorist organisation, ruled and made up of fanatics, not a sensible government. While Israel's initial reaction might have been justified, Gaza's invasion is just what Hamas wanted, a worn out conflict inside of Gaza. Besides, Israel is a "western" style government, it should not have actions comparable to those of a terrorist organization

​@@putra4101you 🤡 let adults talk

This didn't start in October. It is a decades long conflict.

@@wilfer11 well said

Deborah Feldman is widely criticized by both the public and especially Jewish communities in Germany and does not represent them. She even said that you are safe as a Jew in Germany (except if you criticize Israel) which is not the case at all. Jewish citizens in Germany often fear showing publicly their faith (especially in neighborhoods with large Muslim populations). Migratory antisemitism is a big problem and needs to be addressed!

Islam itself is an extreme right wing movement. All genuinely liberal people find it abhorrent. Anti Arab sentiment is fuelled by the behaviour of the Arabs themselves. You don't get much anti Chinese or a anti Vietnamese or anti Korean or anti Thai sentiment. People are also learning to distinguish between Christian Arabs and Muslim ones. A minority of Muslims can be serious trouble. We would not have all that trouble with airport security if it was not for them.

@@Chrischi4598 You are misrepresenting her point: she referred to acceptance in Germany by Germans at large, and she has frequently stated that yes, Jews right now especially don't feel safe, including Jews who critize Israel. She has also at lengths spoken about how Germany needs to do more to protect Jews right now, not just place police near synagogues. Jews in Germany are very diverse and have a wide range of experiences. It's not right to label Jews who critize Israel strongly as "not representing Jewish communities in Germany" when they do exist and are clearly visible enough, even if they form a minority within the Jewish community here. Also yes, antisemitism is of course a problem in a bunch of Muslim communities in EU countries, and given the lack of a prospect for peace in the Israel-Palestine question, working to REDUCE that, which is possible, is harder. Especially since traditional Holocaust remembrance culture in Europe has been proven to not work/is not intended for Muslim Europeans (both due to a combination of Muslims feeling more fear of becoming victims in a new ethnic cleansing campaign as an unwelcome minority, and the focus of tours and educational material on applicability to the descendants of the perpetrators).

@@Vaati1992No such thing as Europeans Muslims. Never was, never will be. But we welcome ex-Muslims and Atheists with open arms.

@@Chrischi4598What's your source for that?

You missed the opportunity "TOO LAZY DIDNT..."🤪

@@makrofocus 🤣 Yeah thats better

Yes. And the text says: "The Anti-fascist Spaniards salute the Liberating Forces." If you want to know what the topic is about, simply search on Google: "Liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp"

@@AlonsoMondaca-lt7nda one-state-solution under Palestinean leadership would be another failed Arab state like Iraq and Syria. Thatswhy I prefer a 1 state solution, an Israeli State and Jerusalem under the control of the UN, given that is a holy place for muslims, christians and jews. The 2 State solution died already 2 decades ago since the Palestineans are unable to agree to any borders for alread 70 years.

@@AlonsoMondaca-lt7nd no, Iraq was not doing fine, the cracks were just hidden. Dictatorships seem stable because the government never changes, but when they change they explode. Not to mention the people that died in the Iran-Iraq war, or killed by Saddam or his repressive policies.

@@AlonsoMondaca-lt7ndas long as people living there blame the US for there misery today as long there will be improvement. The hatred between the people and unability to mutual respect and tolerance is responsible and was always there. The believe that family is more important than society no matter what leads to the insane corruption we can observe there. But sure blaming the US is an easy excuse.

@@AlonsoMondaca-lt7nd i agree Jerusalem should be under control of the UN, since its also important to the christians belief

​@@AlonsoMondaca-lt7ndNo, it's the holiest place for Jews and Christians! Not for Muslims! They have at least 2 other 'holier' cities. They cannot have the whole world! even though that's what they want...

It's not guilt, it's narcissism

Its not genocide its war in a densely populated area, 1.5 million people in a very small area. In ukraine about the same amount of civilians died under the conditions where the area is much larger and they were free to leave. Of course the ukrainians were also hiding shells and ammunation in schools as a tactic but this is war I don't judge them.

@@mihalyfercsak it's not a war. It's an illegal occupation, enabled by the ongoing 70-year continuous genocide of native population driven by European colonialism.

​@@mihalyfercsak War implies the people you're murdering have the capacity to fight back against your airstrikes.

@@stiofain88 Thats why we prepared with tunnels my friend dont worry even if western media shows us as victim we have been prepairing for years for this war.

It is anti-hamas

This is a comment I made here to someone who also tried to create some kind of symmetry, and I ask you here, are you not ashamed to create this symmetry of terror? The terrorists here are Hamas, which enjoys the support of the Palestinian people and leadership, Israel does not use terrorism. Have you ever seen an army in war that transfers incubators to rescue the enemy's babies?? I don't mean to offend, but you are simply showing ignorance here, which the truth is typical of many people like us from Western countries. And this is the response: I'm sorry to tell you, but you are showing ignorance here, there is simply no other definition. Any attempt to create some kind of symmetry between Israel and Hamas, and even the Palestinians in general, is simply shameful. The Hamas terrorists, together with crowds of 'innocent' Gaza residents, entered Israel on 07.10, and committed atrocities, murder and abuse of the murdered and their bodies in every way you can imagine, including baking a baby in an oven at 400°!! So how can you compare?? And this is without mentioning the hundreds of men and women who were abducted to the Gaza Strip, including babies, children and the elderly, and of course without mentioning the celebrations and displays of joy over the massacre that were seen throughout Gaza and the West Bank cities, have you ever seen people celebrating a murder? And they are the human ones... It's time for you to simply understand who the parties are here, an enlightened and educated, democratic and moral country is standing here, against a people and I'm sorry I hurt someone, but this is the reality, of murderers and barbarians. And it's not racism, because I'm not saying they can't be good, I'm just saying they need to change! And without this, they will never gain independence, because the only thing they focus on in the last decades, is hatred and killing, and thus it is impossible to build a country, it is impossible to build a future. You have to understand that any desire to grant them a state without sending it to the 'school of states' is a preordained failure, so wake up from your European naivety, and start to understand the Middle East, which today, is already completely a conflict that is in Europe, and still certain countries simply ignore the data and continue to give support to terrorism and its supporters. My message is simply that you wake up. Apologies for the length, it's out of pain.

All sounds very one-sided in thought and acknowledgement. I'd guess driven by Lithuania being a heavily catholic country; most Christian countries seem to align with Judaism being a 'cousin' of Chritianity, even though timeline-wise, Christianity is far closer to Islam. Judaism rejects any importance or significance to Jesus. Islam's Qu'ran refers to Jesus as a significant, holy prophet and one who should be revered.

We don't live in medieval times so one one cares, sorry to tell you

@@droge192 - Speaking as an atheist, the “cousin” relationship most likely arose because, culturally, most Jews and Christians have similar values and practices on a day-to-day basis. Sure there are some major differences, but not nearly as many when compared to Islam.

@@CJ-442 I would argue that shared experiences with western industrialisation and secularism are more important

sad reality is israel is an ethno-state.

Kind but naive sentiment....injustice is abhorred universally for a reason....following your logic, what's to prevent Israel or any country from say taking the entire world piece by piece??? You don't just get to steal a land and get away with it.....or else there would be no order

Portugal is a secular democracy with human rights so they would probably support Israel over the far right Islamic extremist group that is Hamas

@@adr77510 Portugal did support Israel, though it backs the 2 state policy. Portugal does not recognize Palestine, though it does advocate against Israels colonates. Overhall, Portugal is rather neutral about the subject and unlike what is told on the video, despite the government being left or right, Portugal's foreign policy is always unchanged.

@@l23722 Almost every western nation is for a two state solution, including solidly pro-Israel ones like the US and the UK. It's only Palestine that is against one

@@l23722 Yeah, I would say it's mostly a neutral position, I don't agree with the positions taken by this leftist corrupt government of Costa. The far left are antisemites, so they support the palestinian nazis (Bloco de Esquerda and PCP - communists). Some support Israel, most I would say are neutral and a minority side with antisemitism and nazism (even though they think they are against it). They propagate the stupidity of the genocide thesis ignoring the hostages and what happened at 7th October, which was the only genocide seen in that war.

Okay go on... how do you achieve peace in this conflict? I'm sure you know the solution and the countless diplomats who have worked their lives on this issue are just fooling around