Discussion on Palestine and Israel

You're Palestinian. Oh, wow.

Give it up for the Palestinian people. Which part of Israel are you from?

The West Bank.

The West Bank. Okay, so the occupied territories of the West

Bank.

What do you think is, uh, is the biggest problem in Palestine today?

The Israelis.

The Israelis.

The Israelis.

Oh, wow. Do we have any Israelis here?

Yes.

Oh.

Get him. This is your chance.

Shalom.

Shalom.

Uh, are you sitting on a Palestinian right

now?

Can we show it to- to him, make him feel welcome?

Less enthusiasm for Israel.

I wonder why.

We understand why.

You understand why? Oh, he's one of the good ones.

He's self-aware.

Very good, sir. Uh, what do you do for a job?

Uh, I'm tired.

From war crimes?

Being in Gaza for two years, it's, uh, it's very tiring, right?

Because the targets are very small.

Because they're like, three, four, five years old.

And it's very difficult to aim at them,

right? And what did you do back in the day?

Oh, wow. Lebanon.

This is before pagers.

How is your experience here? Are people nice to you?

Do you feel welcome here?

Well, wonderful.

It's wonderful, right? Was this promised to you three thousand

five hundred years

ago?

I would like to actually make a separation between Jewish people and the government

of Israel. Because I think what the government of

Israel is doing is taking the

Jewish identity and weaponizing it, right?

I think it's very important to separate Jewish people from, uh, the, the state

that is fascist and genocidal that is in Israel right now, right?

Because I like Jews, right?

This is the whole thing.

I like Jews, but I don't like Israel.

In the same way that I like, uh, Muslims, but I don't like Saudi Arabia, or

the way that I like Christians, but I don't like children. Is that clear?

I think the way you differentiate between Jews and

Israelis, you have to differentiate between Israelis

and the Israeli

government.

I have to also differentiate between Israelis and the Israeli government.

But you are the only democracy in the Middle East, sir.

Yes.

You choose your government.

Right?