@@crazyshorts4278 and how do you do that exactly? A lot of people say "just get them out" So easy to say these statements without giving actual solutions
As israeli this is the most accurate video about israeli situation iv ever seen from media that not from Israel. Keep up the good work with true facts.
As an Israeli patriot who voted across the board during the years, I'm very impressed by how accurate this video is. The Israeli media is often very biased, direction depending on the channel's agenda, and the world media is usually either biased or, more commonly, plain clueless. This is so refreshing to see!
This is probably the best possible way to explain the political situation over here in 10 minutes. A very well constructed explenation, I'm pleasantly surprised.
It‘s only so bad because the Arab parties have refused to enter government and therefore coalition options were really bad, especially for the left. It gave the right wing the government on a silver platter, because only they can form a government
This was entertaining and very informative. Israeli politics are a perennial mystery to outsiders. I am always amazed there is no written constitution.
Totally different electoral system. In India, they us first-past -the-post, thus a party could win the majority of parliament with 30% of the votes. In Israel, that’s impossible, as they use proportional electoral system.
@@aslkbgh everything in india is so big. You can see a regional language Malayalam spoken by almost 30 million+ people. And their culture is totally different from hindi speaking north indians.
Be careful what you wish for. Having that many political parties means small niche parties get to extort the big ones in exchange for joining the coalition
It was really hard to condense this into a 10 minute video and keep it both accurate and understandable for someone who has no prior knowledge. Glad you enjoyed!
Israeli-British here, this is the most accurate video on the political situation in Israel that I have ever watched. I wish the foreign media would learn from you.
Thanks from Israel for making this, I'm not used to see forgien media talk about our election system and desicion-making with this amount of precision.
On June 2, Lapid will call President Rivlin and tells him that he gave up on forming a government, which will make the mandate to form a govt go to the Knesset, triggering a 21 day period where any MK can get the mandate and form a govt if he/she can earn at least 61 MKs signatures. This is unlikely to ever happen, and when the 21 day period ends Israel will go to her fifth election in two years.
It's nice to see all the Israelis who comment saying this is accurate. I can now know I can trust this lol. Politics is always so hard to navigate, especially to a foreign audience. I may be American but I love Israel so much. As a Jew I see Israel as very important and I hope to one day make Aliyah and live in the one and only Jewish state.
This party system is much more democratic, and much more representative than "winner takes all" in the US. This way you don't have to choose the better of 2 really bad options and can keep the elected officials accountable. Wish we had that.
Yeah well it sounds good in theory, but there are so many opinions and parties and here we are about to elect for the fifth time in 2 years (lost billions of dollars for all these elections)
The question is simple : why is Israel so agressively defending itself ? Answer : BECAUSE there's No other Jewish State in the World , We are never gonna split Jerusalem or any part of Israel , God Bless who loves Israel ,and vice versa ,Amen!
@@mariadefatima6469 judaism is the religion of a people who share the Jewish ethnicity.. Like how the anciant Egyptians believed in thier own beliefs which are refered to as Egyptian Mytholodgy.
Israel needs a constitution instead of a basic law system so term limits and rules against people under criminal indictment being PM can prevent the current mess that is the Israeli political system. It would also help in the seperation of religion from the government.
But the point is it is almost impossible to create a constitution. They have been trying since 1948 but they never succeeded. The main reason is the same reason why there are so many parties- Israeli society is very torn into groups. I can't think how will there be a consensus on the role of religion, the National Identity( because Arab parties and some left-wing want Israel to be bi-national) and many other topics. Throughput 73 years many people tried to come up with a constitution but it is almost impossible.
Haha I like how all the comments are “as an Israeli, etc.." So let me say now: as a Palestinian! Who’s a part of this diverse mosaic. This video was great (and accurate yeah).. but I hope all of us can live together in peace. In one state. If only we understand that this could be a country of all of us together.
Indeed. But keep in mind that there is intersectionality for each "tribe". For example, those who live in the periphery tend to be Mizrahi, localist, conservative and right wing. Those who live in the center (especially Tel Aviv tend to be Ashkenazi, globalist, progressive, atheist and left wing.
@@Jewish_Israeli_Zionist Didn't notice this comment from a year ago, sorry. Not 100% true. Many Ashkenazi live in the periphery, like how the guy mentioned in Kibbutzim, or former USSR immigrants who were placed in the periphery like Beer Sheva, and they also tend to be right wing. On the other hand, today you have many Mizrachi living in central areas, like Kfar Saaba and Hertzelia, more than ever before due to rising in economical status. The line is not clear cut today as it was before.
@@UNPACKED His enunciation and intonation along with sarcasm was just perfect. It wasn’t too distracting, but it ease the tension with humour and made a complicated discussion easy to understand
Well until Arabs start to attack us and all parties agree for unification and creates a "national government" which means the main goal is to fight and give complete support to the army in war, Happen not once in last decades.
You guys did a good job, but I think you should have mention that the Ultra-Orthodox Ashkenazi "United Torah" party is itself a 'joint' party or an alignment of two parties - the Hasidic "Agudat Yisrael" and the Mitnagdim ("Lithuanian") "Degel HaTorah". What's the difference between Hasidic and Mitnagdim? - Maybe a subject for another video...?
Yeah, totally a topic for another video. Getting into "Agudas" vs "Degel" would have made it way too confusing, the same reason we really didn't get into the different parties in the Joint List, or Tziyonut Datit. Too much "inside baseball" for a 10 minute overview.
Terrific video! Very well explained and easy to follow. It's funny how all three major parties shown at 2:45 no longer exist under the names listed only a year and a half after upload 😆
Is that actually possible? Can you vote in the usa without being a resident?. I surely can't vote in the u.k or israel in fact if I am not a permanent resident.
If you don't know what to vote, please do not vote. Stay in your country and vote where you pay your taxes. If you live in Israel, please do a lot of homework before voting
@@UNPACKED What a legend! I was fortunate enough to cross paths with him when I interned at i24News. On another note, I just wanted to say thank you as Unpacked's videos helped me get the job - I learned so much about Israel! You guys deserve millions of subscribers.
Whom Can We Trust If No One Is Trustworthy? One of my favorite quips from Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is when Tom is defined as “a glittering hero…the pet of the old, the envy of the young,” and there were “some that believed that he would be President, yet, if he escaped hanging.” With these few words, Twain captured the essence of leadership in our world. Those who get to the top are the fiercest, most determined, and most ruthless. Today, the latter quality has become so intense that we can no longer believe our leaders, and certainly not trust them to have our best interest in mind. I am not accusing any leader in particular, or even leaders as a whole. It is simply that in an egoistic world, where people vie to topple one another on their way to the top, the one at the top is clearly the one who trampled over and knocked down more people than anyone else. Concisely, to get to the top in an egoistic world you have to be the biggest egoist. So how do we know whom to trust? We don’t know and we cannot know. All we know is that we are in the dark. In a culture of unhinged selfishness, any conspiracy theory seems reasonable, while truth is nowhere to be found. When every person who says or writes something is trying to promote some hidden agenda, you have no way of knowing who is right, what really happened, or if anything happened at all. The only way to get some clarity in the news and goodwill from our leaders is to say “Enough!” to our current system and build something entirely independent. The guiding principle of such a system should be “information only,” no commentary. Commentary means that information has already been skewed. Information means saying only what happened, as much as possible, not why, and not who is to blame and who we should praise. Concurrently, we must begin a comprehensive process of self-teaching. We have to know not only what is happening, but why we skew and distort everything. In other words, we have to know about human nature and how it inherently presents matters according to its own subjective view, which caters to one’s own interest. To “clear” ourselves from that deformity, we must learn how to rise above our personal interest and develop an equally favorable attitude toward others. This is our only guarantee that our interpretation of things will be even and correct. Once we achieve such an attitude, we will discover that the bad things we see in our world reflect our own, internal wickedness. Our ill-will toward others creates a world where ill-will governs, and so the world is filled with wickedness and cruelty. Therefore, all we need in order to create positive leadership-and to generally eliminate ill-will from the world-is to generate goodwill within us. When we nurture goodwill toward others, we will fill the world with goodwill. As a result, the world will fill with kindness and compassion. By changing ourselves, we will create a world that is opposite from the world we have created through our desires to govern, patronize, and often destroy other people.
Trust me,, He is the best! But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. וְכַאֲשֶׁר יְעַנּוּ אֹתוֹ, כֵּן יִרְבֶּה וְכֵן יִפְרֹץ
I wish BBC would've used you to explain the recent conflict instead of showing the ruined of gaza with no context and with the caption "' Israel killing babies''
The whole point of a democracy is to give equal rights to everyone, I'm sorry to tell you that doesn't apply in Israel. Sure the political system is democratic but the laws sure aren't :)
97% of drinking water in Gaza is contaminated and undrinkable, Most of them aren't allowed the rights of citizenship and cannot vote, they don't have access to proper healthcare, they cannot travel in or out of the occupied territories, and if that is possible, which is rare, it's under extremely heavy restriction, these are just some I could think of at the top of my head, and I'm in the middle of a physics class :)
@@anotheruser5956 gaza is not controlled of israel, is of hamas. Hamas cans stop spending money of fail rockets, and care about his people. Anyway, it's not us business, we can't even get inside to gaza(without fight).
Israel controls the supplies and is responsible for providing all supplies to occupied territories, weather it's the West Bank or Gaza, and frankly they are doing a horrible job at it. And also because Hamas is corrupt and doesn't take proper authority over it's citizens means Israel has the right to harass and treat Palestinians horribly? That's some sick logic right there.
Another Israeli to join the comment section and say great job analyzing the situation. Most people on youtube today either are afraid to dive as deep as you did on this situation, and those who don't care often don't understand it well enough/didn't research well enough. You are either. Consider me subscribed נ.ב: רק עכשיו קראתי תגובות שלך להודעות לראות שאתה ישראלי. מגניב! הייתי צריך לנחש, חלק מהמילים שאמרת בסרטון יצאו לך טיפה במבטא ישראלי אבל חשבתי שאולי זה בגלל הדרך שצריך לבטא אותן.
*אנחנו* ישראלים ולא ישראלים. אני (הזה שבין היתר מגיב ועובר על התגובות) ישראלי שעלה מארה"ב לפני 27 שנה. הכותב ומגיש - איילון לוי הוא גם ישראלי, אבל גדל באנגליה. תמיד מנסים למצוא איזון בין הגייה נכונה של מילים עבריות והבנה לקהל שאינו דובר עברית.
Last night, before going to sleep, I thought to ask a Muslim friend online.. "Do you know why Jews don't believe in Jesus (as their Messiah) and Christians do believe? Forgive me. This is long, so only read if you don't know and you are curious." First of all, with the discovery of the ancient Dead Sea Scrolls, much of the scroll of Isaiah was found! It validated Isaiah's prophecies. So, Israeli scientists who have been meticulously working on the scrolls, and many of whom didn't even believe in Jesus (at least, at first).. have been proving the authenticity of the ancient prophecies concerning him... This is important bc Isaiah's writings, alone, are a summation of our redemption. Written in 700 B.C.e. (700 years before Jesus was born) Isaiah explains: 1. The Jews kept turning their backs on God (ch 1-6) 2. This rejection clearly hurt God. 3. So in chapter 6:10, God temporarily blinds them.. "Lest when the Healer comes, they turn and be healed." So they won't recognize Him when He arrives.. (But in Zechariah 12:10 when the nations of the world attack Israel in the future, this blindness is removed -and they return to God with all of their hearts.) 4. Next, a virgin/young maiden will conceive... and bear a son... And they shall call him "Immanuel" - translated "God among us." (Isaiah 7:14) 5. Then from Isaiah ch 9: The land of the Gentiles (non-Jews) rejoice.. "The people who walked in darkness Have seen a great light; Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, Upon them a light has shined.... You have multiplied the nation And increased its joy; They rejoice before You... For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." 6. And this is from Isaiah 50... Remember, all of this is in the Jewish Book of the Prophets, and bc they were blinded (in Isaiah 6), their Rabbis argue to the death that this is NOT Jesus: (You decide) "When I came, why was there no one? When I called, why was there no one to answer? Was my arm too short to deliver you? Do I lack the strength to rescue you? By a mere rebuke I dry up the sea, I turn rivers into a desert; their fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst. I clothe the heavens with darkness and make sackcloth its covering.” The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed. The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears; I have not been rebellious, I have not turned away. I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting. Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame." 7. Then the Rabbi's biggest dilemma: explaining away Isaiah 53 (I'll start at the end of ch 52) "See, my servant will act wisely, he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted. Just as there were many who were appalled at him his appearance was disfigured beyond that of a human and his form marred beyond human likeness so he will sprinkle many nations, and kings will shut their mouths because of him. For what they were not told, they will see, and what they have not heard, they will understand. Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? He grew up like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we did not esteem him. Surely he carried our sorrows and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; but the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. By oppression and judgment he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was punished. He was assigned a grave with the wicked, (between 2 thieves) yet with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring (those of us who accept his sacrifice and become his children) and prolong his days, for the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors." I know it seems demeaning for God to rescue us this way. But the Rescuer is always the true hero. And the intensity of the battle fought, and the peril experienced -to bring us redemption, only highlights the depth of His love for us. He is not a victim, but our Victor. It is the "Great Exchange": "He who knew no sin, became sin for us (on the cross) that in Him we may become the righteousness of God." 2nd Corinthians 5:21 (Therefore, we are purified for Heaven - by His goodness, not our own. And we seek to please God bc of this sweet gift.) Btw... Isaiah and the other Jewish prophetic books are also in the Old Testament of the Bible. "Seek and you shall find..❤"
Let the readers decide for themselves, like I did in 1992. Neither King David nor Israel died for our sins, as someone dies in Isaiah 53. In Isaiah 50, someone with power over creation took abuse from humans. And Psalm 22 is not about David's crucifixion bc we all know David wasn't crucified. Israel's One For Israel is a great resource btw...
@@UNPACKED כן חרשתי עכשיו את התגובות וראיתי שאתם צוות משותף של אמריקאים וישראלים כל הכבוד באמת. היכולת לקחת סיטואציה פוליטית כל כך מורכבת ולהסביר אותה בסרטון קצר היא פשוט מדהימה.
As an arab live under israli control i say well done, good expalane. But i have to say that mansor abas the one with the islamic party left the other arab partyes bec he has differnt view in the way that arab should act with kneset not just bec of gays right.
Arab Parties have never been involved in government coalitions but I found the 2021 election (after this video) has an Arab party coalition. Also in Wikipedia I found... Israel's first elections in 1949, winning 35.7% of the vote (well ahead of second-placed Mapam's 14.7%) and 46 of the 120 seats. Ben-Gurion became Prime Minister and formed a coalition with the United Religious Front, the Progressive Party, the Sephardim and Oriental Communities and the Democratic List of Nazareth (an Israeli Arab party associated with Mapai).
I think the problem here is you have not acknowledged Left and Right on economic and social or cultural issues. You can be Left Wing on social or cultural issues but Right Wing on economic issues, vice versa.
We mention it briefly towards the end there, it's just that even that doesn't always match (for example Shas that is very "left wing" on economic issues, "right wing" on social issues, but then kinda falls somewhere in the middle in terms of "the conflict" - but is still lumped into "the right" by most media outlets).
It's actually less accurate (or arguably equally inaccurate)! While Mizrahi Jews follow Sephardic customs for the most part, Sephardic Jews are specifically ones who left the Iberian peninsula, Mizrahi Jews are ones who lived throughout the Middle East and North Africa regardless of if they ever spent time in Iberia.
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As an Israeli, I think this is pretty accurate. I liked that it was not opinionated. Good job!
Get the frick out 650K Israelis from Occupied West Bank.
And you wonder why they hate you??!
Lol
I hope you are not one of them.
@@lifeisastruggle5517 so you're saying he's a dictator? 🤣
@@crazyshorts4278 theb if you don't know if he is like that then don't talk to him like if he is.
Common sense kiddie
@@crazyshorts4278 he is acting as one at the moment
@@crazyshorts4278 and how do you do that exactly? A lot of people say "just get them out"
So easy to say these statements without giving actual solutions
As israeli this is the most accurate video about israeli situation iv ever seen from media that not from Israel.
Keep up the good work with true facts.
אולי תופתע לגלות שחלקנו ישראלים... אולי ;)
@@UNPACKED whoa, לא ציפיתי לזה
;)
זה מדויק מדי כדי להיות לא ישראלי
הכותב (שגם הגיש) ישראלי, אז אתם לא טועים.
As an Israeli, I was pretty surprised how accurate this video analyzed the political situation.
kudos :)
תודה! שמחים שהצלחנו במשימה הבלתי אפשרית הזאת...
מנ
I'm syrian 🇸🇾
It's just exciting to know how our southern neighbors live
May we soon be able to visit Damascus and Aleppo and you Jerusalem and Tel Aviv!
I was skeptic that a 10 minute video could sum up israeli politics, but I must admit this is a really accurate representation. Well done.
Thanks!
Their behavior is a cross between everyone in a New York deli and everyone at a Bubbe mahjong tournament.
As an Israeli I can say it's really good job. Pretty accurate
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As an Israeli patriot who voted across the board during the years, I'm very impressed by how accurate this video is.
The Israeli media is often very biased, direction depending on the channel's agenda, and the world media is usually either biased or, more commonly, plain clueless.
This is so refreshing to see!
This is probably the best possible way to explain the political situation over here in 10 minutes. A very well constructed explenation, I'm pleasantly surprised.
Best analysis I've heard for a while
I kinda love how everyone gets representation but it also creates a lot of deadlock because it's so hard to form a governing coalition.
Wtf stop putting this gay flag over jews
@@adamweis5305 Oh no. Did that offend your Jewish pride?
@@mohal-sal3998 Mohammad isn't gayism against Islam? What's the punishment to those who commit the sins of lots people? Remind me?
@@WaliTV-zr1yt stop lying mention one Islamic law country where Gay marriage is allowed
It‘s only so bad because the Arab parties have refused to enter government and therefore coalition options were really bad, especially for the left.
It gave the right wing the government on a silver platter, because only they can form a government
As an Israeli, this is the most accurate and sad truth that has been told on RUclips about Israel.
I-srael terrorism , apartheid colonialism imperialism racism wars hungers , wars criminals
@@everythingsfine1395 what?
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Israeli here-
This video seems to be pretty accurate, good work! :)
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This was entertaining and very informative. Israeli politics are a perennial mystery to outsiders. I am always amazed there is no written constitution.
There is a quasi constitution though, so it's something (but far from what it needs to be).
Very well explained, Confusing at times ,so many parties just like India
Totally different electoral system. In India, they us first-past -the-post, thus a party could win the majority of parliament with 30% of the votes. In Israel, that’s impossible, as they use proportional electoral system.
@@Steven-fv8xw yes, that's how bjp came to power with absolute majority.
Please do remember that we are barely 8 million people living in Israel though.
@@aslkbgh everything in india is so big. You can see a regional language Malayalam spoken by almost 30 million+ people. And their culture is totally different from hindi speaking north indians.
@@goatgaming3612 .my regional language marathi has 83 million people in india and 62k people in israel lol.
The United States should adopt a political system like this, I’m sick of the bipartisan political system in America
That doesn't make sense, sorry.
Worst system ever, everyone puting their ego before the country, we should go back to direct election.
Be careful what you wish for. Having that many political parties means small niche parties get to extort the big ones in exchange for joining the coalition
It's a good system. Only problem is that it would enable the far right to gain a platform
@@millevenon5853 far left too
Damn that is surprisingly accurate. Well done!
Israeli here. This is surprisingly accurate. I'm also a student for Political Sciences (M.A), so for me it's the perfect time for elections chaos.
It was really hard to condense this into a 10 minute video and keep it both accurate and understandable for someone who has no prior knowledge. Glad you enjoyed!
Well done on the research. 100% accurate bringing just the facts without being Bias first time i see this from a foreign media outlet
Eylon, who wrote and hosted this video, isn't "foreign" :)
@@UNPACKED maybe it's good people think its foreign Haha
Israeli-British here, this is the most accurate video on the political situation in Israel that I have ever watched. I wish the foreign media would learn from you.
As a American after 9 minutes of watching this video I'm still confused on Israeli politics guess I'm going out to watch it again .
Thanks from Israel for making this, I'm not used to see forgien media talk about our election system and desicion-making with this amount of precision.
אנחנו לא כלכך "זרים" כמו שאתה אולי חושב
@@UNPACKED אני בשוק
חח יש להם מלא סרטונים על ישראל יהדות וכו' כבר הנחתי את זה
חחח, אנחנו טכנית גם לא "ישראלים". הארגון אמריקאי, אבל חלקנו ישראלים. (כמוני)
Do you think Lapid will manage to form a government, will Netanyahu get another chance, or are we heading towards a fifth round of elections?
I assume that after the fall of Bennett (who joined Bibi), Gideon Sa'ar will join Bibi and together they will form a coalition
Whether it'll be now or after the next elections,
Yair Lapid will be the prime minister
On June 2, Lapid will call President Rivlin and tells him that he gave up on forming a government, which will make the mandate to form a govt go to the Knesset, triggering a 21 day period where any MK can get the mandate and form a govt if he/she can earn at least 61 MKs signatures. This is unlikely to ever happen, and when the 21 day period ends Israel will go to her fifth election in two years.
Bibi needs to go yesterday.
@@l.tc.5032 No , If Bibi goes , Israel will fall to it's enemies , That should never happen , and for ur info : I voted Likud ;) Bibi forever
yea i couldn't have put it better in such a short video. good job
Thanks :)
It's nice to see all the Israelis who comment saying this is accurate. I can now know I can trust this lol. Politics is always so hard to navigate, especially to a foreign audience.
I may be American but I love Israel so much. As a Jew I see Israel as very important and I hope to one day make Aliyah and live in the one and only Jewish state.
WOW, I'm Israeli and I've learned few things in this video. this is so accurate thanks!
As an Israeli this is very accurate.
This party system is much more democratic, and much more representative than "winner takes all" in the US. This way you don't have to choose the better of 2 really bad options and can keep the elected officials accountable. Wish we had that.
Yeah well it sounds good in theory, but there are so many opinions and parties and here we are about to elect for the fifth time in 2 years (lost billions of dollars for all these elections)
A combination of ranked choice voting and term limits would do so much good for America.
What exceptionally helpful and informative stuff.
As Israeli you deserve much more views. Very accurate video
I agree. in the US, that will shut up (MAYBE) the labeling of Israel as Apartheid, racist, etc....
The question is simple : why is Israel so agressively defending itself ? Answer : BECAUSE there's No other Jewish State in the World , We are never gonna split Jerusalem or any part of Israel , God Bless who loves Israel ,and vice versa ,Amen!
Religion shouldn't have states it's between u and god
@@mariadefatima6469 judaism is the religion of a people who share the Jewish ethnicity.. Like how the anciant Egyptians believed in thier own beliefs which are refered to as Egyptian Mytholodgy.
Israel needs a constitution instead of a basic law system so term limits and rules against people under criminal indictment being PM can prevent the current mess that is the Israeli political system. It would also help in the seperation of religion from the government.
Hard agree.
Absolutely!
Israel technically have a constitution since the constitutional revolution in 1992
Sounds complex. Didnt get it
But the point is it is almost impossible to create a constitution. They have been trying since 1948 but they never succeeded. The main reason is the same reason why there are so many parties- Israeli society is very torn into groups. I can't think how will there be a consensus on the role of religion, the National Identity( because Arab parties and some left-wing want Israel to be bi-national) and many other topics. Throughput 73 years many people tried to come up with a constitution but it is almost impossible.
‘Things were much easier. When Israel had just twelve tribes’. I guess that must be true from a biblical standpoint 😂😂
Haha I like how all the comments are “as an Israeli, etc.."
So let me say now:
as a Palestinian! Who’s a part of this diverse mosaic.
This video was great (and accurate yeah).. but I hope all of us can live together in peace. In one state. If only we understand that this could be a country of all of us together.
Very good explanation for a country with very complex politics
Israel: The country where Game of Thrones still lives on
Indeed. But keep in mind that there is intersectionality for each "tribe". For example, those who live in the periphery tend to be Mizrahi, localist, conservative and right wing. Those who live in the center (especially Tel Aviv tend to be Ashkenazi, globalist, progressive, atheist and left wing.
You forget about kibbutzim.
Many of them are periphery as well, but mostly Ashkenazi and left-wing.
@@Jewish_Israeli_Zionist Didn't notice this comment from a year ago, sorry.
Not 100% true. Many Ashkenazi live in the periphery, like how the guy mentioned in Kibbutzim, or former USSR immigrants who were placed in the periphery like Beer Sheva, and they also tend to be right wing.
On the other hand, today you have many Mizrachi living in central areas, like Kfar Saaba and Hertzelia, more than ever before due to rising in economical status.
The line is not clear cut today as it was before.
Thats what happens when one people disperse around the world and then come back...so many parties, so many opinions!
You know what they say - "two Jews, three opinions"!
@@UNPACKED i dint know it was this obvious! 😂 😂
seems like such a healthy, true democracy.
Yeah it seems healthier than US but then again they did have the same guy in charge for 15 years
in democracy way
It’s sort of Game Of Thrones the real life version
This is accurate af.
Palestinian here! Accurate as far as I'm aware :)
شكرا!
This presenter is Golden 😂
What's so funny about him?
@@UNPACKED His enunciation and intonation along with sarcasm was just perfect.
It wasn’t too distracting, but it ease the tension with humour and made a complicated discussion easy to understand
I m glad to know that politically the Israelis are as messed up as we are 😂
Well until Arabs start to attack us and all parties agree for unification and creates a "national government" which means the main goal is to fight and give complete support to the army in war, Happen not once in last decades.
Here for you my friend.
In general israel is messed up. that's also a big part of what makes it successful
@@eden5260 it will succeed yes ✌ shhh..🤫 between us (American taxes) 🤗🤗🤗
Which country are you from?
Israel will continue to be a superpower in the Middle East because democracy exists in that country
As an Israeli, I can tell it's a very good explanation
Wow! Very accurate and unbiased, good job!
Can you please do another one of these?
You guys did a good job, but I think you should have mention that the Ultra-Orthodox Ashkenazi "United Torah" party is itself a 'joint' party or an alignment of two parties - the Hasidic "Agudat Yisrael" and the Mitnagdim ("Lithuanian") "Degel HaTorah".
What's the difference between Hasidic and Mitnagdim? - Maybe a subject for another video...?
Yeah, totally a topic for another video. Getting into "Agudas" vs "Degel" would have made it way too confusing, the same reason we really didn't get into the different parties in the Joint List, or Tziyonut Datit. Too much "inside baseball" for a 10 minute overview.
0:46 this is a pure fact unlike most media stream saying "the independence"
Wow!
This is really good content with accuracy almost at 100%.
We try hard to make sure our videos are accurate, glad you liked it!
Terrific video! Very well explained and easy to follow. It's funny how all three major parties shown at 2:45 no longer exist under the names listed only a year and a half after upload 😆
Thank you for this video, very enlightening indeed. God bless Israel.
Very well done and clearly explained.
Honestly, a great little bite-sized primer.
Excellent I am American and israli and vote in both both elections
Is that actually possible? Can you vote in the usa without being a resident?. I surely can't vote in the u.k or israel in fact if I am not a permanent resident.
You should go back home and help your brothers fighting the enemies do not worry we'll ok without you
Love this, where was this two months ago before I went to vote??
Sorry 😳
Don't worry at this rate we are going to vote soon enough...
If you don't know what to vote, please do not vote. Stay in your country and vote where you pay your taxes. If you live in Israel, please do a lot of homework before voting
Hey Unpacked! Great video again. This is my favorite Israel/Jewish channel. If I'm not mistaken, is this the voice of Eylon Levy?
Yes, it is! He wrote and narrated the video for us.
@@UNPACKED What a legend! I was fortunate enough to cross paths with him when I interned at i24News.
On another note, I just wanted to say thank you as Unpacked's videos helped me get the job - I learned so much about Israel! You guys deserve millions of subscribers.
Thanks!
We passed this along to Eylon as well :)
Loved the analogies to the ancient tribes of Israel to the political parties 😂
Very interesting video! Thank you for sharing
That's pretty accurate.
Wow, you cleared so much info for me, and I'm Israeli, thanks!
Glad it was helpful! Let's hope you don't have to utilize this knowledge anytime soon.
So impartial😍😍
Whom Can We Trust If No One Is Trustworthy?
One of my favorite quips from Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is when Tom is defined as “a glittering hero…the pet of the old, the envy of the young,” and there were “some that believed that he would be President, yet, if he escaped hanging.” With these few words, Twain captured the essence of leadership in our world. Those who get to the top are the fiercest, most determined, and most ruthless. Today, the latter quality has become so intense that we can no longer believe our leaders, and certainly not trust them to have our best interest in mind.
I am not accusing any leader in particular, or even leaders as a whole. It is simply that in an egoistic world, where people vie to topple one another on their way to the top, the one at the top is clearly the one who trampled over and knocked down more people than anyone else. Concisely, to get to the top in an egoistic world you have to be the biggest egoist.
So how do we know whom to trust? We don’t know and we cannot know. All we know is that we are in the dark.
In a culture of unhinged selfishness, any conspiracy theory seems reasonable, while truth is nowhere to be found. When every person who says or writes something is trying to promote some hidden agenda, you have no way of knowing who is right, what really happened, or if anything happened at all.
The only way to get some clarity in the news and goodwill from our leaders is to say “Enough!” to our current system and build something entirely independent. The guiding principle of such a system should be “information only,” no commentary. Commentary means that information has already been skewed. Information means saying only what happened, as much as possible, not why, and not who is to blame and who we should praise.
Concurrently, we must begin a comprehensive process of self-teaching. We have to know not only what is happening, but why we skew and distort everything. In other words, we have to know about human nature and how it inherently presents matters according to its own subjective view, which caters to one’s own interest. To “clear” ourselves from that deformity, we must learn how to rise above our personal interest and develop an equally favorable attitude toward others. This is our only guarantee that our interpretation of things will be even and correct.
Once we achieve such an attitude, we will discover that the bad things we see in our world reflect our own, internal wickedness. Our ill-will toward others creates a world where ill-will governs, and so the world is filled with wickedness and cruelty. Therefore, all we need in order to create positive leadership-and to generally eliminate ill-will from the world-is to generate goodwill within us. When we nurture goodwill toward others, we will fill the world with goodwill. As a result, the world will fill with kindness and compassion. By changing ourselves, we will create a world that is opposite from the world we have created through our desires to govern, patronize, and often destroy other people.
Dear God , Israel , can you just replace Netanyahu for once ? .Did you really need 5 elections ? .
Lol its not so easy, there is no one good for that job, btw im an Israeli
Trust me, we're trying
No
Trust me,, He is the best!
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad.
וְכַאֲשֶׁר יְעַנּוּ אֹתוֹ, כֵּן יִרְבֶּה וְכֵן יִפְרֹץ
We love democracy that much we keep voting
Truly excellent summation 1 year ago.
I look forward to your summation this time around.
I am a Ben Gvir Voter FYI.
Please, round 2!!!
Good video, very clear, thank you for making this.
„Noone should be that long primeminister“ Merkel and Putin dislike that.
Castro, Qaddafi : ...hear ye hear ye..
@@vernandozs1888 OMG U fight and argue like ppl in israel
Great job!
In india we can accept this type of political system.
GOD bless Israel people and PM NETANYAHU....
Wow, as an Israeli I could say you are spot on.
I wish BBC would've used you to explain the recent conflict instead of showing the ruined of gaza with no context and with the caption "' Israel killing babies''
Well what more is there to it?
@@mohammedyakub3760 whatever fit your narrative mo...
@@lirsin7194 I'm sure when the nazis were mass murdering jews they used the same excuse 'there's more to the story' bullshit
@@mohammedyakub3760 yeah, no response.. that's what I thought. Doesn't fit your narrative
@@lirsin7194 ummm what? I did respond... it's you that's not responding and just grabbing on about narrative 🤦♂️
Complicated to the max 😐
Good work
Spot On...
You just blew it with this one. 😐
Knesset behavior is a cross between everyone in a New York deli and a Bubbe mahjong tournament.
You didnt describe Israel, you just described every parliamentary democracy
We are proud to be the only democracy in the middle east:)
The whole point of a democracy is to give equal rights to everyone, I'm sorry to tell you that doesn't apply in Israel. Sure the political system is democratic but the laws sure aren't :)
@@anotheruser5956 give me example to rights that not everyone has.
97% of drinking water in Gaza is contaminated and undrinkable, Most of them aren't allowed the rights of citizenship and cannot vote, they don't have access to proper healthcare, they cannot travel in or out of the occupied territories, and if that is possible, which is rare, it's under extremely heavy restriction, these are just some I could think of at the top of my head, and I'm in the middle of a physics class :)
@@anotheruser5956 gaza is not controlled of israel, is of hamas.
Hamas cans stop spending money of fail rockets, and care about his people.
Anyway, it's not us business, we can't even get inside to gaza(without fight).
Israel controls the supplies and is responsible for providing all supplies to occupied territories, weather it's the West Bank or Gaza, and frankly they are doing a horrible job at it. And also because Hamas is corrupt and doesn't take proper authority over it's citizens means Israel has the right to harass and treat Palestinians horribly? That's some sick logic right there.
Pray for the Peace of Israel! 🇮🇱💙
Very informative!!
Glad it was helpful!
Now it all makes sense, thanks!
You're welcome! Were you following the drama?
@@UNPACKED yup. And now I understand whats going on.
Another Israeli to join the comment section and say great job analyzing the situation. Most people on youtube today either are afraid to dive as deep as you did on this situation, and those who don't care often don't understand it well enough/didn't research well enough. You are either. Consider me subscribed
נ.ב: רק עכשיו קראתי תגובות שלך להודעות לראות שאתה ישראלי. מגניב! הייתי צריך לנחש, חלק מהמילים שאמרת בסרטון יצאו לך טיפה במבטא ישראלי אבל חשבתי שאולי זה בגלל הדרך שצריך לבטא אותן.
*אנחנו* ישראלים ולא ישראלים. אני (הזה שבין היתר מגיב ועובר על התגובות) ישראלי שעלה מארה"ב לפני 27 שנה.
הכותב ומגיש - איילון לוי הוא גם ישראלי, אבל גדל באנגליה. תמיד מנסים למצוא איזון בין הגייה נכונה של מילים עבריות והבנה לקהל שאינו דובר עברית.
@@UNPACKED רגע עכשיו שמתי לב- אמרתם ששס זה מפלגה לדתיים מזרחיים? חשבתי ששס זה המפלגה בשביל הספרדים...
Last night, before going to sleep, I thought to ask a Muslim friend online..
"Do you know why Jews don't believe in Jesus (as their Messiah) and Christians do believe?
Forgive me. This is long, so only read if you don't know and you are curious."
First of all, with the discovery of the ancient Dead Sea Scrolls, much of the scroll of Isaiah was found! It validated Isaiah's prophecies. So, Israeli scientists who have been meticulously working on the scrolls, and many of whom didn't even believe in Jesus (at least, at first).. have been proving the authenticity of the ancient prophecies concerning him...
This is important bc Isaiah's writings, alone, are a summation of our redemption.
Written in 700 B.C.e. (700 years before Jesus was born) Isaiah explains:
1. The Jews kept turning their backs on God (ch 1-6)
2. This rejection clearly hurt God.
3. So in chapter 6:10, God temporarily blinds them.. "Lest when the Healer comes, they turn and be healed." So they won't recognize Him when He arrives..
(But in Zechariah 12:10 when the nations of the world attack Israel in the future, this blindness is removed -and they return to God with all of their hearts.)
4. Next, a virgin/young maiden will conceive... and bear a son... And they shall call him "Immanuel" - translated "God among us." (Isaiah 7:14)
5. Then from Isaiah ch 9: The land of the Gentiles (non-Jews) rejoice..
"The people who walked in darkness
Have seen a great light;
Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,
Upon them a light has shined.... You have multiplied the nation
And increased its joy;
They rejoice before You...
For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."
6. And this is from Isaiah 50... Remember, all of this is in the Jewish Book of the Prophets, and bc they were blinded (in Isaiah 6), their Rabbis argue to the death that this is NOT Jesus:
(You decide)
"When I came, why was there no one?
When I called, why was there no one to answer?
Was my arm too short to deliver you?
Do I lack the strength to rescue you?
By a mere rebuke I dry up the sea,
I turn rivers into a desert;
their fish rot for lack of water
and die of thirst.
I clothe the heavens with darkness
and make sackcloth its covering.”
The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue,
to know the word that sustains the weary.
He wakens me morning by morning,
wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.
The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears;
I have not been rebellious,
I have not turned away.
I offered my back to those who beat me,
my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;
I did not hide my face
from mocking and spitting.
Because the Sovereign Lord helps me,
I will not be disgraced.
Therefore have I set my face like flint,
and I know I will not be put to shame."
7. Then the Rabbi's biggest dilemma: explaining away Isaiah 53 (I'll start at the end of ch 52)
"See, my servant will act wisely,
he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
Just as there were many who were appalled at him
his appearance was disfigured beyond that of a human
and his form marred beyond human likeness
so he will sprinkle many nations,
and kings will shut their mouths because of him.
For what they were not told, they will see,
and what they have not heard, they will understand.
Who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
He grew up like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom men hide their faces
he was despised, and we did not esteem him.
Surely he carried our sorrows
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
But he was wounded for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;
but the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was punished.
He was assigned a grave with the wicked, (between 2 thieves)
yet with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.
Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring (those of us who accept his sacrifice and become his children) and prolong his days,
for the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
After he has suffered,
he will see the light of life and be satisfied
by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.
Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,
and he will divide the spoils with the strong,
because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors."
I know it seems demeaning for God to rescue us this way. But the Rescuer is always the true hero. And the intensity of the battle fought, and the peril experienced -to bring us redemption, only highlights the depth of His love for us.
He is not a victim, but our Victor.
It is the "Great Exchange":
"He who knew no sin, became sin for us (on the cross) that in Him we may become the righteousness of God."
2nd Corinthians 5:21
(Therefore, we are purified for Heaven - by His goodness, not our own. And we seek to please God bc of this sweet gift.)
Btw... Isaiah and the other Jewish prophetic books are also in the Old Testament of the Bible.
"Seek and you shall find..❤"
You know it doesn't verify anything
Nonsense look up rabbi tovia singer Isiah chapter 53!
Let the readers decide for themselves, like I did in 1992. Neither King David nor Israel died for our sins, as someone dies in Isaiah 53. In Isaiah 50, someone with power over creation took abuse from humans. And Psalm 22 is not about David's crucifixion bc we all know David wasn't crucified.
Israel's One For Israel is a great resource btw...
One for Israel is in Netanya
@@sarahssong9655 if you're in Jerusalem go see Rabbi Tovia Singer and ask him to explain it to you!
perfect !!!
An an Israeli I really loved this video
תודה!
@@UNPACKED כן חרשתי עכשיו את התגובות וראיתי שאתם צוות משותף של אמריקאים וישראלים כל הכבוד באמת.
היכולת לקחת סיטואציה פוליטית כל כך מורכבת ולהסביר אותה בסרטון קצר היא פשוט מדהימה.
excellent summary
Very interesting. But how does anything ever get done?
Congratulations Bibi. Watching from London UK.
Very good explanation.
Interesting
Glad you liked it
I have my full support to Benjamin Netanyahu
Thank you for sharing accurate and objektive news about Israel. Everything is explained easily.
As an arab live under israli control i say well done, good expalane.
But i have to say that mansor abas the one with the islamic party left the other arab partyes bec he has differnt view in the way that arab should act with kneset not just bec of gays right.
That is correct, we were just giving an example of the split on ideology between the two parties.
Arab Parties have never been involved in government coalitions but I found the 2021 election (after this video) has an Arab party coalition. Also in Wikipedia I found...
Israel's first elections in 1949, winning 35.7% of the vote (well ahead of second-placed Mapam's 14.7%) and 46 of the 120 seats. Ben-Gurion became Prime Minister and formed a coalition with the United Religious Front, the Progressive Party, the Sephardim and Oriental Communities and the Democratic List of Nazareth (an Israeli Arab party associated with Mapai).
This is like Game of Thrones
Accurate.
Wow., very accurate and well narrated video. You should come and be our leader
I think the problem here is you have not acknowledged Left and Right on economic and social or cultural issues. You can be Left Wing on social or cultural issues but Right Wing on economic issues, vice versa.
We mention it briefly towards the end there, it's just that even that doesn't always match (for example Shas that is very "left wing" on economic issues, "right wing" on social issues, but then kinda falls somewhere in the middle in terms of "the conflict" - but is still lumped into "the right" by most media outlets).
6:17 kibbutzim leans more right nowadays.
As an israeli I can ussure that this videi very accurate
Thanks
It is more accurate to say Sephardic than Mizrahi.
@user-uu3ti6vx8l You might enjoy our recent video:
Is there a difference between Sephardic & Mizrachi Jews? ruclips.net/video/d5kqQB69SDY/видео.html
It's actually less accurate (or arguably equally inaccurate)! While Mizrahi Jews follow Sephardic customs for the most part, Sephardic Jews are specifically ones who left the Iberian peninsula, Mizrahi Jews are ones who lived throughout the Middle East and North Africa regardless of if they ever spent time in Iberia.