The West Bank: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- John Oliver discusses how the West Bank settlements came to be, what their presence means for everyone in the region, and why the weight of the world rests squarely on the shoulders of Ben & Jerry’s.
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I hope this show never loses its backbone, it’s one of the few outlets of real journalism.
For real. Coffeezilla legit, too.
Agreed, for me Some More News as well
There are some in other languages, too. But they all feel the pressure. It’s a disgrace that this is an entertainment show, and not on major news…
He's a little bias when he doesn't mention the g3n0c1de Israel is committing right now and that's a huge part to leave out.
@@mericanignoranc3551 Network probably won't let him.
"You stole my house." "If not me, someone else." How about no one steal her home?
It's mindboggling that he thought that was a valid defense.
That man became a meme in the arab world about anybody who is shameless about doing effed up shit 😂
Its theft if israel does it. Okay if Jordan does it
If only this would be applied to Jews of any diaspora background outside of that land. Instead, the guilt-ridden Western far left and even Islamists pretend to only target “European” Jews…like, you sure you’re okay with someone from Iraq or Iran stealing your house just because those countries are in the “ummah”?
And this guy is a New Yorker. He’s from probably the safest homeland for Jews in the world, but he left there to move to the West Bank and steal her home. And there are interviews with this guy and he says the reason he did it is because he wants to help in the effort to plant more Jews in the West Bank. So, he wants to help increase the Jewish population to overwhelm the Palestinian population. He wasn’t oppressed and fleeing persecution. He was fleeing safety for a much less safe place, just to help Israelis displace Palestinians.
That clip of Israeli settlers living above Palestinians and throwing their stuff down looks straight out of some dystopian novel holy shit
Probably designed that way
“Holy shit” is correct.
I’ve been to Hebron and walked through those segregated streets. It’s horrifying. The checkpoints to get in are humiliating too.
That is truly disgusting and shameful. The situation is a dreadful dilemma, but Israelis behaving that way is just wrong.
What’s a Palestine 🤡?
John Oliver, watching this episode drove me close to tears. You are THE ONLY journalist/comedian/presenter on TV who actually says the truth. You are courageous and just amazing. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for getting out this message of the Palestinian plight to the world. Please don't ever stop!
same.
Beyond tears
John Oliver is amazing. But there's also Jon Stewart. 😊
really??? the only one??? Jesus you leftists really live inside an echo chamber. Are you glad they didn't vote the mean orange man now? bc this is your doing
Just as in any war, civilians on both sides were killed in 1948. But there are no reputable sources to support Oliver’s hyperbolic claim of Israeli “massacres of entire villages.” It’s difficult to disprove a claim this vague that is asserted without naming any specific villages or sources, but many such claims have been shown to be fabrications.
As a Palestinian who legally immigrated to American 17 years ago.. I never thought I’d see this on American TV.. it made me cry and reminded me of all of my childhood trauma living under the occupation in the west bank.. THANK you for speaking up and to your team for gathering all this info and showing it in 30 mins.
You have me in tears. I'm happy you made it to the U.S. but also my deepest condolences to anyone you or your fellow countrymen have lost through this clear genoc1de. I have called my representatives here to tell them to call for the UN to stop vetoing resolutions condemning Israel's actions as war crimes. I have written a couple letters telling different depts of government to stop sending money to Israel. I don't know much more I can do but hope💔
sending you so much love
Go home to Saudi Arabia
I'm so sorry,Dear. This situation should not be happening. Every person should be allowed to live in peace. 💛
We have only gotten one side to this story for too long.
If that settler felt comfortable throwing something at the guy during the middle of an interview on CAMERA, imagine what they do off camera
Exactly.. despicable behavior from vile people.
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If ever you doubted that Israel is a rogue, dangerous nation, Mr. Fleishman the illegal settler is here to convince you. His arrogance and entitlement are jaw-dropping.
@@bbodyboi great idea. ☑
watch the documentary - TANTURA.
Listen to them, look into their eyes are the refrain from crying... IF they are able to make eye contact at all. You can hear it in their voices, see it in their body language... the Forever Lie.
@@bbodyboisounds like you are quick to sob for the poor widdle Palestinians when they perpetrated a terrorist attack on Israeli soil not 8 months ago. Personally I feel israel is being too lenient with it's treatment of Palestine. From the river to the sea Israel will be free.
In this era of media, it means a lot that John Oliver and HBO put this episode out. Thank you for having the courage to say what so few in your position are willing to say.
@@isaacarthur8523 it's lies though...what they didn't mention:
1. Yaakov is a settler and Israel is who took her house and gave it to a settlement authority; that house will not be hers even if he leaves. Israel woupd send soldiers to force them out. They made him look like a moron for stating this truth but he coupd have ran off and called for IDF immediately. She owes Yaakov her life.
2. This woman shared a home with a terrorist who committed murder. In Israel, common sense applies...if one terrorist is in a home where others live, they are likely also involved in terrorism. So the law is that the home of a terrorist is seized and all its occupants evicted. This is a good deterrent to people who only fear their Skyatollah.
@@EmetShekeryou people are incapable of thinking beyond lies and propaganda. Get help.
@@EmetSheker Translation:
1. Blah blah blah blah blah.
2. Israel right everyone else wrong, blah blah blah.
@@Concerned098 I guess that's a caveman level understanding...
@@Concerned098 you are defending terrorists...literal murderers.
Thank you, John Oliver, for having the courage to speak out when our news media will not.
The part where all the settlers are speaking about why they settled, it is quite a realization when most of them spoke with a clear American accent.
The Israeli gov't provides incentives for American Jews to move there.
Yuppie-Hipster Colonial Settlers of the “Wild Eastern Frontier” is got to be the strangest recreation of Old West American Manifest Destiny I’ve ever seen. Especially in the context of the 21st century where you surely think such things to be barbaric relics of the past.
It's very disturbing.
Not just that but the very first clip with that guy in a house that isn't his. I think my soul left my body.
It's surprising, but not once you think about it. The very foundation of America is based on manifest destiny. That makes it ok! Just colonize with a smile, and you're good to go!
Oh my goodness, “I thought apartheid only produced one type of musk” might be the greatest line I’ve heard this month.
Who ever wrote that joke needs a raise. The delivery was also perfect
It's only the first of August.... so not a particularly high bar,, Nice trick 😉
@@Offline219John Oliver's delivery is always so top notch haha and also coupled with the seriousness behind his subject always. Amazing show!
Holy shit
Can somebody explain the joke, please? I understand the "musk"-to-smell connection, but I do not get the Musk-to-apartheid connection.
Crazy to think some of the best journalism in the USA has been done by a British Comedian on a late night show. Major respect to John Oliver.
Democracy Now is an excellent news source. Their UA-cam channel has multiple videos every day.
He’s a modern day court jester speaking truth to power.
@@russnrach8UES
Even more crazy that he adopted an antisemitic stance during this very political period.
He's just collecting the journalism of others and packaging it in an entertaining way to make it less utterly depressing.
His writers and researchers do a great job, but that journalism is already done by the outlets that are quoted in this piece (such as Vice news).
I think it's important to remember that.
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As a palestinian citizen in the west bank, every second of this was like pulling the deepest scars out of my soul. I literally felt lighter after watching this.
❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
We do what we can. Some day, Palestine will be free. Sending love from the USA. I know it's not much, but it's sincere.
Yeah echo chambers are nice aren’t they
@@Bd569h I can't imagine what this must be like for you. I'm so sorry for this terrible injustice.
Where in the West Bank do you live?
As a South African, I can confirm that Apartheid has a smell.
Going by the South African accent of the Israeli ambassador to the UN, who yesterday gave an absolutely disgusting and gaslighting speech to the security council, it seems clear that Israel is now a haven for white South Africans who think that the end of apartheid was a bad thing.
Let the Know LOL
And the smell is the stank of netanyahu
What does it smell like?
@MrHoovy-zo7bc I'm not south African but my dogs fart might be similar to it.
As a German citizen who takes the phrase "Never again" very seriously (in the second interpretation), I'm appalled by what the Israeli government uses that phrase for. It has bugged me for years now that every bit of criticism against Netanjahu has been deemed antisemitic. A position that not only the Israeli government supports, but many Germans, too. And let me be clear on that: No, it isn't! On the other hand, what Netanjahu's government does is anti-human. We have far too many people over here that think they are on the right side of history when they blindly support Israel's actions, no matter what.
👏👏👏👏👏👏
As long as all criticism can be framed as antisemitic, they'll keep getting away with literal genocide.
as a German I am totally appalled by this show full of factual errors. I would have expected better from John Oliver and will be more cautious from now on watching his shows. There is no genocide happening neither in GAZA nor in the westbank. The westbank has a birth rates of 2,7 children per woman and there are about 2,5 million Palestinians in the Westbank now a little less than in GAZA - so no GENOCIDE by any means. They need the children to feed the terror teams I suppose. Terror that is raining down on Israel since forever when all Israel ever wanted was good neighborly relations. They even have this in their founding document. Unlike HAMAS - I guess by now everybody knows what the HAMAS charta says. All the numbers of victims in GAZA come from HAMAS and cannot be trusted and the hostages are still not free. Netanyahu is a terrible corrupt politician but this war is just and is a fight for ISRAELS survival. The settlements are not a breach of international law.........
As another German, I'm shocked to realize that so many Germans seem to have learned the wrong lesson from our history. Many seem to have just internalized that we were the bad guys and because of that we need to defend Israel at all costs to show the (western) world that we are now the good guys. People like to see the world in black and white. They like to see themselves on the side of good. So everybody who opposes Israel is evil and deserves to be oppressed and even their destruction is justified. Many don't see the palestinians as people. They see them all as terrorists, which makes it easier to defend Israel. They like to believe that Israeli's are righteous, therefore can't do any wrong, because their people used to be victims of Nazi Germany. Because of that they are given a blank check to do as they please. And anybody who dares even critisize them is silenced with the knockout argument "anti-semite". They don't care if the criticism is unjust or just. They won't allow any criticism, they'll defend Israel even when they kill thousands of children. It's not even really about the Jews, it's really about siding with those you were taught to side with no matter what. We were made to believe that Israel is one of us, one we have an obligation to defend no matter what, to make up for our history.
It's so ironic, Germans are so afraid to be called anti-semites or Nazis, that they've become blind to Israel having turned into a fascist nation. The real lesson to be learned from the holocaust was that fascism of no kind should ever be tolerated again. Not even the former victims of the Nazis should get the right to become like them and should be opposed if they do.
All that said, people who attack random Jews who have nothing to do with what Israel does are not to be tolerated either. Those people don't help the cause of palestinians. The people who now use the opportunity to let their hatred of Jews loose, they are no better than those who side with Israel. You all need to see that there are people on both sides. Try to see people as people for once. Both sides have good and bad people, because in the they are all just people. This cycle of hatred needs to be stopped.
Thank you for saying this.
FINALLY....!!!! Thank you John Oliver, thank you. If only more journalists had the courage to speak this truth!
24:47 That guy did his homework there, when he talks about dignity being non-negotiable, because he was talking to a German delegation. And the first article of the German constituation says 'Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority.'
Btw this clip is from a great documentary. Watch it!
Indeed. It was expressly made to be the very first article of the Grundgesetz, to prevent something like the Holocaust from happening again.
I am German, and I interpret the "Nie Wieder!" "Never Again!" in the second interpretation, namely: that never again should such horrors like the Holocaust to befall *anyone, anywhere around the globe.* Frankly, that is the *only* legitimate interpretation of that phrase. Anyone saying that it only means "never again should someone like the Holocaust happen to Jewish people" is betraying the very concept of it. For whats the point of singling out just one group of people, while others are then left to suffer?
Would you happen to know the title or director to make finding it a little easier?
I am interested in knowing the movie name as well.
Israel had no such thing as dignity from the minute of it's inception. It was the child of facism and is facist to this very day.
I took a seminar on Native Americans last semester and nearly all of the things John Oliver has talked about seem eerily familiar
Its modern colonialism 101.
It’s exactly the same thing
Yes! These folks been do this for awhile now
It's literally the same thing but we can do something about it this time.
Wow, I have just gotten to 7:05 and I was thinking wow, the West Bank sounds just like the United States. Take the existing population and shove them into a few regions, put the military around them and then move outsiders in to take over and build suburbs and universities.
When a “comedy” show actually has more backbone than actual news. The tone has always been balanced in all the fight ways. Thanks to John Oliver and HBO for letting the truth be out there.
Comedians have often told the truth that the main stream was not willing to tell. Comedians are usually the biggest truth tellers because they can hide the truth within a joke to make it more consumable. Most "news" stations you watch are not there to tell you the truth, they are there to tell you the truth according to the people who pay their salaries.
Exactly! What’s becoming so obvious to people now is that colonialism has never ended just rebranded with different terms. From Natives indigenous people being called “savages” in the old days to now being called “terrorist” by neocolonialists who are neoliberals, neoconservatives, and zionist.
1) Savages is now “terrorist”
2) Civilizing them is now “bringing them democracy”
We can all see Israel is a colonial project being supported by former and current colonials such as U.S, UK, and others who also control territories of indigenous natives in Caribbean Islands, Pacific Islands, Hawaii, and many more.
The liberation of Palestine will definitely give RISE to many indigenous natives around the world to free themselves from western domination. This is the underlying ripple effect that the U.S government and its puppet allies don’t want to happen.
Not really new, even in midevil times it would at least occasionally require listening to the fool to get to know the truth.
@@thinkbeforeyoutype7106
Palestine won't accept liberation or statehood or a two state solution as long as Israel exists. They would rather stay in the situation that they are in than have to recognize Israel. Their intense sociopathic hatred of the Jewish people prevents them from thinking of anything other than destroying Israel. They even say so in the very first paragraph of their constitution. Palestine and Hamas wish they could genocide Israel but they don't have the means. Israel has the means but there are still a lot of Palestinians living. It begs the question who's genociding who?
Still I've yet to hear anyone protest the oppression of women in Palestine and pretty much every other Arab Muslim country. Oppression isn't even the right word for that, oppression is a gross understatement. Not one person has mentioned that, except Bill Maher.
When a comedy show looks like it knows what it is talking about and gets all the facts:WRONG.
I am from Europe and know your UA-cam channel only since a few months .....I want to thank you with all my heart for what you just have said ! THANK YOU , THANK YOU, THANK YOU ....Nobody has summarized the insult and pain Palestinians have to go through every single day better than you just did ...my deepest respect for your courage .... I will never get over the fact that we , the people , have to watch this genocide, these grave injustices done, and at the same time see our governments supporting it ..... 🙏
Advocate for the 2nd definition:
"This must never again happen to any people anywhere."
💯
You are such an obvious bot, you have like 30 comments on this video.
@brnm973 I dunno, I would be more likely to agree with you about it being a bot if OP's comments were pro-Israel 🤷🏽♂️
@@brnm973 hey🙃don't ragebait zoomers🤣😉
You just made your own point.... Never let this happen to ANY people ANYWHERE.....
Craziest part is the West Bank isn't even where the current "war" is going on. Thank you John Oliver for this ballsy piece
A THOUSAND THANKS ❤❤
Also .. as i learned from Bassem Youssef and myself looked into, there is no Hamas in the West Bank.
Z!onism is WORSE than Naz!sm because they’ve adopted the worst traits of dehumanization from them.
What’s becoming so obvious to people now is that colonialism has never ended just rebranded with different terms. From Natives indigenous people being called “savages” in the old days to now being called “terrorist” by neocolonialists who are neoliberals, neoconservatives, and zionist.
1) Savages is now “terrorist”
2) Civilizing them is now “bringing them democracy”
We can all see Israel is a colonial project being supported by former and current colonials such as U.S, UK, and others who also control territories of indigenous natives in Caribbean Islands, Pacific Islands, Hawaii, and many more.
The liberation of Palestine will definitely give RISE to many indigenous natives around the world to free themselves from western domination. This is the underlying ripple effect that the U.S government and its puppet allies don’t want to happen.
ballsy? he showed only one side of the argument. ballsy lol.
John has some MAJOR BALLS for doing this show 😮 props to him for showing something MANY in his industry would be cancelled so quickly for even whispering about.
He's a multi-millionaire. If he got cancelled, he would be completely fine.
Cancelled for. . . Telling the truth about what's happening?
Ya Massad making notes. They are the definition of 💩
@@josephinethornton3823yes, that. Look at what they’re doing to protestors at Columbia University
@@josephinethornton3823 That's what happens with this genocide in particular
Salutes to John Oliver for real journalism when almost everyone is blind or biased
This show exhibited more backbone than whole of mainstream media in USA & elsewhere. Hats off john oliver 👏.
When prophet Mohamed was in his 50s, he married a 6-year old girl called Aïsha. The marriage was "consummated" when she was 9. In other words, he r4aped a 9-year old child. How that fringe cult still gets to be a major religion is something of a mystery. Maybe the media should talk about that 🤷♂
I've seen The Daily Show also do a good job of covering how poorly Israel treats Palestinians. If you didn't know about any of the BS Israel has been doing pretty much since the Jews took over Israel, they would probably seem to be completely innocent.
But when you have Jewish people in both America and Israel protesting this horrific war, which has gone far past retaliation, that should tell you something. And the right has the nerve to call them anti-Semitic. They're flipping Jewish! The only anti-Semitic Jew I am aware of is Stephen Miller and he's on their side.
Mainstream media is too scared to report on the truth or be critical of Israel because they know they'll be labeled as anti-Semitic by mouthbreathers and politicians. We're truly fortunate to have someone like John who isn't scared.
But very little truth. But, as usual, as long as the bad guys are Jews all bets are off.
Very I bet johns furer is happy
Thank you, John, for having more moral courage and journalistic integrity than any other person in your position. Great job to the whole team. This is why you deserve all the Emmys. Maybe someday the rest of the media outlets will figure out we do actually want the truth.
People can’t handle the truth. That’s the problem. If the truth was more profitable (meaning more fun/gossipy/interesting) then so many more outlets would do it. But it’s not and only passion (hatred) runs this country because most politicians don’t care about anything but pandering towards the hatred.
Yeah. I left MSNBC, CNN, Colbert & Meyer for good. Not worth it. You gotta have minimum standards. The more you research this issue, it keeps getting exponentially worse. It's no wonder they want to appeal to "it's very confusing". They know that if you engage with the issue, you'll see how wrong they are.
Wake up and realize your brain is smooth from propaganda
I often find that the media covers some diminished version of it after months have gone by.
The military industrial complex owns the media and the govt. They aren’t allowed to be impartial.
Whoever participated in writing this episode, please know we love you and you've done an amazing job!
Amen
@@susanferguson5635There was so much information I was not fully aware of. It was mind blowing! I appreciate John and his amazing team! It breaks my heart those children live in fear!
@@debbeleigh1930I’m an American Palestinian and even I learned a lot from this video!
It is so refreshing to see that this is broadcasted. Speaking out the truth has never been more difficult than during a genocide..
A cousin of mine described seeing the women in labor being stuck at the wall being one of the most horrifying things she saw during her time there. I'm glad to see this being discussed on a mainstream platform.
monsters, and ones over here supporting it will stand before the creator.
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@@bbodyboiThe terrorists are also evil, they killed children. I am pro children, no support for either group of assholes.
@@romeumonteiro6443 save the crocodile tears. Don’t act like you care about human suffering or the loss of innocent life while Zionazi slaughter innocent children ON THE DAILY.
@@romeumonteiro6443☝️Hasbara lies
Principled journalism. A rare occurence in US media, props to this team for having a spine unlike many.
A rare occurence in US media, an impossible occurence elsewhere - saldy. I am Italian and there's zero discussion about that in mainstream media. Our position is basically US position, and EU doesn't count for anything but commerce
Try using that "If I don't steal it, someone else will" excuse at the grocery store or at someone's home, you'd be in jail by now
In the early 1800s US citizens did the same exact thing to the indigenous populations in the southeastern, eastern and midwestern US. Just moved in and took over their cabins, fine homes, orchards, agricultural fields, and whatever was left behind in the houses and barns after either the military rounded up the indigenous people and marched them to Oklahoma or the local white inhabitants forcibly took these peoples’ homes and property.
I beat you to those muffins, but call away.
@@Antares-Dragon exactly
@@melt4769Yes and that’s awful and I wish it never happened. That’s not relevant to this conversation.
This does work for an excuse in NYC
Idk how they keep letting this man come on national TV and speak these truths. But he’s about the only one on mainstream Western media saying this stuff and the people definitely appreciate it. Salute, John Oliver 🫡
"It's about dignity. And [...] dignity is something not negotiable. Right?" He had to say that to a delegation from GERMANY, whose constitution literally begins with the words: "Human dignity is untouchable."
I think he was probably fully aware of that, and chose his words wisely.
I think we have reached the point of absurdity where we have to seek agreement on basic things like: do we agree that torturing and killing civilians is a crime?! It's like we live in an idiocracy
"Die Würde des Menschen ist unantastbar, sie zu achten und zu schützen ist Verpflichtung jeder staatlichen Gewalt". It's such a shame that Premier Minister Netanjahu ignores the wish for negotiations. Camp David and the handshake of Rabin and Arafat at Camp David is long ago ... but peace and two souverain states are more necessary than ever.
he didnt have to say that, the german delegation asked for a routine diplomatic action.
Wow, imagine that ! I guess Germany is the only fucking country which its Constitution includes these affirmations ! And that it's version probably doesn't date back from after a certain year in the 20th century.
It's kind of insane that you're pissed at one mayor who politely said : "are joking to me ?" to people telling him to be decent to people treating them with no respect and worse, actual statistics to show that they're at danger with these exact same people around !
Vote for Trump bruh, I've nothing else to say ! Your comment is giving me nausea...
Thank you for being one of the rare celebrities standing up for humanity, truth, thank you.
@@fleuryfleur gross.
ua-cam.com/video/fFKDOAUWDtA/v-deo.html
@@jacobstout7836 imagine responding "gross" on someone praising another for their humanity.
God's chosen, you sure are 😂
@@ritzbrecio imagine spreading antisemitic lies.
@@jacobstout7836 nice deflection, God's chosen. Christian nationalists rally behind you. They want to go to heaven 😂
Finally!!! This episode brought me to tears. As a Palestinian-American who was born and raised in the States, I grew up thinking the 'radical' Palestinians were always provoking the 'peaceful' Israelis. I am ashamed to say I was embarrassed to even say I was Palestinian to all my American friends. The media had me believing that the oppressed were the oppressors. The media had me believing that my people were terr.orists. When I moved to Palestine and saw with my own eyes the reality of the situation, my mind was blown by the injustice. I just wanted to scream to the world 'what you are seeing on the news is a lie!!'
Thank you from the bottom of my heart to John Oliver and his team for being the voice of the oppressed. 🙏
American media has convinced so many of these lies. I stand with you and all oppressed. 👊🏻💞
What you saw were terrorists under control
I'm with you! And I'm so grateful that John Oliver has displayed how it's our own delusional, religious zealotry that is making us do these insane, destructive and heart-breaking things. "Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive." (W.Scott) We've deceived ourselves until we believe our own nonsense. We've been doing it for generations. We've enshrined the right of free speech to trump our innate right of the dignity of just having leaders who do not lie to our faces while we enthusiastically march our civilization towards the cliff. This is how all civilization ends: "with thundering applause." (G. Lucas)
you where always the opressor no matter the timeline
Don't be fooled the truth was there all the time i don't trust thier motives
Whenever I hear an Israeli say "Nobody was using this land" I have to stop and determine if they meant literally nobody, or "Some Palestinians were here, but they don't count as people."
Ben and Jerry's need to make a John Oliver ice cream
Pork-Banana flavor....♥️
Very sour, very bitter, & just unpleasant to eat... I'd rather have the Adam Conover one, nice, frothy, butterscotch-like, & best of all, almonds in the mix.
@@TheElvisJamboreeyou forget, he's English. His ice cream would be flavored like La Croix is: hint of hint of lime.
Maybe they can call it, “Jew Hater”.
@@richmotroni and yours would be "incomprehensible tribalism."
"I just want my government to have the moral backbone that's been shown by Ben and F***ing Jerry's!" "That cannot be too much to ask." Here here, John Oliver. Thank you for this incredibly important segment.
kind of feel like supporting ben & jerry's now...
Funny, didn't G-Joe and Seth Meyer had ice cream several months ago?
Reminder Oliver's English he never has the moral ground
unfortunately Ben And Jerry's also said America caused the War In Ukraine so not exactly always right about everything
@@credenzamostro Well, pushing for its acceptance into Nato can be concerning. Look at our reactions to BRICC (or whatever it's called). We are afraid of not being the top dog anymore
The most sincere, professional source of journalism is a late night comedy show. What a time to be alive.
For real.
Very well said! I know, I'm just floored right now!
He writes his show on the back of journalist who don’t get attention. The people who do the day-to-day on the ground work. they aren’t gone.
That’s because US news are a joke, in it to make money, so they stupify their audience with day-trading polls, horse-race election coverage and he-said-she-said political bullshit. John Oliver actually addresses policy that is screwing us, and it’s hard to watch without his jokes.
This piece is important because of its reach, but there are tons of dedicated people covering this - Owen Jones, Al Jazeera (now banned in Israel), HasanAbi, TrueAnon, The Intercept, Secular Talk, Mondoweiss, Jacobin, Bellingcat, Middle East Eye, North Star Radio, GDF, Yugopnik, Electronic Intifada... and Noah Samsen did a jawdropping piece on "war crime Tik Toks"
Wow incredible, wasn't expecting this. Actual correct information on american tv without western propaganda. Respect to Oliver and his team!
yeah, totaly "correct" --- ua-cam.com/video/fFKDOAUWDtA/v-deo.htmlsi=EaIWT1vz8hjVyKNV
"A joke in the same way that this show is a comedy."
Thank you for stretching the term to the breaking point, John and crew.
I just commented nearly the same sentiment haha
I am an atheist. I don't believe in the existence of God. There is insufficient evidence or rational justification to support the belief in any gods or supernatural entities. I rely on reason, logic, and empirical evidence to form my worldview and do not find compelling evidence or arguments to support the existence of god..
@@snehashispanda4808 what is this in response to?
@@snehashispanda4808 sir this is a Wendy's
@@agreb25 I guess the poster is implying that Israel doesn't have an argument based on anything other than religion that not everyone agrees with?
The whole team of Last Week Tonight deserves another Emmy just for the "Musk" joke. Genius man. Absolutely genius.
Agreed
wow. No one has explained the Palestinian plight in the West Bank so clearly as John. Thank you!
It really seems like "the two sides need to compromise" is the equivalent of telling a bully's victim "if you'll just agree to obediently do his homework, maybe I'll *consider* stopping giving him some of the bigger rocks he's been throwing at you."
@@brittb1696 yeah really seems like if you tell a story in an incredibly one-sided manner, things seem one-sided. No shit.
@@gr3g0r5 The reality is one-sided. Whether you see it or not. The rest of the world is waking up to the basic facts. And the world is not going to be fooled for much longer. American voters are turning HARD against Israel. It's a matter of time.
Who's the bully and who's the vicitim?
@@Bedlam83 the ones doing the apartheid, october 7th was terrible but it doent negate the apartheid
@@lcantdolife2994 I'm kinda with you. At this point I consider the ultranationalist Netanyahu government and Hamas terrorists and their supporters to be equally evil and responsible for the current mess.
12:39 I got chills how FAST he answered this question... "Nothing. Die." The frustration in his voice was UNREAL!
I gagged on my lunch. So sad. 😖
Yea, but he can choose to surrender. He simply chooses not to. It is a choice
Edit: To clarify, what I am offended by, is his whining and complaining, considering that his situation was brought about by his own choices.
He can easily move from West Bank or inform on his people to the Israelis for good healthcare. Instead, he chose to live in a healthcare desert.
It is as if an elderly lady decided to fight back against an armed robber. Make better choices in life.
@@John_Smith_86 surrender what exactly there is a check point between residential blocks so the only option would be sell his home and just move to be a refugee somewhere else?
@@John_Smith_86 What do you mean choose to surrender? Surrender his home? So if I try to steal your wallet, you want to stop me, and I stab you in the process, it's your own fault that you got stabbed since you couldve just given me the wallet?
What the actual fuck is that logic.
@@hungrydragon9402 Then I chose to fight back, correct? It is a choice, yes? Tell the truth
There ist more to the dignity thing the guy said to the German diplomats.
The very first sentence of the German constitution ist: "The human dignity shall be inviolable."
I still love that sentence.
shame they forgot that as they send money to Israel and run defense for their crimes
Not "shall be", but "is".
However, everyone who lives in Germany knows that it is not true.
then the German government proceeds to sell weapons to Israel during their massacre in Gaza and imprison hundreds of people just for carrying Palestinian flags... so much for a Constitution 🤡
@@Spaziergaenger975truer than in many of its neighbors at least
the 1949 German constitution is really well written but the first 20 articles are one big masterpiece worthy to serve as blueprint for all humankind akin to Beethoven's 9th symphony as hymn for the world
Learning about all of this was eye opening. I felt so lied to and betrayed. No one ever told THAT IS what I support with MY TAXES! Thank you so much for having integrity!
Every US senator is a Jew. Jews funded their campaigns. Every US law is Jewish law. The USA is really the USI.
Just a question, you never saw any protests against this where you live the past 10 months? I am astonished people are still "waking up".
@@sofiajohansson8537 I am an advocate for Palestine for a year now. I learnt it mainly through social media, saw the first hand footage. 2022 was the Mahsa Amini revolution (still going on) that's when I became involved in social justice movements. #freeiran #freepalestine
@@s.b.662 Thank you for the clarification, I thought you meant this video opened up your eyes.
@@sofiajohansson8537 don't judge people for just learning about it late, everyone who takes an interest and stands up against injustice is good, no matter when they come to the cause
I was in the middle east in 2008, which included a few weeks in the West Bank. In that short time I personally saw examples of everything John Oliver talks about in this video. Checkpoints every few miles, sniper towers and forced ghettoization. Gleeful harassment and humiliation of old men and women at gunpoint. Settlers on the hill taking pot shots at Palestinians and their cars and houses (yes, with guns, not merely rocks and beer bottles). A military convoy of about 10 vehicles rolled into town at night, abducted several people and left their family members terrified amd confused. No arrest, no formal charges. Bulldozed houses, denied permits.
So glad someone is addressing the elephant in the room re: Israeli ethnic cleansing. The settlements and expansionism absolutely must go. Israel does just fine with its legal territories and could be generating so much more wealth for itself and the world in peaceful relations at least with Egypt and Jordan. Israel could be so much stronger and more secure if it cleaned house of these right wing nut jobs.
Here's why:
ONCE UPON A TIME IN MIDDLE EAST:
From the first time they arrived in that part of the world, Imperial Britain's plan was to have European occupy (settle, or land grab or whatever your flavor is) that part of the world like they did to this part of the world for its land as well as rich natural resources. Therefore they began by moving europeanjews (who had initially asked the British to settle them in Argentina) to Palestine, later to be followed by russianjews, and renamed it.
The difference between the Native Americans and people in Eastern Africa into Western Asia (Middle east), Turkey, Iran, India, are central Asia) was that unfortunately for them, the native Americans were not able to defend themselves like people in that part of the world, so like Palestinians, they lost big time, and no one was willing to help.
However, The Plan keeps running into snags.
When British empire conceded to American Empire, that plan changed much over time. From having complete states with governments in that part of the world, but in conflict of course, to micro states run by local religious warlords, Amirs, Khalifehs, Ayatollahs, or whatever your flavor is. And, that's how we got to where we're.
America would be doing a lot better without our right-wing nutjobs, too. Nowadays "Conservative" parties are nothing more than a vehicle for neo-nazi hate and racist policies, so they must be made irrelevant for the good of humanity.
No Israel shouldn’t be exist anymore. They have denied two state solution why Palestinians should recognize it any more?!!!
There is only Palestine 🇵🇸 everything else is Zionists project!
I visited a lot of the middle east myself and saw much of the same in that region. It's despicable that this is allowed to continue.
What saddens me the most is that the Israeli government can't see the checkpoints, fences, & harassment as the ghettos that preceded the camps of the final solution. It seems they realized that the camps would be more than the international community can ignore, & decided that they would just do the 1st part. It will take longer, but still have the same outcome. Except, no outside interference.
This is shocking. Can’t believe John Oliver was able to deliver this program. Just imagine living the life of a Palestinian in West Bank.
@@manijeh9843 Kidnapping 14 yr old boys off farms and assassinating them. No.
Yeah and I can tell you he was really soft! He didn’t cover the countless war crimes…
Yeah mean normally the western media is lying and you can't trust westeners and their values?
And Gaza is a whole different hell.
@@mohammadhossam6459 Yep. Like shooting fish in a barrel. Palestinians no longer have a nation, thereby, they have no passports to leave. The Israeli military is chicken ass.
In a world where all major media has turned a blind eye to these disgraceful human violation, all I can say is thank you for making this piece.
Preach. ❤
Hugs brother!
Couldnt have said it better, Ive been waiting for someone to say the truth for decades.
You're insane. Every show or TV channel you turn on is Israel Palestine. No one gave a crap about Syria or Yemen, but right now with the Jews you can't take a dump without hearing at least one neighbor's house outside your window with the TV on to Israel. Palestine the victim mentality here is next level
Wow! What an incredible piece of journalism
Thank you John Oliver
John made the HBO lawyers work so much (and so rich) that they managed to avoid a nervous breakdown the second John's team let out the words "West Bank".
"You know what, John ? Go on. The dragons are our Iron Dome so this one shall pass."
They won an Emmy after making a 2020 sign explode. But here, it's real journalism. With more integrity and backbone than most modern media. I applaud it, encourage it. I've been pro-Palestinian since I was 16 years old reading an article about a kid shot by an Israeli soldier with au automatic rifle after the boy had thrown a rock at him. And I think it's the first time an American show teaches me anything about how awful the Palestinian situation is. I hope the Last Week Tonight's team courage can inspire many others to speak up or act !
I am grateful people like you exist.
You are such a fool to think this whole situation can be condensed into a 20 minute segment filled with jokes and laugh breaks. I cannot just hear ''at least the research is better than FOX'' to be something I just blindly clap my hands for, drowning out all other sounds and voices and FACTS that are omitted here. John even says this is going to be a ''way too basic'' take.
What parts are lies ? @@Juddyfresh
@Juddyfresh
I would be sincerely interested in hearing your critique of the perceived shortcomings in Jon’s presentation. I probably won’t have time to interact with your response, but I’m willing to listen and consider your perspective. Peace.
@Juddyfresh tell us all those lies if you don't mind. Please leave out opinions and include statistics.
Only John Oliver can point out how ice cream has more integrity than the U.S. government.🤦🏽♀️
Uhm really? So how did he call out Biden, or whoever pulls his strings, out on this? Not one word.
Good point. I will say John Oliver has at least brought the injustice of the West Bank into the mainstream conversation
Off topic@@youcancallmeana
@@youcancallmeanasome BDS I see
I am genuinely surprised this aired. Spent the entire episode holding my breath to hear "but it's all hamas's fault". Kudos to you
Hamas doesn't have control here the west bank governinf party has also fought a brief civil war against Hamas
60 Minutes did a similar exposé a few years ago and was heavily criticized!
The Hamas excuse still doesn't mean Israel can do what they want with an entire Palestinian population
IKR! Same, the truth is getting out there finally after all these decades of censorship
Here in Scandinavia most people don’t blame Hamas. We acknowledge that there is blame to be placed on both sides, but that genocide is never an appropriate response to terror.
John Oliver is a hero for this segment alone. Amazing.
If the place you live in is encircled by a fence, and your movements are controlled by armed personnel, it’s called a prison. What exactly are these people guilty of?
Praying to the wrong invisible Sky Daddy.
Being Palestinian. Zionism is a racist, apartheid, terrorist ideology.
@@mystuff9999actually Muslims nd Jews pray to the same god. Imagine wat they would do to someone who doesn’t. 😅
Being against the united states of hypocrites
staying in there land
John will have to figure out how to make room for another Emmy. What an amazing episode.
This might have ended every chance of getting an Emmy ever again. But yes he deserves every recognition for his bravery and he barely scratched the surface of how devestating life can be in the west bank.
@@josefabuaisheh6262 How would it end the chance when he had discussed this stuff in 2021 when he accused Israel of committing war crimes and practicing apartheid? it feels like you are leaning on the trope of Jews/zionists control everything and therefore he won't win. History has already proven this incorrect
You think hollywood would give him an emmy for this? 😂
He won something more important anyways. Credibility and respect.
John Oliver. You should be proud. You are a man of courage when the world needs it and has so little of it. You should be very proud for making the world a little better.
Lol except he is taking the safer positions
@@aaabbb-py5xdyou'd think, but weirdly, anti-apartheid isn't the safe position. A lot of money and force goes into attempts to shield Israel from valid criticism of their two-tiered system. Not even to mention the ongoing genocide I imagine you'll downplay
@@slashb7836 So think again. John Oliver was too happy to take on the distraction that is West Bank, just so he can cowardly hide behind an image of courage, one which has already been permitted by the "free world" for purposes of appearance and propaganda
@@aaabbb-py5xd yeah. It's weird how much being Anti-Israel is the safest position to take in 2024.
@@slashb7836”Valid criticism” is fine, Israeli citizens are critical of the Israeli government more than anyone else. They have the right to do so. The issue starts when an unfair “golden standard” is reserved for Israel that apparently doesn’t apply elsewhere. The lands of Judea and Samaria are now known as the “West Bank,” which refers to West of the Jordan River - a name given to the territory after the illegal Jordanian annexation of it in 1950, followed by Jewish ethnic cleansing, destruction of synagogues, a large influence of Palestinian-Arab refugees (following the war started by the Arab League and championed by the Nazi-collaborating Palestinian Grand Mufti), and then Jordan citizenship was applied to Palestinians. None of that was mentioned in this segment. The very idea of the Fourth Geneva Convention is to maintain the pre-existing sociopolitical status of the land until a mutual agreement can be made. Before 1967, the land was illegally annexed by Jordan. Before that, it was under British Mandate. One could argue that the Arabs were offered the “West Bank” per the UN Partition Plan. They rejected this outright (as regretted by Arafat.) Of course, the Palestinians have additionally rejected sovereignty on numerous occasions - 2000 Camp David Summit, 2001 Taba Summit, 2008 Olmert Plan, and the Kerry Initiative, to name a few. Not to mention that the PLO agreed to full Israeli military and planning control over Zone C per Oslo Accords (which didn’t mention settlements once.)
Respect for this gentleman
An Oscar for this man; for his bravery to speak up and style of delivering truthful journalism.
I wonder if his paycheck has anything to do with his willingness to speak up.
@@Whuesoexplain :)
@@ReconnaisX What would you be willing to say for millions per year? How much braver would you be?
you mean democratic and leftist journalism. because jon frankly says a lot of BS
Pulitzer Prize.
There's no justification for apartheid _ever_
Ther is if you are a notsee fascist like most it’s not real’s supporter
U should tell to the Israelis because clearly they didn't receive the memo
your right but there isnt one...
@@yotamrec451 yeah, because "isreali-arabs" und "palestinians" are the same, right?
American segregation laws are same as Nürnberg laws as is apartheid
"This must never happen again to the Jewish people, and this must not happen again to any people anywhere" SPOT-ON.
How is it spot-on? Six million Jews died in the gas chambers - nothing comparable is happening today in the West Bank OR GAZA. The Palestinians have faced grave injustices, but the hyperbole of people like you and John Oliver will hurt your cause. No one will take you seriously - except the antisemites of the world.
There is no occupation. The Arab legion occupied and created the existence of the "West Bank," which undoubtedly belongs to Israel under the international law principle, Uti Possidentis Juris. Israel liberated the land when they were yet again attacked from it. What year do you imagine Israel "occupied" Palestina
Poetry
Nothing says “We’re only defending ourselves” like evicting natives, introducing an apartheid system, and colonising and annexing land.
I am crying, as a human, and a Muslim and a Sudanese individual, who has been actively displaced from their home land in December 15th 2023 and is now a refugee I ache from a lot, but the political gaslighting surrounding the situation in Palestine and Sudan is the most painful.
Thank you for shedding a light on the truth, May Allah bless you guys and us, guide you and us to see what’s right, and to act on it. Amen
Political gaslighting? Lmao both sides are evil. You can’t just act like Israel is the only one killing civilians
power to the sudanese people, history will reveaI the extent of the eviI which foreign countries inflicted to sudan through a proxy war
Maybe don‘t believe in a fictional entity and actually change things in real life?
I want you to know that we see you and feel your pain, you are not invisible, it's very upsetting
and unjust what you all are going through, I pray that you can be living in peace soon.
@@Chrisko1492 After someone who's been through as much as this person, condescension shouldn't be your "go-to". Do better!
How do you go beyond liking a video? Thank you so much John Oliver and the whole team for having the strength, and dignity to do this.
Reply to several other comments & upvote them. That bends the YT algorythm so more get the recommendation.
Share and share far and wide.
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agree - also, vote for a president with humanist values.
@@dandilolloif you’re hoping for any presidential candidate to have “humanist values” in regards to Palestine you are in for a rude awakening.
"Not all battles are fought for victory. Some are fought simply to tell the world that someone was there on the battlefield."- Ravish Kumar
It was always about Human Dignity.
Raising your children to comit murder and suicide has zero to do with dignity
Ravish Kumar, is so extra ordinary.
The greatest democracy in the region? More like Hitler was reborn as a Zio***t
Exactly the Palestinians don't give a crap you could give them back 90% of their land and they would still try and kill anyone on the last 10% land will never solve this
Thank you for this. We are all hungry for the truth and for justice. Humanity is what unties us and disregard for this will destroy us.
Never seen a LWT episode with that few laughters! Thank you, John Oliver, for having the guts to use your platform
3:12, is when John O. starts his history monologue from the moment Israel was founded n started their war of independence, that concluded on the 6 day war. Where "THEY TOKE THIER LAND BACK" and some more from Egypt n Jordan that they later give back with a Peace Treaty (that they have abided by since then). Palestinian people were the one living on Jewish people land that was taken from them by the Romans, In the early 2nd century CE, the Roman province of Judaea was renamed Syria Palaestina ("Palestinian Syria"). Israel became legitimize by their Independence on 14 May 1948, while Palestine has not, n since then Israel after the war has coexisted with the Palestinians that were living on the Jewish people land. There are more Palestinians living in harmony with Israeli people, been part of their government, while 1/3 of Palestinians do to Religious believe and heat-treat towards Israel outright calling for the death of all Israelis n the Palestinians that support them. With the implementation of the plan, IDF installations and forces were removed and over 9000 Israeli citizens living in 25 settlements were evicted. By 22 September 2005, Israel's withdrawal from the entire Gaza Strip to the 1967 Green Line, and the eviction of the four settlements in Samaria, was completed. Israel after been force by the USA for peace chose to give Gaza to Palestinians for them to run n they voted for HAMAS a terrorist's organization branched from ISIS leaders that have been living inside Gaze for years causing more attacks n violence in the area.
As of today the Gaza Strip is governed by the Hamas Terrorist Group that was elected on 2016 after a strong misleading campaign of misinformation n lies about their beliefs that they said has changed to a more moderate one that were all lies. Soon the majority over 60%-70% of Palestinian people disagree with the actions n beliefs of their government but were not capable n Hamas remains in power on the Gaza Strip were only Islamic Palestinians (40% of all residents are children) n 0 (zero) Judaims Israeli people live or reside.
While on the Israeli side is been governed by a leaders that despite n also hate the Palestinian people and every USA President since Bill Clinton has said that after many meetings, peace talks, n agreements signed they all believe they don’t want peace n seen peaceful agreement were forced on them. Also like on the Gaza N West Bank the residents n citizens of Israel disapprove of their own government with a 65%-75% of them wanting to remove them from power but after multiple close election they haven’t been able to do it. Specially unlike Palestinians controlled lands Israeli people are welcome of their Palestinians people with nearly 2 million of Palestinians (20% of the residents n citizens) living on Israeli controlled land together n in peace not counting the 3 million in the West Bank and 2 million in the Gaza Strip.
FOR FACK CHECKING!!
feel free to google any of that information, ready a history book n feel free to discussing it it with me, and PLEASE ALSO WATCH:
in UA-cam: (no links because if I do the message is blocked, so her are the names n date posted on YT)
- "Israel-Hamas War: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)" , from 8 months ago.
- "History of Israel-Palestine Conflict" by History on Maps, 3 years ago.
- "History of Israel-Palestine Conflict" 9 months ago.
A-effing-men
@@bjornpagenkemper6622 That's because it was all trashy, Al Jazeeraesque propaganda.
Because it’s hard to laugh at these facts.
@@jauipop please educate me n what I wrote is incorrect, 90% of them are from John Oliver videos I name on the bottom. All the data I use u can check ur self n prove me wrong or find out what I said is correct. Did u already saw Last week tonight with John Oliver: Israel vs Hamas video?
Thank you John Oliver. Completely on point. My favorite line: “To be clear, dignity is the absolute beginning of this; what’s required is justice. And the call for that is getting louder.” Over 7 decades of injustice, devastation, & apartheid, supported by the biggest powers that be, has to end.
Amen. I'm pushing people to share this this video widely. There is a share button above comments, and Facebook or emails or anything you can think of as options to get it out there. Or copy the link and share that, make it part of your email signature, we have a lot of power just in those here in the comments. Together we stand.
Delusional and repetitive propaganda repeated by another activist. There is no occupation. The Arab legion occupied and created the existence of the "West Bank," which undoubtedly belongs to Israel under the international law principle, Uti Possidentis Juris. Israel liberated the land when they were yet again attacked from it. What year do you imagine Israel "occupied" Palestina
There is no occupation. The Arab legion occupied and created the existence of the "West Bank," which undoubtedly belongs to Israel under the international law principle, Uti Possidentis Juris. Israel liberated the land when they were yet again attacked from it. What year do you imagine Israel "occupied" Palestina
Not sure why this important video is blocked from being shown in Israel but in true Israeli fashion I used a VPN to watch it.
I watch in Israel, it's not blocked
If you’re in Israel and you’re watching this, then good on you ❤
@@AnimeIntroStyles4 👉As long as you don't throw a beer bottle at the TV or you laptop.😇
Bullsh*t
is it blocked in lsraI??
how is this show always on top of their game for a decade continuously
tegrity
To be fair this has been going on for decades. They’re actually behind if anything
@@josue24 they are not behind because they are talking about it. His job is to inform not solve the problem. Its up to ppl like you and me the viewers to get involved and make a difference. He does a great job. Some people would never know about this ever and only flip though videos for entertainment.. He entertains and educates at the same time.
Lots of research and honesty
Human misery is boundless
from Palestine we thank you John Oliver for your courage of speech
@@Tyh26 Speaking of friends of Hamas, “For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it’s blown up in our faces“ - The Times of Israel By TAL SCHNEIDER- 8 October 2023.
@@Tyh26 Yes Sinwar is the new leader of the resistance against the apartheid coloniser state of israhell.
@@smulin01 oh I see so Netanyahu is really a double agent with who needs Hamas and depends on them for his political career? but kills them to return the favor ? 🤡to much Kanye for u sir🤡
@@Nomad-bi6su fun fact : Israelis and Arabs have equal voting rights etc.. for those living there !! a simple google search can solve this
@@Tyh26 no he is not my friend, and why don't you go ask Netanyahu and his followers who made it possible for Hamas to become such a force by funding them through Qatar and Iran?
My jaw is still dropped from the part about "just by being here and thinking this land is theirs, they are all guilty...." Just, wow! I'm astounded that the offspring of Holocaust survivors have turned into the same evil.
Then you have not read the Talmud, she is doing exactly what her religion tells her, do you think all the centuries of Jewish persecution is because all countries are racist? Go read about the Talmud, the Raddis courrupted Judaism to much that it is incompatible with humanity.
They learnt the wrong lessons clearly.. my feeling for years now is exactly as you have stated. True story for you. I worked with a very nice Israel man while working in Italy years ago, I touched on the topic with him to get a sense of why it could be so, and aren't these people ashamed.. but no.. he told me the whole problem was about demographics, and that the Arabs have too many babies which put Israel at risk.. at that moment I realised that Israel systematically implementing genocide without care or shame.. truly a horrific realisation to think they have transformed into the monster that once threatened them...
@@ForOurGood I doubt if youtube will let me write any comment, everything gets deleted. But here is another true story. This story I heard on youtube, by a Holocaust survivor who turned out to be Pro Palestine supporter. It could be Ilan Pappe but I may be mistaken. Anyways, he has a female relative who survived the concentration camp. She was working in cloth area, the people who are gassed, their clothes were brought in to her room. She was separated from her parents when arrived at the camp. Everyday, she would look at the clothes. One day, she recognized the clothes of her mom and dad brought to her. Can you imagine how this woman felt? The person telling the story explains that, while he stayed in England, she ended up moving to I$r. ael. When he met with her decade later, he found out that she turned out to be a completely racist person against Plstin.ian-s. He was saying that, this would be the last person on earth to become racist or with prejudice to anyone else due to what she went through....
Not to be trite, but hurt people hurt people.
Read your Koran (Alquran). The entire area was once part of Kingdom of Israel led by David (Daud).
John Oliver asking for the JEWS to "delete" him🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
My respect to you guys for having a BACKBONE👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you John Oliver. Unfortunately the people who truly need to see this will not see it because of the algorithms.
It's mainstream at least
I’m not so sure about that.
Liberals will see it and it’s the Zionist liberals who need to see it the most.
Calling yourself progressive or liberal and supporting Israel is the definition of hypocrisy.
7:59 "Building on stolen land is an inherently political act; it is also by the way copyright infringement."
-naturalized US citizen John Oliver
You have earned the right to say this.
That is nonsense
@@watnoudan Care to elaborate?
John Oliver has more balls than the entirety of the US government.
Why do you think he has to sit at the desk?
@@ODoyleRulz😂
How's that?
He hasn't done shit for Palestinians except yap and yell "both sides" bullshit.
you jew loving dog :D
I'm so grateful for John Oliver and Jon Stewart. They are the only news sources out of the U.S. that are willing to discuss Palestine.
Try Colonial Outcast or Mint Press, or The Grey Zone, or Sabby, and even Jimmy Dore. All these are really excellent and there is more.
Also Bill Maher.
Name a single mainstream newssource that is unwilling to discuss Palestine
Illegal settlements? Not regularly discussed.
@@meme4one ok, name a mainstream news source that didn't cover the settlements in the past month. I'm finding articles from CNN, Fox, MSNBC, Reuters.. 2 of those specifically mention the international legality of the settlements and 1 even mentions apartheid
Everyone commenting how this takes balls is a commentary in and of itself of the sad state of our media and world affairs. Why should it take such ‘balls’ to speak the truth?
Because the dystopic nature of modern "civilization" is so unbearably obvious that it bleeds into the natural way we approach reality.
The point of detaining a child is to intimidate the parent
and to teach the child that they are “unworthy” of the protection that adults owe them
Also to let the child grow up knowing who is "in charge". To condition them to grow into a submissive state and "know their place".
@@ramb0lxmb Or make a freedom fighter out of them, so when he rebels they have propaganda material to show the world how "evil" the Palestinians are.
Also also to make everyone in the society scared that next time it could be *their* children.
Exactly, the NYPD does it to kids of NYC politicians to manipulate them, AKA the NYPD is a terrorist organization.
"The idea that taking someone's land is wrong coming from someone with this accent", is spot on.
The history of the world is that of one group of people taking the land of another group of people😢.
Its Israels territory, the arabs in israel lost the war, they cannot expext to Go to territorial partitions that were offered by Israel BEFORE the first conflict. Its as if germany after the second world war was to propose borders that were appearent along ethnic Lines of before the first world war.
The germans were forced to leave, the arabs werent but should have as they were citizens of Jordan and Egypt.
@@icephoenix5466 You might be correct. However, this nonsense that Israel is the "Good Guy" is a joke. The start of Israel was in 1917 not 1948. This is a convenient lie to obscure the fact that the Israel Project was just late-stage colonialism by European Jews.
@@icephoenix5466 Uh ok. The thing is, if we armed Palestinians the way we subsidize Israel's army, I think the tally of who wins what war would be much different lol. But whether or not Israel has more might does not make it more entitled to land that was never rightfully its own. That's a gross, strongman ideology you're trying to push here.
@@grasshopperye3593 Much of it is about keeping citizens ignorant. Talking to you, America. And sometimes the politicians. So much evil can be committed in the name of ignorance. "I didn't know . . . " Sound familiar?
That Elon Musk joke being the smell of apartheid was 🤌
I hate elon but I don't get the apartheid joke.
@@soham2547Elon Musk ia South African, which was famously a big apartheid state.
@@soham2547Elon Musk was born and grew up in apartheid South Africa, and as a white family, his father in particular directly benefited from it.
@@EmpressCosplayand his parents made lots of money off the back of apartheid iirc
His family benefited from aparthied. Apparently his family had emerald mines and slave labour@@soham2547
John Oliver is on the right side of humanity. Hats off to him and may God illuminate his path.
"...I guess at the very least I just want my government to have the moral backbone that's been shown by Ben and Jerry's..."
Two Jewish guys by the way!
@@bkm2797 Oh, but according to the pro-Likud crowd they're "morally confused" because they aren't 100% on board with Israel's shenanigans.
@@bkm2797 And 2 guys who do not own that company anymore. They just have a non role percentage. So, they didn't make those decisions.
@hearts_truCAT_tess they pretty much directly made that decision, actually. And another Jew, Josh Shapiro, tried to destroy their business because of their principled stand, by attempting to cudgel Ben and Jerry's with blatantly unconstitutional BDS laws.
So push for something achievable. Oust Bebe for Gantz and demand the 2008 offer with freedom for the Palestinians. Everyone keeps saying peace and then getting further and further apart in their demands.
I was in the West Bank last year Nov-Dec shortly after the conflict escalated and this is not an exaggeration. There are walls and fences everywhere, so much so it looks more like an internment camp than a home. Went through like 5 checkpoints before I got to where I needed to go. Luckily I was a foreigner so they let us through without hassle after flipping through my passport. However, some of the Palestinians on the bus were not as lucky where some were not allowed through the checkpoint and had to get off the bus and stand in the middle of the road to get a ride back.
They are living in an open air prison.
They should've accepted the Clinton deal. Instead, they make choice after choice that convinces Israelis that the Palestinians are fundamentally violent and belong in prison.
Have you looked into why they have these measures in place? Car bombings originating in the west bank were a serious issue in israel and tge PLO was unable or unwilling (unwilling) to prevent their citizens from conducting indiscriminate bombings of civilians.
The current arrangements are a results of negotiabs and agreements between the israelis and their recognized representatives, the PLO. AKA second Oslo accords or Oslo 2.
@@FreyjaFoxx.x So after you stole their houses, you treated them like shit ANYWAYS... When you give someone no hope to live for more than 75 years, don't come and cry because they are fighting back by any mean... Oh, I forget that you keep treating them even MORE SHITTIER than before and just like your comment, you play the victim here :D
@@FreyjaFoxx.x Wow, that is the most ridiculous and contrived excuse for treating people like slaves. You must be so proud of yourself as a person.
@@FreyjaFoxx.x simple solution would be for the settlers to LEAVE, they are there ILLEGALLY and then want to cry about facing resistance to their presence
Props to HBO and John Oliver for this brazen middle finger to AIPAC & Co.
... and John Hagee's apocalyptic "Christian" organization.
This is exactly what took place here in South Africa
I'm in Tennessee. I'm a Palestinian-American who has to thank you. Just. Thank you.
So, you support terrorism? Nice.
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I don't watch cable anymore so i didn't see this show when it aired. But someone on X posted about it and i had my doubts. I said no way John Oliver will go this far in saying the truth and not lose his job or life. I guess i was wrong. Just wow. This is beyond anything i expected. Thank you John, from my hometown in South East Nigeria.
So maybe he wasn't telling the truth. Hamas likes him, no reason to lose his life, is there?
He stated some facts and omitted about 500 others.
What is x?? And honestly I feel disappointed in John, the way he keeps calling what's happening in Gaza a "war" when it's not a fight between two armies, but Israel systemically killing thousands of civilians
He also keeps calling the October attack horrific and an inciting incident, as if that moment exists in a vacuum, and if what Israel has done isn't the actual inciting incident, and isn't a thousand times more violent
@@andrew3203 What are you talking about?
@@suereed3474 It's a 30 minutes program. What do you expect? For every information over the last 80 to fit inside it?
"If it smells like Apartheid, looks like Apartheid, sounds like Apartheid; then it's Apartheid" Heartfelt thanks to you and your team John, this is admirable work.
However: in apartheid south africa there was no black south african in the high court
in the Israeli supreme court there is Khaled Kabub a Muslim Arab
also in south africa black people could not be MPs - weirdly in Israel there is e.g. the united Arab list with 5 MPs in the Knesset - it was even a member of the governing coalition in 2021
somehow i cant picture that for an Apartheid state
In south africa blacks werent even allowed to vote from 1936 onwords - Israeli arabs are allowed to vote
dont trivialize Apartheid in Africa by naming a vastly better situation, Apartheid !
@@hmhmoinsdk Hasbara(Israeli online pr0paganda guide) so tired.
@@hmhmoinsdk Do Zi0Nazis ever stop with the Hasbara?
@@hmhmoinsdkcomparing what's happening in Palestine to apartheid is entirely legitimate. You being able to find a handful of tokens in government doesn't mean that there isn't governmental discrimination, separation, and discrimination towards one specific group. "Please don't call this apartheid" is some respectability bulshit that can't be afforded right now
@@hmhmoinsdk the situation in the illegal west bank settlements, in which the legal system is controlled entirely by military courts, is categorically Apartheid. There's no trivializing Apartheid in South Africa when Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu both likened Israel's treatment of Palestinians to Apartheid South Africa.
As an Israeli citizen, this is extremely painful to me, because I agree with it. The west bank has been a major point of contention in Israel politics for longer than I've been alive. There are many of us trying to force our government to stop these crimes, but sadly, Netanyahu will do literally anything to stay out of jail for his corruption, including tearing the country apart and taking it down with him.
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You're being fooled.
There is no occupation. The Arab legion occupied and created the existence of the "West Bank," which undoubtedly belongs to Israel under the international law principle, Uti Possidentis Juris. Israel liberated the land when they were yet again attacked from it. What year do you imagine Israel "occupied" Palestina
It never ceases to amaze me that these comedians are more effective at conveying such crucial information to the ostensibly comatose American public than the supposed serious news media. Well done Mr Oliver.
Nobody is as sincerely ignorant as the American People
The united states news is completely controlled by zionist. So brainwashing it's disturbing.
It never ceases to amaze me how easily activists worship and self-righteously delude each other.
There is no occupation. The Arab legion occupied and created the existence of the "West Bank," which undoubtedly belongs to Israel under the international law principle, Uti Possidentis Juris. Israel liberated the land when they were yet again attacked from it. What year do you imagine Israel "occupied" Palestina
@@Bam6a What say you we start with 1917 when the eminently corruptible English aristocracy caved in to Zionist pressure from the Rothschilds and decided it was more preferable to have the ‘dirty’ scheming Jews encamped in far away Palestine than in London’s East End, where they could be made useful in continuing the fading empire’s destabilising efforts to better control the neophyte Arab Kingdoms?
A heartfelt thank you for doing this. Much respect to Mr. Oliver and team for taking a risk and reporting the facts.
He really is very courageous to talk about this openly like this.
I'm assuming that, as with the episode about Putin, they did put some.. additional protections in place.
(But he's kind of given both Mossad and FSB (former KGB) plausible deniability now)
How so? It's very popular to criticize Israel.
He has many Emmy awards, the ADL, Israel’s spy agency cant cancel him.
Why exactly
Why exactly
Massive respect to John Oliver and his team. Thank you for speaking the truth.
There is no occupation. The Arab legion occupied and created the existence of the "West Bank," which undoubtedly belongs to Israel under the international law principle, Uti Possidentis Juris. Israel liberated the land when they were yet again attacked from it. What year do you imagine Israel "occupied" Palestina
@@Bam6a You are interpreting the word Occupation through your own opinions. Which mean pretty much fucking nothing. You cant state that Israel "liberated" the West Bank as if it were fact since it isn't. Its your opinion. Israel is occupying the West Bank.
@daniellemahones8129 you offered no legal argument. I offered a legal principle that applies to every nation under international law, Uti Possidentis Juris. Hence, it is called a liberation since Israel had legally the underlying sovereign title. Similar to Ukraine in regard to Crimea, they would have liberated it if they retook it. That is not an opinion.
However, what legal basis do you have to claim the Arab Legion's conquest and creation of the West Bank created a legal border? Much less retroactively became legally "occupied territory" in a new state. Please try to remove your emotions from your logic. Thanks
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As an older guy, this piece is necessary for the young. This goes on since the seventies. Every generation is surprised, how brutal.
Since the 70s? You are quite correct. The Zionist invasion of Palestine started in earnest in the 1870s.
since 1967. see my above comment. You can't hind these atrocities with the modern tech. Game is up.
They got away with it for so long because of the propaganda but now the entire planet knows.
@@willzsportscards The first few radical settlers came directly after the war in 1967. Around thirty families, In 1968, only five sparsely populated settlements existed. 1968, Rabbi Levinger privately invited around thirty families to stay in the West Bank.The government induced wave of religious motivated settlers begun 1971 and lasted until 1977. PM Begin and later Likud brought in financial incentives to mass up as much people as possible. This is not a history channel btw.
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I had read an interview withNeta Shoshani., the Israeli film director who made the documentary about the massacre of Der Yassin by israeli forces, she told a story about her grandmother, who had emigrated to Isreal from Europe after the Holocaust . She lived in a tent for awhile and then was brought to a house and told it was now hers. She could see that the dishes were still on the table from the Palestinian family that had been forced to leave their home by israeli forces- Neta's grandmother refused the house saying" I will not do to someone else what was just done to us' - If the people of israel had the integrity and decency of Neta's grandmother- we would have had peace rather than genocide perpetrated by israel.
So true
Bless the grandmother for her decency and empathy.
there is no fucking palestine
AJ+, Al Jazeera, Democracy Now, TYT, Majority Report, David Pakman, Secular Talk, Humanist Report, Vaush, John Oliver, Jon Stewart, Medhi Hasan & Bassem Youssef are true hero's of honest journalism.
@@The_AccuserBreaking Points (ST’s wife). Bad Hasbara.
27:46 you guys don't get how much of a Powermove that is. He's talking to a german delegation, the first two sentences in the German Constitution are 'The dignity of man is inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all public authority.' I'm surprised John and his crew didn't pick up on that one
damn thanks for this explanation
Thank you for writing this. I had the same thought. Want to know another (not so)fun fact? I live in Germany and went to business school here. In history class they explained exactly what happens after the "Ghettoisierung" (ghettoization?) They called it: Konzentrationslager. And again: the world is watching. (plus the 8.3 Billion $ from the US and the repayment from Germany with which they somehow indirectly keep the nastiest part of their heritage alive)
the US and Germany never really criticise Israel, regardless what its government does. the US because the Israel lobby in Congress is paramount and decides who gets money for their campaigns and in Germany because every government is still guilt-ridden for the atrocities of the Nazis and gives Israel a free pass.
My mom (who majored in Middle-Eastern History) told me there's a bit of a stereotype regarding Arabs/Muslims and "Honor" (e.g.: "Honor-killing" - murder in response to dishonoring one's family - is mostly associated here in Israel with Arab-Muslims... and crime-families)...
"Dignity", however - despite being the same word as "Honor" in Hebrew (כבוד = kaVOD) - is something completely different in my opinion -- a basic human right.
Maybe not everyone deserves "Honor", but they sure deserve, at the very least, "Dignity"... And West-Bank Palestinians sure aren't getting any, by the looks of it... 😮💨
@@embreis2257 I'm a bit of WW2 nerd so I was curious about how the H event happened. Like, I was curious how a normal citizens can just let that kind of thing happened and what happened after that. So when I read about Israel society and rhetoric, I'm like "Dude! This is exactly what the N group did. And how Germans are not seeing it???"
Thank you John Oliver.
The first time I went to the West Bank, I was there for a month.
When I returned home I was physically ill from all the stress and anger I experienced. Imagine living there and having to deal with it every day.
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When Israeli generals and Mossad leaders say it's apartheid... well I think you've got apartheid on your hands.
Thank you for having the courage to say what so few in your position are willing to say.