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Virag Gulyas is the director of Jewish National fund-USA speakers and she has also served as a EU diplomat and worked at the UN .
It was an edifying experience to engage in discussion with someone who has devoted a tremendous amount of time to study Israel and to counter the misconceptions surrounding the country.
Hope people who watch this interview can learn something new and unlearn some untruths about Israel that have been pervasive for a long time.
00:00 Introduction
01:11 Why the New Orleans terror attack and the multitude of violent expressions of Palestinian sympathies are not disconnected?
03:36 How can one denounce the people who support Hamas without being called an Islamaphobe?
06:10 “Supporting Israel and Support for Bibi are totally two different things.”
09:14 How do you keep yourself motivated to continue your support for Israel amidst all these hatred?
11:10 Will this recent rise in anti-semitism an harbinger for the destruction of West?
12:45 Is it fair to call out people for their silence when their lives might come under risk for voicing their support for Israel?
16:37 Why American foreign policy establishment tend to tie every middle eastern malady to Israel?
21:08 Is Hamas a symptom of Israel’s “aggression”?
22:25 Is it possible for the west to separate Palestinians from their terror leaders just like it is able to with Iranians?
23:50 Is “the rebalancing of power” in the middle east achieved by Israel?
24:46 Why communism never works?
27:36 Is it appropriate to seek a dialogue with people who are opposed to the existence of Israel?
31:00 Why Viktor orban has not extended his support to Ukraine?
34:21 Is it morally right to enhance someone’s reputation after their death?
36:14 Why Hollywood has remained silent on Israel?
39:25 Why every statement from political leaders supportive of Israel is always accompanied by sympathetic expression for Palestinians?
40:06 Why Anti-semitism will never go away?
46:31 “I am a human being and unfortunately I will be carrying some prejduce”
48:18 “We should be willing to engage with Palestinians who are open to reconsider their views on Israel”
49:33 “Claudin gay definitely crossed the line”
50:37 “ Foreign financing is negatively impacting the content of American curriculum”
52:38 “Many anti-Israel social media influencers are selling an unrealistic utopian vision”
55:08 Why the idea of Zionism should be premised upon civil liberty and not on biblical argument?
56:52 “We need to stop looking everything through Oprressor-Opressed lens”
58:02 How do you make sure that your passionate advocacy for Israel does not obstruct you to spot things that might be critical of Israel?
1:00:30 What is the media failing to cover about the victims of Oct 7th attack?
1:01:52 “Speaking to Holocaust survivors have always made me humble and feel inspired”
1:03:30 Why Jewish people still feel a sense of anxiety despite having the nation state of Israel?
1:04:58 “The entire Pro-Palestine vs Pro-Israel argument is based on a false premise”
1:07:00 “I will never over-ride the opinions of people who had lived through the Holocaust”
1:08:28 Did the Oct 7 attack wipe away the internal divisions of Israel that prefaced the attack?
1:10:04 Conclusion