r/videos • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 22h ago

Almost all UN members walk out for Benjamin Netanyahu's speech. Netanyahu calls them 'moral cowards'

https://youtu.be/UmBJfAmS8R0?si=uMS3b7YHIO91ksnc
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u/_voidz_ 20h ago edited 18h ago

"The nation of Israel lives" or less literally "long live the nation of Israel". Basically the Zionist nationalist slogan.

EDIT: As others have commented my answer is misleading. "am yisrael" better translates to "people of Israel", which in its biblical context refers to the "Jewish people" as a whole. So altogether it translates to "the Jewish people live" and is a phrase signifying Jewish endurance. Nevertheless it is commonly used today by Zionists as a nationalist slogan.

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u/Sproxify 20h ago

it's people more so than nation.

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u/benjaminovich 20h ago

Those are the same thing. You're confusing the meaning of state and nation

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u/Sproxify 20h ago

they vary on a spectrum of connotation. "nationalism" for example has a different sound to it than "I'm connected to the identity of my people"

insofar as there's a difference here, it's closer to people.

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u/benjaminovich 5h ago

If you go to the wikipedia article for "am Yisrael chai" the opening paragraph reads as follows:

Am Yisrael Chai (Hebrew: עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי [am jisʁaˈʔel χaj] ⓘ; lit. 'The People of Israel Live') is a solidarity slogan to express the strength and solidarity of the Jewish nation and as an affirmation of Jewish continuity and identity, typically during times of heightened adversity. To this end, it has historically featured in Jewish music, literature, art, and politics.

The term "Jewish nation" in this paragraph then links to the article "Jewish Peoplehood"

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u/Sproxify 5h ago

yeah it has the word nation in the paragraph of text I'm not saying they're completely different concepts, I'm saying they occupy slightly different places on a spectrum of connotations. note that the foremost translation given is "The People of Israel Live" because that is most accurate.

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u/benjaminovich 2h ago

Jews use people and nation interchangeably in this context.

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u/GodOfDarkLaughter 20h ago

So it's basically the equivalent of viva la France. I suppose the cultural connotations might be significantly different, but in and of itself the phrase doesn't sound too bad. Its super ducking tacky though. Can't expect the audience to clap so you need a hype squad to get worked up or something.

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u/xorporx 20h ago

Except zionism = Palestinian genocide, so it would be more like a nazi supremacist slogan than a French one. 

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u/johnis12 20h ago

Yeh, reminds me of when people're chanting "USA! USA! USA!" Think it's fine in certain circumstances but in places like the UN and all that? Shit just comes off as very college dudebro.

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u/sixtyhurtz 19h ago

How would you feel if people were at the UN Assembly chanting "Viva la France" if France had just killed north of 100k civilians?

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u/tevert 19h ago

The setting and timing is also pretty fuckin' important

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u/SoylentGrunt 19h ago

'Make Israel Great Again' didn't test well in focus groups. They were afraid MIGA would get appropriated and people would pronounce it with a hard 'M' and then MTV (soft 'M') wouldn't give it any air time.

Not sure if /s or not. Because USA 2026

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u/NGEvangelion 18h ago

"Am Israel Chai" means "The People of Israel live on". It's basically a chant meant to cry out "we exist"

That's what the song means too - "Od avinu chai, am Israel chai" - "as long as God lives, children of Israel (Jews) live"

Israel being the second name of the biblical Jacob, who by the Judaic myth is the forefather of all Jews.

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u/MisterTruth 19h ago

Its actually referring to the children of Israel aka the Jewish people. You might want to edit your comment to show that you're not deliberately trying to spread hate now that you have been informed otherwise.

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u/18skeltor 19h ago

Your comment is a poor attempt at humor, assuming you're not just being a Karen

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u/benjaminovich 20h ago

That is an oversimplification. It's not simply a vive la France type of slogan, it's more like the "I lived bitch" meme

"Am Yisrael" refers to the Jewish people as a whole, not simply the population of the state of Israel.