I get the impression that outside of Israel nobody truly understands what Zionism actually is.

I like how most of them were like "What suffering?"

How can the Mizrahim return to the Arab countries they came from? These countries expelled them, stole all their land, businesses, and private property, and as far as I know, there has never been any restitution nor is there any right of return. An Iraqi friend of mine told me his family was given one day to leave, and they lived in a tent in a refugee camp in Israel for many years. Why would the Arabs who expelled them think they can go back?

Zionism has a different meaning for Palestinians and Israelis. I think the misunderstanding of this word causes a lot of uneccessary difficulty in the communication between them. For one side it means imperialism, for the other side its patriotism.

The underlying premise from this question, as Corey points out several times is that Arabs believe that Jews lived without incident in Arab countries. Depending on who you talk to, there were varying levels of discrimination and second-class status. Jews were certainly not equal to Muslims and had restrictive dressing styles, living areas - Jewish quarters, and job restrictions - especially where government was concerned. However, as opposed to investigating their past and discovering how horribly Arab Muslims have treated Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians, Baha'i, Druze, and other religious minorities, most Arabs would rather live in a bubble where they were perfect saints and the Jews only came to Israel under coercion from "the Zionists".

i am a proud Iranian Zionist Jew :D and i know Iran is not an Arab country, but we still consider ourselves Mizrahim :)

Please read the rules of the project: I am given a question to ask Israelis or Palestinians and I ask the question as is. I agree, the question was rediculous. But it is what many in the Arab world believe.

It seems that those who truly suffer are the people who posed the question. The idea of Jews having independency in a small place of their own in the Middle East apparently causes them pain.

No such thing as "Arab Jews" lol. 😂😭 The Mizrahi are the REAL deal!!!

so basically you're asking ISRAELIS who live in ISRAEL if they think it was better for them to live in their previous countries ? smh...

No offense to Corey but this was one hell of a weird/stupid question to choose among the ones being submitted.

I met Arabs who say life for jews in muslim land was much better than how it was in christian lands. But I never met any Arab who say jews in Arab lands lived better than in isreal.

The Truth? There NEVER was a "palestine" land, nor were there ever "palestinians. The Name palestine came from the British who took over the rule of the middle east from the Ottoman Turkish empire in 1920, just after WW1. Before that one can not find any mention of palestine. You can find this fact in libraries all over the world. The Gaza Arabs would like to let us believe they are related to the Philistines which were a ancient people who came from...hold it...Crete. But these got completely wiped out by the old tribes of Israel thousands of years ago in battle. 

The Mizrachi girls, like the one from 4:00 are just stunning

As an Ashkenazi who lives in israel, i never heard anyone calling mizrahi jews " arab jews " and those who would do such thing would get cancelled by society

Cory , Again, you start with a leading question. The idea ought to be, did the Mizrahim suffer any injustice and discrimination when they came to Israel from the Arab lands? Or did Zionism have any negative effect/influence on the racism if they are Mizrahim in Israel? You have to be objective, and not give leading question , as too ploy a negative, accusative nature of the question where you force the interviewee too be defensive. Specially when you lead, Harabeem omreem or, Ata savelta !

the Arab government not worried about them. Palestinians have received a lot of money to rehabilitate and they chose to buy weapons and education and building roads. Arabs get water and electricity from Israel even though they openly declare the will to destroy it. Zionism became one of the richest countries speaking Middle East. Zionism is a wonderful thing and it has developed a lot of things.

Who comes up with these questions? The Mizrahim/Sepahardim are now the majority in Israel. If it wasn't for Israel most would still be dhimmi's in Islamic countries.

Do you know that most all Islamic scholars, particularly those living outside the M.E. will acknowledge/admit that Qua-ran very clearly says all the land that Palestinian are living on now, belongs to Israel. The first time I heard this was in a video with the religious Muslim leader who is the head of the mosque in Rome, Italy. Religious Muslim in the M.E. will not voice this fact for fear of being murdered.

Well in Israel nobody calls them Arab Jews. They would be highly offended. It's like calling a Pole a Russian. Mizrahim are Israelites who lived in North Africa, The Arab world, Persia, Caucasia and Turkey before returning to the land of Israel. Israelites who lived in Morocco for instance look visibly different from most native Morocans.

LMAO....Jews had better lives in Arab/muslim lands...hahaha omfg that's great.

well my grandmother is mizrahi all her family moved to israel but they regret leaving morocco bcaus it was much good here. jews and muslims live peacefully here and they're still many jews here who refuse going to israel.

Love you, Corey, for making these videos. You're awesome and hugs💝

The way this question is asked is not clear at all... it should be: Do you believe that Jews had a better life in the Arab country they came from and do you suffer from discrimination in Israel... As a Jew born in Alexandria, Egypt and living in the United States, I can testify that in general, We lived better than any other place in the world, in these times, includes the United States and any other European Countries and it was only in the 1900 through 1950’s... BTW, Sefaradim and Mizrahim are the ones who are absolutely convinced that Jews come from Judea and NOWHERE ELSE and Israel is where they belong

Holy shit the last two guys just blew my mind!

If Ido suffers, I'll sponsor him. Michael too. The Arab World forgot they made life suck for religious minorities and now themselves.

Israel exists as a compensatory measure for Jewish suffering in foreign lands. Viva Israel, the place on earth to be a Jew among Jews!

The Arabs booted the Jews out !!! What a ridiculous question???

Interviewer did a horrible job. so bad that the people being interviewed couldn't even follow his rhetoric. Maybe he should spend more time trying to understand and formulare the question.

Yet most of us are deeply offended by the term "Arab Jew"...

You have this North American/European notion that Ashkenazim are 'White' and Mizrahim are 'Arab'. That is preposterous. Ashkenazi Jews have a closer resemblance to light skinned Mizrahim than to the Eastern Europeans whom they lived next to. My mother's parents came from Poland, none of them look Polish and most could easily pass in Turkey. It is very easy to tell a full blooded Ashkenazi apart from an actual Pole, Lithuanian or Ukrainian.

The question is are Arabs Jews discriminated against in Israel by other jews because they are Arab. Of course the recent generations would not say yes because things have changed. Ask the African Jews.

This is the best insight into the different ethnic backgrounds of ordinarily Israeli's I've come across. The subtle prejudice will always be there in societies in no matter where in the world.

Discrimination is a matter of choice and believing that you are? Talk about delusional. It's real. When you've striven for the very best and worked very hard only to be held back ...that is real and is not feeling sorry for oneself. It's real.

I like all of your videos but these ones that educate us about the differences within Israel and Jewish groups are particularly interesting to me. I doubt many non Jews outside of Israel are Even aware of the distinction between Ashkenazi, Mizrahi and Saphardic etc. btw Nati is really pretty 😉

Incredibly stupid question. 😂 Islam is the source of our suffering, not zionism.

From watching your videos, assuming Mizrahim are Arab and Ashkenazim are white/European. You are very patronizing to them in the way you ask if they are discriminated. That is the accepted school of thought in America. Ashkenazim are a Middle Eastern people who lived in Europe, they are not European. the Moroccan Judeans are not ethnically Moroccan they have more in common genetically with Ashkenazim. Not to mention the fact that 50 % of Morocco is Berber and not Arab.

The question was framed clumsily, since the gist of the question was: "do you feel discriminated and treated unfairly by the Ashkenazim?"

I have a even better idea let's ask all the Jews, Kurds, Assyrians and Berbers and ask they if they are suffering because of racist neo-nazi Islamism/Arabism :D

1.Why doesn't he use the word Sephardim at all? Mizrahim and Sephardim are not the same. 2. Why does he interview only young people?

This video consists largely of sensible people giving common-sense answers to a stupid question. Nothing to see here, folks!

In Morocco, there are Toshavim ( judeo-berbers) and Sepharadim

I will ask. Thanks!!

You're asking the question to the wrong generation, the mizrahim you ask can't compare. If you want to know if someone suffers from zionism today, you had to ask the question to some Ethiopian jews.

Ignorance. Most Moroccan Jews have Sephardic blood in their veins. And no you cannot see the difference in the last names , Atias , BenHaim , Madani , Azrouel are Sephardic names well attested in Spain before 1492. Most Jews who fled Spain to the Maghreb were not Conversos (Jews who practised Christianity in public and Judaism hidden) , therefore a large part of them kept their Arabic or Hebrew sounding names such as Elkabetz , Abecassis , Abergel , BenHaim , Hassan , Elbaz , Serror , etc...

I think by suffering what they meant was that the exodus of Jews from Arab countries after 1948, and the turmoil that happened in that era. Corey should have explained that or rephrased the question.

I am using the term Mizrahim as a catch-all term- that is how it is used in Israel. Spharadim refers to those who were expelled from Spain during the Inquisition. and many kept elements of their culture (for example the Ladino language) or refer to themselves as Spharadim. Not all Moroccan Jews are Spharadim and most Spharadim did not end up in Morocco. Just easier to use the term Mizrahi. Arab Jew I use because that is how Muslim Arabs call them.

Unbelievable the number of moroccans out there...I wonder if moroccans who go there for tourism get some discounts 😂

@Corey: Do you consider Jews from Morocco Mizrahim ? Aren't they Sepharadim ?

why are u asking ppl in tel aviv they are all living in a bubble

What makes you think Jews from Arab countries suffer in Israel, or that they had better life being surrounded by Muslims that murdered them upon whim?

Mizrahim are called Arab Jews in the Arab world. I used the term specifically so they would learn more about Mizrahim and find out that they believe alot of misinformation. Mizrahim do come from Arab cultures and have preserved parts of that Arab culture and mentality. I am married to someone Yeminite Israeli. Trust me, he is an Arab.

bro i live in israel mizrahim is my friends they got no proplem who brought this question wtf lol

I feel the same way in America as Minority, the opportunities seem to be scarce and hard to come by. Nice to know it has nothing to do with my ability, but discrimination based on heritage, rather than character.

Thanks Corey for this amazing project. I wish I had the words to praise it as it deserves. When you ask people about zionism, I'd recommend making it clear whether you speak about the zionist movement or its main figures, or about the political agenda of creating and having a jewish country in the land of israel, or about the jewish connection to zion. the reason it is important is that while worldwide the first and second meanings are common (and I guess this is my personal meaning too even though I'm israeli secular jewish), among israeli jews the definition are quite mixed, and most of them tend to rather the second and third interpretations. most of isaelies still (very surprisingly) think that zionist is some ancient term that is rooted in the bible. in fact it is as new as the zionist movement. there is no root to the word "tsiyonut" or "tsiyoni" in the jewish tradition, yet the zionist story worked so well ;)

All of the half mizrachi half ashkenazi people here look mizrachi. In america, the half ashkenazi half mizrachi people i know look entirely ashkenazi...

Oh, so Farhud in Iraq was an Israeli sabotage operation. Except there was no Israel yet. It was in 1941. It was lead by Hajj Amin al-Husseini. Did he also listen to Zionists? If so, did he listen to Zionists when he organized Nebi Musa riots (1920), Jaffa riots (1921), Hebron massacre (1929), Safed massacre (1929), the Great Arab Revolt (1936-39), Tiberias Massacre (1938) -- all in Palestine? I suppose the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492 was also Israeli sabotage. Nice try.

I think what the question meant is back then when israel was in the making and zionism was on the rise it hurt mizrahi jews when before that they were happy

The interview should be with Ethiopians or Yemenis... They live in separate classes of neighborhoods...!!

The question is loaded, what you should of asked is "Has zionism impacted your life as a Mizrahim/Arab Jew?"

The interviewer is an amateur pollster, in my opinion, because he asks loaded questions. Consistently he presumes that the respondent has "suffered " under Israeli law and citizenship. Each time he questions whether living in the country caused their suffering, when none of the claimed suffering of any kind.

You are a little wrong in the translation of Man No. 2. He said "we don't need to return. This is our land".

Lots of people film the hand full of activists that are out there. I know some. This project is about the mainstreams not the fringes.

The question isnt good.I had read,the Sefards,the true,originall jews are second-class persons in Israel.

I have seen about six of your videos, and now , I am leaning toward placing a judgement as, you keep leading the answers in the forms of your questions. I think ,you are doing a great job in making those interviews, but you definitely need to rid yourself of the bias side and the leading questions to give legitimacy to your questions in seeking a true representation of the Israeli Street. And not that you are set to dispel the notions of the negative views about Israeli public opinion.

lol this just goes to show how delusional muslims are with the questions they send, "your suffering" LOL. im half saphardic and i dont suffer because of that nor do i know anyone else who does... nor have i ever heard this such an idea.

You didn't read the explanation of the project. I am asked a question from someone outside Israel. I go to the streets asking the question as if I am that person with those views. I personally don't have the views but pretend to because if one person asks it that way, many believe it is that way. So I ask follow up questions only leading to more explanation for the original idea

I find your use of the word Arab Jews offensive.please simply say Mizrahim. Arabs are Arabs and Jews are Jews. if you told a Mizrahi he is Arab he would be insulted. No such term exists in Hebrew.

Suffering of Palestinians today is the result of their choice in a violent way. Jews who fled from Arab countries (900,000) did not cry, they built a life. Arabs who fled Israel decided to become refugees to date, countries where refugees live not care for them and give them citizenship, they use them as a bargaining chip against Israel. So there is nothing to ask them if they are suffering. They suffer, not because of Zionism, but because of their actions in the past

What suffering??

How biased is this? The questions are leading. So biased.

I think it's an inside conflict which do not have any connetion without zionism

"It is very easy to tell a full blooded Ashkenazi apart from an actual Pole, Lithuanian or Ukrainian" LOL, not all the time. Besides. as with Germans, Poles. Lith and Ukrainians are highly mixed ppl. What is a full blooded Ashkenazi?!?!?

I am aware of your formate, but I feel you need to be loyal to the integrity and the purpose of the question and even play the devils advocate in order to keep that integrity and maintain the nature of the question. I seems like you let them off too easily, even when they don't answer the question. Thanks for replying to all my comments btw.

Thus question was very badly formulated. It should have been "As a Mizrahi do you feel discriminated against by the Ashkenazi?" Or "Do you think Ashkenazi have more advantages than Mizrahi?" But asking 8f they suffer us a but too much.

they are not arab, they were forced out of israel to the region's that are now rab countries, centuries before the arabs conquered them.

Let's be honest. This question sucked.

I really got confused most of them they came out of Israeli but still considered themselves as a Israeli!!!!????

i am half yemeni and i jewish israeli and i feel no descrimination...life for jews is better here .... life is generelly better here :-)

It is no different to the Armenians, Circassians or Kurds who live in Arab majority countries, it does not make them arab. I suggest you go Ask the Circassians and Armenians in Israel who've been there 100s of years if they are 'Arab'. they would also be very insulted. A Kurd in Jordan does not become an Arab ,he is still a Kurd. Feldman is a German name, you sure don't look German. Yiddish is basically a Jewish dialect of German, does that make Yiddish speakers German?

Where did that question come from originally? I never heard anyone state that.

Their land and the love for their land doesn't excuse to perpuate the wrongs of the occupation.......but to the peaceful understanding of the history's pasts socialism...

Most Moroccan Jews are Sepharadi though. Most Jews from Maghreb. I am Sepharadi (from Tunisia and Algeria) and I thought that Mizrahi and Sepharadi were (technically) mutually exclusive, I would not define myself as Mizrahi. But apparently that's not how it's used in Israel.

Love how they ask the young Israeli born generation if Jews were better off and richer in Islamic land, The Turkish girl says NO and the older generation s say yes. What does she know.

You keep calling North African Jews "Mizrahim", but from what I have read, most of them are Sephardic.

Asking the wrong generation

The word " suffering" in the question made it a biased question. Short from answering on behalf of his sample population it rendered the experience useless. If he changed it to discrimination for example we might have a better project

And your translation is off - the first guy said he was willing to die for the STATE. Not the *country*. There's a huge difference. Don't mislead.

You're asking people that are couched and insulated in nice places in Israel. I don't understand your point here. I don't see why Jews, Arab or otherwise would suffer at all in Israel. It's a self-proclaimed "Jewish" state. All jews are welcome there.

understood. you're welcome

Actually, Yiddish is NOT a German dialect. It is a distinct Germanic language based on Medieval High German. It predates Hochdeutsch by 1000 years! The way a person's phenotype manifests itself is due to genetics and not based on a surname. PS Germans are extremely varied in looks since there has been admixture with other ethnicities.

he means there is no real dispute, and that applies broadly. there is nothing wrong, in any given moment. that is what he means. You choose to interpret it as good, bad, or whatever it may be. take any situation that you might deem as suffering.. for example, my sister, always got what she wanted. This used to infuriate me. But in the end, she has a shopping problem, a real hard time not getting what she wants, and it causes her suffering. she has debts, she has to stop buying as much things, and it causes her actual emotional pain. However, by not getting what I wanted all the time, I learned to appreciate what I had, and therefore do not suffer in this way. Life is deeply connective, the good can be found in any situation, and so can the bad. the only way to even know if something is good or bad, is to compare it to other things.. and it should be obvious why that's an impossible trap. There is no way to do that, life has a nasty habit of completely changing our entire perception of a situation with no more than a single detail. if a single piece of information can do that, imagine how much information you would need to come to some sort of real comparison.

If the question had been asked in a different way, you would have seen more ppl talk about mizrahi discrimination

go ask the old people not the young generation, they dont know...

20% of Israeli's are native to the lands, 40% where forced with discrimination out of their old lands, and another 40% where the cause why the other 40% suffered.

11:55 gets the prize. it must have been slightly shocking to you to get an answer like that, it's true.. but impossible for the mind to grasp, only by letting go of attachment to the self can one actually accept such a thing.

there is not such thing as "palestinians". they are Bedu

Poles are highly mixed? Are you kidding? It's one of the most homogeneous countries in the world. Czy kiedykolwiek byłeś/byłaś tutaj w Polsce? Sure, there are Muslim Tatars here but they constitute a mere 0.07% of the total population. Granted, Jews mixed in with the population but there was very little interbreeding indeed. Na którym świecie żyjesz, człowieku?

This girl with the short hair was legit smoking weed

It's a question of knownledge. Shalom.