Naomi Wolf - Why I Would Not Move Back to Israel

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Naomi R. Wolf is an American author and former political consultant. With the publication of the 1991 bestselling book The Beauty Myth, she became a leading spokeswoman of what was later described as the third wave of the feminist movement.

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[haroon]

I respect Naomi so much. She has empathy and kindness

[HelenaEdelsztein]

Thanks you. I am jewish and lived there and could not remain for I Felt that there was something deeply wrong.

[aha]

Naomi Wolf, you speak humanity and you are supported. Heart to heart love and respect. This is the world our children can thrive in!

[johhny]

The honesty of what she was saying about her experiences, is so powerful .

[لولو-عغج]

As a Palestinian, she's welcome to live in Palestine anytime once we're free again.❤🇵🇸 Good people like her are always welcome.

[Heroes]

It’s heart warming to see people with firm reasoning faculties. Thank you Naomi.

[mohammednadir]

God bless you Naomi! Real human being with empaty and real knowledge of history. Bravo again!

[karimb]

Integrity and honesty by definition, she is just wonderful

[dat_]

Thank you for being kind, empathetic, and speaking up against the oppression! Respect to you.

[aj-ztbr]

Thank you for seeing us as humans, whoever raised you must be proud

[kme]

Naomi Wolf is awesome, I love this activist. She's truly incredible and I'm a proud fan

[streetscholar]

What an intelligent woman, I wish there are still ppl like her in Israel to educate others who may not be as aware.

[youssefelbouty]

how well formulated she is. this kind of speech only comes from integrity.
why can't we have politicians like that woman why ???

[ktwashere]

Naomi is so wonderful. Glad to see the Oxford Union students are capable of listening to a feminist without shouting her down.

[fouzi_bin_yamani]

This woman is so faithful and honest. Well said madam.

[ssam]

The fact that she spoke like this before when it wasn't open like today.

[Sarafara]

Imagine how crazy it is to think because you are Jewish you are drawn to a place. I am Muslim and I am not drawn to, let’s say, Mecca and Medina, in terms of going to live there.

Your religion does not entitle you to any place. We are guests on this earth. Here for a short time. Here to live peacefully with each other because we have nowhere else to go but this planet.

If we’re going to go by their Jewish logic’s of them going “back.” They haven’t been in that region for thousand and thousands of years. We’re all not from that time anymore. Move on and live in this diverse world like everyone else.
If everyone claims a place and ostracizes everyone else from entering or living, what kind of world are we creating?

[msamer]

Ohh Dear, what a passionate individual full of humanity,
I love the last statement "Why don't we all go home!"
These are strongest words ever!
Kudos to you Naomi from an Arab American.
You give me hope!

[MrSoulshock]

The fact that this video was 9 years ago and now in 2024 the world is pretending it all started October 7th is crazy

[ZubairKhan-vsfe]

Her words by brought tears to my eyes 😢