Lies About Israel Lead to Lies About Everything

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🗓️ 11 May 2020

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Summary

Why would someone like Sebastian Cevallos, a university student in Ecuador, care about Israel? You'd think this tiny country on the other side of the globe from where he lives would have no bearing on his life. But it does. Here’s why.

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0:00.0	Why would someone who lives in Ecuador?
0:02.4	That's me.
0:03.6	We preoccupied with Israel.
0:06.6	The countries are separated by two continents and an ocean.
0:10.1	Nothing that happens in Tel Aviv has much, if any effect on what happens to me in Kwenka.
0:15.9	Except for this, I always want to know the truth about things.
0:20.4	And I hate lies.
0:21.9	And there are more lies told about Israel than about any place in the world.
0:26.9	I have come to realize that if you believe lies about Israel,
0:30.9	you will believe lies about almost anything.
0:33.9	And if you know the truth about Israel, you're likely to think straight about most things.
0:39.1	In other words, Israel is a kind of truth test.
0:42.7	Fail this test and you fall in into a fantasy world of untruth,
0:46.5	a fun house mirror of the real world.
0:49.4	That's a pretty bold statement.
0:51.0	I know.
0:52.0	But I stand by it.
0:53.3	And I'm not even Jewish.
0:54.8	In fact, only about a thousand Jews leaving the entire country of Ecuador.
0:59.0	So how did Israel even get on my radar?
1:02.3	You might ask.
1:03.5	That's easy.
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