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Matan Yaffe

Israeli social activist and entrepreneur

Sep 24, 2026

3:43
But I might just throw it back to you and ask you the question, given that Israelis are going to the polls on October 27, how did you get into politics? Would you like to take us through your journey?
3:55
So basically, for me, entering politics was literally the last thing on earth I thought that I'm actually going to do.
4:02
It was never a life ambition nor any plan or something.
4:07
And we kind of rolled into it.
4:13
What happened was that during the war, The first part of the war that lasted for a very long while and is still kind of lasting was ended in January of 24th.
4:27
And when we entered Gaza for the first time, it was very clear to us.
4:33
We didn't think, we didn't suspect, we didn't hope.

36 MINS LATER

40:35
And so what do you think we in the diaspora can do more of, you know, in support of Israel, to get out of shock even? Because even your mentality is very different from the majority of us here.
46:48
in the Zionist, uh, equation?
46:51
Yeah.
46:51
No, I, I, I met the Jews of the diaspora before.
46:53
I never encountered antisemitism before, so, uh, that was very, uh, new f- new to me.
46:59
And, and by the way, I understood that when I encountered it, it didn't matter.
47:03
You know, I was old enough.
47:04
I'm a combat officer in the IDF.

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63:59
... you know, the, the high road and, and, and achieving where we wanna be?

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