The Pulse of Israel

Avi Abelow
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Hear what is really going on, beyond the headlines, with Israel and the Jewish people. Avi Abelow is a proud Jew, living the Jewish dream in the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people, here to give you the true pulse of Israel.

  1. 1d ago

    The Election Is Over—Now Watch What Is Happening in Syria

    While Israelis focus on coalition negotiations following the election, we cannot lose sight of the growing danger across our northern border.Jihadist forces in Syria have released a propaganda video depicting a future invasion of Israel’s Golan Heights. Alongside anti-Israel demonstrations, weapons training and increasingly threatening rhetoric in southern Syria, the message demands serious attention.We have seen this pattern before.Before October 7, Israel’s security establishment repeatedly assured the public that Hamas could be contained, deterred and managed. Israel relied upon defensive barriers, economic incentives and international understandings.October 7 exposed the catastrophic cost of that failed October 6 conception.Israel must not repeat the same mistake in Syria.The IDF cannot withdraw from strategically essential territory and once again place Israeli families behind international promises and guarantees. Israel must retain the freedom and territorial depth necessary to prevent jihadist forces from assembling another October 7-style invasion force near our communities.This must also shape Israel’s next government.Gadi Eisenkot has advocated eventually withdrawing Israeli forces from Syria and relying upon international guarantees. But after everything Israel has experienced, we can never entrust Jewish lives to promises from outside powers.During the Gaza war, Eisenkot also pressed to end the fighting before Israel conquered Rafah and the Philadelphi Corridor, eliminated Yahya Sinwar and dramatically weakened Hezbollah and Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.Israel still has a war to win.The next government must be broad enough to govern but united around one essential objective: defeating Israel’s enemies, protecting Jewish lives and finishing the war rather than stopping halfway.Our enemies continue telling us exactly what they intend to do. This time, Israel must believe them, and ensure they never receive the opportunity.God is pushing the Jewish people to abandon dangerous illusions, reclaim responsibility for our security and strengthen our presence throughout our ancestral homeland.Watch what is happening in Syria. Share this warning.Am Yisrael Chai!Join Our Whatsapp Channel: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv Follow us on Twitter: https://x.com/AviAbelow Join our Telegram Channel: https://t.me/aviabelowpulse Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pulse_of_israel/?hl=en Pulse of Israel on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IsraelVideoNetwork Visit Our Website - https://pulseofisrael.com/ Donate to Pulse of Israel: https://pulseofisrael.com/boost-this-video/

  2. 3d ago

    Israel Elections Update #2: Netanyahu Beat Them, Again

    The final Israeli election results are still being counted, but one conclusion is already becoming clear: after years of investigations, relentless negative media coverage and accusations surrounding October 7, the political Left still failed to defeat Benjamin Netanyahu among Jewish Israeli voters.This was arguably the most favorable election environment Israel’s Left could have imagined.The campaign transformed the painful issue of the ultra-Orthodox draft into a political weapon intended to divide Israel’s nationalist camp. Frustrated right-wing voters were encouraged to abandon Likud and Israel’s other right-wing parties, or remain home entirely.Yet despite everything invested in removing Netanyahu, the Israeli Left still lacks a clear path to power without relying upon anti-Zionist Arab parties.Now comes an extraordinary contradiction.The election is barely over, yet voices on the Left are reportedly discussing whether to compromise on their previously nonnegotiable demands regarding Haredi military service to attract the ultra-Orthodox parties.If the draft was truly the defining moral issue of this election, how did it become negotiable immediately afterward?Meanwhile, Gadi Eisenkot delivered what sounded like a victory speech, while Yair Golan promoted forming a government with Arab political parties. Instead of asking why so many Jewish Israelis continue rejecting their worldview, the Left appears to be searching for a mathematical path around the Jewish electorate.Blind opposition to Netanyahu is not a governing vision. Neither is weaponizing genuine social problems or dividing the Jewish people for electoral gain.Netanyahu will eventually leave politics. But Israel’s Jewish population remains overwhelmingly Zionist, increasingly connected to Jewish identity and committed to maintaining Israel as a strong Jewish state.Any movement seeking to govern Israel must first understand the people who live here.The count is not finished, and Israel may not receive an ideal government. But don’t lose sight of the larger story.Strengthen your faith. Great days remain ahead.Join Our Whatsapp Channel: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv Follow us on Twitter: https://x.com/AviAbelow Join our Telegram Channel: https://t.me/aviabelowpulse Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pulse_of_israel/?hl=en Pulse of Israel on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IsraelVideoNetwork Visit Our Website - https://pulseofisrael.com/ Donate to Pulse of Israel: https://pulseofisrael.com/boost-this-video/

  3. 3d ago

    Israel Election Update #1: Netanyahu Is Still Very Much Alive

    Reporting from Likud headquarters on Israeli election night, Avi Abelow explains why nobody should believe the headlines declaring Benjamin Netanyahu defeated.Israel’s mainstream television channels—Kan 11, Channel 12 and Channel 13—released exit polls projecting a dramatic setback for Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc. His political opponents immediately began celebrating.But Channel 14’s Shlomo “Momo” Filber presented a radically different projection. His initial exit poll gave Netanyahu’s bloc 60 seats.That enormous discrepancy demonstrates why exit polls are not election results.Hundreds of thousands of double-envelope ballots, including votes from IDF soldiers, had yet to be counted. Soldiers have historically voted disproportionately for parties on Israel’s Right, meaning the final result could look very different from the early mainstream-media narrative.This election also raises major questions about Israel’s future: Did the campaign surrounding the Haredi draft successfully divide the nationalist camp? Will Gadi Eisenkot attempt to form a government dependent upon anti-Zionist Arab parties? Could Netanyahu rebuild a right-wing and religious coalition? And will Israel’s next government continue strengthening Jewish sovereignty, confronting the unelected establishment and pursuing victory over Israel’s enemies?The high Arab turnout also demolishes the “apartheid Israel” lie. Arab citizens vote freely, elect Knesset representatives and can exercise enormous influence over who becomes prime minister. The real question is whether anti-Zionist parties should determine the Jewish state’s national-security policies.Nobody should celebrate or despair before all the votes are counted.And ultimately, something remains bigger than Netanyahu, Eisenkot or 61 Knesset seats: God runs the world.Strengthen your faith. The Jewish people have experienced miracles far greater than any election result. Join Our Whatsapp Channel: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv Follow us on Twitter: https://x.com/AviAbelow Join our Telegram Channel: https://t.me/aviabelowpulse Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pulse_of_israel/?hl=en Pulse of Israel on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IsraelVideoNetwork Visit Our Website - https://pulseofisrael.com/ Donate to Pulse of Israel: https://pulseofisrael.com/boost-this-video/

  4. 4d ago

    For Decades We Voted Right and Got Left. That Finally Changed.

    For decades, right-wing Israelis complained: we voted Right, but received Left.Netanyahu was prime minister for many years, but much of that time was spent playing defense, fighting enormous international pressure for a Palestinian terror state while confronting powerful legal, bureaucratic, military and intelligence institutions resistant to many policies right-wing Israelis repeatedly voted to implement.Then something changed.Over the past four years, the Israeli Right finally began to govern.Smotrich helped dramatically expand Jewish development in Judea and Samaria. Ben-Gvir transformed conditions for security prisoners and expanded civilian firearms licensing. Levin and Rothman pushed judicial reform from an election slogan into an actual battle over the balance of power between elected officials and unelected institutions.Then October 7 shattered Israel’s failed security concept.Israel began moving from containing jihadi enemies toward defeating them. Netanyahu resisted enormous international and domestic pressure to stop the war, while the government began confronting fundamental questions about the relationship between Israel’s elected leadership and its security establishment.Has everything been accomplished?Not even close.Hamas must never again threaten Jewish lives. All jihadis must be deported from Gaza. Judicial reform remains unfinished. The ultra-Orthodox draft issue requires a sustainable solution. Israel must continue strengthening sovereignty, settlement and security.But that is precisely the point.After decades of demanding change, why would right-wing voters abandon that change because it hasn’t happened fast enough?The choice is not between this government and perfection. The choice is between two fundamentally different directions for Israel.Do we continue dismantling the failed assumptions exposed on October 7, strengthening Jewish sovereignty and reforming institutions?Or do we return to withdrawals, international guarantees, economic incentives for our enemies and the failed thinking of October 6?We have sacrificed too much and learned too much to turn back now.Have faith in God. Take responsibility. Vote for Israel’s future.Am Yisrael Chai! Join Our Whatsapp Channel: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv Follow us on Twitter: https://x.com/AviAbelow Join our Telegram Channel: https://t.me/aviabelowpulse Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pulse_of_israel/?hl=en Pulse of Israel on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IsraelVideoNetwork Visit Our Website - https://pulseofisrael.com/ Donate to Pulse of Israel: https://pulseofisrael.com/boost-this-video/

  5. 5d ago

    This Israeli Government Has Achieved the Impossible. Now Let Them Finish the Job

    Israel has been through three of the most difficult years in our modern history. But before Israelis go to the voting booths and vote out of anger or frustration, we must stop and recognize something extraordinary:Look at what this Israeli government has actually accomplished.Netanyahu faced enormous international pressure, disagreements with Israel’s own security establishment and repeated demands to end the war. Yet Israel kept fighting, devastated much of Hamas’s military infrastructure and dramatically changed the regional balance of power.Bezalel Smotrich helped transform the reality in Judea and Samaria, advancing more than 100 new communities and approximately 160 farms while strengthening Jewish presence in our biblical heartland. And as finance minister, he helped navigate Israel’s economy to be one of the strongest economies in the world through the extraordinary costs of a prolonged, multi-front war.Itamar Ben-Gvir transformed policies toward terrorist prisoners, dramatically expanded civilian firearms licensing after October 7 and helped advance an unprecedented reality in which Jews are increasingly able to pray openly on the Temple Mount.Is everything perfect? Absolutely not.Hamas must no longer be capable of threatening Jewish lives. The burden of defending Israel must be addressed. Judicial reform must continue. Israel must strengthen its sovereignty and security throughout the Land of Israel.But people should not become so focused on what hasn’t yet been accomplished, or anger at the Ultra-Ortgodox draft issue, that they ignore what has been accomplished.These elections are about the direction Israel takes from here.Do we continue transforming Israel from a country that contains threats and constantly seeks international approval into a strong, sovereign Jewish state capable of defending itself and defeating its enemies?Or do we turn back?Netanyahu. Smotrich. Ben-Gvir.Israelis should choose whichever best represents their priorities based on understanding what is at stake.They haven’t finished the job. Let them finish it.Am Yisrael Chai!Join Our Whatsapp Channel: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv Follow us on Twitter: https://x.com/AviAbelow Join our Telegram Channel: https://t.me/aviabelowpulse Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pulse_of_israel/?hl=en Pulse of Israel on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IsraelVideoNetwork Visit Our Website - https://pulseofisrael.com/ Donate to Pulse of Israel: https://pulseofisrael.com/boost-this-video/

  6. Oct 25

    They Are The Enemy

    President Trump recently sent another important message: Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas was barred from entering New York for the UN General Assembly.And the reasons matter.The Trump administration has called out the Palestinian Authority and PLO over their international campaign against Israel, their pursuit of unilateral Palestinian statehood, payments connected to terrorists and their families, incitement and failure to implement promised reforms.Thank you, President Trump.But now comes the question Israel must finally confront:If the Palestinian Authority supports and glorifies terror, and Israel is preparing for the possibility that PA security forces could turn their weapons against Israelis and the IDF, why are we still pretending the PA is a potential “peace partner”?Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz have reportedly instructed the IDF to prepare for a scenario in which PA and Tanzim forces turn their guns on Israel.Think about that.Israel is preparing for the possibility of fighting the very Palestinian Authority the international community still wants to empower.Enough pretending.The Palestinian Authority is not merely a failed peace partner. Israel must recognize the threat it poses and formulate policy accordingly.More than half a million Jews live in Judea and Samaria. Most of Israeli population is within miles of the Arab cities in Judea and Samaria. Our lives cannot depend upon diplomatic fantasies created during the Oslo era.Hamas is not the only threat Israel faces.Israel must confront our jihadist enemy, their terror, incitement and armed threats wherever they come from, while building a future of Israeli sovereignty and security throughout Judea and Samaria.I remain optimistic because the Jewish people are waking up. Reality eventually destroys even the most deeply entrenched illusions.Say the truth. Name the enemy. Protect Jewish lives.Am Yisrael Chai!Join Our Whatsapp Channel: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv Follow us on Twitter: https://x.com/AviAbelow Join our Telegram Channel: https://t.me/aviabelowpulse Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pulse_of_israel/?hl=en Pulse of Israel on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IsraelVideoNetwork Visit Our Website - https://pulseofisrael.com/ Donate to Pulse of Israel: https://pulseofisrael.com/boost-this-video/

  7. Oct 25

    The Battle for the American Right: Why Is Anti-Israel Sentiment Growing?

    Something significant is happening inside the American conservative movement, and Israelis and Jews around the world need to understand it.I spoke with Matt Peterson at Yoram Hazony’s National Conservatism Conference in Jerusalem for an important deep-dive conversation about the growing anti-Israel sentiment, and, in some circles, outright Jew-hating antisemitism, emerging on parts of the American right.For decades, many Jews assumed that support for Israel from American conservatives was rock solid. But the political landscape is changing.Why are some younger conservatives questioning America’s relationship with Israel? How much of this shift is legitimate criticism of American foreign policy, and where does it cross the line into demonization of Israel or antisemitism? What role are influencers, social media, isolationism and the evolving “America First” movement playing?And perhaps most importantly: How should Israel respond?Matt Peterson and I dig into the ideological battle taking place inside the American right and why Israelis cannot afford to dismiss it. And how Israel today actually represents much of what conservative Americans believe it, but are misinformed. Israel should never base its survival on popularity in Washington, or anywhere else. A sovereign Jewish state must make decisions according to the security and national interests of the Jewish people.But America remains Israel’s most important ally, and understanding the forces reshaping American conservatism matters.This conversation is not about attacking conservatives. Quite the opposite. It is about understanding a serious debate taking place within a movement that has historically been strongly supportive of Israel and confronting dangerous trends before they become mainstream.Watch this conversation. Share it with Americans and Israelis. This is a debate we need to understand now.Am Yisrael Chai!Join Our Whatsapp Channel: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv Follow us on Twitter: https://x.com/AviAbelow Join our Telegram Channel: https://t.me/aviabelowpulse Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pulse_of_israel/?hl=en Pulse of Israel on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IsraelVideoNetwork Visit Our Website - https://pulseofisrael.com/ Donate to Pulse of Israel: https://pulseofisrael.com/boost-this-video/

  8. Oct 20

    Israel’s Judicial Reform Was NOT Defeated — Moshe Koppel Explains What Changed

    Was Israel’s judicial reform really stopped or did Israel change far more than most people realize?I spoke with Prof. Moshe Koppel, chairman of the Kohelet Policy Forum, one of the most influential intellectual forces behind Israel’s conservative policy movement, for a fascinating conversation about what actually happened to judicial reform and what comes next.The massive protest movement attempted to stop the reform process. Then the October 7 massacre and the ensuing war transformed Israel’s national agenda.But the story did not end there.Moshe Koppel explains what was actually accomplished, what institutional and political changes have already taken place, what remains unfinished, and why Israel’s upcoming elections could be critical for the future balance between the elected government, the judiciary and the legal establishment.We also discuss the deeper political changes taking place within Israeli society and the growing importance of national conservatism not only in Israel, but throughout the Western world.With another major National Conservatism Conference bringing together thinkers, policymakers and political leaders, what does national conservatism actually mean? Why is it gaining strength? And what can Israel contribute to a broader movement emphasizing national sovereignty, tradition, democratic accountability and Western civilization?This conversation goes far beyond one judicial reform bill.It is about who governs Israel, how Israeli democracy should function, what Israelis will be voting for in the upcoming elections, and what kind of Jewish state we leave to the next generation.Watch this important conversation with Moshe Koppel and share it with anyone who wants to understand where Israel is heading.Join Our Whatsapp Channel: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv Follow us on Twitter: https://x.com/AviAbelow Join our Telegram Channel: https://t.me/aviabelowpulse Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pulse_of_israel/?hl=en Pulse of Israel on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IsraelVideoNetwork Visit Our Website - https://pulseofisrael.com/ Donate to Pulse of Israel: https://pulseofisrael.com/boost-this-video/

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Hear what is really going on, beyond the headlines, with Israel and the Jewish people. Avi Abelow is a proud Jew, living the Jewish dream in the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people, here to give you the true pulse of Israel.

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