00:00What do you think has contributed, then, to this shift in attitudes towards Israel?
00:05I think that two things. One is, you know, we've been in a long war.
00:10The war has exacted high prices, both in Israel and for Israel and for its neighbours.
00:17There have been civilian casualties. It's not very popular around the world.
00:22And if you, particularly people, feed on television rather than on written press,
00:29the sights are not very pretty to watch.
00:35And secondly, you know, we have an extreme right-wing government.
00:39Mr. Antonio is not the most right-wing element in the coalition.
00:43You have individual ministers like Ben Weir and Smotrich, who I think are beyond the pale.
00:49And the whole world has seen Mr. Ben Weir treating the people who were on the flotilla that tried to
00:59get to Gaza and treating them very rudely.
01:01It's been on television around the world.
01:05It has cost Israel a very heavy price in terms of public opinion.
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