Moshe Feiglin answered a question about Israel's international image by challenging the standing of those judging it. In the English subtitled interview embedded below, the Zehut leader says the central issue is how people abroad choose their side, and how those choices look from Israel.
"It's not a question of how you see us, it's a question of how we see you," he says. That reversal carries his response from criticism of people in Canada and Europe to a biblical warning about blessing and cursing Israel.
A Question About Reputation, an Answer About Responsibility
The interviewer asks whether Israel's image in Europe, Canada and the United States matters to him. She describes that image and relations with those countries as being, in her assessment, at an "all-time low," then asks whether he considers this a problem.
Feiglin does not offer a public relations strategy or dispute her assessment with polling figures. He challenges the direction of the judgment itself. His answer places the conduct of people abroad alongside their opinions of Israel, making their own choices the subject of the exchange.
The distinction is central to his argument. The interviewer is asking about the consequences of how Israel is perceived. Feiglin is asking what gives its critics moral authority, and whether their alignment deserves examination before their criticism is accepted as the standard Israel must meet.
Canada and Europe Become the Focus of His Reply
"When I see your people in Canada and in Europe going together and being on the Islamo-Nazi side, you have a very bad image here in Israel," Feiglin says, using the wording shown in the video's English subtitles.
The accusation is his characterization of the people he is criticizing. The clip does not identify a particular march, organization or incident. His response nevertheless makes his position clear: he regards the side those people have chosen as a more serious issue than their disapproval of Israel.
He also changes the audience whose judgment matters in the conversation. The question begins with observers in Western countries assessing Israel. His answer brings Israelis into the discussion as people entitled to assess those observers in return.
That is why his reference to a "very bad image" matters. He takes the interviewer's language of reputation and applies it to the critics themselves. In his account, being outside Israel does not place someone outside moral scrutiny.
What He Means by a 'Moral International Supreme Court'
Feiglin then gives the argument a religious and national foundation. He calls the people of Israel, "here in the Biblical Land," the real "moral international supreme court." He presents that description as a statement about moral authority.
This is a metaphor in his response, rather than the name of a judicial institution or a reference to a ruling. Its purpose is to explain why he refuses to treat foreign opinion as the final verdict on Israel. His frame of reference is the people of Israel and their biblical connection to the land.
The statement also explains the force of his next sentence about "how we see you." He is asserting an independent standpoint from which to judge others. In this exchange, he does not ask the interviewer to improve Israel's image; he asks her audience to examine its own position.
A Biblical Warning Closes the Exchange
The interview ends with Feiglin invoking the Bible: "Those who bless you will be blessed, and those who curse you will be cursed." He then addresses people in Canada and across the world, asking which of those paths they intend to take.
"Are you with the children of God, or not? It's your problem, not mine," he says. The religious language belongs to his argument: he presents the choice as a matter of moral responsibility with spiritual consequences, rather than a calculation about favorable coverage.
The closing words complete the movement of the interview. A question about whether foreign perceptions trouble him becomes a challenge to the people forming those perceptions. He places the burden of reflection on the critics and asks them to consider what their stance says about them.
Across the short exchange, Feiglin's message remains consistent: criticism from abroad does not, in his view, settle the moral question. Israelis can ask who is judging them, what those people stand alongside, and whether the judgment itself deserves to be accepted.
