"How did we get to this situation?": Uri Pfeffer warns about Israel's image in the world

Actor Uri Pfeffer warned at a conference for Zionist leadership about the deterioration of Israel's image in the world, comparing it to the attitude toward Nazi Germany. He described severed ties with former colleagues and called for a narrative struggle by strengthening Jewish-Zionist identity in culture.

Actor Uri Pfeffer warned at the annual conference of the Fund for Zionist Leadership, held at the National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel in Jerusalem, that Israel's image in the world is so poor that 'people look at us no less than they look at Nazi Germany.' Pfeffer described how people he worked with for 15 years cut off contact after hearing he is Israeli. According to him, Israel is in a 'narrative war' where 'they have cut off our story' and 'someone has taken over our story,' using lies and distortions. He called for a return to Jewish-Zionist identity through culture. The panel, moderated by Ohad Knoller, also included Benny Ziffer, Dr. Aliza Lavie, and Dr. Gadi Taub. Taub argued that a cultural elite has become the 'right-wing branch of globalism' and is unable to justify a Jewish state, and that Israeli cinema presents an anti-settler face to win awards in Europe. Ziffer disagreed, saying the cultural elite is essential for the existence of culture in Israel, despite his criticism of the hatred of Judaism among some of its members.