Meet Meital Yaniv, Former Israeli Soldier Turned Anti Zionist Organizer

Support our work: We speak with antiZionist organizer and former IDF soldier from Tel Aviv Meital Yaniv, who joined hundreds of Jewish activists and their allies to shut down the California state Capitol in Sacramento Wednesday to demand a ceasefire in Gaza and condemn the roughly 600 million in California taxes that is used annually for U. S. military aid to Israel. Yaniv recalls how they were raised extremely Zionistic, their experience in the Israeli Air Force and eventual turn to fight for Palestinian rights. What Israel is doing right now has nothing to do with antisemitism. What Israel is doing right now is a genocide. What Israel has been doing for the past 75 years is apartheid, is occupation, Yaniv says. There is no need for any one of us to serve in the IDF. The IDF should not exist. The state of Israel should not Democracy Now is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1, 500 TV and radio stat