Interview Israelis and Palestinians who debate daily on television, A Utopia? However, this is the reality of the French-speaking Israeli channel i24 News, which is available in France on cable and box packages). Its journalist Benjamin Petrov, former activist of the morning for Europe 1 and presenter of Middle Eastern Big Mouthstell on monday culture media The uniqueness of this channel, which has also led to debate between the continents.
That’s why middle eastern loudmouth Tel Aviv has the peculiarity of having guests present, but also in France, debates every day, such as Laurent Joffrin, Elisabeth Lévy, Jean-Pierre Elkbach, Francis Huster or Veronique Genest.
“It is a program of debates of shared opinion between Paris and Tel Aviv, but also New York, Dubai, Morocco and around the world,” explains Benjamin Petrov. “Guests discuss key topics, I don’t want to say geopolitics as it might be different, but topics that we share and that bind us on both sides of the Mediterranean Sea and on both sides of other continents. »
Country of “big mouth”.
According to the journalist, adaptation of big mouth RMC Stories and RMC was clear, its name and its spirit both matching Israel. “If you take a taxi in Tel Aviv, the driver will start arguing with you, and if you refuse, he will argue with his phone to find the best way,” smiles Benjamin Petrov. “So it fits perfectly with what we experience here on a daily basis. Israel is a bumbling country with daily debates and where almost all citizens speak loudly. »
The “big-mouthed” people we meet on his shows. Beyond the known guests, Benjamin Petrovar invites Palestinian and Israeli citizens to debate every day. “This has been a reality since the birth of our channel,” says the journalist.
before middle eastern loudmouthHe presented the show on i24News talk to you, “For three years, I traveled from city to city to meet residents. The Palestinians of Bethlehem were discussed with the settlers to the Israelis, the Israeli Arabs of Jaffa and the Israelis chosen to live on the northern tip of the border with Syria, ”the journalist recalls. “i24News brings together Israelis and Palestinians, and Israeli Arabs, around a single table, a population that is often forgotten. »
Benjamin Petrovar believes that i24 News is “the only channel in the world” to offer daily debates between these different populations of the same region.