A new video that attracted more than half a million views in about a week claims that Israelis do not stop being "settlers" when they travel abroad, but instead spread patterns of colonialism, violence and contempt for local populations around the world.
The approximately 20-minute video was produced by Uncivilized, an anti-Israel media outlet that presents itself as an independent platform. The company operating it, however, is registered in Doha and works within the media ecosystem cultivated by Qatar.
This woman is saying that Israelis who dislike the Israeli government and leave the Middle East out of protest are colonizers.
So, let's be honest about what she's saying because it's very clear: she is saying that the only thing an Israeli can do right is die.
Because Israelis… pic.twitter.com/McsOSl6jFR
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) July 22, 2026
The video presents India's "Hummus Trail," a network of destinations popular with Israeli backpackers, as an example of tourist areas being turned into Israeli enclaves, where businesses are allegedly operated without permits, local laws are violated and residents are pushed aside.
The filmmakers link this to Israelis' fear of being a "freier," or sucker, and to the Hebrew expression "shitat hamatzliach," meaning an attempt to get away with something unless challenged. They argue that such behavior reflects a broader culture of aggression, entitlement and disregard for rules.
"Settler DNA"
The video later discusses initiatives to relocate Israelis to Italy, Greece and Cyprus, portraying them as an "attempt to export the colonial project" beyond Israel. Even liberal Israelis who leave because of the country's political situation are described as people "seeking to preserve their Zionist privileges on someone else's land."
It also claims that Israel was founded on "extreme violence" and that violence is embedded in the "DNA of the settler."
Hen Mazzig, a senior fellow at the Tel Aviv Institute, an organization combating online antisemitism, told Israel Hayom that "there is a simple test that distinguishes legitimate criticism from antisemitism: What can we do to change the thing being criticized? Genuine criticism will always have an answer, because it is directed at actions or policies, and actions can be changed."
By contrast, Mazzig said, the film also condemns Israeli families who left the country after protesting against the government and fearing for the future of Israeli democracy. "Not because of anything they did, but because of where they were born," he said. "When the accusation shifts from conduct to essence, no form of behavior can ever absolve you."
Mazzig compared the message to the propaganda of Nazi Germany in the film The Eternal Jew, which advanced the claim that Jews "carry within their bodies a destructive essence into every country that takes them in." He noted that about a month ago, Pietro Bondetti, the mayor of Varallo, a town in northern Italy's Valsesia Valley, received an envelope containing a bullet and a letter that said: "This is the final warning before we start shooting." The letter accused the mayor of permitting a "settlement of Nazi-Zionists."
"The moment violence is presented as an inherited characteristic rather than an act, the bullet no longer requires justification," Mazzig warned.
Mamdani interview before Oct. 7
The new video is part of a consistent anti-Israel editorial line. Other videos published by Uncivilized include "How the Israel Lobby Will Collapse," "How Israel Influences America" and "Why Trump Is Israel First, Not America First." Additional videos portray Israel as a project of erasure, apartheid and colonialism.
About a month before the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, Uncivilized interviewed Zohran Mamdani, a prominent figure in anti-Israel circles who now serves as mayor of New York City and was then a member of the New York State Assembly.
The interview presented socialism, Islam and Palestine as "three taboo subjects" in American politics. Mamdani said that people raised in the "Third World" understood the Palestinian struggle through "empathy and solidarity," and that the issue had become central to his identity because of a "glaring contradiction": The US preached "liberty, justice and self-determination" while excluding Palestinians from those principles.
He criticized politicians who were "progressive except for Palestine" and said Americans had a responsibility "to bring an end to these days of complicity" by their country.
Alongside its anti-Israel messages, Uncivilized also promotes anti-American ideas. A video titled "How Empires Collapse and Why America Is Next" claims that the American empire is disintegrating and that US democracy is largely an illusion. Other videos are titled "How the US Stole Latin America," "Why America Is an Oligarchy" and "Who Bought the American Media." They portray the US as a corrupt, declining power that exercises its influence through wars, coups, economic pressure and control of information.
Company registered in Doha
Uncivilized describes itself as a "digital media network and production company" telling the stories of people and places that are "underrepresented, silenced or erased." On its LinkedIn page, it characterizes its work as "activism-based entertainment" and says its purpose is to challenge, disrupt and even "dismantle" the media status quo.
Contrary to its image as an independent activist platform, however, the company operating Uncivilized is registered in Doha, with its headquarters listed in the Qatari capital. It operates within Media City Qatar, a state-established center intended to attract media companies, encourage content production and strengthen Doha's status as an international media hub. Media City Qatar provides companies operating within its framework with licenses, infrastructure, assistance in establishing their operations and financial incentives. It also runs incubators and support programs for the media, film and television industries.
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The connection is also reflected in the identities of the outlet's founders. Salem Barahmeh, Uncivilized's founder and creative director, previously headed the Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy, advised Hanan Ashrawi during her tenure on the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization and worked at the Palestinian mission in the US. His co-founder, Tala Kaddoura, worked for several years as a journalist and producer at Al Jazeera.
The case of Uncivilized illustrates how the influence landscape has changed. Political messages, particularly those aimed at younger audiences, are no longer delivered only through television broadcasts bearing the logo of a state-backed network. They are now distributed as polished social media videos under the branding of independent activism.
Uncivilized's place within Qatar's media ecosystem situates it within Doha's broader strategy of building internationally distributed content infrastructure, which also includes outlets disseminating sharply anti-Israel and anti-Western messages tailored to the algorithmic age.
