Ben Gvir heckles Yousef Jabareen at new parliament's opening

Middle East Eye's clip captures the interruption at a swearing-in ceremony following what it describes as record Arab-Israeli representation.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 197,664 views a day, 10 times a normal first day on this channel (19,804).

Ben Gvir heckles Arab-Israeli lawmaker during parliament opening

The swearing-in of Israel's new parliament brought an interruption from National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who heckled Arab-Israeli lawmaker Yousef Jabareen during the ceremony, Middle East Eye reports.

The outlet places the exchange against a significant electoral backdrop: Arab-Israeli lawmakers had won a record number of seats. Jabareen is returning to the Knesset with the Joint List, having previously served in parliament between 2015 and 2021.

The Short drew roughly 200,000 views in its first day, around ten times Middle East Eye's usual start for the format. Its comment section was also several times busier than usual.

A separate Middle East Eye Short about Lewis Hamilton's visit to Egypt's Rafah crossing also drew an unusually large first-day audience. The British Formula One driver met aid workers and received a briefing on how humanitarian assistance is prepared and coordinated before being sent into Gaza.

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The numbers

The parliamentary clip reached a much larger first-day audience than Middle East Eye's usual Short, with comments also arriving faster than usual.

the video's first day

usual first day here

19,804

this video

197,664

subscribers

3,860,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

3,526,484,795

views per day

1,332,898

typical day: 1,190,607

the video

views

245,139

likes

4,495

comments

817

days online

2

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Reuters

4,380,000

Channel 4 News

4,290,000

Guardian News

4,080,000

Middle East Eye

3,860,000

FRANCE 24 English

3,710,000

Democracy Now!

3,450,000

As of November 12, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.