Guy Meroz: "I discovered how terrible my camp is. It was shocking and fascist"

Guy Meroz, a panelist on the television program "The Patriots," was a guest on the "The Liberal" podcast by NVP, hosted by Dror Rafael. He discussed the disappointment he felt from the political camp to which he belongs, alongside the soft side he discovered among Channel 14 viewers following social initiatives he led.

Meroz told of an instance where he turned to "The Patriots" viewers with a request for help for a person in need of a medication that was unavailable. According to him, following the things he shared on the program, about 20 organizations in the United States, including Chabad organizations, stepped up to help.

"The day before yesterday on 'The Patriots' I discovered that there was a medication in Brooklyn for which they traveled for three days and the medication is not there. I told this and something like 20 organizations in the US, among others Chabad organizations, told me they would help," Meroz said.

According to him, following his appeal, the organizations acted against the clinic, until the nurse who received the calls asked to stop the flow of phone calls.

Meroz compared the response he received from "The Patriots" viewers to his previous attempts to recruit help within the framework of programs in which he participated on Channels 10 and 13: "I tried many operations on Channels 10 and 13 where I shared with the audience to help, what happens on 'The Patriots' when I ask for help has no equal."

When asked how he explains the differences in reactions between the political camps, he replied: "There is something in the audience there, with all the problematic nature of their political positions, that is a very warm and emotional audience that connects and cares about people and the army."

Later, Meroz also addressed his feelings during the coronavirus period and his relations with the political camp to which he belongs. According to him, during that period he experienced deep disappointment from his camp, and even told that close friends chose to distance themselves from him:

"During the coronavirus I discovered how my camp, which I am so connected to, is terrible. What they did here during the coronavirus was shocking. The most illiberal thing, it was fascist. They did terrible things. I discovered the true face of this camp. People who were my friends suddenly stopped talking to me."