Oct 16-17, 2023
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Take 28 minutes out of your day and watch this video. – made by a colleague of mine, Oren Cahanovitc.
If you traveled with me in the past, you know that I like to share and talk about the history but also about the ongoing conflict, Oren here took it one step further and made a 28-minute video that will help you understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict like never before.
it’s not a pro-Israeli video – but a factual video, watch it and share it.
Thanks
Shay
09:10 PM
So, where should I start?
Perhaps with the fact that we’re already ten days into what feels like a never-ending inferno.
Or maybe from today’s announcement by the army about the evacuation of 28 settlements within 2 km of the Lebanon border, due to a potential campaign against Hezbollah?
Or should I start with the fact that the photos of corpses at a bus stop, received at the beginning of the war, now have names and faces? It turns out there was a retirees’ trip to the Dead Sea that day, and those waiting for a ride were mercilessly massacred by Hamas terrorists. How about the fact that I sit here trying to choose what to send you – what’s too shocking, what’s too mild? How does one even make such decisions when it concerns the lives of people whose world changed in an instant? I don’t have all the answers, but let’s start somewhere anyway.
Let’s start with the words of Lucy Ahrish, an Israeli Arab, a Muslim woman married to a Jewish man, a news anchor in Israel, and one of the women I admire and respect the most.
09:20 PM
This was once a family’s home, filled with life, love, and laughter. Now, it stands in deafening silence. You might ask where this house is located.
My answer is that it’s in each of the 20 villages and Kibbutzim that Hamas infiltrated.
09:22 PM
This guy’s name is Yosef Haddad, he is an Arab-Israeli, and he served in the army and was even injured, today he is engaged in advocacy in the international arena, let’s hear what he has to say.
09:22 PM
10:17 PM
This is a medical aid meant for the people in Gaza, found on a vehicle used by Hamas terrorists on Saturday.
10:23 PM
But wait, what about that organization that’s supposed to help people in captivity… how do you call it… something with a cross, oh, I remember, the Red Cross.
Surely, you’re curious about the people who were kidnapped to Gaza and have been held hostage for 10 days, soon to be 11.
And no, for those who are new to the group, Hamas is holding more than 199 people in captivity, most, if not all, of whom are civilians. Let me refresh your memory before I share the latest updates on their situation.
As of April 11, 2024, while working on this site, I must report that Shiri, her two children, and her husband remain in captivity, sadly separated from each other.
10:27 PM
10:34 PM
So, after reminding ourselves that this war has another facet beyond just missiles and casualties — that there are people still living a nightmare every second and minute — what’s happening with the Red Cross? It’s been 10 days; it seems logical that they would have arrived by now to check on the kidnapped and captives, right?
This is from the Red Cross website: ‘Established in 1863, the ICRC operates worldwide, helping people affected by conflict and armed violence, and promoting the laws that protect victims of war. An independent and neutral organization, its mandate stems essentially from the Geneva Conventions of 1949.
We are based in Geneva, Switzerland, and employ over 21,000 people in more than 100 countries.
10:53 PM
Hamas just released a video of 21 years 21-year-old girl who was kidnapped by them.
Essentially, she states that she’s being treated well, receiving medication, and so on. You can also see that her hand is bandaged.
She pleads with the state to bring her home. What isn’t visible, though, is the script she was forced to read from, the gun likely pointed at her in case she deviated from the script, and we can’t know the full extent of what she really went through.
11:04 PM
Yoseph Hadad:
Incredible documentation from Kibbutz Be’eri after the massacre by Hamas – terrorists from Gaza infiltrated and arrived to loot, join the killings and torture, and others to kidnap residents or rape them.
Also, pay attention to the elderly Palestinian man with the crutches… so as the world watches the residents of Gaza – they should see this too!
11:17 PM
12:06 AM
There are no gunshots or anything of that sort in the audio, just a conversation between two people — a mother and her son.
12:14 AM
Shoshi Sbhat Hobelashvili’s farewell to her husband:
“My love, My husband, the love of my youth, The crown of my head, my entire world, My personal anchor. My soul is shattered;
I can’t comprehend that we’re here. You’ve always been my hero, and now you are a hero to all. I can’t believe I won’t see you again. I love you.
Since the age of 17, we’ve been one. You’ve been my best friend since I was 17. It was love at first sight, thank you for 10 joyous years.
Thank you for being you, for who you were and always will be to me.
At 6:30 in the morning, the alarm woke you. You immediately put on your uniform, not waiting for the call.
I suggested you might not go, but you did… You were the king of the world, always at the forefront, First to arrive, always supportive, lifting spirits – sometimes a little angry, but with a gentle smile at the end.
You don’t know how many people loved you, How much you were appreciated, the impact you left. You don’t know how much people learned from you.
Father in Heaven, why did you take him from me? It wasn’t his time. We had dreams, future plans. Just a week and a half ago, we found out I was pregnant. A week ago, we heard our little one’s heartbeat.
You were so happy. On one of the last Saturdays you were home, I asked where you saw us in 7 years. You don’t like such probing questions, I know. Instead of answering, you asked me the same. I said I saw us first and foremost happy, In the garden apartment you always dreamed of, With 5 children, a house full of life and noise, A big, happy family. Then you said you thought just like me.
My love, thank you for the two treasures you left me. Romi Or, who adored you. She’d hear your voice on video calls and immediately start looking for you.
We were supposed to go to Eilat on Thursday, our first family vacation with Rumi. You bought her a swimsuit, a hat, and floats, even though she’s only six months old. I saw the light and happiness in your eyes.
I promise to keep going.
I promise she’ll know who her father was and what he stood for. I promise she’ll be proud of you and will proudly tell everyone her father is a hero, a hero now watching over us from the sky. I promise she’ll have both a mother and a father; she won’t lack anything.
My love, I miss you. Watch over us from above. Now we are apart, but you are always in my heart, for life, And one day we will meet again. I love you, thank you, my hero.
12:19 AM
A little five-year-old boy was buried in the dead of night, alone, without a father, mother, brother, or sister to recite Kaddish for him, without someone obligated to mourn him. In quiet solitude… he departed this world and joined his parents in heaven.
May his memory be blessed. Eitan Kaptisher, a sweet five-year-old boy. May God avenge your blood. (The entire family is missing, either captured or murdered.)
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Continue to share the truth,
Shay
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