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The international community silence is unacceptable!

2024-02-13 (296)

Why do you think the international community, generally speaking,
has remained so silent and not even taking a position or acknowledging that these attacks occurred?

I mean, that's been the thing that I think has upset me and so many people.
I think what happened is that this moment was so polarized that while people were upset about the sexual violence, they were afraid to speak out.
And we need to separate these things.

No matter what you think should happen in Israel, no matter what you think should happen anywhere on any political decision stage, what matters
is that sexual violence is never tolerated. And that means speaking out against it.

That interview I did with Agam, I mean, she's this beautiful 18 year old girl living on a kibbutz, dedicated to peace, like Kibbutzes, is very peace loving community. The people who believe in two states, who believe in peace with their neighbors. And it was a normal day, and she watched her father killed in front of her. Then she watched her sister killed in front of her. Then she and her mother and two younger brothers were driven to Gaza, where they remained for over 50 days as hostages.

And the stuff she shared was the stories she heard from other female hostages of things that were happening in captivity. And therefore, we should all be very afraid they're still happening today. And that's unacceptable.

No matter what else you think should happen. There's no 18 year old girl in the world who should have her world destroyed that way, who should be held as a hostage, who should be subject to, or other people held are subject to that kind of sexual assault. It's unacceptable!

Video Transcription:

Why do you think the international community, generally speaking,

has remained so silent and not even taking a

position or acknowledging that these attacks occurred?

I mean, that's been the thing that I

think has upset me and so many people.

I think what happened is that this moment was

so polarized that while people were upset about the

sexual violence, they were afraid to speak out.

And we need to separate these things.

No matter what you think should happen in

Israel, no matter what you think should happen

anywhere on any political decision stage, what matters

is that sexual violence is never tolerated.

And that means speaking out against it.

That interview I did with Agam, I mean, she's this

beautiful 18 year old girl living on a kibutz, dedicated

to peace, like Kibbutzes, is very peace loving community.

The people who believe in two states,

who believe in peace with their neighbors.

And it was a normal day, and she

watched her father killed in front of her.

Then she watched her sister killed in front of her.

Then she and her mother and two younger

brothers were driven to Gaza, where they remained

for over 50 days as hostages.

And the stuff she shared was the

stories she heard from other female hostages

of things that were happening in captivity.

And therefore, we should all be

very afraid they're still happening today.

And that's unacceptable.

No matter what else you think should happen.

There's no 18 year old girl in the world who should

have her world destroyed that way, who should be held as

a hostage, who should be subject to, or other people held

are subject to that kind of sexual assault.

It's unacceptable.

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