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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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