Screams

- Shani Louk, one of the victims of the Nova music festival massacre

We are on the eve of what could finally be peace between Israel and the terrorists who attacked that country 2 years ago. I really hope the negotiations work and the hostages are released, Hamas ended, the war over.

Since that 2023 attack, the international community has come to the conclusion that Israel is the bad guy, that Israel is an apartheid state, that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, that Gazans are experiencing a famine created by Israel, etc. I don't agree with these views, and I'm hard pressed to explain how anyone could, given actual facts. But it doesn't seem like facts matter - it's all about the narrative. And in my head, the story remains the same as it has since 2023.

Below is part of a post I wrote in December of that year about the attack by Hamas on the Nova music festival on October 7. If anyone wonders why a non-Jewish liberal Democrat supports Israel, read on - below is a short excerpt from a story in The New York Times, 2023 ...

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A Times investigation uncovered new details showing a pattern of rape, mutilation and extreme brutality against women in the attacks on Israel.

‘Screams Without Words’: How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7

[... an eyewitness saw ...] a young woman with copper-color hair, blood running down her back, pants pushed down to her knees. One man pulled her by the hair and made her bend over. Another penetrated her, Sapir said, and every time she flinched, he plunged a knife into her back.

She said the men sliced her face and then the woman fell out of view. Around the same time, she said, she saw three other women raped and terrorists carrying the severed heads of three more women ...

It is hard to read the whole article, which is long and very disturbing, but people need to know what happened in Israel, what Hamas did, if they want to understand the war and also the peace plan.

The Times of Israel: In harrowing detail, NYT reports on weaponization of rape, sexual violence on Oct. 7