An Israeli official say Hamas aren’t releasing any more women hostages because of the stories they will tell. I assume this means sexual violence. The image of Naama Levy in bloodied sweatpants leaps unbidden to mind. Tomorrow thousands march but not for them. Never for them.
There are so many images to haunt us. Seeing Noa Argamani stolen on a moped and pleading “Don’t kill me” is another. She is still a hostage.
There are 13 women still hostages by my count. 13 vulnerable women that Hamas don’t want their stories told. Naama and Noa are etched into our minds as the terrorists proudly filmed their capture. Less documented was Doron Steinbrecher who texted “they’ve arrived. They have me.”
Arbel Yahud is still a hostage. She was taken from kibbutz Nir Oz along with her boyfriend and brother.
Daniela Gilboa was an observation soldier at Nahal Oz where my husband’s cousin was taken from. It’s not confirmed she’s a hostage yet but her parents identified her in footage of a truck. She texted them to tell them to pray for her.
Agam Berger is a soldier stationed at Nahal Oz and she is still a hostage. She was seen in a truck in her pyjamas. It was her first weekend at the kibbutz.
Liri Elbag just 18 years old is still a hostage. She was identified bundled into a truck with other hostages. There’s been no news about her since mid-October. Unbearable for her parents.
Eden Zecharya is still a hostage. She was at the music festival and told her mother “they’re shooting at us, take care of the dog”. Her boyfriend was killed protecting her and she was taken.
Eden Yerushalmi hid in a car next to the bodies of her dead friends and stayed on the phone with her sister for hours. The last thing she said was “they’ve caught me” and the line disconnected. She is still a hostage.
Inbar Heiman was at the music festival and witnesses say she was surrounded by two men with knives and taken away on a motorbike. A video later showed her unconscious being dragged by arms and legs. She is still a hostage.
Romi Lesham Gonen hid for hours from Hamas while on the phone to her mother. Her last words were “mummy, I’m not going to make it, I’m going to die”. Her friends were killed and Romi presumed to have been taken.
Amit Buskila was at the Nova rave when terrorists attacked. She hid behind cars and the last thing her uncle heard her say was “no, no, no, no” as she was taken. She is still a hostage.
Carmel Gat was taken from kibbutz Be’eri with her mother who was later found murdered. She is still a hostage.
Hamas are rapists and murderers.
Bring them home.
This is where I gathered the information on female hostages still captive. bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…
We had to protest *against* the feminists in Brighton to even get them to mention Israel and antisemitism in their statement. That is an obscene place to be.
In Brighton & Hove tonight notorious antisemite and cofounder of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign Tony Greenstein called the Hamas massacre a “breakout” from prison. He denied Hamas killed babies and committed rapes and glorified 7/10 as “colonial resistance”. This is hate.
Greenstein only just escaped jail after being convicted of plotting to attack a drone factory. So I’m wondering if glorifying Hamas and giving “context” to terror is going to go down well.
“Brighton activist dodges prison over drone factory plot”
Every single pro-Palestinian event in Brighton I’ve seen has been riddled with hate. There have been five arrests so far including for assault, terror offences and hate crimes. This is not a peace movement. thejc.com/lets-talk/all/…
They abused a child in London for eating at McDonalds because the branches in Israel have discounted food to soldiers. What did that child do other than a perfectly ordinary thing on a Saturday afternoon. This is hate.
A child.
I am a grown adult. I can handle their hate even though it hurts. But a child.
On the streets of Brighton today this woman said that the murderous mayhem of Hamas terrorists in Israel was “beautiful” and a “success”.
They killed 600 Israelis in one day which she said “we need to celebrate”.
In Britain. In 2023. Absolutely despicable.
This event where support for a proscribed terrorist organisation was cheered and hooted was put together by the Brighton branch of Palestinian Solidarity Campaign.
Labour and many unions are affiliated to this group. That should end now.
The group that organised this event are whitewashing the terrorist-supporting speech.
The key premise is that antisemitism is “the smear that stuck”. Hence the title. A smear is a false accusation so the only conclusion is that all the Jewish victims lied.
*That’s* antisemitic. /1
The sheer volume of antisemitic ppl in The Big Lie is overwhelming.
David Miller claims that antisemitism has been “redefined” so *any* criticism of Israel is antisemitic. A lie. But saying things like Jewish students are “assets” of Israel - as Miller has - is antisemitism. /2
The Big Lie whitewashes antisemitism from Ken Livingstone using another antisemitic person: Chris Williamson.
Livingstone said that Hitler supported Zionism “before he went mad”. Williamson calls that “historical fact”. A grim distortion of a desperate effort to save Jews. /3
The sheer volume of antisemitic ppl in The Big Lie is overwhelming.
David Miller claims that antisemitism has been “redefined” so *any* criticism of Israel is antisemitic. A lie. But saying things like Jewish students are “assets” of Israel - as Miller has - is antisemitism. /2
The Big Lie whitewashes antisemitism from Ken Livingstone using another antisemitic person: Chris Williamson.
Livingstone said that Hitler supported Zionism “before he went mad”. Williamson calls that “historical fact”. A grim distortion of a desperate effort to save Jews. /3
An interviewee claims the Panorama doc in 2019 was a “collection of innuendos”. Many Jewish Labour members gave shocking testimony in Panorama saying they’d been told “Hitler was right” and called a “Jewish pig”.
The maker John Ware has won 3 court cases defending it since. /4
The Big Lie film that @glastonbury will screen features a who’s who of antisemitic conspiracists.
Chris Williamson was suspended from Labour for saying the party was “too apologetic” on antisemitism. He relentlessly targets Jews and Jewish orgs on his Iran state TV show. /1
Another person featured in The Big Lie is Jackie Walker who was suspended in 2016 from Labour for writing that many Jews were the “chief financiers of the slave trade”.
She was expelled years later for another antisemitic incident whilst *in* a training on antisemitism. /2
Where do we start with Tony Greenstein. He was expelled by Labour for offensive comments like mocking the phrase Final Solution and calling Jewish ppl “Zios”.
He lost a libel case against calling him a “notorious antisemite” and is now awaiting sentencing in a criminal case. /3