"There are people here who were killed by the Qassams": the residents were furious, the "Peace" conference will not be held in Sderot

The "Restoring Peace to the Discourse" conference was also supposed to present the difficulties of the residents of the Gaza Strip.

The residents of Sderot were furious and after pressure, it was decided to move the conference to another location.

"Bringing incidents in which the residents of Gaza were harmed in response to the policies of their abusive leaders, in the face of the suffering of the residents of Sderot - is hypocrisy."

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20/02/2022

Sunday, 20 February 2022, 21:15 Updated: 22:33

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A conference of peace organizations scheduled to take place on March 4 in Sderot was relocated to another locality.

This, following the anger of the residents over the fact that it was supposed to contain content that presents the difficulties of the residents of the Gaza Strip - this is what Walla !.

The event was to take place under the title "Bringing Peace Back to the Discourse", which was supposed to contain content that included the presentation of the difficulties of the residents of the Gaza Strip.

In response, Sderot residents were outraged and turned to the municipality and other officials.

After pressure from the organizers, it was decided to move the conference to another location.

Albert Gabay, a resident of the city and a local journalist who was one of the leaders of the protest, said: "I am happy with the decision to move the conference from Sderot. The residents decided to protest the far-left conference. "It should be done in Sderot, there are people here who were killed due to the Qassams. It has nothing to do with democracy, it has to do with sensitivity."

On the other hand, Naamika Zion, one of the conference organizers, a resident of Sderot and a member of the "Kol Acher" organization, said in response that "this is a conference that has been worked on for several months, and is led by about 15 peace organizations." Emphasize another voice that will hear from here - a voice that believes in peace and dialogue. "

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"Most of the speakers are residents of the south who are involved in dialogue with our neighbors - in Gaza and the West Bank" (Photo: ShutterStock)

Zion added that "most of the speakers at the conference are southerners who have been involved for years in dialogue with our neighbors - in Gaza and the West Bank. We believe in non-violent solutions to conflict, and striving for long-term agreements that will cure this bloody region. "All the more so if it is the voice of a minority. What is happening here is attempts at intimidation and defeat for democracy."

The person who was supposed to open the conference was Deputy Mayor Yehudit Olail, who was put under a lot of pressure from the residents to cancel her participation.

O'Leary said tonight that "there is indeed a storm in Sderot around a conference that I do not relate to its organizers. With everyone's opinions and certainly not with some of the content that will be presented in it, but as someone who believes in peace, I respect the very desire for peace through dialogue. I have to agree with their opinion, but I can allow the city of Sderot to have a lot of opinions and a lot of votes. Victims of anxiety,

Interception over Sderot (Photo: Walla !, official website)

Deputy Defense Minister Alon Schuster, who was also scheduled to attend the conference, said, "My starting point is that I have no desire to compare the suffering of the residents of the Envelope to the suffering of the people of Gaza. Palestinian hatred and propaganda. The order of life in reconciliation and understanding outweighs our desire to avenge or return war. ", Enveloping and containing endlessly the suffering of the people of Gaza, enveloping and containing the rising evil and even the hatred that consumes every good part, understood nothing of the matter."

Schuster added that "if we celebrate the 'Gate to Peace' event in the city, then it was an expression of the desire of both sides for reconciliation, and not to examine the reality of life of the two sides living in abysmal gaps with each other. Unfortunately, the event misses the message of reconciliation. "On the sides of the fence, this forum is a very trending fig leaf. To bring events in which the residents of Gaza were harmed in response to the policies of their abusive leaders and to reflect them in the face of the suffering they are experiencing, ostensibly from the Israeli side, you have hypocrisy."

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