More than a decade ago, I lost my husband Gadi, who left our house to ask the boys to be quiet, was stabbed and never returned.
Today I already have a son in the army and a 12-year-old girl, and we face this reality day after day.
I know that Gadi would want us to lift our heads and move on, but moments and events always bring us back.
Who thought they would kill someone who asked for silence?
Who thought that a person crossing a road at a crossing in Holon would be murdered?
Every time I witness a violent incident on the news - I squirm on the couch.
Unable to see and face.
The video of the beatings with the helmet in Ayalon finished me off.
I saw the video of Yuri's murder in Holon by chance, and after that exactly when.
It overwhelms me with the feeling of fear and reminds me in which reality I live.
Documenting the moment of the stabbing in Holon // Credit: use according to Section 27a of the Copyright Law
Immediately I am also enveloped by feelings of identification and pain with the widow and the children.
It seems as if everyone around is moving on, but in one second their father was taken from them in front of the woman's eyes.
I don't envy her, and just keep my fingers crossed that she will find strength and hold on.
Even after years it doesn't get any easier for us.
It's like a life sentence for families.
I once saw that my husband's killer wrote on Facebook "My life is strawberry".
It turns out that someone opened the account on the social network for him and manages it on his behalf.
This killer took the lives of my husband and our family, and now he's drinking coffee and smoking a cigarette.
Michal Wichman with Mira Wichman, the mother of her murdered husband (archive), photo: Dodo Greenspan
People have lost faith in the police and the justice system.
My sense of protection is not provided by the state, but by the pit bull dog by my side, which I trained and trained to protect me in times of need.
It's true that not everything relies on the dog, but it's just like more and more people are getting a gun license because they feel unsafe in their country.
Kathai advises the decision makers, but it is clear to me that the punishment of those criminals and murderers should be made more severe.
We must address the fact that in 2022 people are being killed in the streets without fear.
From here I call and ask: take the issue of violence in society in your hands because the situation is deteriorating, and anyone who doesn't see something in his eye - takes a life.
There is God and only he will decide.
The question we all have to ask ourselves - in which country do we want to live?
The fight against violence should be placed as a very high national priority.
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