Ilya, Irena, Shaul, Asher Nathan, Rafael, Natalie and Eli were murdered in Neve Yaakov. Alter Shlomo, Yaakov Yisrael and Asher Menachem were run over to death in Ramot. Yagel and Hillel were shot in Huwara. Ilan was shot at Almog Junction. Or and Alessandro were shot in Tel Aviv. Maya, Rina and Susie Day were shot on the Jordan Valley. Meir was shot near a scythe. Today, four more Jews, Harel, Ofer, Elisha and Nachman, joined the list of those murdered in the past six months, since the government was sworn in.
The attack near the village of Ali: Ben Gvir arrived at the scene // Yoni Rikner
This government, the most right-wing imaginable, must stand up and do what is expected of it: avenge the blood of the murdered and stop this atrocity.
Don't see with your eyes
Most of the Israeli public, which is at the center of the political map, will support this move because it is justified and necessary: Operation Defensive Shield 2, deep in the area, with Jenin and her daughters first. Comprehensive operation, nest surface. One that sees only the Israeli interest with its own eyes, and does not see with its own eyes. Because enough.
Because if not, and if Netanyahu continues to hear Biden's monotonous voice in his ears and not the cries of the next widow; If a visit to the House of Mourning is a necessary evil on the way to visiting the White House, those knocking on the door with a trembling hand will have to say: Your lives have been taken and destroyed because "the United States is watching with concern," and therefore we could not act to prevent you from joining the bereaved family. With you, forgiveness.
Netanyahu, give us back our confidence
While our prime minister is rightly concerned about delaying Iran from acquiring a nuclear bomb in the future, life in the present is reminiscent of the nightmare we lived in during the second intifada, a nightmare that ended with a defensive wall. The audacity and daring of the terrorist organizations, like the one we saw in Jenin two days ago, an event that miraculously did not end in a terrible disaster, must stop.
So yes, the United States is watching with concern, but for it, news from Israel is like binge-watching Netflix. We, the residents of Israel, are watching with concern and crying and fear, because for us this is real.
Ofer Fairman, Harel Massoud, Elisha Antman and Nachman Shmuel Mordoff. The four victims of the horrific attack in my husband, photo: courtesy of the families
Because when we hear every night, for hours, gunshots from nearby villages; And when my child knows how to distinguish between Carlo's sound and 16M, between fireworks and a gun; When every time I see a group of residents standing together and talking quietly in the street, I am sure that someone has been murdered; And when every time I don't look at WhatsApp for half an hour and then discover 87 new messages, I'm sure there was a terror attack: it's the most fucked up binge in the world, and it has to stop.
Prime Minister Netanyahu, do what a leader of your caliber must do: restore our security.
True, the visit to the White House will go farther away, very far away, but who cares now. This nation, divided on other issues, is united in this call: Enough.
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