Over the past week, protest signs reminiscent of an election season have flooded the Jerusalem area with the inscription: "Netanyahu is good for the Arabs." Yesterday afternoon, the signs also covered the ruins of the evacuated outpost in Gush Etzion, hinting that this time it was an initiative not identified with the members of the Balfour protest in their incarnation. The initiators, who have so far remained anonymous, signed the signs under the name "Beresheet Headquarters," but the chief of staff was revealed for the first time in a conversation with Israel Hayom - Uriah Luberbom, a reserve soldier and one of the leaders of the Young Settlement protest in Judea and Samaria.
Luberbom, who arrived at the Gaza envelope on the day of the massacre and evacuated dozens of bodies together with his comrades, has since fought in the first line of fire in Gaza. He sharply criticizes the Israeli leadership for waging the war "as it was before October 7," and is now launching a protest that he says includes all those who fought in the past three months, in a manner reminiscent of reserve protests after past wars.
He told Israel Hayom: "We saw the massacre on October 7 and took a decision on the ground. There was no army or command - everyone was to himself. We realized that if regular soldiers came in and saw what we saw, they wouldn't be able to fight properly, and we decided to clean up and evacuate the bodies before they arrived.
"We evacuated 60-50 bodies on open Humvees all around us, constantly hearing gunfire, squads. On the second day we reached Nahal Oz. We were the first to enter the observation room. We've been in Gaza ever since. And in the process of this, we begin to talk, a combatant dialogue, and we understand that we are facing a Nazi enemy, and that this is not understood by the leadership that transfers humanitarian equipment and fuel and moves the population from one side to the other so as not to harm them. We see the forces getting hurt in the process."
Uriah Luberbom, photo: courtesy of the subject
Uriah's criticism reflects the criticism he hears in the unit, which includes 140 people. "We talked among ourselves and it developed and we discovered that all the reservists speak the same dialogue. There is no way anyone who was raped from Bari would see this community flourish today. Working on all of us. They say they evacuated the north and there are 150,11 people there. There is a disconnect between the leadership and the high command from the rank of brigade commander and above to the people. They just tell us all day long why we can't act. The evacuation in Gush Etzion was intended as a façade for the Americans. They demolished the homes of <> reservists. We decided to stop targeting."
Is Netanyahu good for the Arabs?
"It's factual. I am a right-winger, one of the founders of Sde Boaz. And my leader has been working on everyone, mixing us up for 20 years. The Nazi enemy grew up under his watch. The government we prayed for is crooked. Today we have 400 supporters behind us, but this protest will sweep everyone away. This is not a protest by the right or the left. I demand from the current government, as long as it is in office, an immediate change in trend. This must be done now, including at political and economic costs and with our quality of life. It's an existential war."
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