In the discussion held this morning (Monday) in the Knesset with the participation of the abductee's sister Jordan Bibbs, Afri Bibbs, and the abductee's mother Rumi Leshem Gonen, Merav Leshem Gonen, they raised the cry of the families of the abductees in view of the conference held last night for Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip.
A conference that, as mentioned, was severely criticized by both coalition members and opposition members.
In addition, Merav Sabirsky, the sister of Itai Sabirsky, also spoke at the debate.
According to her: "He was kidnapped from my mother's house on the 7th of October and murdered by Hamas two weeks and two days ago as you can see what I wrote here. Week after week I come and say here that the military pressure puts them at risk and may kill them, and what I said over and over again happened. The feeling It's impossible, the feeling is that they gave up on me completely and gave up on me because I kept saying that what I'm looking for is not victory because there is no victory, it's hope."
Later in her speech, Mirav Sabirsky said: "I am here so that you will no longer have to look any family in my situation in the eyes, and I am here so that you understand that as soon as there is a deal, you have to accept it and pay the price even if it hurts, so that no family will be in the situation I am in."
The late Itai Sabirski who was shot by Hamas, photo: courtesy of the family
Ofri Bibbs, the sister of Jordan Bibbs, said in anger and pain: "I am the aunt of the last two children, Ariel and Kafir, who remained in Gaza. After World War II and the Holocaust, we said no more, after the events of October 7 we said no more, I say today, no more , enough. How much longer will we wait for our families to return. What happened yesterday tells me, after I had a glimmer of hope in the light of the committee in France, I woke up this morning feeling that they had simply given up and are dancing for their blood. They were given up because now they are busy settling in Gaza, because now they are not They are working on an agreement that will bring the abductees home. While they are dying there, I had to watch a video last week that showed where my brother was held for 115 days in a prison cell, in the dark, alone, after they came and told him that his whole family is dead, and you are busy with how to settle in Gaza."
"Dancing on their blood, simply dancing on their echoes. Give them up, because now they are busy settling in Gaza" - said Ofri Bibbs, sister of Jordan Bibbs, and aunt of Ariel Kafir: "Look at my daughter, 4 years old, in the eyes, and tell her that you know Where are they, but there are more important things than bringing them back" @BringThemHome23 pic.twitter.com/BlpcW4xS2N
— Knesset Channel (@KnessetT) January 29, 2024
Ofri added: "The time is to say no more and bring a deal that will bring them back home. How many more times will we have to come here to say that, and I don't want to hear that there are other things besides negotiations and a deal that will bring them. As far as I'm concerned, that's not true, I've been waiting for 115 days And I don't know if I'll even see Shiri and the children again."
Later, Rav Leshem Gonen said, a Roman strike was also hijacked: "Transfer is linked here with an ethnic, religious reference to a certain group - isn't that what anti-Semitism is talking about? We want to be better by not referring to anti-Semitism, but we are ready to do something similar To another nation?" - This is what Merev Leshem-Gonen, mother of Rumi Gonen, who was kidnapped by Hamas, said: "We experienced the Holocaust twice, not once."
"Transfer is linked here with an ethnic, religious reference to a certain group - isn't that what anti-Semitism is talking about? We want to be better by not referring to anti-Semitism but are willing to do something similar to another people?" - said Merav Leshem-Gonen, mother of of Rumi Gonen who was kidnapped by Hamas: "We experienced the Holocaust twice, not once... pic.twitter.com/tREZm8U1gU
— Knesset Channel (@KnessetT) January 29, 2024
The statements of the representatives of the families of the abductees are added to the planned meeting of the families of the abductees with the Prime Minister of Qatar in Washington.
All this, in order to deepen the pressure created for the return of the abductees as part of a deal that will be formulated through international mediation.
Moreover, even after the commander of the Southern Command, Major General Yaron Finkelman, declared the area near the Kerem Shalom crossing as a closed military area, the demonstrations of citizens and members of the headquarters of the families of the abductees continue to protest and block the crossing.
All this, to prevent humanitarian aid trucks from entering the Gaza Strip.
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