Press conference on the six-month anniversary of the massacre in the presence of the families of the murdered and the murdered, on the grounds of the party in Ra'im/Avi Rokah
Half a year since the October 7th massacre, the "Party Flowers" headquarters, which represents the families of those who were murdered and murdered from the Nova Festival and the "Passidak" party that took place nearby, arrived this morning (Sunday) at the Reim Forest - where they held a press conference with the sign: "We take our fate in our hands." The families of the victims claimed that even after half a year since their relatives were murdered - no minister in the Israeli government contacted them, neither a minister nor members of the Knesset, and yes, they did not receive torture or relief from the state that would allow them to continue their lives.
"Imagine us, the families, looking for photos, videos, pieces of cloth that will testify to the clothes of our loved one. We are also looking to identify among the amputated body parts their hand, leg, or head. It is to see your child, your spouse, Your brother or sister, your parent, will be murdered before your eyes, and moreover, many of us were with them on the line and heard how they were slaughtered," the headquarters said.
"The most serious and shocking atrocity event in the country"/Avi Rokah
"The October 7th massacre is the most serious and shocking atrocity event in the country. It is an unimaginable set of facts. What happened that Saturday does not tell the full story. Neither does what happened in the days that followed, nor in the following weeks and months," said Erez Sarfati , who thought of his eldest son
,
the late Ron, and opened the press conference.
The totality of all this is the tragedy. The tragedy continued that Saturday, when for hours, our children, girls, men and women tried for their lives, were shot like ducks at the range, and slaughtered like sheep in the slaughterhouse. No one came to their aid. The security forces were not there to fight them and during all these hours, we, the family members, talk to them on the phone, correspond with them, beg them to send a location, to find a hiding place. Until they don't answer us anymore. Until the lifeline was severed from them to us."
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The requirements: a national website, a basket of aid and compensation/Abi Roach
At the "Party Flowers" headquarters, they presented their demands from the state:
Expanding the basket for families while including other populations such as siblings and orphans who are not eligible for this basket.
Compensation for every family affected by the terrible failure.
Establishing a national website dedicated to October 7th, like "Yad Vashem".
The representatives of the families announced that they are already in the process of preparing various outlines, which are currently being carried out by economists, lawyers and mental health professionals - these will be presented to the various ministries soon
"The expectation is to expand the rights of the families of the murdered on all levels"/Avi Rokah
Later, Stav Kiefer, the sister of Savion Chen who was murdered at the "Passaidak" party, also spoke: "Each family unit is damaged and is required to rebuild itself. Each family member has his own difficulties and traumas that characterize his age, family situation, etc. In light of this, the expectation is to expand the rights of the families of the murdered at all levels. Starting with the treatment level, in the framework of which in-depth, comprehensive and continuous support will be provided to each family, both at the level of the family unit, and at the level of the individual in the family. In addition, in light of the unique situation, many parents need a significant increase in the monthly compensation to which they are entitled according to the law ".
Kiefer also referred to the murdered brothers and sisters who remained outside the circle of support: "The thousands of brothers and sisters of the murdered, those who had to leave everything, their careers, their studies, their young children. Those brothers and sisters whose normal path of life was interrupted, who on the morning of the terrible Shabbat not only lost their lives, but also their parents, who had to wait with their personal suffering and even in many cases go back to live in their parents' house in order to try and rehabilitate them and convince them that they still have some reasons left to live. Today, according to the law in Israel, the brothers and sisters are not entitled to monthly compensation at all. Is this law really relevant to the case Ours? Here too, we do not intend to keep waiting for punishments that may not come."
In her words, Kiefer also referred to those who became orphans that day. They too, according to the current law, are not entitled to financial support from the state. Against the background of the delay in their treatment, she said that if the state does not advance the expansion of the rewards for families and also includes additional populations in the definition of those entitled, the families' representation intends to publish a comprehensive aid plan that they are working on preparing.
"We are not able to understand and accept what happened"/Abi Rokha
"Many families are unable to return to the path of life. Parents, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters are still living the 7th of October. We are unable to understand and accept what happened, we try to nurse the fragments of life, and we fail every day, and function with zero abilities," he added Shimon Buskila, father of Jordan who was murdered.
"Therefore, the leadership must take responsibility for our situation and give us initial compensation that will provide a first aid package for us. Not that there is an amount that will return our loved ones, our lives, but it is unacceptable to think or believe that we will be able to raise our heads above water after the destruction of our lives and the lives of our families , without help and financial support".
Regarding the disappointment of many relatives, Buskila said: "For the past six months, we expected that a body would be established, that a dedicated committee would be established, that senior officials would lift the glove and examine our human situation, for the purpose of formulating a quick outline for providing financial compensation, which would be an initial lifeline for us and our families. No more. We have stopped Watch. We are not waiting any longer - for several months we have been working with senior professionals from the fields of economics, law and mental health. We are working with them on creating established and supported economic plans, which we will put on the table of the Ministry of Finance and other relevant ministries."
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