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Saturday, April 6, 2024
In TA, founding Kibbutz Holit member says she’ll never forgive government for Oct. 7 failures
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The demonstration in Tel Aviv begins with a moment of silence for fallen soldiers, which is immediately interrupted by a counter-protester yelling that now is not the time to protest because of the ongoing war. The man is dragged out of the demonstration as protesters chant “Elections now!”
The rally’s first speaker is Anat Gilor, a founding member of Kibbutz Holit in the Negev Desert, two kilometers (1.2 miles) away from the Gaza border.
Gilor tells of her experiences hiding in her home’s safe room on October 7 for hours without any assistance as Hamas terrorists rampaged around the Kibbutz, killing 15 people. “My defense, my security, my trust was taken,” she says. “Everything I took for granted was taken. And nobody came to apologize.”
“My country was stolen from me and I want her back,” Gilor adds, calling for the government to be replaced. “I will never forgive [the government] for the rest of my life.”
The next speaker is Res. Brig. Giora Inbar, a 68-year-old retired IDF officer who went to Gaza border communities on October 7 to assist in fighting against Hamas.
Inbar tells of how his experience in reserve duty reinstalled hope in him for the country’s future, but he was angered to return home to a government and “a prime minister who is concerned only with his own political survivor.”
Other speakers include Shai Keidar, a reservist from Kibbutz Sde Menachem in the north, which was evacuated during the war, and Lior Ackerman, a former senior Shin Bet official.
The Times of Israel Community.