S2 E62. Focus on Kibbutz Nahal Oz. One Year Later.

Exactly one year ago, journalist Amir Tibon waited in his safe room with his wife and two young daughters. For help. For the army. Someone. Hamas terrorists rampaged through his kibbutz, yelling “Allahu Akhbar” ceaselessly. They fired their machine guns constantly. They burned homes and threw grenades into rooms where they knew civilians took shelter. They murdered wantonly. And they took hostages. They tried, several times, to shoot open the door to the Tibon house. For some reason they were unable to open it. Amir and I discuss that black sabbath, his family’s life today, returning to live on the kibbutz and the continued captivity of his neighbor and friend, Tzachi Idan.

We then speak with Adam Ma’anit and Heidi Bachram, a couple living in Brighton, U.K. They are both prominent activists for the hostages and combatting antisemitism. Adam is also Tsachi Idan’s cousin. They share with State of Tel Aviv their battle to bring Tsachi home and the indescribable Jew hatred that they have encountered, unabated, in the U.K. and online. You can hear the anguish in Adam’s voice, as he speaks of his cousin, who watched his eldest daughter murdered before his eyes, helpless to do anything to save her. Tsachi was then force marched, barefoot, covered in his firstborn’s blood, to the Hell of Hamas tunnels.

Following the introduction, I speak with Amir Tibon and at approximately 23:00 the interview with Adam and Heidi begins.

Am Yisrael Chai.

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