Arab Israeli civil society has shown support for the victims' families, while Arab Israeli politicians have spoken out against Hamas' actions. The speaker believes that the collapse is occurring within Hamas, as they are knowledgeable about the Israelis and their trauma, which stems from deep, primordial Jewish experiences. Furthermore, the mention of Kishinif in the Israeli and Jewish experience is linked to the reading of Bialik's poem 'In The City of Slaughter', with accessible English translations.
Israeli journalist Haviv Rettig Gur takes us on a deep dive into the origins of Israel--how European Jew-hatred gave birth to Zionism and the founding of the Jewish state in 1948. He then turns to the rise of Palestinian terrorism and explains why the Palestinian experience and the Israeli experience are so incompatible. Along the way, Gur places the Holocaust in a much broader European context. I learned an immense amount from this conversation and hope you do, too.