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Alan Mairson's avatar

Beyond chilling.

Question: Can you actually read his lips in Hebrew? Is that what you think he actually said? Or are you liberally extrapolating to make your (very reasonable) point? (I ask because the news report I found said that he was calling for the release of the remaining hostages.)

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Ehud Neor's avatar

At one point you can clearly see him saying "Am Israel Chai." As for the rest, pure extrapolation.

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Steve S's avatar

The immense difference between what happened during the Holocaust and today is we now have a Jewish nation that is strong and ready to accept Jews in peril.

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Ehud Neor's avatar

Well, yes Steve. But this may be a harder sell than it once was, considering the wholesale slaughter of entire border communities, while the Army and Air Force remained in their bases. I do not want to give the impression that the whole Zionist story is sad. Far from it. But this fiasco has not been addressed. I wonder what the survivors made of Ronen Bar (responsible for intelligence on the Gaza front) sitting down in the front row of dignitaries.

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Jane Stuart's avatar

😢😔 I often wonder how Jews in Israel keep their spirits up, in the midst of war.

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Ehud Neor's avatar

We have our ups and downs.

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Miriamnae's avatar

That’s what he said, Ehud.

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Ehud Neor's avatar

Yes. He said, or tried to say, a few more things. It got me thinking.

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Anton's avatar

This meditation on grief and ritual is as delicate as it is devastating. You’ve captured that cruel paradox of mourning—how ceremonies meant to comfort so often sharpen the ache of absence instead. A masterclass in writing loss without resolution, where the saddest truth isn’t the leaving but the living after.

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