In times of tragedy, such as the tragic death of those we love, we attempt to find some good to create meaning. Even if it is just something as simple as being able to help someone else deal with a similar event. To help give them hope and strength to move forward. It is part of our coping mechanism.
Whilst these two little boys are not my children, like so many in the world who were traumatised and shocked by what took place on October 7, I hoped and prayed they would be released. Sadly, we learnt that these beautiful children were subjected to a most horrific death by Hamas butchers. Butchers who taunted the world and kept promising to release little Ariel and Kfir, knowing full well they’d murdered them.
So then we hoped and prayed that their deaths would not be in vain, that the West would wake-up and rise against the barbarism of Hamas. However, the West has not in fact done that; they have emboldened Hamas by their abject failure to condemn them resoundingly. They have turned on little Ariel and Kfir’s homeland.
If Sunday’s bridge walk was indeed a march for humanity, we would have sighted at least one Israeli flag in recognition of those who were butchered and those still held hostage, but there were none. The front line would have seen family members of Israelis who were butchered and those who are still held hostage standing alongside Assange and Foster. But there were none.
We would have heard chants condemning Hamas, but there were none. We would have sighted signs with the photos and names of at least some of the Israelis who were butchered, but there were none. Instead there were signs displaying the images of butchers and murderers. Chants of death to the IDF. The flags of tyranny, Iran. The flag of terrorist protectors Palestine. We would have seen the faces of little Ariel and Kfir, a true symbol of the failure of humanity, but there were none.
West has forgotten little Ariel and Kfir, and their deaths mean nothing to them. To me, that is the most shameful thing about what is happening in countries like mine. We must NOT let their deaths be forgotten. And the mere fact that there were no symbols, or signs extending of the arm of humanity to the Jews who suffered and are still suffering at the hands of Hamas signals the march had nothing to do with humanity and everything to do with hatred.
