Shirel Golan who took her own life today on her 22nd birthday lost 11 of her friends at the Nova music festival. Last night I spoke with around 50 students from Stanford, most non-Jewish, who are in LA to see the Nova exhibition. I spoke to them about everything I have bared witness to since 10/7, including in Israel on three reporting trips. The biggest takeaway was that in a two hour conversation, every single thing I said was something they had not heard before. Young people do not know what happened in Israel on 10/7, and have immediately been pressured into joining Free Palestine rallies with zero understanding or awareness. If they don't attend the rallies, their omitted presence is used as a stick to beat them with and label them as bigoted. Do you think young Israelis would be taking their own lives if they hadn't survived the worst atrocities beyond description on October 7? Stop the ignorance. Stop the hatred. Stop the refusal to gather information. Stop. JUST STOP.
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