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In the face of absolute horror, certain positions falter or collapse. This is the case of a young Israeli homosexual who described himself as “progressive.”
Published on October 16, 2023 2:56 p.m
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Shaï, an Israeli whose beliefs were swept away by the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. (SANDRINE ETOA ANDEGUE / RADIO FRANCE)
Shai is 27 years old. He lives in Ashkelon in southern Israel. Pink nail polish, Karl Lagerfeld slides, multiple piercings and tattoos, he has just visited his mother Carmela. “Perhaps you noticed this rain of metal debris on the streets?” he asks us. As a result, my mother’s leg was seriously injured and we had to cut it off. My nephew was injured, he is a soldier. I buried several friends “We haven’t stopped crying since that attack,” he summarizes.
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Hamas’ bloody Oct. 7 attack was the deadliest since Israel’s founding and left its residents traumatized. So much so that a week later many beliefs about a good life together were shattered. Shai is one of the disillusioned. With his right hand he waves an Israeli flag that is almost as tall as he is. He has been driving it through the streets of Ashkelon for a week “to make people smile again, to applaud the soldiers, to sing the national anthem, to give hope,” he explains. But deep down the sadness is there.
“I no longer feel sorry for the people of Gaza”
The unemployed salesman describes himself as a “gay, progressive man.” However, he switched to the right within a week. “The children of Gaza, whom we pitied ten years ago, are the terrorists who are killing us today. Everyone in Israel wants revenge. We want to hit them hard and destroy them once and for all.” I’m no longer sorry “People in Gaza. They massacred women, children and babies. I have no compassion, no empathy. I no longer feel anything for the other side,” he said. -he.
He described himself as “gay and progressive.” Today Shaï “no longer feels anything for the “other camp”” – Interview with Sandrine Etoa-Andegue
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