Children No More: Were and Are Gone (2025) Movie Script
1
They're all from the past month.
And a candle.
"Ahmed Abu Sief, 9 yrs old.
Was and is no more, May 7, 2025"
"Rital Abu Sneina, 13 yrs old.
Was and is no more"
"April 3, Dar al-Arqam School, Gaza"
This week we will stand again
in memory of the girls and boys
who were murdered by Israel in Gaza
and in protest against
the ongoing massacre in Gaza.
We will stand with the photos
of the children and candles.
We stand in silence
and don't chant slogans.
We ask everyone
to take two minutes
We ask everyone
to take two minutes
and look at the photo
of the boy or girl you're holding.
Read what's written about them,
and be fully present in this moment.
"Moram El Forwano. Was and is no more,
April 3, 2025, Dar ol-Arqom School, Gaza"
"Her two sisters were killed a year ago"
"Ahlam Muhammad Syam, 3 yrs old.
Was and is no more, April 17, Khan Yunis"
Muhammad Ramz Al-Jadi.
He was killed two days ago
in al-Bureij Camp near the park.
It saddens me that I don't know
how old he was,
or the circumstances of his death.
In al-Bureij,
I still need to check
if on that day, July 8th,
there was an attack on al-Bureij.
That's the first cross-check I do.
Nother cross-check happens retroactivel
with the [Gazan] Health Ministry,
which has some delay in reporting.
For me, they're the source,
because they attach ID numbers.
They are currently
the most reliable source
for "were and are no more."
Muhammad Bilal Muflah
Abu Shamla, 13 years old.
This is from three days ago.
These are pictures the families upload.
Ghazal means doe.
Some of the children I find
are children who were killed
a few days ago,
a week, two weeks.
There is not always a picture.
The first thing I see is a name
or a picture, unfortunately,
of them... killed.
I wait for the picture of them
alive to be posted, and if not...
Then no, they don't appear
in the demonstration.
Unfortunately, that's the case
for most of them.
Hazal Ismail Mahmud Abu Layla, 7 yrs ol
Was and is no more, June 20, Gaza"
"Muhammad Bilal Muflah, 13 yrs old.
Was and is no more, July 7, al-Bureij"
"Muhammad Ramz AI-jadi.
Was and is no more, July 8, al-Bureij"
"We refuse to be part of their war"
"Daughter of the Mekdad family"
"Was and is no more, April 17, jabaliya"
"Maryam Ali Abu Dakaa.
Was and is no more"
The vigil is not
intended to provoke.
It's so people take it in
and take it home with them.
How can you argue in the face
of a boy or girl who was murdered?
The only way to make a change
is for people to look inwards
and understand that something
very, very dark is going on,
that goes against all the
principles of humanity, ofjudaism.
Our goal is...
to awaken something inside.
"Yehia Abu Arkod. Was and is no more,
May 26, al-Bureij"
The reason we do this
within the protests
is to say that it goes hand in hand.
We shouldn't stop the war
only because of the hostages.
That's important, but also
are causing,such harm to another peopl
It's not either/or.
We'll take another moment
in silence, before moving on.
We invite you to join the protest
of the families of the hostages.
Take a few more moments to
return the signs and candles to the cart.
There are all kinds
of anti-government protests.
The power of the Saturday vigils
is that it creates dialogue.
But the question is,
if we expand it,
where can it have the impact
we want it to have?
Do we want to keep going to places
where people are
more in our favor?
Personally, I don't think
that should guide us,
but rather where it
can have an impact.
I don't think they're
in our favor.
They're just more open to it
because they're already
critical of the government.
And the war isn't
bringing the hostages back.
So in that space,
we can introduce
empathy for Palestinian grief as well.
Right now, there's a very
strong attempt to create division
between the hostage protest
and those opposing the genocide.
Here are those who
oppose the genocide
and here are those who
oppose this and that.
Let's just not play into that.
Let's prove that it's possible
to feel compassion for all.
Do you know how to lead us
to the bomb shelter?
I'll open the door for passersby.
These are stickers.
These are children who
died while we were in our shelters,
in Israel, in Tehran,
in Gaza, in the West Bank.
These are children who
died while we were in our shelters.
Put them up all over town.
A huge thank you to
those who came today.
I'll share that we came up with
today's activity during the war with Iran.
We still feel there's room
to gather after two and a half
very, very hard weeks
to gather after two and a half
very, very hard weeks
that we all went through.
And yet let's not forget that this is...
a grain of sand compared to what
Gazans have been
going through in the last 20 months.
After we light the candles, we'll march
to the Likud party headquarters,
and we'll place this memorial
on the front steps of the building.
Just an update, we will do it
across the street.
The police are already on their way.
We can't do it on the steps,
so we'll do it across the street, okay?
"Taha Baharozi and Alison Jabari.
ere and are no more, June 22, Tabriz, Iran
"Mahmoud, Yazen and their cousin.
Were and are no more, June 22, Gaza"
ara Hajmari, 8 yrs old. Was and is no mor
June 15, Iran. Was a gymnast."
Here's another family
that was wiped out,
a mother and her five children.
And that happened yesterday.
It says here that Mina, Atli and
Aboud were pulled out from the rubble,
Mira, Rinal and the grandfather
are still buried under it.
I'm searching for information
on who this family is.
Here, here.
Thejuda family.
Al-Shati Camp is west of Gaza City.
Ten people were killed in an air strike,
f among t-hem a mother,
a grandfather and five children.
The last name isjuda.
"Min a, Ali, Abud, Mira, Rina! and
Muhammad Hussein judo.
Were and are no more,
July 9, al-Shati"
Please keep in mind that
this is a silent vigil.
If people come and try to provoke you,
please don't respond and let the
peacekeepers do their job, okay?
"Ava Omar al-Qudra, 1 year old.
Was and is no more, May 7, Khan Yunis"
How much blood, how many tears
before the tyrant disappears?
We won't stop until everybody's back!
We won't stop until everyb0dy's back!
Stop the killing, stop the pain,
bring the hostages home again!
If there's no deal, we'll halt the country,
this is the last chance!
"Daana Khattab. Was and is no more,
along with her parents, March 20, Gaza"
cg I {
; a'
One of the first victims after March 18th
was a baby named Benan.
She was a few months old,
and in the first pictures of her,
she was wear in a canesie with rainbews.
And the contrast between the rainbows
and the innocence of the very
colorful outfit and her dead body...
and paradoxically I felt relieved
when I found her name - Benan.
F\\
I can give her a name.
I can give her
space... dimensionality.
She's not just a picture
of an anonymous girl.
She's a baby dressed
in a rainbow outfit,
who was and is no more.
She haunts me.
We don't know
who most of them are.
So we don't mention them at all.
We only show children with
pictures of them before they died.
There are many
who don't get commemorated
or the attention
the other kids get.
We tried to think of an image
that could represent all these children.
And a colorful field of flowers
came to mind.
.- Bearing witness
is also really important.
We do it all the time for
Holocust survivors. Telling their story,
"Never again."
We need to learn from the past.
Even my parents, who are Zionists
and immigrated after the Holocaust,
always said, "never compare,"
like it was obvious, so...
Yes, I think it finally hit home,
that this is what's happening.
Ahmad Muhammad Zaki al-Na jar, 4 yrs ol
Was and is no more, May 15, Gaza City"
"jumaa Musab jam a a el-Hur, 6 yrs old.
Was and is no more, April 26, Gaza City"
Thank you all
for joining us today.
We'll stand in front
of the protest happening here.
We'll stand in front
of the protest happening here.
We'll probably hear many speeches
that won't mention
what's happening in Gaza -
the starvation,
the mass killing...
We are here to make that visible.
In the last rnbnth alone,
1,000 children were killed.
Most- ciif t-he children who died in Gaza,
not eMem a phete remains of them.
Most of the childreflead' in GaZ"&?1e;I % ee5i
not even a photo remains of them.
"17, 921 children were murdered in Gaza.
ost of them left no trace, not even a phot
Enough. Stop. Bring the hostages home.
ring our soldiers amd our reservists horn
End the war now!
I support merging the two protests.
We should have stayed a
few more minutes at the end.
It would have created
more antagonism, but also
the interaction we need,
in my opinion.
In terms of the current
momentum in public discourse,
standing here really does matter.
I think a lot of people
who came to the protest joined us.
We're here to say: you're
against the war for this and that reason.
Be against the war also because
we've been slaughtering
Gazans for almost two years
So I think, yes,
this is getting through.
And more than 1,000 people
are joining us.
I felt that within the protests,
we've reached a point where
we've reached those people.
They believe and are with us,
and are cheering us on.
It felt like we need
to set ourselves goals.
And the goal this week was to go out
and speak to the public.
The voice of Gaza doesn't exist in society.
Someone needs to bring it here.
5,589 children aged O to 5
have been killed.
42,301 children have been orphaned.
18,592 children killed in total.
Today for the first time
we're at this location,
which is much more
exposed to passersby.
There might be more confrontations.
If a violent situation starts,
please do not inflame the situation.
Do not shout and do not act violently.
If there is a concern around the
safety of the vigil, we will disperse.
We hope that the vigil
will be peaceful,
will reach everyones heart,
and give space
to our cry against genocide.
"Hassan Azzam. Was and is no more.
Along with his mother and grandfather,
July 29, al-Zaytoun"
Shame on you!
What about the Israelis?
You bunch of bastards!
You are our enemies.
You're not one of us anymore.
There are hostages in Gaza.
hat's more important than Gazan childre
You dare to protest here
because no one is opposing you.
Let's see you go protest in Gaza.
They'll shoot you in the face.
Sons of bitches, bastards!
Go to Gaza!
You sit here enjoying
the benefits of Israel.
Go to Gaza!
You think they care that you're leftists?
You idiots!
My friend got blown up with
his whole team by a bomb, you idiot!
You son of a bitch!
Son of a whore!
He got killed by a bomb
because of people like you, you whore!
It's hard. The whole
country is traumatized.
What are you trying to do here?
We are trying to call attention
to the suffering and killing.
You guys are so pathetic.
You're pitiful.
Shame on you!
Shame on you!
Yeu should be ashamed.
Y@u're a disgrace to this country!
A bunch of ungrateful, pathetic people!
You make me sick!
Hmad Muhammad Issa. Was and is no m0
July 27, al-Bureij"
It's hard for me
to understand this.
Why?
- | t's hard, you know...
To understand what?
-It's a bloody war.
There's no solution.
With God's help, we'll flatten all of Gaza...
Amen! Flatten Gaza!
Show both sides.
Show the hostages who are...
Did you see the video today?
Did you see the pictures?
Why don't they have
those pictures too?
WhY Only this?
You're young.
They're brainwashing you, why?
Not one picture of a hostage!
One picture!
You're a grandmother.
If your grandson was there,
would you hold his picture or not?
You make me sick!
You wanted this?
You got yelled at.
I'm allowed to yell.
-But we talked.
I don't care, move away from me.
Listen to me, it's getting a bit heated.
Maybe we should wrap this up.
We'll start packing up.
Friends, please disperse
in groups of three
and not alone, thank you.
There's a rumor people might
act violently towards us,
and I don't want...
Why are you packing up?
Because it's becoming too dangerous
and we can't control it.
We can't control what's happening.
It's too dangerous.
My friend got blown up with his team!
What is this?
It's all good, brother.
-What is this?
I'm Moriah, we are...
-You're the organizer?
No, there are many organizers.
I'm part of...
So you're part of the protest I got
a picture of, right?
What's your ID number?
So you're wrapping things up now?
Is there a problem?
No, but did you
get a permit to...
No, a silent protest
doesn't require a permit.
How many people were there?
n't know, but it still doesn't require a per
No political speech and no procession.
Just a silent protest.
Okay, so you're done? -Yes.
-Thank you, goodbye.
Thank you, good evening.
This does not come at the
expense of the hostages' families
r the children who were murdered here.
One murder does not justify another,
and our injustice is not a weapon
that can be used to
wipe out entire families.
It will take generations to
understand the denial we're in.
Thinking about war
crimes we're. committing,
it's a crazy dissonance.
It's a dissonance that
can't even be contained,
so better not to.
just take a very clear position:
"No, it can't be."
It actually strikes at the heart
of our values.
The basic assumption is
that we are the victims,
that we are moral.
But the first reaction,
when there are cracks
in what we grew up on,
is to seal the cracks.
That's denial.
"Abdullah Ramzi Mukades.
Was and is no more, July 7"
You guys are delusional.
Our soldiers are pWF-'otecting you,
getting injured.
Ur hostages are there and you're for Gaz
You don't notice that we're...
All the humanitarian aid deliveries
we give them, Hamas takes it.
You're delusional
"18,592 boys and girls I ' I
H were murdered m Gaza
It didn't' just hafiapen.
We didn't decide GJIFIE day
to just g kill children.
No way.
They brought it on themselves.
So first things is to be connected
to reality, not detached.
- It's sad-and painful, but...
- In theory you're right,
but it's detached from reality.
You're all out of touch.
In an ideal world you'd be right.
In the real world, you're wrong.
All of you.
What about our pain?
First of all, the pain of your people.
First of all!
You're all a bit confused.
There's a peint- to understanding you,
but you're very wrong.
We need to be realistic, buddy.
Look at things as they are.
The protest's purpose
is to make present
the huge number of children
killed in Gaza since March.
But people know.
They're not stupid.
Everyone knows
children are dying in Gaza.
Everyone knows
Gazans are dying.
No one thinks death is right.
You'd be surprised.
It's better to protest
against the government,
that, I can understand.
I think it creates division and dissonance.
There's no empathy here.
It's just divisive.
We must respect the will
of this group and mine too,
to also make present in the public space
in Israel the huge number
of Palestinian children that we killed.
Of Palestinian children that we killed.
We killed them.
Let's deal with our country.
-That's what we're doing.
An action within our country,
whose goal is to show in our country
the atrocities that we,
that our country is committing,
and that we are responsible for
and complicit in.
It does not
undermine in any way
the atrocities Hamas
committed against us.
We don't want our moral
perceptions to be dictated
by a massacre
Hamas carried out.
That would mean
having the same approach.
I cannot accept that.
But that's the reality.
-Good luck to you.
Thanks
"18, 700 boys and girls
were murdered in Gaza"
Most of them left no trace,
not even a photo"
Shame!
Shame!
We still have hostages in captivity!
They're all from the past month.
And a candle.
"Ahmed Abu Sief, 9 yrs old.
Was and is no more, May 7, 2025"
"Rital Abu Sneina, 13 yrs old.
Was and is no more"
"April 3, Dar al-Arqam School, Gaza"
This week we will stand again
in memory of the girls and boys
who were murdered by Israel in Gaza
and in protest against
the ongoing massacre in Gaza.
We will stand with the photos
of the children and candles.
We stand in silence
and don't chant slogans.
We ask everyone
to take two minutes
We ask everyone
to take two minutes
and look at the photo
of the boy or girl you're holding.
Read what's written about them,
and be fully present in this moment.
"Moram El Forwano. Was and is no more,
April 3, 2025, Dar ol-Arqom School, Gaza"
"Her two sisters were killed a year ago"
"Ahlam Muhammad Syam, 3 yrs old.
Was and is no more, April 17, Khan Yunis"
Muhammad Ramz Al-Jadi.
He was killed two days ago
in al-Bureij Camp near the park.
It saddens me that I don't know
how old he was,
or the circumstances of his death.
In al-Bureij,
I still need to check
if on that day, July 8th,
there was an attack on al-Bureij.
That's the first cross-check I do.
Nother cross-check happens retroactivel
with the [Gazan] Health Ministry,
which has some delay in reporting.
For me, they're the source,
because they attach ID numbers.
They are currently
the most reliable source
for "were and are no more."
Muhammad Bilal Muflah
Abu Shamla, 13 years old.
This is from three days ago.
These are pictures the families upload.
Ghazal means doe.
Some of the children I find
are children who were killed
a few days ago,
a week, two weeks.
There is not always a picture.
The first thing I see is a name
or a picture, unfortunately,
of them... killed.
I wait for the picture of them
alive to be posted, and if not...
Then no, they don't appear
in the demonstration.
Unfortunately, that's the case
for most of them.
Hazal Ismail Mahmud Abu Layla, 7 yrs ol
Was and is no more, June 20, Gaza"
"Muhammad Bilal Muflah, 13 yrs old.
Was and is no more, July 7, al-Bureij"
"Muhammad Ramz AI-jadi.
Was and is no more, July 8, al-Bureij"
"We refuse to be part of their war"
"Daughter of the Mekdad family"
"Was and is no more, April 17, jabaliya"
"Maryam Ali Abu Dakaa.
Was and is no more"
The vigil is not
intended to provoke.
It's so people take it in
and take it home with them.
How can you argue in the face
of a boy or girl who was murdered?
The only way to make a change
is for people to look inwards
and understand that something
very, very dark is going on,
that goes against all the
principles of humanity, ofjudaism.
Our goal is...
to awaken something inside.
"Yehia Abu Arkod. Was and is no more,
May 26, al-Bureij"
The reason we do this
within the protests
is to say that it goes hand in hand.
We shouldn't stop the war
only because of the hostages.
That's important, but also
are causing,such harm to another peopl
It's not either/or.
We'll take another moment
in silence, before moving on.
We invite you to join the protest
of the families of the hostages.
Take a few more moments to
return the signs and candles to the cart.
There are all kinds
of anti-government protests.
The power of the Saturday vigils
is that it creates dialogue.
But the question is,
if we expand it,
where can it have the impact
we want it to have?
Do we want to keep going to places
where people are
more in our favor?
Personally, I don't think
that should guide us,
but rather where it
can have an impact.
I don't think they're
in our favor.
They're just more open to it
because they're already
critical of the government.
And the war isn't
bringing the hostages back.
So in that space,
we can introduce
empathy for Palestinian grief as well.
Right now, there's a very
strong attempt to create division
between the hostage protest
and those opposing the genocide.
Here are those who
oppose the genocide
and here are those who
oppose this and that.
Let's just not play into that.
Let's prove that it's possible
to feel compassion for all.
Do you know how to lead us
to the bomb shelter?
I'll open the door for passersby.
These are stickers.
These are children who
died while we were in our shelters,
in Israel, in Tehran,
in Gaza, in the West Bank.
These are children who
died while we were in our shelters.
Put them up all over town.
A huge thank you to
those who came today.
I'll share that we came up with
today's activity during the war with Iran.
We still feel there's room
to gather after two and a half
very, very hard weeks
to gather after two and a half
very, very hard weeks
that we all went through.
And yet let's not forget that this is...
a grain of sand compared to what
Gazans have been
going through in the last 20 months.
After we light the candles, we'll march
to the Likud party headquarters,
and we'll place this memorial
on the front steps of the building.
Just an update, we will do it
across the street.
The police are already on their way.
We can't do it on the steps,
so we'll do it across the street, okay?
"Taha Baharozi and Alison Jabari.
ere and are no more, June 22, Tabriz, Iran
"Mahmoud, Yazen and their cousin.
Were and are no more, June 22, Gaza"
ara Hajmari, 8 yrs old. Was and is no mor
June 15, Iran. Was a gymnast."
Here's another family
that was wiped out,
a mother and her five children.
And that happened yesterday.
It says here that Mina, Atli and
Aboud were pulled out from the rubble,
Mira, Rinal and the grandfather
are still buried under it.
I'm searching for information
on who this family is.
Here, here.
Thejuda family.
Al-Shati Camp is west of Gaza City.
Ten people were killed in an air strike,
f among t-hem a mother,
a grandfather and five children.
The last name isjuda.
"Min a, Ali, Abud, Mira, Rina! and
Muhammad Hussein judo.
Were and are no more,
July 9, al-Shati"
Please keep in mind that
this is a silent vigil.
If people come and try to provoke you,
please don't respond and let the
peacekeepers do their job, okay?
"Ava Omar al-Qudra, 1 year old.
Was and is no more, May 7, Khan Yunis"
How much blood, how many tears
before the tyrant disappears?
We won't stop until everybody's back!
We won't stop until everyb0dy's back!
Stop the killing, stop the pain,
bring the hostages home again!
If there's no deal, we'll halt the country,
this is the last chance!
"Daana Khattab. Was and is no more,
along with her parents, March 20, Gaza"
cg I {
; a'
One of the first victims after March 18th
was a baby named Benan.
She was a few months old,
and in the first pictures of her,
she was wear in a canesie with rainbews.
And the contrast between the rainbows
and the innocence of the very
colorful outfit and her dead body...
and paradoxically I felt relieved
when I found her name - Benan.
F\\
I can give her a name.
I can give her
space... dimensionality.
She's not just a picture
of an anonymous girl.
She's a baby dressed
in a rainbow outfit,
who was and is no more.
She haunts me.
We don't know
who most of them are.
So we don't mention them at all.
We only show children with
pictures of them before they died.
There are many
who don't get commemorated
or the attention
the other kids get.
We tried to think of an image
that could represent all these children.
And a colorful field of flowers
came to mind.
.- Bearing witness
is also really important.
We do it all the time for
Holocust survivors. Telling their story,
"Never again."
We need to learn from the past.
Even my parents, who are Zionists
and immigrated after the Holocaust,
always said, "never compare,"
like it was obvious, so...
Yes, I think it finally hit home,
that this is what's happening.
Ahmad Muhammad Zaki al-Na jar, 4 yrs ol
Was and is no more, May 15, Gaza City"
"jumaa Musab jam a a el-Hur, 6 yrs old.
Was and is no more, April 26, Gaza City"
Thank you all
for joining us today.
We'll stand in front
of the protest happening here.
We'll stand in front
of the protest happening here.
We'll probably hear many speeches
that won't mention
what's happening in Gaza -
the starvation,
the mass killing...
We are here to make that visible.
In the last rnbnth alone,
1,000 children were killed.
Most- ciif t-he children who died in Gaza,
not eMem a phete remains of them.
Most of the childreflead' in GaZ"&?1e;I % ee5i
not even a photo remains of them.
"17, 921 children were murdered in Gaza.
ost of them left no trace, not even a phot
Enough. Stop. Bring the hostages home.
ring our soldiers amd our reservists horn
End the war now!
I support merging the two protests.
We should have stayed a
few more minutes at the end.
It would have created
more antagonism, but also
the interaction we need,
in my opinion.
In terms of the current
momentum in public discourse,
standing here really does matter.
I think a lot of people
who came to the protest joined us.
We're here to say: you're
against the war for this and that reason.
Be against the war also because
we've been slaughtering
Gazans for almost two years
So I think, yes,
this is getting through.
And more than 1,000 people
are joining us.
I felt that within the protests,
we've reached a point where
we've reached those people.
They believe and are with us,
and are cheering us on.
It felt like we need
to set ourselves goals.
And the goal this week was to go out
and speak to the public.
The voice of Gaza doesn't exist in society.
Someone needs to bring it here.
5,589 children aged O to 5
have been killed.
42,301 children have been orphaned.
18,592 children killed in total.
Today for the first time
we're at this location,
which is much more
exposed to passersby.
There might be more confrontations.
If a violent situation starts,
please do not inflame the situation.
Do not shout and do not act violently.
If there is a concern around the
safety of the vigil, we will disperse.
We hope that the vigil
will be peaceful,
will reach everyones heart,
and give space
to our cry against genocide.
"Hassan Azzam. Was and is no more.
Along with his mother and grandfather,
July 29, al-Zaytoun"
Shame on you!
What about the Israelis?
You bunch of bastards!
You are our enemies.
You're not one of us anymore.
There are hostages in Gaza.
hat's more important than Gazan childre
You dare to protest here
because no one is opposing you.
Let's see you go protest in Gaza.
They'll shoot you in the face.
Sons of bitches, bastards!
Go to Gaza!
You sit here enjoying
the benefits of Israel.
Go to Gaza!
You think they care that you're leftists?
You idiots!
My friend got blown up with
his whole team by a bomb, you idiot!
You son of a bitch!
Son of a whore!
He got killed by a bomb
because of people like you, you whore!
It's hard. The whole
country is traumatized.
What are you trying to do here?
We are trying to call attention
to the suffering and killing.
You guys are so pathetic.
You're pitiful.
Shame on you!
Shame on you!
Yeu should be ashamed.
Y@u're a disgrace to this country!
A bunch of ungrateful, pathetic people!
You make me sick!
Hmad Muhammad Issa. Was and is no m0
July 27, al-Bureij"
It's hard for me
to understand this.
Why?
- | t's hard, you know...
To understand what?
-It's a bloody war.
There's no solution.
With God's help, we'll flatten all of Gaza...
Amen! Flatten Gaza!
Show both sides.
Show the hostages who are...
Did you see the video today?
Did you see the pictures?
Why don't they have
those pictures too?
WhY Only this?
You're young.
They're brainwashing you, why?
Not one picture of a hostage!
One picture!
You're a grandmother.
If your grandson was there,
would you hold his picture or not?
You make me sick!
You wanted this?
You got yelled at.
I'm allowed to yell.
-But we talked.
I don't care, move away from me.
Listen to me, it's getting a bit heated.
Maybe we should wrap this up.
We'll start packing up.
Friends, please disperse
in groups of three
and not alone, thank you.
There's a rumor people might
act violently towards us,
and I don't want...
Why are you packing up?
Because it's becoming too dangerous
and we can't control it.
We can't control what's happening.
It's too dangerous.
My friend got blown up with his team!
What is this?
It's all good, brother.
-What is this?
I'm Moriah, we are...
-You're the organizer?
No, there are many organizers.
I'm part of...
So you're part of the protest I got
a picture of, right?
What's your ID number?
So you're wrapping things up now?
Is there a problem?
No, but did you
get a permit to...
No, a silent protest
doesn't require a permit.
How many people were there?
n't know, but it still doesn't require a per
No political speech and no procession.
Just a silent protest.
Okay, so you're done? -Yes.
-Thank you, goodbye.
Thank you, good evening.
This does not come at the
expense of the hostages' families
r the children who were murdered here.
One murder does not justify another,
and our injustice is not a weapon
that can be used to
wipe out entire families.
It will take generations to
understand the denial we're in.
Thinking about war
crimes we're. committing,
it's a crazy dissonance.
It's a dissonance that
can't even be contained,
so better not to.
just take a very clear position:
"No, it can't be."
It actually strikes at the heart
of our values.
The basic assumption is
that we are the victims,
that we are moral.
But the first reaction,
when there are cracks
in what we grew up on,
is to seal the cracks.
That's denial.
"Abdullah Ramzi Mukades.
Was and is no more, July 7"
You guys are delusional.
Our soldiers are pWF-'otecting you,
getting injured.
Ur hostages are there and you're for Gaz
You don't notice that we're...
All the humanitarian aid deliveries
we give them, Hamas takes it.
You're delusional
"18,592 boys and girls I ' I
H were murdered m Gaza
It didn't' just hafiapen.
We didn't decide GJIFIE day
to just g kill children.
No way.
They brought it on themselves.
So first things is to be connected
to reality, not detached.
- It's sad-and painful, but...
- In theory you're right,
but it's detached from reality.
You're all out of touch.
In an ideal world you'd be right.
In the real world, you're wrong.
All of you.
What about our pain?
First of all, the pain of your people.
First of all!
You're all a bit confused.
There's a peint- to understanding you,
but you're very wrong.
We need to be realistic, buddy.
Look at things as they are.
The protest's purpose
is to make present
the huge number of children
killed in Gaza since March.
But people know.
They're not stupid.
Everyone knows
children are dying in Gaza.
Everyone knows
Gazans are dying.
No one thinks death is right.
You'd be surprised.
It's better to protest
against the government,
that, I can understand.
I think it creates division and dissonance.
There's no empathy here.
It's just divisive.
We must respect the will
of this group and mine too,
to also make present in the public space
in Israel the huge number
of Palestinian children that we killed.
Of Palestinian children that we killed.
We killed them.
Let's deal with our country.
-That's what we're doing.
An action within our country,
whose goal is to show in our country
the atrocities that we,
that our country is committing,
and that we are responsible for
and complicit in.
It does not
undermine in any way
the atrocities Hamas
committed against us.
We don't want our moral
perceptions to be dictated
by a massacre
Hamas carried out.
That would mean
having the same approach.
I cannot accept that.
But that's the reality.
-Good luck to you.
Thanks
"18, 700 boys and girls
were murdered in Gaza"
Most of them left no trace,
not even a photo"
Shame!
Shame!
We still have hostages in captivity!