Opposing the war in Gaza, from inside Israel

反对加沙战争,源于以色列内部

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2025-05-20

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Israeli anti-occupation activists Yehuda Shaul and Michael Sfard on the new offensive in Gaza. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • Today, the lonely fight of two anti-war Israeli activists.

  • At the beginning, you're just full of rage, no matter what.

  • And what happened is that our society has just responded out of rage and desire for revenge that for months didn't even come close to be satisfied.

  • And as a society, we were blind to what we are inflicting on Palestinians in Gaza.

  • Yehuda Shal is the founder of a pioneering Israeli NGO called Breaking the Silence.

  • It campaigns against the occupation of Palestine,

  • including by publishing the testimony of Israeli soldiers,

  • revealing the brutal ways that that occupation is sustained.

  • And Mikhail Sfad is an Israeli lawyer.

  • He's brought hundreds of cases challenging the demolition of Palestinian homes,

  • the construction of new settlements, and pushing for investigations of alleged Israeli war crimes.

  • You know, since October 7th, there are no journalists that are allowed to enter the Gaza Strip.

  • No foreign journalists.

  • Israel has sealed the Strip completely.

  • So all of these policies, when you connect the dots,

  • show how the Israeli government is investing in silencing any opening that may produce criticism,

  • may produce assistance to grieving Palestinians.

  • In this moment,

  • with hundreds killed in Israeli bombings the past few days and the beginning of extensive ground operations in Gaza.