This is a message by a proud Israeli citizen to the Woke Sydney Palestinian protestors calling for the destruction of the State of Israel .
We are not okay, and that’s okay to say.
Being murdered at a peace festival does not equal resistance.
On October 7th, our loved ones went to Nova. We call it a peace music festival because that’s what it was—a place to make new friends, to let loose explore and celebrate life.
And this juxtaposition hurts the most —because on that day, the light your loved ones were, was met with the most unimaginable darkness…. Followed by celebrations of this massacre at the sydney Opera House on October 8.
Our lives will never be the same. But today, as we remember them, we also make a promise: to honor their memory by living as they would have.
As we stand here in grief, we have a message to you who are advocating for Israel’s demise
We will not be defeated.
Israel was attacked on October 7th and every day since, for the crime of existing. For the audacity of just being here. But we are here, and we are here to stay. And despite the trauma we’ve faced, we are in Israel, standing strong together, committed to the memories of those we lost and to the return of our hostages.
We, despite the pain and alongside it, are going to build a brighter future. Together. We will dance again.
Am Yisrael Chai Forever