INTERVIEW: Isaac talks with Alon Gat
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Isaac Saul
4.7 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Isaac got to talk with Alon Gat. He recounts his harrowing experience on October 7th, what happened to him and his family, the current situation, and his hope for the future of Israelis and Palestinians.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody, and welcome to the Tangle podcast. We're doing something a little bit different today for this Sunday edition. I'm going to play for you an interview that I conducted this week with a man named Alangat. |
| 0:22.5 | You might be familiar with Alangat or have heard that name before because he has a pretty |
| 0:27.7 | remarkable story, one that you were about to hear on the podcast, and one that has gotten |
| 0:33.2 | attention from news organizations all across the globe. |
| 0:36.9 | Alangat was in one of the Kabutim in Israel on October 7th when Hamas attacked. |
| 0:43.0 | He was briefly taken into Hamas custody. |
| 0:46.7 | His wife spent many weeks in Hamas custody as a hostage in Gaza, and his sister is still being held in Gaza. |
| 0:57.0 | Today, he tells a story about his experience on October 7th, about the relationship between |
| 1:04.0 | members of the kibbutz and Gazans civilians before October 7th, some about how his perspective has changed and also about his |
| 1:13.2 | optimism and hope for the future and what he thinks needs to happen. |
| 1:17.6 | It's a powerful interview. |
| 1:19.1 | I think it will be a difficult interview for some people to listen to for various reasons. |
| 1:24.9 | I think he has very strong opinions about the Israel-Palestine conflict |
| 1:29.7 | because of what he's experienced. I also think he describes things that are just genuinely |
| 1:34.9 | horrifying and traumatic, and that is going to be hard for some listeners. So I certainly |
| 1:40.7 | advise some discretion for those of you who might be listening with children |
| 1:45.7 | or for people who may be sensitive to certain stories of violence or even rape or sexual assault |
| 1:53.7 | or things like that. |
| 1:55.2 | I do believe that this is a really valuable story to hear, though, because a long god experience something that I think is very central to the current state of the conflict and the current war. |
| 2:05.7 | And I also think he has a powerful message about his family members who were or are currently in captivity and being held hostage in Gaza. |
| 2:17.4 | So I was honored and privileged to have him on, |
| 2:20.7 | just like I've been honored and privileged to have on guests in the past to discuss this conflict. |
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