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Today in Focus

Opposing the war in Gaza, from inside Israel

Today in Focus

The Guardian

Daily News, News

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

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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0:00.0

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0:09.7

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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

1:15.3

that for months didn't even come close to be satisfied.

1:23.5

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

1:30.9

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

1:36.5

It campaigns against the occupation of Palestine, including by publishing the testimony of

1:41.9

Israeli soldiers, revealing the brutal ways that that occupation

1:45.7

is sustained.

1:47.2

And Mikhail Sfarad is an Israeli lawyer.

1:49.9

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

1:54.6

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

1:59.0

You know, since October 7th, there are no journalists

2:02.4

that are allowed to enter the Gaza Strip.

2:04.9

No foreign journalists.

2:06.0

Israel has sealed the strip completely.

2:08.7

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

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