“You cannot erase the truth”: Israel’s spot against Hamas kidnappings with the image of the Argentine baby

2023-11-08 02:52:00

A month following the Hamas attack that began the latest escalation of the conflict in the Gaza Strip, The Israeli government published a spot in which it denounces the kidnappings of more than 240 people. The protagonist is You drink kfirthe 10-month-old Argentine baby, who became known as the youngest hostage that Hamas maintains.

The video shared on X (exTwitter) by the Israeli government shows a sign written in English, stuck on a tree in an unidentified city. However, the premise challenges the phenomenon that occurred in the United States and Europe, where People once morest Israel’s asymmetric counteroffensive have torn down similar posters. “No matter how hard you try, you can’t erase the truth.”postulated his new campaign this Tuesday, along with a hashtag that demands: “Bring them home now.”

The first page of the poster has a red letterhead with white letters that reads “kidnaped”. Below, a photo of the Argentine baby kidnapped on October 7 and the invitation: “Try to get rid of this cartel”. A hand obeys and below appears another page that dictates: “Try once more”. “And once more”says the next one. “No matter how hard you try,” she advances another page and continues on the next: “You can’t erase the truth.”

“Kfir is held hostage by Hamas in Gaza”, shows the following sheet, with exactly the same composition and one more adds: “Along with 240 other men, women and children.” The last one demands: “Bring them home now,” along with the Israeli flag and a background that compiles photos of those kidnapped by the Palestinian paramilitary group.

On November 5, the official account of the Israeli embassy in Argentina reported that the baby had turned 10 months old. “He has spent 10% of his life kidnapped. Today is the 30th night that he will spend kidnapped in Gaza in the hands of the terrorist organization Hamas. In the hands of cruel terrorists,” he added along with an urgent request for his release.

The national government confirmed less than two weeks ago that There are 21 Argentines taken hostage on October 7 in Israel. The Qatari Foreign Minister, Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, is the interlocutor of the Argentine authorities, as are his counterparts from Egypt and Turkey, who have links with the Palestinian group, in addition to the Red Cross, in charge of ensuring the integrity of the 220 Israeli and other nationality hostages, kidnapped in Gaza.

There were various events in Buenos Aires for the release of those kidnapped by Hamas

Blindfolded stuffed animals in the Obelisk, 1,400 candles in Plaza Israel and a truck that toured emblematic places of the City of Buenos Aires with the faces of the 240 people kidnapped a month ago in Israel by Hamas were some of the activities carried out this Tuesday, in which its organizers asked Argentine society to “make visible and empathize with the situation.”

Installation in the Obelisk one month following the Hamas attack in Israel

During the morning, some 150 people gathered at the Obelisk around an exhibition of bear-shaped stuffed animals of different sizes that were blindfolded. In addition, a group of Argentines convened under the slogan “Don’t look away” This morning and noon they traveled the approximate 11 kilometers that separate the Teatro Colón from the River Plate stadium with a truck that showed the faces of the people kidnapped by Hamas on giant screens.

For its part, the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) inaugurated the exhibition “And these are the names”, in tribute to the more than 1,400 fatal victims of the attacks and in demand for the release of the more than 240 people who remain kidnapped. In this way, the mutual will become one of the venues for the sixth edition of the Jerusalem Biennale of Contemporary Artwhich had to be postponed following the fateful attacks.

A month following the terrorist attack, Israel announced that it will not give up control of security in Gaza

It is a special installation that, on black walls 40 meters long and 3.5 meters high, will have the names of the more than 1,400 fatal victims written with aerosol spray. To do this, the same aesthetic register will be used as the posters that commemorate the 85 people murdered in the terrorist attack once morest the headquarters of Pasteur 633.

As part of the exhibition, the moving video “We know” is shown, in which 31 relatives of people who were murdered in the AMIA attack demanded the urgent release of the kidnapped hostages and supported all the families grieving for the massacre of Hamas.

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