They exchanged text messages and emojis. Brief status updates with words of encouragement. A picture of the beloved family dog “Tutsi.”
Until no more messages came.
And then, Cindy Flash, an American, and her Israeli husband Igal vanished into the violence, presumed kidnapped by Hamas.
Four days after Hamas attacked Israel, more than 100 Israelis and potentially dozens of foreign nationals are thought to be held captive in the Gaza Strip. At least 14 U.S. citizens have been killed and an unknown number are still unaccounted for.
Flash, 67, originally from St. Paul, Minnesota, is one of them. She lives in Kfar Aza, a kibbutz in southern Israel near Gaza, where some of the most harrowing and grisly stories have been emerging during the last few days.
“They are breaking down the safe room door,” Flash said in one of her final messages to her daughter Keren, 34. “We need someone to come by the house right now.” She had been communicating with her parents from a few houses away.
Keren described her mother, who worked as an administrator in a local college, as someone who had the “sweetest biggest heart,” who everyone knew and loved, and who had spent a lifetime advocating for the rights of Palestinians, including those who live in Gaza where she may now be held.
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Helping “bad people”? There’s nothing inherently more bad about Palestinians than any other nationality.
The people she was supporting kidnapped her so… They weren’t exactly fighting for the good guys.
Was she supporting Hamas, or the Palestinian people?
Do you understand the difference between the two?
Doesn’t really matter. The people largely and enthusiasticly support Hamas. Have we not learned this lesson from Russia and China and every other authoritarian state? They will have to be literally reprogrammed similar to the denazification of Germany.
You are just talking out your ass…
The Palestinian people are just like us. Most of them just want to exist in peace.
I thought Conan did a good job humanizing the very real Palestinians who are regular, peaceful individuals.
In the full episode, he goes around a market telling people their prices are “bullshit” as a ‘negotiation technique’ and they reacted better than many of my fellow Americans would have.
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Conan did a good job humanizing the very real Palestinians
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Yeah, and people are stupid, easily manipulated, and forged by their environment and religion. We aren’t special, we’re just rich and live in nations whose cultures are organized in part to stomp out hate.
I’m sure there are good people in Palestine who are truly opposed to the idea of purging the Jews. I’m also sure they’re a minority.
But if you want to be all empathetic and go help the Palestinian people…
You’ll be kidnapped and possibly killed because you don’t align with their fantasy sky God.
You seem very sure of things you know little about. Blatantly jumping to conclusions.
Lady was literally kidnapped and recent polls show rising support for Hamas, above 50 percent. You should recognize a grape as a grape.