Guno צְבִי
We fight, We win, Am Yisrael Chai
In many ways Hila Fenlon is a symbol of the Israeli of the romantic imagination which just about still exists. A farmer who lives in a small community – a moshav – on the border with Gaza, she is of the Left. She believes in peace.
Her community moved once – from the Sinai desert – when Israel gave up land for peace with Egypt. Now she would willingly give up land for peace again. But she doesn't see that happening any time soon. The moshav Netiv HaAsara, for which she is the community leader, is the closest village to the border in the area known as the Gaza envelope – 400m from Palestinian territory.
On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists flew into her kibbutz on paragliders and killed 20 of her community in a bitter fight. Like many in the idealistic socialist communities which surrounded Gaza, Hila is not a fan of prime minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu. The night before we meet she was at a protest against him and she planned to support the centre-Left Democrats in Tuesday's election.
But Hila symbolises how, while this country might be divided on many lines – on Netanyahu himself, the ultra-orthodox refusal of the military draft, judicial reform, the need for an inquiry into the failings of October 7, and extremist settler terrorism – they speak with one voice when it comes to external threats.
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Her community moved once – from the Sinai desert – when Israel gave up land for peace with Egypt. Now she would willingly give up land for peace again. But she doesn't see that happening any time soon. The moshav Netiv HaAsara, for which she is the community leader, is the closest village to the border in the area known as the Gaza envelope – 400m from Palestinian territory.
On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists flew into her kibbutz on paragliders and killed 20 of her community in a bitter fight. Like many in the idealistic socialist communities which surrounded Gaza, Hila is not a fan of prime minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu. The night before we meet she was at a protest against him and she planned to support the centre-Left Democrats in Tuesday's election.
But Hila symbolises how, while this country might be divided on many lines – on Netanyahu himself, the ultra-orthodox refusal of the military draft, judicial reform, the need for an inquiry into the failings of October 7, and extremist settler terrorism – they speak with one voice when it comes to external threats.
Even the Israeli Left can see the West is deluded about a two-state solution
In many ways Hila Fenlon is a symbol of the Israeli of the romantic imagination which just about still exists. A farmer who lives in a small community – a moshav – on the border with Gaza, she is of t...