After the Hamas attack | Lecture and discussion on the current situation in Israel

After the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, nothing was the same for the people of Israel from one day to the next. The shock is deep-seated and the question of how it could have come to this, being defencelessly at the mercy of this attack, is more than pressing. Equally pressing is the question of when and how the more than one hundred hostages, who are still in the hands of Hamas, can be released. Is a ceasefire possible and will they then be released? How can life actually go on after this experience and after the war?

Ayelet Bargur and Dani Engel talk about the before and after of 7 October 2023, about the current situation in Israel and what has changed forever…

Ayelet Bargur, born in San Francisco in 1969, lives in Israel. She studied film and art studies as well as film directing and production at Tel Aviv University. Her documentaries and feature films critically reflect daily life in Israel and have been honoured with important awards and shown at international festivals. Ayelet Bargur received a scholarship from the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Programme for her research on the film and book project „Ahawah heißt Liebe“. „The House On August Street“ received the „Second Prize for Best Documentary“ at the Haifa International Film Festival in 2007 and the „Grand Prix for Documentary“ from CIRCOM in 2008.

Dani Engel is the brother of Ronen Engel, who he said was a „terrible optimist“. Ronen Engel, his wife and children were kidnapped by Hamas in Kibbutz Nir Oz on 7 October and taken hostage. His brother found out about his abduction when he opened Ronen’s Facebook page; Hamas had filmed the kidnapping. Ronen was murdered and his family was released after 52 days on 27 November.

Series of events: „We need, need, need to talk“, sponsored by „Demokratie leben!“

Photo: Alexis Antoine (unspalsh)