Idan Raichel on the residents of Gaza: 'We must treat most of them as complicit'

The musician uploaded a video with a harsh message to his followers: 'They could have been courageous, tonight, and entered all the tunnels and revolt against Hamas', Raichel wrote in three languages - Hebrew, Arabic and English - so that no one would miss what he was trying to say
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"The Gazan Palestinians are not revolting against the terror organization Hamas," claimed singer and creator Idan Raichel in a video he uploaded to his Instagram account on Saturday night, that has so far received over 350,000 views, thousands of shares and comments.


Raichel, who since October 7 has been performing across the country in front of soldiers on their bases, wounded soldiers and evacuees, comes out in a video against the citizens of the Gaza Strip and says that they could have acted differently.
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Gazans 'could have expelled the terror organization Hamas and started rebuilding their lives,' says Idan Raichel
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"They could have been courageous, tonight, and entered all the tunnels and revolt against Hamas. To fight them – even at a heavy price to many of them – and return all of the hostages. They could have expelled the terror organization Hamas and started rebuilding their lives. They are not doing this, and that’s why we must treat most of them as complicit," Raichel said.
The musician's message in the video is written in Hebrew, Arabic and English, so that no one misses what he is trying to say.
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Idan, don't dehumanise yourself. Don't damage yourself by becoming insensitive to the sanctity of life
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This man is a hero
Thank you, Idan, for having the courage to speak the plain truth publicly. I have been vilified for expressing these same views. While I don't believe all Gazans are guilty terrorists, I would argue that most are complicit in Hamas' ability to operate within homes, schools, hospitals and holy places. Every adult, male or female, would know of at least one terror facility or one terror operative. Tens of thousands of Gazans have celebrated as rockets fly, as men, women and children in Israel are murdered in bombings, stabbings and shootings and, of course, most recently the disgusting and cowardly (even by Palestinian terrorism standards) monstrosities of October 7. Now, Gaza lies waste, peace is further away than ever and Gazans are suffering the consequences of choices they have made over decades. I was six years old when I saw the Munich Olympic massacre, 11 years old when I learned of and saw the horrors of the holocaust. I am fortunate to live in a country that has never really known antisemitism until recent widespread Muslim immigration, yet I have seen all too many times the barbarous results of a world view and religious teaching that seeks to eliminate an entire race and religion from existence. If I could, I would serve in the IDF and protect a nation that has always sought peace, but I'm old, Aussie and can't. So instead, in my own limited way, I fight for Israel, as Idan has, by speaking the unpleasant truth. Perhaps that, and weeping for the murdered civilians and the fallen heroes, is all I can do.
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Most of them
"Most of them" is a tricky definition. It implies 'not all of them'. So how do we treat those about whom we have no information?
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