Precisely the day after October 7th we must not forget
Dana Varon writes about October 8, 2023 as the day of national unity after the massacre. She describes how political and social divisions were erased in an instant, and the people united as one against the enemy. The central call: to preserve this unity and not return to the hatred and division of before October 7th.
Dana Varon, a media personality and host on Channel 14, writes a personal column about October 8, 2023 – the day after the terrible massacre. She describes how in one moment, long months of bitter disputes, protests, and arguments that tore the people apart were erased. In their place, absolute unity was created: there was no right or left, no religious or secular. Everyone united around one goal – to strike the enemy, to eliminate the terrorist regime in Gaza. Varon emphasizes that this unity has not dissolved and exists today, alive and kicking, despite attempts to restore division. Her call is unequivocal: it is permissible to disagree, we will always argue – but we must not hate, we must not be spiteful, and we must not let politics dismantle what was bought with blood. She calls on us to look directly at the bereaved families, the wounded, and the soldiers in the field, and promise them that we will not return to where we were on October 6th. The column concludes with a message: October 8th proved that when we remember we are brothers, no force in the world can defeat us.