The lesson we didn't learn: Remembering October 7 means remembering October 6 as well

Dana Varon claims that marking the international memorial day for the October 7 massacre, in addition to the national day on the Hebrew date of 24 Tishrei, is an attempt to create a political alternative and divide the public. She accuses the "Kumu" movement of cynically using the memory and excluding released hostage Rom Breslavsky. According to her, true memory requires remembering the division that preceded the massacre.

Dana Varon, a columnist and presenter on Channel 14, argues that marking the international memorial day for the October 7 massacre, in addition to the national memorial day set on the Hebrew date of 24 Tishrei, is an attempt to create a political alternative and divide the public. She accuses the "Kumu" movement, which organizes an alternative ceremony, of cynically using the national memory. As an example, she notes that released hostage Rom Breslavsky was not allowed to speak at the ceremony, even though he is a direct survivor of the inferno, because he does not fit the movement's political image. Varon links the current division to the division that preceded the massacre, and mentions the cynical use of the hostage families by protest activists, who she claims pressured from within instead of pressuring Hamas. She quotes Sinwar's instruction to continue sowing discord from within, and states that Hamas's true victory is internal division. The article concludes with a call to remember October 7 together with October 6 – the day before the massacre, when the division reached its peak.