On October 30, we led a solidarity visit to the village of Mukhmas, whose residents had suffered a mass attack by Jewish terrorists the previous Saturday. In the early morning hours, dozens of Jewish rioters from nearby outposts carried out a pogrom on the Bedouin hill adjacent to the village of Mukhmas, located north of Jerusalem. They set fire to Bedouin homes, which quickly went up in flames, torched sheep pens, beat residents who tried unsuccessfully to defend themselves, and cut off water pipes.

In the burned home we visited lives a young family: the parents, Munir and Asma, and their children Khader, Ibrahim, and Zaid, aged 6, 5, and 3.

Joining the visit was one of Tag Meir’s veteran activists, 92-year-old Hanania Globman from Tel Aviv. Hanania decided to join the delegation when he learned that, at the same time as our visit, a large demonstration was expected at the entrance to Jerusalem that would block access to the city. “I was afraid there wouldn’t be enough activists, so I immediately decided to join,” he said. Hanania told the residents who hosted us that the vast majority of the Israeli public rejects and condemns these criminal attacks, that the extremist right-wing minority unfortunately receives government support, and that despite everything—he believes that better days will yet come.