"The first photo shows my grandchildren hiding from Russian terrorists' missiles... we evacuated them to Israel... In the second photo, the same people are hiding from Hamas terrorists' missiles."

Wilshire@lemmy.ca to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz – 277 points –

Source: https://t.me/pravdaGerashchenko_en/28485

Chief rabbi of Ukraine @RabbiUkraine writes on his Facebook page:

"The first photo shows my grandchildren hiding from Russian terrorists' missiles in Kyiv region in the first days of the terrible invasion of Ukraine.

Later, together with thousands of people, we evacuated them to Israel and Europe.

In the second photo, the same people are hiding from Hamas terrorists' missiles.

Two different parts of the world, but such a common pain and struggle... My heart breaks to see these faces, but I believe that the light of truth and faith will help us to go through these challenges

I pray to the Almighty to bring down his anger and fury on all those involved in the terror of civilians!"

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While yes this is sad, you had to have known and expected that Israel was a potentially dangerous place. This just happens to be the largest attack in recent times

People can't just go anywhere, you need friends/family, maybe a job opportunity, not to mention all the visa/refugee stuff

The guy is a rabbi, almost any temple in the world would have sheltered him and offered him work and sponsorship

Doubt.

Israel has a high rate of dual citizenship, so he was likely already a citizen in Israel.

Cool and it still is a contested land with attacks happening legit weekly from all sides. Saying you thought it was safe is just idiotic.

Victim blaming at it's finest. Wonderful job you've done here.

Nobody is saying it's his fault for being a rocket magnet. But come on, Israel hasn't exactly been the most peaceful place on earth for the last, oh, 3000 years or so.

Spoken truly as someone who has never been in such a situation and agreed with by fellow ignorants. Wonderful.