Yossi Baum | X | Sept 30, 2026
Well, they convened 220 activists for a Zoom discussion about how to make sure to preserve the atmosphere of peace and coexistence. Yes, on October 7, when the blood in the south was still being spilled like water. And the Fund itself writes this.
And for the details at length: the Fund’s ‘Shatil’ division is, among other things, responsible for organizing coalitions of organizations operating in a particular field. In May 2021, following Operation Guardian of the Walls, during which riots by Arab citizens of Israel made headlines — something that distanced the Israeli public from Arabs, something that lies at the very heart of the Fund’s and Shatil’s activities — it was decided to establish a ‘Shared Society Organizations Forum,’ whose purpose was to find ways to bring Jews and Arabs closer together.
On October 7, it was immediately understood that all the effort to bring the populations closer together was going to waste. That same evening, the forum had already convened the aforementioned Zoom meeting of no fewer than 220 activists, while later that week the forum had already begun launching initiatives on the ground, according to the article (which was published “for some reason” only on the Fund’s English-language website and not on the Hebrew-language website).
If anyone has any doubt whether this was the purpose of the gathering, and whether this was what was foremost in the Fund’s thoughts on that Black Saturday, here is a quote from the Fund’s tweet that same day:
“At these moments we are providing emergency grants to organizations and initiatives working tirelessly to assist citizens who are in distress, as well as to organizations working to strengthen solidarity between Jews and Arabs in Israel and fighting every kind of extremism, racism, or violence between populations in society. Our people in the south are working hard, while running to shelters, to support those civil society organizations that constitute a welcome light during this dark period.
Our hearts are with the families of those murdered. May the violence end soon.” End of quote from the Fund (links in the comments)
Wait, it doesn’t end there: On October 8, the next day, when terrorists were still swarming the south, “an effort was made to introduce into the public discourse and into the political camp in Israel the discussion about the day after the war. Roundtables were created whose purpose was both the accumulation of knowledge and the imparting of the knowledge to decision-makers,” according to the Shatil website, about ‘Mitvim’ — which is supported by the Fund.
There are no words. Simply no words.
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