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Kibbutz Be'eri

October 7 survivor’s work auctioned at BFAMI fundraiser

Over £400,000 was raised for 16 museums in Israel

By Michelle Wolodarsky

2 min read

Co-chairs of BFAMI Pamela Crystal and Poju Zabludowicz

Thomas Hand in Hatzerim (Ricki Rosen)

‘Will I ever go home again?’ The rebuilding of the kibbutzim ravaged by October 7

By Amelie Botbol

13 min read

Our house was destroyed but the flimsy succah survived (Photo: Kfir Sion)

‘Our house was destroyed but the succah remained’

By Jane Prinsley

7 min read

Emily Hand and her father Tom Hand for the Channel 4 documentary One Day in October. (Photo: Channel 4)

October 7 documentary shares heart-wrenching new insights into Kibbutz Be’eri massacre

By Eliana Jordan

3 min read

Barak Deri addressing the memorial event in Hyde Park (Gary Manhine)

‘I’ve never seen death like that’: Be’eri hero recounts battlefield fight that almost killed him

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

UJIA CEO Mandie Winston (left) interviews Yossi Klein Halevi and Rabbi Donniel Hartman at the UJIA dinner 2024 (Photo: Blake Ezra)

‘Diaspora Jews are now living in an era of conditional acceptance’

4 min read

Artist Sofie Berzon MacKie

‘I want my art after October 7 to be like a big bang – how life can start again after this’

By Nicole Lampert

4 min read

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New Labour MPs reveal how trips to Israel made the ‘horror’ of war hit home

Parliamentarians open up about visits organised by Labour Friends of Israel

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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August 22, 2024 10:29

Former LFI Chair Steve McCabe (wearing light blue shirt) and Matthew Patrick MP (dark blue shirt) in the ruins of a building in Kibbutz Be'eri during a visit to Israel in March this year. Credit: Labour Friends of Israel

‘Left alone for hours’ IDF probe reveals army’s disastrous response to Be’eri massacre

The probe is the first of many comissioned to investigate IDF conduct on October 7

By Hannah Gillott

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July 12, 2024 08:03

Scenes of houses destroyed when Hamas terrorists infiltrated Kibbutz Be'eri, and 30 other nearby communities in Southern Israel on October 7, killing more than 1400 people, and taking more than 200 hostages into Gaza, near the Israeli-Gaza borderl. October 25, 2023. Photo by Edi Israel/Flash90 חיילים

Steve McCabe: Labour’s reaction to October 7 showed it was a changed party

Outgoing Labour Friends of Israel head says party has changed compared to the Corbyn years

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

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July 2, 2024 11:53

Steve McCabe (wearing light blue shirt) in the ruins of a building in Kibbutz Be'eri during a visit to Israel in March this year. Credit: Labour Friends of Israel

Eden Golan receives standing ovation in London for October Rain performance

The Letters Light and Love evening sought to raise funds to rebuild Kibbutz Be’eri, eight months after the town was devastated by Hamas terrorists

By Daniel Ben-David

4 min read

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July 1, 2024 17:22

Eden Golan at the Letters Light and Love fundraising event in London, June 30, 2024

Andrew Fox

As a former British soldier, only visiting Israel made me understand the Gaza war

Infantry officer Andrew Fox’s analysis of the Jewish state’s military response to the Hamas terror raid was viewed over four million times on social media

3 min read

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April 22, 2024 14:05

Placards of Israeli hostages held by Hamas hang in a destroyed house in Kibbutz Beeri (Photo: Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

IDF investigation clears commander of killing civilians in Kibbutz Be’eri tank attack

General Barak Hiram ordered shelling on a home containing Hamas terrorists and hostages during the defence of the kibbutz on October 7

2 min read

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April 3, 2024 08:43

Commander of the 99th Division Brig. Gen. Barak Hiram in southern Israel on October 11, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Art gives us hope, says curator of Kibbutz Be’eri gallery

The gallery was destroyed by Hamas terrorists on October 7

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January 30, 2024 14:02

Sofie Berzon Mackie curator of Kibbutz Be'eri Art Gallery, addresses the BFAMI fundraising auction (Photo: Yoav Pichersky)

The printing press that symbolises kibbutz’s Be’eri’s spirit of survival

The business at the heart of devastated Kibbutz Be’eri was back to work within days of October 7

By Amelie Botbol

2 min read

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January 24, 2024 15:17

The printing press that symbolises kibbutz’s Be’eri’s spirit of survival