Summary
Overview
Tilo Jung and Kira return from a week-long reporting trip to Israel and Palestine, where they conducted seven interviews and witnessed firsthand the situation in Gaza from a distance, the occupation in the West Bank, and a military raid in Jericho. They provide a preview of the upcoming interviews with Israeli and Palestinian activists, politicians, former intelligence chiefs, and settlers, while sharing their intense experiences of witnessing the destruction of Gaza and encountering IDF operations.
Return from Israel and Palestine
Tilo, Kira, and their producer Ludwig have just returned from their first joint trip to Israel and Palestine, following previous visits by Tilo in 2014 and 2018. They spent a week filming interviews and experiencing the region firsthand. Kira describes the trip as intense, exciting, overwhelming, and oppressive, marking her first exposure to the occupied territories and the realities on the ground.
- First time traveling together to Israel and Palestine as a team, including Kira's first visit
- Unable to broadcast live shows for a week due to the reporting trip
- Results from the week of filming will be published in coming weeks
- Kira describes the week as 'exciting, a lot, oppressive'
" Spannend, aufregend, viel, bedrückend. "
Viewing Gaza's Destruction from Israel
The team visited an observation point in Sderot, Israel, where Israelis can view Gaza from a specially constructed platform. Through paid binoculars, they witnessed the complete devastation of northern Gaza, including Jabalia and Gaza City, seeing nothing but rubble, ruins, and cleared paths made by IDF bulldozers. The experience was physically overwhelming, causing nausea and emotional distress as they realized people still live amid the destruction.
- IDF does not allow foreign reporters into Gaza
- Viewing platform in Sderot offers view of Gaza, sponsored by a wealthy American Zionist
- Pay binoculars cost 5 shekels for 15 seconds of viewing time
- Through binoculars, only rubble, ruins, and destruction visible - no intact buildings
- Could see IDF bulldozers and rising smoke but no people
- Both Kira and Tilo experienced physical nausea when viewing the destruction
" Einfach nur noch Schutthaufen. Nichts anderes. Es sieht so aus wie Pferde einfach. Als hätte man da Steine übereinander gelegt. "
" Ich musste erst so zwei Minuten durchatmen... Mir wurde erst schlecht. "
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