Meet the Israeli Rabbi and survivor of 7 October attack now in Australia to campaign for peace

Director of the organisation Rabbis for Human Rights, Avi Dabush, sees a ceasefire as consistent with values of peace and human rights

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Avi Dabush felt as if he was “in a nightmare” and worried “maybe this is the end” when his family spent eight hours hiding from Hamas militants in Kibbutz Nirim in southern Israel.

So the executive director of the organisation Rabbis for Human Rights speaks with authority when he says the 7 October attacks have caused “a very deep and open wound” on Israeli society.

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