On this episode, we're joined by Millet Ben Haim, who shares her survival story from the Nova Festival in Kibbutz Re'im, where the joy of dance and community was abruptly shattered by the Hamas attack. Her story highlights the resilience of the human spirit in the face of unimaginable circumstances.

3,882 people arrived at The Nova Festival in Kibbutz Re’im, in Southern Israel between October 6th and 7th, 2023. Millet Ben Haim was one of the partygoers dancing with her friends in the early morning of October 7th when the music stopped at 6:29am. We are honoured to share this conversation with Millet, and the story of her survival.

During our talk, Millet mentions that this is not a political matter, it’s a human matter. In Israel, there’s now a common saying, in relation to the hostage situation, that says: "ze lo yamin, ze lo smol, ze yashar" “It’s not right, it’s not left. It’s straight.” This is not a political story, it’s a human one.

This episode is dedicated to Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Ori Danino, Eden Yerushalmi, Almog Sarusi, and Alex Lubanov, all taken from the Nova festival, and Carmel Gat, taken from Kibbutz Bee’ri, who were murdered after 11 months in Hamas captivity, to Leon Bar, and to all of the victims of that day.

*Trigger warning* This episode contains content relating to terrorism, murder, shooting and rape.