176: Tal Hartuv: "Evil never made me cry, but kindness makes me weep"

Jonny Gould's Jewish State

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There’s a higher consciousness and awareness about Tal Hartuv.

She's grounded but spiritual, realistic but also optimistic.

Because Tal’s very existence since 2010 is an improbable miracle.

She makes one imagine the dead returning to recount the experience of their murder.

In December of that year, she was brutally attacked by Hamas terrorists while hiking the hills around Jerusalem alongside her friend, Kristine Luken, an American Christian.

Kristine was murdered next to her, but Tal survived by playing dead despite severe injuries, including 18 machete wounds and numerous broken bones.

Tal describes in disturbing detail the attack itself (don’t look away) and then reflects on how its changed her, what she was like before and after it, what she thinks of the current 🎗️deal and being labelled a victim when she’s anything but.

The attackers who harmed her and killed Kristine are supposed to serve long sentences, but one of the murderers is released in a terrorist-for-hostage-swap agreement.

But how does she manage her survivor's guilt when her friend didn’t make it?

Her multiple wounds cause pain when she moves and is a constant visceral reminder of what happened.

How does that impact her life, physically and emotionally?

And after October 7th, she unpacks what peace actually means!

This is a truly captivating interview and I hope you appreciate it listening to it as much I did making it.

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