Wow. This is heartwarming. @UEFA has authorized Israel’s national team to wear black armbands during tonight’s match against @IrelandFootball in memory of those murdered on October 7. In a world that has so often tried to erase, minimize, or justify what happened to us, seeing their memory honored like this means more than words can express. May their memories forever be a blessing. 🕯️🇮🇱

A lot of people are understandably missing the point about why so many of us are upset and speaking out about Clavicular. Within the Jewish community, there has always been an unofficial rule that we protect one another. Of course, this extends to our non-Jewish friends as well. When I'm abroad, a Jewish community centre or synagogue represents a place of safety. When I walk around Tel Aviv, I rarely have to worry about my safety as a woman because I live in a country where I don't have to fear being jumped or attacked. In the rare instance that something does happen, I know there would be ten Israeli men running to help me within seconds. Especially in a post–October 7 world, after the vile and traumatic sexual violence and gang rape that Jewish women were subjected to, I assumed there was an instinct to protect and safeguard Jewish women. I never imagined that men I know or associate with would lure another Jewish woman to meet a predator. That they would encourage, or even pimp out, Jewish women to a man who is currently facing sexual assault charges, for the sake of parties and social media views. This goes beyond "strategy," "unity," or whether you believe it is effective to engage with a controversial figure. I thought we had an unofficial rule to protect one another from this. It seems I was wrong.