Michael Douglas on his visit to Bari: “I met people here who believed in peace”

Michael Douglas, who is currently visiting Israel, arrived today (Sunday) to visit Kibbutz Bari. During the visit, he met with the members of the kibbutz and heard from them the horrors that happened on October 7.

“I met people here who believed in peace. Who hosted the Palestinian neighbors in their homes. Now I ask how do you recover from something like this? It will take generations if at all. How do you conquer the desire for revenge? I have no idea,” said the actor.

Michael Douglas and Yuli Ben Ami, Photo: Kibbutz Bari spokeswoman

Among the members of the kibbutz he met: Yuli Ben Ami, who survived on October 7, the daughter of Raz and Ohad Ben Ami, who were kidnapped to Gaza, Raz was returned in the kidnap deal at the end of November, Ohad is still there 240 days. Douglas arrived at the house from which her parents were kidnapped and heard from Yuli the story of their abduction.

In addition, he met with Amit Shloy, the financial chairman of the kibbutz, Survivor on October 7, who lost dozens of friends in the massacre, as well as his sister and her husband, Mein and Yuval Bar. They visited the house where they were murdered.

Michael Douglas at Kibbutz Bari, Photo: Kibbutz Bari spokeswoman

Douglas also came to the home of the peace activist, Vivian Silver, who was murdered on October 7, and heard her story from Mantasha Cohen, the kibbutz member who survived the massacre.

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