Idit Ohel: From a Hamas video I saw that my son was kidnapped and his friends were killed.
Idit Ohel, the mother of 23-year-old Alon, who was kidnapped from a music festival on October 7th by Hamas, tells in Labyrinth about the agony she has been living in for half a year since her son was held hostage. She says that she knows absolutely nothing about her son for half a year. Alon is a promising pianist and has dual Israeli and Serbian citizenship, and his mother says she contacted the Serbian government to help somehow. Idit tells about the terrible October 7th, about her son and the efforts of families to get their loved ones back.
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Syria freed from dictator, but terrorism is still a threat
Interview with war reporter Bud Wichers
After 13 years of civil war, the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria has fallen almost without a fight. The rebel HTS (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham) has taken power and is trying to make a peaceful transition. In the meantime, the US, Israel and Turkey are bombing places that are strongholds of ISIS, the Kurdish party or places that are suspected of having remnants of chemical weapons used by Assad. In this episode, we talk to war reporter Bud Wichers from the Netherlands who has been reporting from Syria since the very beginning of the uprising in 2011. Wichers has extensive experience reporting from the Middle East, and in Syria he reported from the biggest hot spots and was in contact with almost all the factions fighting in Syria. He says it is good that the regime has finally fallen, but he is still suspicious of possible terrorist hot spots, that is, he suspects that HTS has severed all ties with its previous “umbrella” Al Nusra Front, which was practically the Syrian branch of Al Qaeda.
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Hot winter in the USA: Fires ravage Los Angeles – Senators question Trump's elected officials
Interview with journalist Jalisa Dugrot
Fires ravaged the center of the film industry, Los Angeles. Danger still exists. On the political front, the Senate hearings of President-elect Donald Trump's nominees are underway.
We are talking about the situation in the USA with journalist Jalisa Dugro. Watch the full conversation.
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People in Beirut sleep on streets and beaches because buildings are targeted
An interview with award-winning humanitarian from Beirut, Marina El Khawand
The war in the Middle East is heating up. After the attacks carried out by Iran on Israel, Israel began a heavy bombing of its Hezbollah proxy in Lebanon and continued heavy attacks on the Gaza Strip. In this Labyrinth, we talk to award-winning humanitarian and fighter for equal and free access to medical care, Marina El Khawand.
We discussed the current situation in Lebanon with refugees and people receiving evacuation orders in the middle of the night, the basic needs of water, food and medicine, as well as the role Hezbollah plays in Lebanese society.
Watch the full episode.
