# The Dolls of October 7: A Poem About Violence and Silence - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2103514672662213000 - Source account: [@rehoov](https://x.com/rehoov) - Source language: French - Target language: English - Duration: 1:56 - Published: 2026-09-26 - Machine translated. Check the original before quoting. - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1zmuNDlrN35L/en/the-dolls-of-october-7-a-poem-about-violence-and-silence - Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1zmuNDlrN35L/fr/les-poup%C3%A9es-du-7-octobre-un-po%C3%A8me-sur-les-violences-et-le-silence.md ## Transcript [0:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1zmuNDlrN35L/en/the-dolls-of-october-7-a-poem-about-violence-and-silence?t=6) Do you know the story of the doll? Beautiful, alive, then October 7 arrived. [0:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1zmuNDlrN35L/en/the-dolls-of-october-7-a-poem-about-violence-and-silence?t=10) A rag doll shaken just to have fun. Bloodied fabric, shredded intimacy. A day of celebration. [0:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1zmuNDlrN35L/en/the-dolls-of-october-7-a-poem-about-violence-and-silence?t=17) Paragliders, green caps, shop windows full of dolls in the kibbutz, out for a walk. Abdallah wanders with his father, his rifle slung over his shoulder. In the houses, he wants to roughhouse, disarticulate the dolls. [0:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1zmuNDlrN35L/en/the-dolls-of-october-7-a-poem-about-violence-and-silence?t=28) Through the window, the puppets are tossed about. [0:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1zmuNDlrN35L/en/the-dolls-of-october-7-a-poem-about-violence-and-silence?t=30) Jamal shows him every gesture, how to make objects cry. [0:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1zmuNDlrN35L/en/the-dolls-of-october-7-a-poem-about-violence-and-silence?t=33) Abdallah hurries, imitates him, and Dad is full of pride. [0:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1zmuNDlrN35L/en/the-dolls-of-october-7-a-poem-about-violence-and-silence?t=36) Together, tear apart the dolls, destroy everything they once were. [0:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1zmuNDlrN35L/en/the-dolls-of-october-7-a-poem-about-violence-and-silence?t=38) When Jamal has finished, after he has tasted paradise, he sees his cousin arrive, leaves the doll in his hands. Some took souvenirs to satisfy their desire. Amit was a beautiful doll, so a civilian took her away. [0:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1zmuNDlrN35L/en/the-dolls-of-october-7-a-poem-about-violence-and-silence?t=50) Everywhere, red stains on the body and on the mouth. [0:52](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1zmuNDlrN35L/en/the-dolls-of-october-7-a-poem-about-violence-and-silence?t=52) In the shower, she has to be washed. He takes the opportunity to play with her. [0:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1zmuNDlrN35L/en/the-dolls-of-october-7-a-poem-about-violence-and-silence?t=55) In his children's room, Mohammed feels alive, and even if he sees tears flowing, he knocks her out with his weapon. [1:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1zmuNDlrN35L/en/the-dolls-of-october-7-a-poem-about-violence-and-silence?t=60) If the doll could speak, she would explain that she knew it, that she would have never even cried, that she just had to resign herself. [1:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1zmuNDlrN35L/en/the-dolls-of-october-7-a-poem-about-violence-and-silence?t=70) Stylish, colorful dolls, thousands of them dancing. [1:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1zmuNDlrN35L/en/the-dolls-of-october-7-a-poem-about-violence-and-silence?t=73) Suddenly, the men arrived. The music stopped. [1:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1zmuNDlrN35L/en/the-dolls-of-october-7-a-poem-about-violence-and-silence?t=75) In the desert, she has to hide. Esther is quickly caught, her boyfriend subdued. He is forced to watch her. [1:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1zmuNDlrN35L/en/the-dolls-of-october-7-a-poem-about-violence-and-silence?t=81) They spin the doll around, then they pick up objects. [1:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1zmuNDlrN35L/en/the-dolls-of-october-7-a-poem-about-violence-and-silence?t=84) After inserting a knife and shard, she'll never walk again. [1:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1zmuNDlrN35L/en/the-dolls-of-october-7-a-poem-about-violence-and-silence?t=87) Farther away, a few meters on, a completely cut-up doll. [1:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1zmuNDlrN35L/en/the-dolls-of-october-7-a-poem-about-violence-and-silence?t=89) They put a bullet in her head, but keep passing it around. [1:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1zmuNDlrN35L/en/the-dolls-of-october-7-a-poem-about-violence-and-silence?t=92) It's true you need free rein to call out these silences. [1:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1zmuNDlrN35L/en/the-dolls-of-october-7-a-poem-about-violence-and-silence?t=95) Adèle Haenel, Mona Anni, are you sure you understood? [1:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1zmuNDlrN35L/en/the-dolls-of-october-7-a-poem-about-violence-and-silence?t=97) All these photos, these videos, all these investigations and all these words about the kibbutzim and Nova. Yet, strangely, you don't believe me. [1:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1zmuNDlrN35L/en/the-dolls-of-october-7-a-poem-about-violence-and-silence?t=103) For your future free rein, remember, in your fervor, what these fighters did, those you call resistance fighters.