Sheryl Sandberg Instagram – The last five days have been among the most emotional of my life. I spent them in Israel where I had the honor and privilege of working with Meny Aviram (@menyav) and the team at Kastina Communications to film a new documentary, “Screams Before Silence.” I went with survivors to the grounds of the Nova Festival and stood with them as they shared how they survived that day and their heartbreak at the friends they lost. I walked through the eucalyptus trees with real life heroes who rescued hundreds of people and recovered the bodies of those we lost. I spoke with police investigators and first responders who saw with their own eyes the murder and mutilation of innocent civilians. And I sat and cried with released hostages, listening to their harrowing stories of survival and how they found humanity and resilience in each other. All of these people tell the story of “Screams Before Silence.” They told stories of the unspeakable sexual violence that happened to women and men, old and young, many in the very last moments of their lives. For their sake — and for humanity’s sake — we must look squarely at what happened on October 7th and bear witness together. Rape is not resistance. Rape is not freedom fighting. We must stand together and make sure it is never used as a tool of war. #ScreamsBeforeSilence Photo credit: @ranmendelson