By Hannah Saunders
This coming Thursday, August 20, StandWithUs Northwest is hosting an American-born Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) soldier for a speaking opportunity. Ira Kohler will be discussing his experiences with the massacre of Palestinians following the October 7 event. This comes just months after StandWithUs Northwest hosted former Miss Israel and IOF soldier, Noa Cochva, where TtS repeatedly broke news.
Kohler, born on Long Island, served as a lone soldier under the IOF’s paratrooper brigade after moving to Israel at the age of 21. He authored a book about his experiences, “Once a Paratrooper,” which he will talk about at the event.
Palestinian organizations will disrupt the event to let Zionists and their sympathizers know they are not welcome in Seattle. It’s taking place at 6:30 p.m. at the Sephardic Bikur Holim, located at 6500 52nd Ave South. StandWithUs Northwest has publicly announced that there will be security officers, similar to the last event.
StandWithUs Northwest said it would not make the event location public until the day prior to “approved,” attendees. Follow Super_UW for alerts if there is a location change.
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