According to news on May 12, local time, Sheryl Sandberg, known as the "Silicon Valley Goddess", has returned to the public eye and has received widespread attention.
Sandberg, 54, made a documentary called "Screams Before Silence," in which she interviewed witnesses about the attacks and violence against Israeli women when Hamas raided towns in southern Israel on Oct. 7.
Sandberg said the reason for making such a documentary "is simply because there are a lot of people who refuse to believe that there was a systematic X-violence on October 7." ”
Before "retiring", Sandberg, a graduate of Harvard University, was once regarded as the best female executive in Silicon Valley. She served as Meta's chief operating officer (COO), Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg's most relied upon person, and was the first woman to serve on Meta's board of directors, before which Sandberg also served as Google's vice president of global online sales and operations.
Sandberg resigned as Meta's COO in 2022, and in January she announced that she would not seek re-election to the board. It was widely believed that she was going to enjoy an undisturbed and pampered life with her third husband, Tom Bernthal, but she did not expect that she would shoot "the most important work of her life" (Sandberg's exact words).
Sandberg "starred" in a 1-hour documentary that had already aired on YouTube. In it, she spoke with Tali Banner, a survivor at the festival. Tully recounted how she hid in a trailer for seven hours and heard the cries of pain as other women were brutally assaulted.
Sandberg also interviewed Ayelet Levy Sachar, the mother of Naama Levy, a 19-year-old woman who shed tears when she heard about the girl's abduction.
"We don't think it's possible. No one will hurt a young girl. But then you'll see it," said Ayelet, the mother, as she saw her daughter, covered in blood, being escorted into a car by a Hamas militant and, most horrifyingly, with blood on her pants.
Nama remains in detention in Gaza, where his fate is uncertain.
Ironically, Sandberg has spent 14 years working with Zuckerberg to build Facebook into one of the most powerful social media platforms, and the documentary she is now producing has had to challenge the "denialism" that prevails on this social media.
Social media, including Facebook, is rife with claims that Sandberg's documentary and other revelations of Hamas's atrocities are "untrue." In addition, it has been claimed that Hamas's attacks on civilians in southern Israel "are legitimate actions of oppressed peoples." ”
Sandberg said he hoped students and other protesters who had set up camps at universities across the country would see the documentary, "and they had to see the reality of what women are through." "I don't think what happened on October 7 is justified, but some people insist it was resistance. You can believe it's resistance, but assault on women is definitely not. ”