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| Pictures from Gill’s Facebook page |
Gill Rosenberg, the Canadian-Israeli woman who has gone to fight ISIS with the Kurdish army, seems to be okay. Despite posts on radical Islamic sites saying she has been taken prisoner, messages which appear to have come from Ms. Rosenberg personally deny it. This afternoon (Monday, December 1, 2014) has seen a flurry of messages to Rosenberg’s Facebook page. In one which has the sign-on “Gill Rosenberg” the message says: “I’m totally safe and secure. I don’t have Internet access or any communication devices with me for my safety and security. I can’t reply regularly and only happened to have a chance to log in and see these (bs) news stories. Ignore the reports I’ve been captured.” Ms Rosenberg, 31, is by any measure a remarkable person. Her Facebook page is a compendium of content both youthful and mature. She is inspired by the de facto alliance between Israel and Kurd peoples in Iraq to defeat ISIS. Israel’s Haaretz reported Rosenberg gave an interview to Israel Radio, explaining why she wanted to join the Kurdish fight against ISIS. “They are our brothers. They are good people. They love life, a lot like us, really,” she reportedly said. Rosenberg indicated she was a member of the IDF from 2006 to 2008 and posted several photos of herself in uniform.
