Posted on 07/25/2024 5:34:05 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
Families of hostages held captive in Gaza condemned Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the United States Congress, as pressure grows on the Israeli prime minister to agree to a deal to secure their release.
“The speech and applause won’t erase the one sad fact: The words ‘Deal Now!’ were absent from the prime minister’s address,” The Hostage and Missing Families Forum in Israel said in a statement..
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum has become a potent political force in Israel since some 250 people were abducted by Hamas on October 7, and the square a regular site of protests demanding that the hostages be brought home.......
During his nearly 52-minute address, Netanyahu lashed out against critics of Israel’s war in Gaza but did not mention the status of the ceasefire negotiations, despite intense international pressure to find a deal and growing optimism that one could soon be struck......
Despite the warm reception by lawmakers in Congress, about 80 House Democrats skipped Netanyahu’s speech, including US Vice President Kamala Harris, who instead attended a pre-scheduled trip to a sorority event in Indiana. President Joe Biden and Harris are scheduled to meet with Netanyahu at the White House Thursday.
Also among the absentees was former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who later blasted Netanyahu’s speech as “by far the worst presentation of any foreign dignitary invited and honored with the privilege of addressing the Congress of the United States.”
“Many of us who love Israel spent time today listening to Israeli citizens whose families have suffered in the wake of the October 7th Hamas terror attack and kidnappings. These families are asking for a ceasefire deal that will bring the hostages home – and we hope the Prime Minister would spend his time achieving that goal,” she said in a statement.
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The rules of engagement were established by Hamas on Oct 7. Israel should kidnap the terrorist leader’s families and hold them until every Israeli hostage has been returned.
and the US spent mega money on the supply port/ramp to support hamas!
“What has the families of the hostages said to Biden, CNN? Or are you just trying to slam Bibi?”
They sound like Israel’s version of the Jersey Girls.
The only ones adhering to a ceasefire would be the IDF. Some will never learn they don’t care and will not play fair.
a deal requires two parties
and the Fakestinians won’t even begin to negotiate honestly on any reasonable grounds.
realistically, Bibi is correct that there’s only one chance of getting any more hostages back, at least under the current circumstances, and he’s pursing it with the IDF action.
we all pray for the safe rescue of any hostages that the Fakestinians haven’t already murdered
I believe it was back in the 70’s that Israel started the policy of no negotiation for hostages, they were assumed dead. While harsh I believe it to the right thing, don’t let the enemy realize they can control your actions by taking hostages.
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That policy was abandoned long ago, replaced by lopsided prisoner exchanges grossly favoring the terrorists. With predictable results.
The usual CNN sour grapes.
They didn’t identify a single hostage family saying this. Just political enemies of Netanyahu claiming to speak for families.
NO CEASEFIRE EVER.
GRIND ISLAM TO DUST!
Bibi should be concerned more with winning the war more than the hostages.
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