Posted on 08/31/2024 9:53:02 PM PDT by Words Matter
"I am devastated and outraged," stated the U.S. president, who then called for a deal between Israel and Hamas.
(August 31, 2024 / JNS) U.S. President Joe Biden stated shortly before midnight on Saturday night that he is “devastated and outraged” after the U.S. citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin was identified among six bodies that Israeli forces recovered earlier in the day in a tunnel in Rafah.
Biden vowed that “Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes,” but then said that the United States “will keep working around the clock” to secure a deal—which would be between the Jewish state and the Hamas terror organization—to release the rest of the hostages.
“Hersh was among the innocents brutally attacked while attending a music festival for peace in Israel on Oct. 7. He lost his arm helping friends and strangers during Hamas’s savage massacre. He had just turned 23. He planned to travel the world,” Biden stated. “I have gotten to know his parents, Jon and Rachel. They have been courageous, wise, and steadfast, even as they have endured the unimaginable.”
Goldberg-Polin’s parents have been “relentless and irrepressible champions of their son and of all the hostages held in unconscionable conditions,” the president added. “I admire them and grieve with them more deeply than words can express. I know all Americans tonight will have them in their prayers, just as Jill and I will.”
Biden called Goldberg-Polin’s death “as tragic as it is reprehensible.”
“Our hearts break after receiving the devastating news of the hostages’ bodies being found in Hamas tunnels,” stated Danny Danon, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations. “Our thoughts are with the families who have lost their loved ones. The terrorist monsters who murdered innocent hostages deserve nothing less than death.”
Goldberg-Polin is “an American hero, who will be remembered for his kindness and selflessness. Our hearts break for Jon, Rachel and their entire family, as well as the other families who found out today their loved ones won’t be coming home. May their memory be a blessing,” stated Antony Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state who is Jewish.
“The killing of these hostages only further confirms Hamas’s depravity. It should release all the hostages immediately,” Blinken said. “We will continue to work with our partners in the region to secure an agreement without delay that frees the remaining hostages.”
“Hamas murdered Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an American-Israeli hostage, kidnapped from a music festival for peace on Oct. 7,” stated the Republican Jewish Coalition. “Israel’s fight against these barbaric terrorists is America’s fight.”
Neither the Harris nor the Trump campaign had commented at press time. Shortly after this article published, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris stated of Goldberg-Polin that “we now know he was murdered by Hamas.”
“Doug and my prayers are with Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Polin, Hersh’s parents, and with everyone who knew and loved Hersh. When I met with Jon and Rachel earlier this year, I told them: ‘You are not alone,'” Harris stated. “That remains true as they mourn this terrible loss. Americans and people around the world will pray for Jon, Rachel and their family and send them love and strength. As is said in the Jewish tradition, may Hersh’s memory be a blessing.”
“Hamas is an evil terrorist organization. With these murders, Hamas has even more American blood on its hands. I strongly condemn Hamas’s continued brutality, and so must the entire world,” Harris said. “From its massacre of 1,200 people to sexual violence, taking of hostages and these murders, Hamas’s depravity is evident and horrifying.”
“The threat Hamas poses to the people of Israel—and American citizens in Israel—must be eliminated and Hamas cannot control Gaza,” Harris said. She added that “the Palestinian people too have suffered under Hamas’s rule for nearly two decades.”
“As vice president, I have no higher priority than the safety of American citizens, wherever they are in the world,” she said. “President Biden and I will never waver in our commitment to free the Americans and all those held hostage in Gaza.”
Members of Congress also commented on Goldberg-Polin.
“I am absolutely heartbroken by the deaths of several hostages held by Hamas, including U.S. citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin,” stated Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “These innocent people should all be home today with their families; instead they were murdered by terrorists. My heart is with all of the bereaved families, including the Goldberg-Polin family, who I met earlier this summer.”
“For 331 days we prayed for Hersh’s safe return. Today we learned he was murdered in Gaza. May his memory be a blessing,” stated Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), who is Jewish.
Day late, dollar short...go back to your vacation.
Is Biden still laying out on the beach in Delaware? There’s no way he has any clue as to what is going on. I wonder who is really sending out these statements under his name.
Careful old man; don't stroke out.
Yes, he is what horseshoe crabs eat for supper.
Just who REALLY wrote this statement from Joe? Obviously, it’s a contrived campaign piece. He isn’t going to actually do anything (unless his puppet masters pull the strings).
They sending a check?
It's not like they were murdered shortly after being taken and they just found their bodies now. They were killed to prevent Israel from rescuing their citizens.
-PJ
Stand by, Hamas, for a strongly written tweet.
Followed up with a Delaware beach picture postcard...in cursive.
Bulldoze every single occupant of Gaza into the mediterranean sea, to drown and rot, or hopefully get eaten by sharks. All of them. Yes, I’m talking genocide here; get over it. Every last damned satan worshiping illegal occupant of “palestine”. All of them. Terminate with extreme prejudice.
They SHOULD have done it already, 3500 years ago. But they disobeyed GOD.
>> Yes, he is what horseshoe crabs eat for supper.
If only! How sweet it would be to see Xao Beidan eaten slowly by sea creatures. Jill too! And Hunter.
Hostages (clockwise from top left) Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, Eden Yerushalmi, 24, Ori Danino, 25, Alex Lubnov, 32, Carmel Gat, 40, and Almog Sarusi, 25
I’m sure Hamas is really scared of Biden.
Let’s hear from the jackass Hamas supporters now!
More blood on the pos criminal Xiden’s hands. Xiden is worse than ham-ass, worse than isis.
It’s a damn shame. Hamas needs to be wiped off the face of the earth.
Butcher every living thing in Gaza. There are no “innocents”.
Wipe that scum off the face of the earth. It can be a lesson to many others that deserve such a lesson.
Hersh lost his arm helping others on 10/7, 11 months ago. He lived through horror and torture this whole time and was shot to death 2 days ago as the IDF got close to their tunnel. In Rafah where Hersh’s president told Israel not to go to protect the palis. 😭🙏🏽
I am reading that the PM of Thailand was able to negotiate the freedoms of 13 Thai citizens taken hostage on 10/7. I’ve even heard Putin got one Russian citizen freed. The USA failed the American hostages. 💔
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