Posted on 09/01/2024 7:45:06 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Israel's Business Forum joined the Hostage Family Forum call to protest as Israelis blocked junctions around the country. The Histadrut chairman, Arnon Bar David, Israel's main labor organization, called for a total shutdown of the country's economy on Monday starting at 6 a.m., and Israel's airport followed shortly after.
Israelis gathered at junctions and blocked intersections around the country Sunday morning, calling for a hostage deal after reports came out that the bodies of six hostages had been retrieved from Gaza.
Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Carmel Gat, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Ori Danino were alive in captivity for nearly 11 months before being killed in captivity by Hamas soon before IDF forces reached their location, according to an IDF initial assessment.
The Hostage Family Forum called on Israelis to take to the streets and demand a hostage deal now. Protests were planned for Sunday evening at dozens of locations around the country.
The forum also called on local government, union heads, and large companies to shut down Israel's economy Monday as part of a call for a deal and as a sign of unity with the families. Additionally, the forum called on the head of the Histadrut labor federation to call for a general strike.
"The national leadership has abandoned the hostages, and it is the time of social, economic, and local leadership to stand by the hostage families, by the public, and by the values of solidarity and mutual responsibility," said the forum.
The labor federation is considering possible steps and will announce its decision today, Ynet reported.
Opposition head Yair Lapid also called on the labor federation, employers, and local authorities to strike. "They were alive. Netanyahu and the cabinet of death decided not to save them," he said in a call to shut down the economy.
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They are using this sick ploy as a method of destabilizing the Netanyahu government. For the Left, power is everything: more important than country or family or religion. They would essentially surrender to Hamas if it meant they (the left) would gain control. Fortunately their popularity has been dwindling in recent years.
> For the Left, power is everything: more important than country or family or religion. <
Well said. We of course see that here in the United States. Thousands of criminals (including foreign agents) are pouring into our country each week.
But the Democrat leadership has made a calculation. Most of the illegals will eventually vote Democrat. So let ‘em all in.
*But that war will never end…
…unless one side completely annihilates the other. And I don’t even want to think about that.*
I’ll think about it. The sooner the better.
A good chunk of the Arab world would agree.
More hostages.
More hostages in the future.
You would make an excellent diplomat! Because even after carefully reading your previous posts, I’m not sure if you’re pro-Israel, anti-Israel, or simply neutral.
You find left wing fruitcakes everywhere. They aren’t restriicted to America
“What’s that saying....‘Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it’..yes, that’s the one.”
And the rest of the class has to sit through the re-take - aye, there’s the rub.
We must completely rid the World of Hamas just like we rid the World of Al Qaeda, ISIS, Hezbollah, Houthis, and the many other Islamic terrorists that were completely eliminated during our successful War on Terror.
I would have no confidence that the government narrative about these deaths is accurate.
Every country has its stupid people and they always seem to be the loudest with their myopic views fo the world.
Same old left playbook: Never let a crisis go to waste.
“””Arnon Bar David, Israel’s main labor organization, called for a total shutdown of the country’s economy on Monday”””
The Israeli LEFTISTS ought to surrender immediately to the Muslim Terrorists.
“It is, of course, noble to consider innocent lives. But if that’s your first priority in a war, you will lose that war.”
Absolutely! Is the life of a hostage worth more than the lives of the soldiers lost in the process of rescuing the hostage?
The most humane policy is to erase Hamas and do it quickly.
Israel’s Deep State is desperate to see Hamas survive to fight another day.
Why would that benefit them?
So you're advocating for genocide.
The Biden-Harris Bring Down Netanyahu Squeeze IMHO.
It’s no secret Israel allowed Qatar to funnel money into Gaza so Hamas could run it prior to October 7th.
The hostages (ham ass war crime) were murdered (ham ass war crime) in a war ham ass started with mass war crimes.
And the left holds Netanyahu responsible for ham ass war crimes.
Nutters.
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