The mother of a 23-year-old American hostage among the 132 hostages still held by Hamas militants said on Sunday that the United States should not be considered a “neutral negotiator” and that on October 7, “we are not victims either.” ” he said.
On Mother’s Day, Rachel Goldberg Pollin, mother of 23-year-old Harsh Goldberg Pollin, appeared on “Fox News Sunday” and said, “We still have 132 precious souls. “It’s clear that not enough is being done,” he said. Among the 132 souls held in captivity for 219 days are eight Americans. ”
FOX News correspondent Benjamin Hall asked Goldberg-Pollin if she wanted ceasefire talks to continue.
“I think we have to get really creative and incendiary and find a way to move forward. Both sides have to really find a way to move forward and calling a timeout is definitely going to help people get decent again.” It will give you time to start thinking,” Goldberg said. – Paulin answered and said. “What’s really confusing about this issue is that we shouldn’t see America as a neutral negotiator. On October 7th, America was also a victim. On October 7th, 45 Americans People were killed. Twelve people were captured and eight were taken hostage.” ”
“And I certainly want all the suffering in this region. And there’s too much suffering around. I mean, there’s no competition here. Gaza has hundreds of thousands of sins. There are 132 innocent civilians suffering in Gaza.” I think those who were taken to Gaza on October 7th and are suffering will find it difficult to accept these two truths. And that’s unfair to everyone involved,” she said.
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Goldberg-Pollin said she doubts most Americans know that innocent American civilians are still being held captive in Gaza, along with other nationalities around the world. Ta.
A person holds a poster of Hersh Goldberg-Polin during a rally in Central Park commemorating 150 days since the hostage-taking in New York City on March 10, 2024. (Noam Garay/Getty Images)
“There are a lot of people in that group of hostages that we haven’t heard from,” she said. “When you hear the noise about hostages being held, you rarely hear about the Muslim Arabs who are being held hostage, you almost never hear about the Thai Buddhists who are being held hostage, they are being held. You don’t hear much about black Christian Africans; there are Nepalese, there are Mexicans, there are Germans, and there has been an attempt to somehow make this group into a monolithic, homogeneous group. ”
“I find it strange and suspicious that for some reason this hasn’t been brought up publicly in the news,” Goldberg-Pollin added.
Rachel Goldberg Pollin, mother of Hersh Goldberg Pollin, speaks at a “Bring Me Home” rally in support of Israeli hostages outside United Nations Headquarters in New York City on April 7, 2024. (Noam Garay/Getty Images)
“Do you think that if Israel invaded Rafah, it would probably put your son and all the other hostages and their lives at risk?” Hall also asked.
“I’m not a military strategist,” Goldberg-Polin replied. “I am a mother and I am horribly and tragically concerned about my only son who was in an active combat zone for 219 days along with 131 others.”
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She noted that the oldest remaining hostage was Shlomo Mansour., The grandfather is 86 years old, and the youngest child is Kfir Bivas, who is one and a half years old.
“We have daughters, sons, sisters, brothers, spouses, fathers, mothers, grandparents, and we are all deeply concerned that our loved ones are at risk,” she said. added.
A protester in Jerusalem holds a poster of Hersh Goldberg Pollin, a 23-year-old Israeli-American who is being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. (Eyal Warshavsky/SOPA Images/LightRocket, Getty Images)
The October 7 attack killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took another 250 hostages. The militants still hold about 100 prisoners and more than 30 bodies. Internationally mediated talks over a ceasefire and hostage release appear to have stalled.
Israeli forces advanced deep into Gaza’s southern city of Rafah on Sunday, fighting Hamas in parts of the devastated north that the military said it had cleared months ago but where militants are regrouping, the Associated Press reported. Ta. Warnings continued of further attacks in Rafah, the last place of refuge for more than a million civilians in Gaza and believed to be Hamas’ last stronghold.
Approximately 300,000 people were ordered to invade Israel in order to dismantle Hamas and return the large number of hostages taken in the October 7 attack that sparked the war. People are being evacuated from Rafah.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated his opposition to a large-scale military attack on Rafah, telling CBS that without an evacuation from Gaza and a post-war governance plan, Israel would be “liable for a lasting insurgency.” It will become.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
