A cease-fire and hostage deal in Gaza will require a change of framework
He answers questions about Tuesday's standoff between Israel and Hamas. Presidential DebateDemocratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris declared, “This war must end. It must end now. It must end with a ceasefire and we must release the hostages.” Such an agreement would actually be in the interest of both Israel and Palestine. So why […]
Israeli Officials Propose New Deal, Offering ‘Safe Passage’ To Hamas Leader In Exchange For Hostage Release
Gal Hirsch, coordinator of the intergovernmental response to the hostage crisis, speaks to family and friends of those taken hostage by Hamas during attacks on Israel during a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 13, 2023. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) By Blake Wolf, OAN StaffWednesday, September 11, 2024 5:53 PM Gal Hirsch, […]
‘Trump Train’ trial kicks off with former Democratic candidate testifying she felt like a ‘hostage’
A group of supporters of then-President Trump who surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus with cars and pickup trucks on a busy interstate in Texas days before the 2020 presidential election is being accused of political intimidation in a federal civil lawsuit that began on Monday. The plaintiffs alleged in a complaint filed in June 2021 […]
‘Hamas Is the Main Obstacle’ to Hostage Deal
White House national security spokesman John Kirby told reporters at a press conference on Monday that despite the administration's pressure on Israel, “the main obstacle” to a hostage deal leading to a ceasefire is Hamas. Last week, President Joe Biden criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, claiming he had not done enough to move forward […]
NYers joined by ex-Israeli hostage, parents of current captive in Central Park: ‘Hell on Earth’
With no ceasefire agreement in sight, hundreds of people, including former Israeli hostages and parents of those still being held, gathered in Central Park on Sunday to call on Hamas to release the remaining prisoners. At the “Bring them home now” rally, protesters demanded the release of up to 100 hostages being held by Hamas, […]
Murdered Israeli Hostage Weighed Just 79 Lbs. at Death
Israeli hostage Eden Yerushalmi, 24, was starved by Hamas terrorists before being killed last week and weighed just 36 kilograms (79 pounds) when he died, according to Israel's Channel 12 news. Yerushalmi and five other hostages, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg Pollin, were found dead in a tunnel in Rafah, southern Gaza, on Saturday, Breitbart News […]
Pro-Hamas Protester in NYC Cheered Terrorist Group’s Murder of American-Israeli Hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin
During an anti-Israel protest in Manhattan on Monday, a Hamas fanatic said that Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg Pollin, 23, “deserved to be killed” by the terror group, in a shocking video captured on camera by pro-Israel influencer Lizzie Savetsky. On Saturday, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers discovered Goldberg-Polin's body in Gaza, nearly a year after […]
Randi Weingarten puts blame on Netanyahu for hostage murders in Gaza: ‘Anger must be placed’ at him
In a post Sunday, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, blamed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for partly being responsible for the killing of the hostages by Hamas. “My heart breaks for the families of the hostages killed by Hamas,” Weingarten wrote in a post on X. “But I must also be […]
U.N. Chief Fails to Condemn Hamas in Response to Hostage Murders
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has been criticized for responding to the callous killings of Israeli and American hostages in Gaza on Friday with a message that failed to even mention, let alone condemn, the Hamas terrorists who kidnapped and killed them. I will never forget meeting with Hersh Goldberg Pollin's parents and the other hostage […]
Netanyahu seeks forgiveness for hostage deaths, vows consequences for Hamas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked for forgiveness from the families of six hostages recently killed in Gaza, amid growing criticism for his failure to reach a deal with Hamas to secure the release of the remaining hostages. “I have told the families, and I say it again this evening, that I ask for […]