The Cohen family needs your help! Their son Nimrod is being held hostage in the Hamas tunnels.
Help fund their UN delegation so they can push and pressure all sides to secure a hostage release deal which will bring everyone home and end this war.
Link:
Yahya Sinwar was released alongside 1026 other terrorists in exchange for Israeli hostage Gilad Shalit in 2011.
Sinwar went on to mastermind the massacre of over 1400 Israelis.
If you think a ceasefire "prisoner exchange" solves anything, you are bloody delusional.
We're a group of family members of hostages who've led the largest protests in Tel Aviv.
We're here to say to the diaspora: if you support hostages, support ending the war.
Anything else hurts our families. Our pain is not for war propaganda.
Deal & ceasefire now!
How dare you associate our families with Netanyahu, who has repeatedly destroyed any deal for their release.
While you tweet your lies, hostage family members were being arrested in Congress for protesting. We flew across the world to protest him.
Do not use us for propaganda.
To the members of Congress who boycotted Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech:
You just spat in the faces of the U.S. hostages still being held in Gaza by Hamas, the Americans murdered on 10/7 by Hamas, the 7 million Jews who reside in Israel, and the Jewish constituents you serve.
“I’m sorry.”
This was the last message of Hersh Goldberg-Polin z”l, whose funeral I watched this morning. It was gut wrenching. Soul shredding. Beyond painful.
But we are the ones who owe Hersh and his family, and all the victims and their families, an apology.
I’m sorry
An open letter to Jewish organizations in America from the hostage families of the Begin Gate Protests.
We are out of time. We need you to publicly speak out for us. We need you to call for a deal. A ceasefire. To end the war.
We need more than sympathy. We need your support.
Jonathan you refused to meet our delegation which had the Kalderon family (that's how it's written).
And then your VP refused to pressure Netanyahu for a deal.
Why do you continue using our families? If you use us, then push for a deal and against Netanyahu.
Following the horrific events of this past weekend, 12-year-old Erez Calderon, whose father Ofer is a hostage in Gaza, says, "I can’t stop thinking I don’t want my dad to be next.” The last time Erez saw his father, he was being beaten by Hamas terrorists at their home, Kibbutz
The ADL and multiple organizations have appeased the Netanyahu regime and enabled him to sacrifice the Hostages.
We are heartbroken, angry, and we will not forgive.
We are asking people to stop writing to "release the hostages" to Palestinians who support us.
If those people really cared about the Hostages they would be calling out our criminal Prime Minister who has been sabotaging deals for months.
Me every time a "pro-Israel" individual asks me to tell my "Hamas buddies" to surrender and release the hostages. I utilized the 1-800-Dial-Hamas number and I almost got through to Sinwar but his assistant was willing to take a message into the tunnels 🤷♂️Seriously, stop it folks.
In light of events this evening, the Hostage Family HQ put out a statement:
"Netanyahu abandoned the hostages, that's now a fact.
Starting tomorrow, the Earth under this country will shake.
We are calling on the public to be prepared. We will shut this country down! No more
News anchor Yaron Avraham, in tears:
"I'm not supposed to say this on the air, but each one of the recovered hostages who were murdered, had one bullet in their head, and one in the back of their neck."
He went on to say:
"A senior official whom I trust, said to me,
Israel's mainstream media news channel 13 last night:
"A senior security official tells us that if we take the hostage deal now it could PREVENT a regional war.
It could solve everything.
Sadly, there is complete agreement about this by Israel's Security Forces:
Netanyahu
“Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Carmel Gat and Eden Yerushalmi were on the list that Hamas agreed to, and could have been approved on July 2," Israeli source tells Yediot Aharonot's via
@ItamarEichner
Why has our Jewish-American leadership not made it clear that the Jewish-American
We are devastated by the news that 6 of the hostages kidnapped on 10/7 were murdered in Hamas captivity. Their bodies were rescued by Israeli forces and brought home to their families.
We send our deepest condolences to the families of:
Ori Danino z”l
Carmel Gat z”l
Hersh
Do you support the Israeli government or do you support the Israeli people?
Right now, there are Israelis in the street demanding a hostage deal & ceasefire. This includes us, the hostage families.
Support the people if you care about Israel. Not our bloodthirsty leaders.
Netanyahu has been sabotaging the deal for months…
We wish you were also this tough on Netanyahu, which could have pushed for a deal to be closer sooner.
Thank you,
@SecBlinken
, for your efforts to finalize a hostage deal and for making one thing amply clear: the ball is now in Hamas' court. The onus is on them to follow Israel and accept the proposal on the table. It's time to
#BringThemHomeNow
.
Anyone who is pushing for a military solution to get our families back is encouraging them to die.
The diaspora has a choice, either stand with the propagandists who lie to you about Netanyahu's regime or you stand with the majority of the Israeli population.
“If they come to rescue you, we will kill you.”
Rescued Israeli hostage Andrey Kozlov recently told me he was threatened by captors he would be shot if the IDF tried to rescue him. This is one of the reasons Israeli security officials warn that rescue missions are so dangerous.
While Netanyahu tries to speak for our families, we will speak out against him.
He has used us long enough. We call on Americans to hear our cry: Hostage deal now. Ceasefire now. End the war.
Influencers keep using our family members to justify the opposite of what we want. They are manipulating you and spreading a false narrative.
Don’t listen to the influencers or the leaders that speak in our name. Hear from us directly.
We want a hostage deal and ceasefire.
500 000 people and the majority of Israelis supporting a deal is not just “Israeli leftists”.
You want our families dead so you can give Netanyahu his eternal war.
Israeli leftists are loudly calling for a disastrous ceasefire.
They don't care if it lets Hamas survive.
They don't care if the thousands of terrorists Hamas want released will plan a future 07/10.
None of that matters to these short sighted fools.
House Dem leader Jeffries says Speaker Johnson messed up June 13 invite to Netanyahu: without notifying him and Schumer.
“I would have known better than to extend an invitation on a Jewish holiday to the Prime Minister of the State of Israel.”
Look at this sea of people, all wanting Netanyahu to sign the deal, and to bring everyone home, and end the war.
This is what the Israeli people want. He refuses. He cares only about his own political survival, which is the only thing keeping him out of jail.
If he can't sign
Aviva you gladly use us for your social media content like you did posting Yehuda’s video.
And then remove the parts where he says he is fighting for a deal.
While also pushing for no deal like here.
How do you sleep at night knowing you’re using hostage families?
They use our family members to justify a war we don’t want. This is what we see every time we log on to Twitter. Our family members are not being fought for, they are being treated as propaganda.
This only helps Netanyahu. In the end, the hostages and Gazans suffer.
85 year old Yocheved Lifshitz, who was abducted from her home by Hamas terrorists on Oct 7:
"I met Netanyahu in Jerusalem, and I met Sinwar in Gaza. Each of them does everything to maintain their seat of power, and we are stuck in the middle."
The police last night attacked a protestor who had a t-shirt of hostage Hersh Goldberg.
He was violently attacked for wanting a hostage deal.
This is what Netanyahu’s Israel has become.
And this is why Bibi refuses to do a hostage deal. He has American supporters no matter what he does.
You can’t claim to care about the hostages if you support Netanyahu.
The moment Natalie Zangauker, whose brother Matan is being held captive by Hamas in Gaza, was deliberately trampled by a horse-mounted police officer. Unreal.
You are doing propaganda.
That is why you don't have a Hostage family in this video.
NETANYAHU IS SABOTAGING THE DEAL AND OUR FAMILIES ARE COMING BACK IN BODY BAGS!!!!
101 hostages are rotting in agony, held deep underground by murderous rapist terrorists, in horrific conditions, for a full year.
Meanwhile, the Netanyahus are living the lavish life of luxury, red carpet, pricey suits, headed for a pampering weekend in the good ole US of A, on
Compare the way our government talks about the hostages to American audiences to how Netanyahu talks to Israeli audiences.
That’s because Netanyahu knows he needs to keep lying to Americans and American Jews to keep his hold on power.
We won’t let him do that to our families.
You just want our families to die.
Stop going against what majority of Israelis and hostage families want.
You do not represent or speak for us.
We want a deal, and you need to stop lying to the diaspora going against our wishes.
What does our enemy want? Nothing we can accept. We are facing a totalizing ideology, known as Palestinianism, executed by Hamas and its enablers, that wants nothing less than ending the absolutely humiliating specter of sovereign Jews. We are facing an enemy dedicated by all
The head of Israel's Workers' Union, the Histadrut, just called for a total and complete national general strike starting tomorrow.
SIGN THE DEAL, NETANYAHU!
Aviva, skewing facts, and not giving credit to the photographer.
Contrary to her claims, the masses in the streets are not "calling for the release of the hostages".
They are on the streets DEMANDING the Netanyahu government sign the deal that has been on the table and ready
The Netanyahu propaganda is now reaching the West.
They called us Hamas supporters in Israel for wanting our families back alive in a deal.
We need full support against the hatred and the propagandists who want our families dead.
This is how our own police treat us hostage families.
And yet on their social media directed at Americans, you would think that our government is behind us.
Being behind us = calling for a hostage deal and ceasefire.
Help us set the record straight.
Diaspora influencers why do you refuse to show the biggest protests in Israel's history?
Is it because you don't support a deal and want to sacrifice the hostages?
We see you, we will call out every one of you.
Read our joint piece in the
@jdforward
today:
"Our relatives are held hostage in Gaza. We are begging American Jews to pressure Netanyahu to make a deal now."
We call on Jews in America but especially
@ADL
,
@AJCGlobal
, and
@UJAfedNY
to stand with us.
The only way the remaining hostages are coming back is with a deal.
We hate Hamas, they took and are killing our families but this is the only way they will live.
Why can’t any big accounts elevate what hostage families want?
Hamas kidnapped children.
It’s holding them for a ransom.
Your job, the international community, isn’t to tell Israel, “Pay any ransom, then leave the kidnappers alone.”
It’s to work out how to lower the ransom then help us hunt down the kidnappers to the ends of the earth.
You were silent when Carmel's cousin was arrested during Netanyahu's speech with us.
He wants a deal still, and you still won't give families that even within their darkest moments.
Only your donors matter to you, and Greenblatt's Salary.
We are devastated by the news that 6 of the hostages kidnapped on 10/7 were murdered in Hamas captivity. Their bodies were rescued by Israeli forces and brought home to their families.
We send our deepest condolences to the families of:
Ori Danino z”l
Carmel Gat z”l
Hersh
He uses the hostage families. Meanwhile, we are arrested here and in Israel for calling for a hostage deal.
What you saw today was theater. Those of us who are family members of hostages are out here protesting him.
Will you hear us?
This is the real story of Israel: While Netanyahu gives a smug ass speech in congress - Carmit Palty Katzir, who's father & brother were murdered on October 7th and her mom kidnapped, is arrested by Capitol Police for wearing a shirt demanding Netanyahu to "Seal the deal"
14 hostages were killed and only 7 came back alive with military operations.
Stop lying to your audience. Majority of the Hostages Families want a Hostage Deal.
Do not use our pain for propaganda.
Over 550,000 people the at Begin Gate tonight.
Over 175,000 in other locations across the nation.
All demanding that Netanyahu sign the hostage release deal!
Bring everyone home, end the nightmare, end the war!
photo credit: Roni Shapiro
Our ally
@afalkhatib
has shown more support towards the Israeli people and the hostages families that you ever have Blake.
You lie and misrepresent what Israelis want and who we are.
You are too scared to even support hostage families who want a deal and an end to the war.
Quick! We need to find a Palestinian speaker who is committed to voting for Harris, is capable of condemning Hamas, has no prior history of incitement, and supports Israel’s right to exist.
No? Nothing? Then maybe the problem isn’t the DNC.
“He admits, however, that many terrorists have fled the city, and that locating the hostages is not part of his mission there.”
They have no problem just saying it out loud anymore. Our family members are not in any sense their priority. We were their PR for America. No longer.
"We will defeat Hamas' forces in Rafah within a few weeks," the commander of an infantry brigade fighting in Gaza tells Haaretz.
He admits, however, that many terrorists have fled the city, and that locating the hostages is not part of his mission there
The man in the tweet below is a Netanyahu mouthpiece.
Everything in his pathetic tweet is a direct quote from the talking points spewed on all of Netanyahu's propaganda stations.
His personal addition is utterly ridiculous:
"First, win the war and do everything to get the
With the benefit of perspective from a distance, I think the protesters in
@Israel
are making a grave mistake. By protesting Israel’s leadership one day after Hamas executed an American and five Israelis in cold blood, the protesters are rewarding Hamas for their barbaric acts
🚨Urgent Personal Call for Help:
At midnight, the Israeli military raided my family's house in our village of Shuqba, west of Ramallah, looking for my younger brother and accusing him of “causing trouble." However, my younger brother wasn't home, and my elderly mother (who has
Jonathan Greenblatt has been using the plight of our family members to create consensus for war, despite the fact that we are getting beaten in the streets calling for a ceasefire & hostage deal.
Greenblatt refuses to hold Netanyahu accountable, doing his dirty work in America.
War is hell. The loss of any innocent person is a tragedy. Each should be mourned.
But make no mistake — Hamas started this war, Hamas prolongs this war, and Hamas can end this war at any point simply by releasing the hostages and agreeing to negotiate a lasting peace agreement
How dare the Israeli government use our families in this way? Netanyahu and his extremist government are participating in taking our families hostage by having torpedoed deal after deal to extend the war.
They are using our family members. Do not let them. Call it out.
Shabbat is not fully shabbat until each and every one of the hostages comes home.
As we light the Shabbat candles we pray for 120 of our loved ones who have not spent Shabbat with their families for more than 8 months.
Lee is using our families held Hostage for propaganda.
This is how many were saved with a Hostage Deal.
We are asking people like Lee to stop grifting off our country and our families.
We as the hostage family members leading the Begin Gate protests call on
@SpeakerJohnson
to rescind his invitation to Netanyahu to speak in Congress.
Netanyahu has betrayed us and does not represent Israel: he is only out for himself.
American billionaires are telling us Israeli's what to do?
They want our families to die, and for us to stay silent while Netanyahu sacrifices the entire nation.
We are asking the diaspora to stand with us, show to us that you really are Pro Israeli civilian NOT pro Bibi.
With the benefit of perspective from a distance, I think the protesters in
@Israel
are making a grave mistake. By protesting Israel’s leadership one day after Hamas executed an American and five Israelis in cold blood, the protesters are rewarding Hamas for their barbaric acts
The Biden-Harris response to blame Israel for this weekend’s tragedy has been sickening.
We should back Israel to the hilt, not force them to negotiate with terrorists.
Jonathan, it’s a shame you didn’t attend the meeting with us at the ADL when your organization is now using Dani’s brothers photo on your social media.
We hope you reconsider and go public for a hostage deal and do what majority of families want you to do.
It was unimaginable that 300 days ago, when we learned about the kidnapping of 250+ hostages on Oct 7th, 115 of them would still be in captivity nearly 10 months later. My heart goes out to the remaining hostages and their families waiting to learn their fates.
#BringThemHomeNow
How can you take comfort in his last words? He was murdered and a deal would have saved him. 💔
Why are you talking about Jerusalem? He lived there and would have been back home alive among the first released part of the deal…
Stop making it about yourself.
I will not share the gruesome last video the Hamas psychopaths forced Hersh to record.
I will however take some semblance of comfort, that his final, defiant words, were: "My name is Hersh Goldberg-Polin. I currently live in Jerusalem, Israel."
To me, especially the reference
Today there are people using our families to justify a military solution.
Do not let them.
Only 7 hostages were saved through military operations. 105 were brought through a hostage release deal.
The only way to bring all of our family members home is to end the war.
David, you do not speak for us Israelis, you live in the UK.
Your Family is not held Hostage, you are doing propaganda for Netanyahu.
We want a Hostage Deal and a Ceasefire so our loved ones can come back alive.
Look at how many came back with the previous Deal.
My brother in Gaza, who’s a deputy director for a major international medical NGO working on the ground, has fallen severely ill with a Hepatitis infection that’s ravaging the local population and worsening an already horrendous situation. I was successful in extracting his wife
🚨🚨🚨Tel Aviv Now: Thousands in the streets outside the Begin Gate, demanding the government accept the hostage release deal on the table.
Einav Zangauker, whose son Matan is held captive in Gaza:
"The government led by Benjamin Netanyahu continues to abandon my son!
Families of the hostages gave a press statement yesterday evening near the Begin Gate:
Full text in following tweet.
"Since the beginning of July there has been a deal, ready to be signed. But the new conditions added by Netanyahu - the main one being the Philadelphi Corridor
We failed Hersh, we are so sorry that we weren’t able to get a hostage deal sooner.
We are so sorry. Our hearts are forever broken.
Rachel thank you for being with Yehuda last week at the Gaza border. 💔
If you believe that it is only Hamas that has been torpedoing ceasefires, you have been sold propaganda.
Both Hamas and Netanyahu’s government have worked to kill these deals in their own ways.
To help make a deal happen you also need to pressure Israel’s government.
Farhan Al-Qadi, who was rescued from Hamas captivity yesterday after 326 days, holds his young son. ❤️
Netanyahu - sign the deal. Bring everyone home. They all deserve to hold their loved ones. 🎗️
Alon Gat, brother of remaining hostage Carmel Gat and husband of released hostage Yarden Roman Gat, stands up during Netanyahu’s speech to call for a hostage deal.
We are demanding a hostage deal even in America. Do not let Netanyahu silence us.
"The 6 murdered hostages were held in a narrow tunnel, had difficulty breathing and standing, and were starved."
There are 101 hostage still there. Some are still alive. Enduring that Hell every moment. The Prime Minister does not care. His only concern is for maintaining his
We are asking employees at American Jewish orgs whose leaders are still not publicly pressuring for a deal to strike in solidarity with the hostage families and Israelis.
Benny Gantz, the minister who until recently was part of Netanyahu’s war cabinet says it plainly:
Netanyahu would “approve” a hostage deal, then renege on them shortly after.
This is why you hear propaganda that Netanyahu’s government is for a hostage deal.
It’s a lie.
@AllHostages
@TheFlagGuy_
@afalkhatib
We all want all the hostages back as soon as possible.
But the majority of Israelis don't support a deal because of Hepatitis in Gaza.
Why don't Ahmed and his friends call to evacuate civilians instead of ending the war?
@AllHostages
Large number of people does not make the majority of Israelis who are NOT for a ceasefire but putting an end to Hamas so they will never do it again. Hamas refuses every deal now on purpose. There is no one to deal with who will end the war on Hamas side.
We implore you to publicly support a hostage deal and tell Netanyahu it’s the only way to bring everyone back home alive.
Please Jonathan do the right thing, listen to what the family wants, listen to what we have been begging the ADL to do.
Amplify Yifat’s voice. Please.
It's absolutely heartbreaking that both Ariel Bibas and his brother Kfir have had to spend their birthdays this year being held in captivity by Hamas. No child deserves such a cruel fate, we must
#BringThemHomeNow
עזרו למשפחת כהן להציל את בנם נמרוד ואת כל החטופים ממנהרות המוות של החמאס.
משפחת כהן זקוקה לעזרתכם במימון נסיעה לארה"ב כדי לפגוש דיפלומטים ופוליטיקאים שיוכלו להפעיל לחץ על נתניהו לחתום על עסקת חטופים מצילת חיים.
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Shortly after meeting with Zahiro, a member of our group and a nephew of a hostage, Nancy Pelosi dropped out of attending Netanyahu’s speech.
We are here to tell America and the world: we want a hostage deal and a ceasefire. And Netanyahu wants neither. Stand with us.
Statement from spox for Speaker Emerita Pelosi:
“Speaker Pelosi will not be attending today’s Joint Meeting. This morning, she will join a Members meeting with Israeli citizens whose families have suffered in the wake of the October 7th Hamas terror attack and kidnappings”
"I've had enough. I feel betrayed by the government. Not even one minister bothered to call and ask how I was. For Ben Gvir, I was good enough to sit in the tunnels, but not good enough for a meeting with me. The Prime Minister says the demonstrations strengthen Hamas - they
We are heartbroken over the news that hostage Avraham Munder was murdered in Hamas captivity.
Avraham, 79, was abducted by Hamas terrorists on the morning of Oct 7 from his home in Nir Oz. His wife, daughter, and 9 yr old grandson were taken that same day, separately from him.
Why we are so outspoken is because for the past 10 months we were told to keep silent and not make it about politics.
But what we noticed is the opposite, is that the American people support a deal and need to see the Israeli people fighting the tyrant Bibi.
298 days of abandonment.
298 days of pain.
But we cannot give up.
While the risk and fear of escalation are present, we continue to protest here at the Begin Road in Tel Aviv.
Hostage Deal Now. Stop the War.
Enough.
NOW IN TLV: While our Prime Minister is visiting the U.S. and has abandoned our country once again, thousands of Israelis are marching, demanding a deal and a ceasefire to secure the release of our families.
There is no time left.
We need a hostage deal now!
Tel Aviv - Begin Gate, masses in the streets demanding the government accept the hostage release deal that is on the table.
Yehuda Cohen, whose son Nimrod Cohen is held captive by Hamas for 316 days now, is speaking:
"...Over 10 months of useless fighting and unprecedented
We and other hostage family members are out on the streets every day getting beaten and arrested by the police because we have demanded that you do a hostage deal and ceasefire.
This is propaganda: they are using our pain but doing the opposite of what we want.
PM Netanyahu: "We will not leave the Gaza Strip until all of the hostages return, and we will not leave until we eliminate Hamas's military and governing capabilities. We do not have the option of giving up; we do not have the option of giving up on victory."
Last month we met with the
@ADL
but
@JGreenblattADL
didn’t attend on purpose.
What Yehuda, father of Nimrod, shares below, is that our ask was they amplify the voices of our families calling for a deal, they refused.
We call on all Jewish professionals at the
@ADL
and more to
We want to thank BLM for showing support to the Hostage families.
We all need to unite to make a better future for everyone in the Middle East.
It starts with a Hostage deal and stopping the war.
Credit: Adar Eyal