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‘Stay strong,’ parents urge Hersh Goldberg-Polin after Hamas airs propaganda clip

NEW YORK POST Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s parents say Hamas hostage video was ‘amazing’ proof he’s alive: ‘We were just crying’ Olivia Land April 25, 2024 The parents of the American-Israeli hostage featured in Hamas’ latest propaganda video said it was “amazing” … Continue reading

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Rachel Goldberg: “I feel like we’re pawns in a game. Or maybe it’s theater”

Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, is one of many young people taken hostage by Hamas during an incursion into Israel that killed more than 1,300 others. His parents Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, Americans who moved to Israel more than a decade … Continue reading

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Rachel Goldberg begged world leaders to keep fighting for the release of her son Hersh and the others held in Hamas captivity

KVELLER This Hostage’s Mother’s Speech at the U.N. Is Heartbreaking and Necessary Lior Zaltzman October 25, 2023 I keep thinking I might be done crying since October 7, and then I realize, as more and more news keeps pouring in, … Continue reading

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As the buses carrying family members to bury Shapira at Mount Herzl move down the street, neighbors and friends follow slowly, singing Hatikvah softly

TIMES OF ISRAEL Neighbors gather on street for Jerusalem family burying son Jessica Steinberg October 13, 2023 Hundreds of neighbors in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Arnona are gathering with Israeli flags to accompany the family of Anar Elyakim Shapira, as … Continue reading

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