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Newsflash for the media: Hostages like Hersh Goldberg Polin did not just ‘die.’ They were murdered by Hamas… Words matter because the truth matters."
Ritchie Torres, D-NY, said Shame on you CNN and all those media outlets that continue to twist the English language to exonerate terrorists and murderers,
Mark Dubowtiz, the CEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said Shame on you CNN. An American hostage in Gaza was savagely murdered by Hamas who kidnapped him from Israel, mutilated him on October 7th, and killed him after holding him illegally for over 10 months,
John Spencer of the Modern War Institute at West Point, said Israel’s military says six hostages ‘brutally murdered’ in Gaza, including Israeli-American Goldberg-Polin."
CNN misspells ‘murdered,’
watchdog group StopAntisemitism said Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin has died, family confirms via statement,
CNN's original headline said The delay in signing the deal has led to their deaths and those of many other hostages
For those not from Minnesota, just to be clear, there's a lot of great state fairs in the country, this is the best one,
Walz told reporters, in another light exchange I have worked tirelessly to bring their beloved Hersh safely to them and am heartbroken by the news of his death. It is as tragic as it is reprehensible,
said Biden, whose administration continues to send billions in unconditional military aid to Israel We must not forget the 109 hostages still held in Gaza, each a universe unto themselves, and the over 16,000 Palestinian children killed in a genocide fueled by American weapons ― part of the largest Palestinian civilian death toll since Israel’s founding in 1948, ... Every life is precious, and it’s time to dismantle the hierarchy of human value in our government and party that places Israeli lives above Palestinian lives.”
I will never forget my meeting last October with the parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin and other hostage families. Today's tragic news is a devastating reminder of the need for the unconditional release of all hostages and an end to the nightmare of war in Gaza."
This is a new low, even for the Secretary General. Even today, he wouldn’t condemn the evil Hamas terrorists, but of course, you can't condemn what you support. Hamas terrorists can rely on a morally bankrupt Secretary General for their survival whose only actions are meaningless photo-ops with hostage families, and criticism of Israel, while innocent hostages are being executed in cold blood."
The Secretary General not only has Israeli blood on his hands, but he has American blood on his hands too. Since his "fig leaf" meeting with the hostage families, he has done ZERO to help them. He could have demanded visits from the Red Cross, he could have condemned Hamas and held them to account, but instead he spent his time criticizing the law-abiding democracy of Israel instead of the ISIS-like terrorists."
Erdan, who only left his role as ambassador last month, told Fox News Digital , The United Nations top apparatus - its Security Council, General Assembly, and Human Rights Council - has never specifically condemned Hamas. U.N. denial of the right of Israeli self-defense and its promotion of violence against the people of Israel has never been more clear. No amount of U.N. photo-ops with hostages or their families will erase the reality of the U.N.'s insidious role in the nightmare of war in Israel for seven decades."
Three months ago, on May 27, Israel agreed to a hostage release deal with the full backing of the United States. Hamas refused. Even after the United States updated the outline of the deal on August 16 – we agreed, and Hamas again refused
They have been courageous, wise, and steadfast, even as they have endured the unimaginable,
He also paid tribute to Israeli-American Goldberg-Polin’s parents ... Biden said, according to CNN He’s decided to sentence them to death. He’s decided to give them up. He’s decided to bury them in the rubble of his politics. He is committing a crime against his own people,
she told the crowd in Tel Aviv before the news of the most recent deaths broke Starting tomorrow, the country will shake … The abandonment is over,
I am completely shocked at the horrific and senseless killing of six hostages in Gaza by Hamas
Along with all the citizens of Israel, I was shocked to the depths of my soul by the terrible cold-blooded murder of six of our abductees,