CHRISTIAN BREAKING NEWS: ‘Hersh, Hersh, If You Can Hear Us, We Love You. Stay Strong. Survive.’: Speech by Parents of American-Israeli Hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin at the DNC [#HershGoldbergPolin #JonPolin #RachelGoldberg #SealTheDeal #BringThemHome #BringThemHomeNow #BringHimHome #BringHimHomeNow #BringThemAllHome #BringThemAllHomeNow #AmYisraelChai #NationOfIsraelLives #IsraelLives]
Tens of thousands of people broke into chants of “Bring them home,” got to their feet and stayed standing throughout the speech given by the parents of American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin on the third night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
After days of speculation regarding whether DNC organizers would offer a speaking slot to one of the American hostage families in town for the confab — and whether such an address would expose rifts in the party over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza — the attentive and respectful silence that enveloped the United Center during Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Polin’s speech provided an answer.
Dozens of those standing had yellow hostage ribbon pins fastened to their suit jackets; others were wrapped in Palestinian keffiyehs.
The couple drew overwhelming applause from the tens of thousands of DNC attendees, as they asserted that now is the time for Israel and Hamas to reach a ceasefire and hostage-release deal, and as they recognized the human cost of the war on civilians in both Gaza and Israel.
Hersh’s father went on to thank members of Congress from both parties, and particularly the Biden administration, for their efforts to secure a hostage deal.
The praise was in contrast from the frustration that many family members of those being held captive have repeatedly directed at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom they have accused of scuttling efforts to secure a hostage deal in order to maintain his hawkish coalition in which the far-right flank opposes such an agreement with Hamas.
But the Goldberg-Polins’ message was devoid of criticism.
NEWS SOURCE & LINKS:
The Times of Israel
‘HERSH, HERSH, IF YOU CAN HEAR US, WE LOVE YOU. STAY STRONG…’: Parents of American-Israeli Hostage | Christian Breaking News!