Hostage Deal

For those held for two years, release is a collision of timelines. Their timeline, frozen in the moments of abduction on October 7, and everyone else’s, which has continued.

Hamas originally said that it would return the body of a slain Israeli hostage at 11 p.m. on Friday, but the Red Cross handover occured around midnight.

Only a society that acknowledges its vulnerability and still chooses life can transform the end of war from a moment of paralysis into a turning point.

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

After two years of counting days, names, and faces, I am ready to be surprised by good news, a celebration, a new country joining the Abraham Accords, or the rebuilding of this country.

Now is not the time for infighting and the polarization that characterized the pre-October 7 atmosphere and undoubtedly contributed to Hamas concluding that the country was weakened and vulnerable.

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David and his friend hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal were separated in the tunnels and denied food so they would appear skeletal for filmed “proof-of-life” clips, with food restored only after filming.

Hamas claims the return of Israeli hostages’ remains will take time, saying some are buried in destroyed tunnels and others under bombed buildings.

Despite the widespread anger over the failures of October 7, Netanyahu remains Israel's leading candidate.