Jon Polin, the father of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, speaks to protesters outside the prime minister’s private residence in Jerusalem.
Goldberg-Polin was kidnapped on a camping trip with his friend in the Gaza Envelope. The two made a stop at the Supernova music festival near Re’im, and were attacked by Hamas along with the rest of the partygoers on the morning of October 7.
The last time Polin saw his son was on video being loaded onto a pickup truck, with his arm blown off from the elbow down.
“All of us as citizens have a contract with the country,” says Polin. “In exchange for our service and taxes, we expect the government to keep us safe, and this government and prime minister totally failed us.”
“We ask that they fix the failure of October 7… Bringing home 136 hostages in body bags can never be considered any part of a victory,” he says.
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