Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, October 26, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, October 26, 2023
Herzog meets relatives of Bedouin hostages held in Gaza: ‘This is not a war between Jews and Muslims’
President Isaac Herzog meets in Rahat with family members of Bedouin hostages held captive in Gaza, October 26, 2023. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
President Isaac Herzog meets in the southern town of Rahat with family members of Bedouins held captive by Hamas in Gaza.
“We came to say that we share deeply in the grief of the entire Israeli Arab population, and the Bedouin society in particular,” Herzog says. “This is not a war between Jews and Muslims. This is a war between the people who seek to bring light and the people who seek to bring darkness.”
Herzog adds that it is “important for me to tell the entire Arab society in Israel how much I appreciate the responsibility shown across this community in these difficult days. But we must remember, this is not a political struggle. It is about our ability to live here in a Middle East of peace versus a Middle East of bloodshed and war.”
