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Hostages Families Forum says PM’s stance is against that of most Israelis
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Families of Israelis held hostage in Gaza hold a press conference at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv on April 29, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that “victory” was a more important goal than returning the hostages, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum reacts in fury.
“Prime minister, returning the hostages is not ‘less important,’ it is the supreme goal that should guide the Israeli government,” the group says in a statement.
The organization says it is alarmed that Netanyahu appears to be aligning himself with far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, “in opposition to the overwhelming majority of the Israeli public who want the return of the hostages above all else.”
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