Hostages forum fumes at lawmaker’s ‘callousness’ after he says Israelis shouldn’t watch hostage videos

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum accuses MK Simcha Rothman of being “blind to what is happening” after the Religious Zionism lawmaker said the Israeli public shouldn’t watch the videos of the hostages published as propaganda by Gaza terror groups.

The videos that are made public are approved for release in Israel by the families of the hostages, who wish to raise awareness and keep their loved ones in the public eye.

״With your own words, you’re proving your callousness and that of the government you are a member of,” the hostages forum fumes in response to Rothman’s comments. “Any sane and sensible person who saw the hostages’ condition understood that they must be brought home now.”

“Unlike you, who chooses to close your eyes and ignore it, the people of Israel looked Evyatar [David] and Rom [Braslavski] in the eye, and the vast majority of them demand the return all 50 hostages and an end to the fighting,” the forum continues, demanding that the lawmaker “be ashamed and apologize.”

“The attempt to forget October 7 and the hostages will not succeed,” the forum vows. “The people see, the people remember, and the people will bring home the hostages.”