Ahead of next week’s Passover holiday, Jerusalem Affairs Minister Meir Porush writes to United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland demanding that he work to provide the hostages in Gaza with matzah and wine for the Seder night.
“Unfortunately, not all of the people of Israel will be able to celebrate the Seder night according to the tradition of their forefathers,” the ultra-Orthodox minister writes.
“133 of our brothers and sisters are not with us and are held captive by the terrorist organization Hamas, which has held them by violent force since the murderous attack on Simchat Torah – October 7, 2023.”
If they are not returned home by the holiday, “we strongly demand that you work to bring [them] matzah and wine… so that they will be able to celebrate the holiday, even symbolically, in the expectation that this will raise their spirits and allow them to endure their difficult situation until their speedy release,” he says, calling such a move “a basic humanitarian requirement.”
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