The march of the kidnapped families: "Deal now!"/Adar Eyal
Tonight (Thursday) there is a demonstration of the families of the abductees who marched from Begin Gate in Kirya towards the Histadrut House in Tel Aviv. The families and their supporters are marching demanding Histadrut Chairman Arnon Bar David to shut down the economy until the return of all the abductees and chanting "a deal now".
At the same time as the march, a rally is being held tonight in the abductees' square defined as a "unity rally". There are still 133 abductees, the entire nation of Israel will unite in a clear call for the return of the abductees and the peace of the fighters. Representatives from all parts of Israeli society will come to the unity rally in Hatofim square: right, left, religious, secular, center and periphery and more." The rally will be attended by, among others, Israel's Chief Rabbi David Lau, family members and artists including Shuli Rand and Yonatan Razel, as well as the secretaries of the youth movements.
Danny Algrant, whose brother was kidnapped in Gaza, said during the Histadrut march: "We are marching to Arnon Bar David to say that if the abductees do not return, there will be no farm. If the 133 abductees do not return, it will be the destruction of a third home."
Einav Tsengaoker said in a demonstration in front of the Histadrut: "Arnon, you are the most significant lever of pressure that can be exerted on the government - you have the power to change the equation, to join the fight for the return of the abducted and to put the country back on the right track. To fix it. You used your power in other struggles, but there was no struggle The place of the state is more important than our struggle. The struggle of parents to see their children at home. The state of Israel will not be able to recover if the abductees do not return to us.
Hagai Louver, whose son Yonatan fell in Khan Yunis, said at a rally in the Kidnapped Square: "Since then I have not had a more comforting evening than this evening. To stand together above all differences. Next week my son, an MP in Sharyon, will go back to fight in Gaza. I'm sure you wish him to return home safely and that all his friends return home safely, but at this time the obvious blessing is not enough. We must add to the blessing of my son and his soldiers the blessing of King David: 'I will pursue my enemies and overtake them and I will not turn back until they are finished'. to return our hostages and destroy our enemies. We will still dance here in the return square. Passover of freedom. We will celebrate together with them."
Rabbi Lau said at the assembly: "There is no right, no left, no religious, no traditional, secular - we all want to see everyone at home. They are kidnapped from their homes, I don't mean captives - these are kidnapped who were taken from home, kidnapped who were taken in pajamas, in flip flops with a minimal sense of life from their home and it is our duty to say and I brought you to the land, those who live with us and those who unfortunately are no longer alive but it is our duty to bring to the grave of Israel"
Later, Doron Peretz, the father of Daniel Peretz, who was murdered and kidnapped to Gaza, and Moran Stella Yanai, who was released from captivity, spoke to each other
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At the moment it seems far away," said Stella Yanai. "But I remember leaving Gaza. They won't believe at first, there will be crazy swings between hope and death anxiety. They will be moved to a house with other people, they will be told where they are returning home and from this house they will see the sky:
"We buried his remains, his body is still abducted in Gaza," said Peretz. "I stopped Oz and asked my wife how she was feeling. She replied, 'Doron, what kind of world am I living in that I feel some kind of relief that my son was killed? The endless worry was too much. Now I know that he did not suffer, does not suffer and will not suffer.'