Jerusalem Letter: Many relatives of those killed or taken hostage blame government of Netanyahu for abandoning the Gaza border communities to their fate and for failing to prioritise return of hostages
Israel i mounted police at a rally calling for the release of Israel is held hostage by Palestinian militants in Gaza. Photograph: Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Imagesapproaches a bitter dispute over how to mark the traumatic event has become a reflection of a deeply divided Israel .
Kibbutz Kfar Azza, on the Gaza border, joined the criticism, issuing a statement expressing disappointment at the government’s focus on producing a ceremony while the hostages, including five members of the kibbutz community, are “wasting away” in Hamas captivity.Israel and Hizbullah claim significant achievements after biggest Israeli attack on south Lebanon“Our soldiers are fighting on the front, and the residents of the north and the Gaza periphery are displaced from their homes.
Regev referred to the criticism of the commemoration she is planning as “background noise”, adding that she will not be deterred from organising a filmed national ceremony, without a live audience, and with a pre-recorded address by the prime minister. But Regev seems determined to keep control of the narrative, claiming that president Herzog had “picked a side” by issuing his proposal without first consulting with her. “State ceremonies aren’t held at the president’s residence, this cannot be,” she said. “This needs to be held in the south.”
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