American Hostage Families Warn Netanyahu Not To Address Congress Before Deal Inked

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The families of American-Israeli hostages held in Gaza issued a stern warning to Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu on Monday, urging him not to address Congress later this week without announcing a hostage deal with Hamas.

“We view any speech that is not the announcement of the signing and closing of a hostage deal to be a total failure,” said Jon Polin, whose son Hersh is one of the eight American citizens abducted during Hamas’s October 7 attack, along with 108 others still held captive in Gaza.

“We fully expect that his speech to Congress on Wednesday is going to be the announcement of this hostage deal that we’ve all been waiting for,” Polin added, as other relatives of American hostages nodded in agreement during a press conference in Washington.

When asked what led him to make such a prediction, Polin admitted he had not been briefed on Netanyahu’s speech. He cited the support for a deal from Israel’s security establishment and the public, which, according to a recent poll, favors securing a hostage release and ceasefire agreement over continuing the war, by a margin of 67 percent to 26%.

“After all the calls for a deal in Israel, I’m taking that cue and saying that if he flew to Washington in the midst of all of that, it must be that he’s here to announce a deal,” Polin said.

Netanyahu, who arrived in Washington on Monday, told reporters before departing Israel that he would use the speech to “anchor the bipartisan support that is so important for Israel. I will tell my friends on both sides of the aisle that regardless of who the American people choose as their next president, Israel remains America’s indispensable and strong ally in the Middle East.”

{Matzav.com}

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