The father of the late Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was abducted and murdered while being held by Hamas, made an unusual appeal Sunday morning to Israeli coalition lawmakers.
"A personal request to all coalition members from the father of a hostage who was murdered in captivity in Gaza," he wrote in a Facebook post. "Please stop wearing the yellow hostage pin. Every time I see one of you wearing it, it adds to the pain." The request reflects his deep mistrust in the Israeli government and its intentions.
Earlier this month, Polin commented on the dismissal of Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, saying the team negotiating the hostages' release had never received a genuine mandate to push for a breakthrough. "I hope the true story of the failed hostage negotiations will come to light one day," he wrote. "I continue to believe that the government never gave the Israeli negotiating team a broad or serious enough mandate. Some members of the team pushed hard for a broader mandate, but to no avail. Thank you, Ronen Bar, for being one of those who pushed."
