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Combat Antisemitism Movement CEO Sacha Roytman issued the following statement on Wednesday following the news on the Gaza hostage release deal:
We are relieved that an agreement has been reached to free the Israeli hostages and look forward to seeing them reunited with their loved ones back home. For nearly 470 days, the hostages have endured unimaginable cruelty, with their fundamental human rights brutally denied to them by their Hamas captors.
Hamas’ barbaric tactics, reducing innocent lives to macabre bargaining chips, stand in stark contrast to Israel’s unwavering commitment to humane values. While we are grateful to both the outgoing Biden and incoming Trump administrations for their efforts to broker this deal, we must note our deep concern over the imbalance of an equation where dozens of terrorists are exchanged for a single civilian or soldier.
This agreement highlights Israel’s dedication to its citizens while exposing Hamas’ gross disregard for human decency and international law. The suffering of these hostages must serve as a call for the world to hold Hamas accountable for its crimes.
