Einav Zangauker
@enavezangauker · Hostage families & civil society
Einav Zangauker is the mother of an Israeli civilian abducted by Hamas and a leading hostage-family activist.
The Emiratis warned, we know that the Egyptians also explicitly warned him. And Netanyahu? He was so captive to the conception that Qatari money buys quiet that he did not even bother to pass the information on. Because of his failure, an entire country has been living in hell for three years. More than two thousand graves, thousands wounded, hostages who went through a Holocaust in captivity, hundreds of thousands uprooted from their homes — because of him! And after all that, he is still clinging to his seat and fleeing responsibility. Netanyahu must go over this failure, and the people of Israel will oust him soon!
Translated from HebrewHeimunot Kasao, not tomorrow – now *Statement from the headquarters for bringing Heimunot home* A new campaign by the headquarters for Heimunot with the assistance of the High-Tech Headquarters. – An indescribable fear.* Tsepia Kasao “For everyone else this video is only fear, for us it is reality, and this nightmare must end with a happy ending.” On the 924th day since Heimunot’s abduction, because girls do not simply disappear, the headquarters for Heimunot, with the assistance of the High-Tech Headquarters, is launching a campaign calling for efforts to be invested in finding the girl who was abducted while walking around and playing in the building where she lived with her family, at the absorption center in Safed. The campaign touches on the deep fear parents feel when they allow their children to be children, to go out to the garden, visit friends, or ride bicycles, and the children do not come home. It is an indescribable fear, and the Kasao family, Heimunot’s parents Bentsi and Tsepia, have been feeling it for more than two and a half years. Tsepia Kasao, Heimunot’s father: “In my nightmares, in my worst dreams, there was no scenario in which my daughter would not come home from playing in the building. But for more than two and a half years we have been living this nightmare. I can only wish that no parent ever experiences what my wife and I feel. I do not want any parent to feel the pain and hole in the heart, the sleepless nights that pass slowly and fearfully over our Heimunot. But I do ask every parent, brother or sister, grandfather and grandmother, to think for a moment what would happen if, God forbid, this happened in their family, what they would do, what they would expect the state to do, and I have no doubt, not for a moment, that they would do everything and demand, as we do, that the Shin Bet be involved. For everyone else this video is only fear, for us it is reality, and this nightmare must end with a happy ending. *Doron Hadar, founder and partner at Critical Impact: “The first time I met Tsepia, I told him that if his daughter’s name were Emuna and she were white, she would already be home, and Tsepia hugged me. In recent weeks we have seen time and again that this was what happened in the other abduction and disappearance cases: the Shin Bet became involved, and the investigations were efficient and fast. We owe this to the Kasao family and to Heimunot, as a society, as people, and as a state. No parent can live in fear that this might happen to their children, and no state can neglect a girl in this way, regardless of her color or background. The case must be transferred to the Shin Bet for handling, thereafter and immediately.”
Translated from HebrewThis was one of the hardest days in the struggle and one of the hardest we have known since the cursed day of October 7. The rumors never stopped spreading in every direction, an entire country fell into anxiety, and then the news arrived that devastated me. These dear families, whose worlds had been destroyed, had already become family to me; their pain still pierces my heart to this day. They could have been saved. But they abandoned and sacrificed these special children on the altar of politics and personal considerations. It was more important to sell the Philadelphi spin to the public as the bedrock of our existence than to bring them back. Their pictures in the tunnels of death still show to this day how much light there was in them and how much darkness there is in those who voted again and again against their release. And of course it cannot be ignored that at those very moments Netanyahu's advisers leaked materials to Bild that harmed Israel's security, in order to influence public opinion and harm our struggle to get the children back. A thousand circles of hell will not be able to cleanse the souls of the people who did this—from the prime minister down to his entire team. In the end, we managed to defeat them and bring some of the hostages back alive. I received my Matan alive here at home with me and was left with a hole in my heart that is present every day because of those we were unable to bring back. I swear to continue day after day in the struggle to throw out of our lives everyone who had a hand on the wheel on October 7 and anyone who committed a crime afterward.
Translated from HebrewI don't know what country you've been living in since 8.10. But let me tell you what happened to the citizens of Israel: My son was in Hamas's tunnels and went through an indescribable hell. There were dozens of opportunities to bring him and the rest of the hostages back, but Netanyahu thwarted every opportunity to bring them back. During my struggle to bring him back, while a hate machine that you're part of is being directed at me—I attended dozens of soldiers' funerals—I never once saw Netanyahu and his ministers there. Good Israelis who went out to defend us, and they didn't even bother to come and honor them after they fell. This country is not functioning; the only thing functioning here is a poison machine designed to sow division in order to rule. Avishai, these are the last days that this still works for you. This people has had enough !! The reckoning is ours and it's on its way
Translated from HebrewOn behalf of myself and Matan, we would like to thank the IDF for all its fighters in regular service and in the reserves, and all the security forces who closed the circle and brought about the elimination of the murderous terrorist who held Matan and other hostages captive in Gaza.
Translated from HebrewMichal put her whole self aside for the families of the hostages; she accompanied us throughout her pregnancy and childbirth. She did not give up on us. Michal is one of the most sensitive journalists I have had the privilege of getting to know, and I am grateful that I had her with me throughout the struggle. @michalpeylan
Translated from HebrewIn recent days I have been flooded with messages of support and also with so many questions. We have an amazing people, thanks to whom all the living hostages and the bodies of those who were killed were brought home. This is the people I intend to act for in the coming years, to work to repair what is so broken here. Unfortunately, this will not happen from the Knesset; it will happen in my way. You deserve answers, and I choose to tell here what happened. Already in February, when reports began about the prospect of the Knesset being dispersed, I met, at his request, with Yair Golan. At that meeting I was offered a reserved spot at the top of the list, immediately after the serving members of Knesset. After thinking and deliberating about whether this was the right step for me, I answered Yair in the affirmative, and the reserved spot was agreed between us. From that moment I was asked to keep it secret, and since then Golan's people made sure to stay in contact with me; throughout this entire period, the commitment was reaffirmed on several occasions with Yair himself. Each time it was emphasized to me that a word is a word, that our agreement was in force, and that after the list of candidates was chosen in the primaries, my reserved spot at the top of the list would be announced. As part of our agreement, they asked me to keep a low media profile during the period until the announcement. Of course I honored my commitment and kept our agreement confidential, kept a low profile, and did not explore other options, such as participating in the primaries, nor did I advance other possibilities. I fulfilled my side of the agreement. Unfortunately, as was reported, Golan decided otherwise. This is the whole story. This event is over and behind me. I promised and I will deliver: I intend to repay my enormous debt to the people of Israel and do everything to make things better here. In the weeks remaining until the election, we must make sure that the government of failure does not succeed in its plot to conceal and make people forget the massacre, the abandonment, and the total failure for which it bears responsibility on every front! Together we will rebuild a state here in which the proper order is restored: equality in rights, duties, and opportunities. For all of us. In such a state, true unity will be possible. In such a state, it will be possible to create a real bridge to mend the terrible rifts that have formed here. Immediately after the election, we will act to repair, unite, and heal Israeli society. Every morning anew, my children and I choose rebuilding and healing. When I look at them, I see before my eyes an entire life that we got back. I do not forget for one second the crowds in the streets that made this happen. I do not forget for one second the families who did not get these moments. I will continue to raise a clear and lucid voice for the repair of the state. I need all of you with me.
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