TEL AVIV, ISRAEL – An extended desk, fastidiously arrange for a Shabbat meal. Candles, wine and bread had been fastidiously positioned together with glasses and delightful place settings. However each chair is empty, and each chair holds an indication with a shadow and the phrase “Hostage” printed on it.
It is a parade and protest organized by activists for a number of weeks in a row, together with households and buddies of the 240 hostages kidnapped by Hamas terrorists from Israel on October 7, and the handfuls who’re nonetheless lacking.
Within the sq. in entrance of the Tel Aviv Museum of Artwork — which has been renamed “Kidnappers Sq.” — the Discussion board of Hostages and Lacking Households, a company based shortly after the October 7 assault, has added new performances and demonstrations.
One such work on show on Friday was a floral sculpture from which hung posters depicting every of the 30 kids held by Hamas – together with a child as younger as 9 months outdated.
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Different related inventive performances crammed the sq.. A gaggle of tents had been fenced off: the tents of a number of households who started tenting within the sq., declaring that they’d not return to their regular lives till all of the hostages returned to their properties. A lot of them carried a protest signal: “Every little thing stops till they’re returned.”
Friday’s occasion included performances by well-known Israeli musicians. Certainly one of them led the gang in a rousing rendition of the Israeli nationwide anthem, “Hatikvah,” or “Hope.”
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Up to now, Hamas has returned 4 hostages, and Israeli forces have launched one.
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