The new president of the United States appears in Israel as the one who, turning the tables, unblocked a situation that had been stuck for more than a year. The one, above all, whose uncompromising diplomacy could return to many families of hostages relatives of whom they have not heard from for fifteen months now. In recent days, we have seen banners addressing him directly, as if the White House had become the only place from which salvation could come: “President Trump, take them all home. »
Saturday January 18, on the eve of the release of the first three hostages held by Hamas, a double demonstration in Tel Aviv gave an overview of this enthusiasm. One was held on the “hostage square”, where the Hostage Families Forum organizes a rally every weekend in support of the captives. The other, a few hundred meters away, where demonstrators, some of whom brandished signs mocking Benjamin Netanyahu, also demanded the return of the hostages and the end of the conflict, but in a much more eruptive atmosphere.
