For this sentiment to be coming from a parent of one of the hostages is significant though. I’ve heard from friends who have lived in Israel that the media landscape is quite homogeneous, and that Israelis face a huge amount of suppression and social stigma if they speak up in favour of Palestinians (as opposed to criticizing Netanyahu for not ensuring the return of the hostages).
There’s been reporting for months that the hostage families have been frustrated with Netenyahu for not getting a hostage release deal, as they think Netenyahu sabotaged perfectly acceptable deals that Hamas has agreed to.
Once you are already angry at him for, at best keeping your loved one trapped for a year longer than necessary, and very possibly killed, then it is a relatively short distance to cross to say that those policies are also war crimes.
For this sentiment to be coming from a parent of one of the hostages is significant though. I’ve heard from friends who have lived in Israel that the media landscape is quite homogeneous, and that Israelis face a huge amount of suppression and social stigma if they speak up in favour of Palestinians (as opposed to criticizing Netanyahu for not ensuring the return of the hostages).
There’s been reporting for months that the hostage families have been frustrated with Netenyahu for not getting a hostage release deal, as they think Netenyahu sabotaged perfectly acceptable deals that Hamas has agreed to.
Once you are already angry at him for, at best keeping your loved one trapped for a year longer than necessary, and very possibly killed, then it is a relatively short distance to cross to say that those policies are also war crimes.