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The Hostage Crisis: Alana Zeitchik’s Fight for Her Family

JL;DR SUMMARY Israeli-American advocate Alana Zeitchik discusses the personal and communal challenges of advocating for her kidnapped relatives, David and Ariel Cunio, amid the ongoing hostage crisis in Gaza. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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HamasJewish DiasporaIsraeli PoliticsAmerican Jewish CommunityPeace ActivismHostage CrisisAdvocacyIsrael Gaza ConflictHostage NegotiationsCrisis Intervention

Places mentioned

Kibbutz near Oz, Southern District, Israel
"your cousin, Sharon Aloni Kunio, and her husband, David Kunio, and their three-year-old twins, Emma and Yuli, as well as your cousin, Danielle Aloni, and her five-year-old daughter, Amelia, were stolen from kibbutz near Oz in an act of barbaric violence by Hamas."
New York City, New York, United States
"I'm Shini Reichman, the Director of Strategic Initiatives and IPF Petit at Israel Policy Forum, and I'm based in New York City."

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