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What Matters Now to Jonathan Dekel-Chen: US feels like only beacon in hostage situation

JL;DR SUMMARY Jonathan Dekel-Chen, whose son Sagui was recently released after being held hostage by Hamas, describes the relief of his son's return and the ongoing struggles for hostage families in Israel. 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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HamasCommunity SupportIsraeli GovernmentKibbutz Nir OzDiplomacyHostageU.S. GovernmentJonathan Dekel ChenSagui Dekel Chen

Places mentioned

Kiryat Gat, Southern District, Israel
"But home right now for you and your extended family is Kiryat Gat, not Kibbutz Neroz."
Jerusalem, Israel
"I'm in Jerusalem."
Tel Aviv, Central District, Israel
"I can remember seeing you at a press conference, I believe on October 8th in Tel Aviv, with other dual citizens, American citizens, dual American-Israeli citizens."
Southern District, Israel
"living on Kibbutz Neroz, which we now know was ground zero for the massacre on October 7th."
Eilat, Southern District, Israel
"The next morning, the surviving community was evacuated by the Israeli army to a hotel in Eilat, where most of us began picking up the pieces of our lives."
Khan Yunus, Khan Yunis, Palestinian Territories
"the handover ceremony in Khan Yunus between Hamas, the Islamic Jihad, and the Red Cross."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"small Kibbutz on the border with Gaza, and from which somewhere between a quarter to a third of all the people who lived there were either murdered on October 7th or taken hostage."
Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"The Biden administration, and it's really quite extraordinary, within two days of October 7th, the embassy here in Israel, the FBI, were making rounds of calls to all of the U.S. citizens."
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