Proof of Life - with Rachel Goldberg and Jon Polin

Call Me Back - with Dan Senor

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Society, Foreign Policy, Geopolitics, Israel, News Commentary, News, Politics, Elections, Palestine, Dan Senor, Government

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🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Share on Twitter: https://tinyurl.com/4ku8n3r3 After over 200 days, Rachel Goldberg and Jon Polin saw proof of life of their son Hersh Goldberg-Polin for the first time, who was severely wounded in the October 7th massacre and taken hostage by Hamas. Just last Wednesday, a video surfaced — which was produced by Hamas — of Hersh speaking to camera. In short, in the video, Hersh describes the he was taken hostage, he criticizes the Israeli Government, and he expresses love for his parents, Jon and Rachel and his two sisters. He addresses his severe wound from October 7th, in which his left hand — his dominant hand — was blown off. When I was in Israel,I visited with Rachel and Jon and we recorded a conversation for this podcast about the video, as well as what else they had learned from it, especially about Hersh’s severe wound — he continues to be medically fragile. Jon and Rachel discussed why they decided to approve media release and coverage of the video. Rachel and Jon also reacted to the shocking protests on US campuses — they are both from the US, as is Hersh, and they reflected on what they regarded as some encouraging news about a statement on the hostages, which was signed by 18 countries. They also addressed the possibility of Israeli elections in the midst of this ongoing hostage crisis and war. Follow “Bring Hersh Home” on Instagram: bring.hersh.home Hersh Goldberg Polin video: https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hostage-hersh-goldberg-polins-family-approves-publication-of-hamas-propaganda-video/ Column by William McGurn of the WSJ: “Hamas’s American Hostages” — https://tinyurl.com/ymraw2yv

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0:00.0	I'm talking to you now and I look like a normal person but I have a branding iron searing into my back.
0:08.7	Normal trauma, normative trauma is that the truck hits you out of nowhere from behind, you didn't see it coming,
0:14.4	you're now on the side of the road with every bone in your body broken, the truck has driven off.
0:18.7	And you have to figure out, when am I going to be okay to sit up? When am I going to be okay to sit up?
0:23.4	When am I going to be okay to try to stamp?
0:25.6	What we are dealing with is the truck is still on us.
0:29.2	It's a holy cow, I really hope, that I don't move just slightly the wrong way and die. After over 200 days, Rachel Goldberg and John Poland saw proof of life of their son, Hersch
0:57.4	Goldberg Poland, who was severely wounded in the October 7th massacre and taken hostage by Hamas. Just last Wednesday
1:06.8	a video surfaced in the Israeli press a video produced by Hamas of Hirsch speaking to camera. We will link to the video in the show
1:17.3	notes. In short, though, in the video, Hirsch describes the day he was taken hostage. He criticizes the Israeli government and he
1:26.7	expresses love for his parents, John and Rachel, and his two sisters. He dresses his severe wound from October 7th in which his left hand, his
1:37.1	dominant hand, was blown off. When I was in Israel, I visited with Rachel and John and we recorded a conversation for this
1:46.6	podcast about this hostage video and what Rachel and John had learned from it, especially about Hershey's severe wound.
1:55.8	He continues to be medically fragile.
1:59.2	John and Rachel discussed why they decided to approve media release and coverage of this video.
2:05.0	Rachel and John also reacted to the shocking protests we are seeing today on US campuses.
2:12.0	John and Rachel are both originally from the U.S. and continue to be U.S. citizens, as is Hirsch.
2:20.4	And they reflected on what they regarded as some encouraging news about a statement on the hostages which was signed by 18 countries and they also address the possibility of Israeli elections in the midst of this ongoing hostage crisis and war and trauma that they are living.
2:42.0	Rachel Goldberg and John Poland on proof of life. This is call me back.
3:00.4	I'm here with Rachel and John together in Israel. I just want to start with the video that we just saw of Hirsch that was released on Wednesday.
3:06.0	That is the first video you have seen in 200 plus days.
3:12.1	Can you describe how that happened from your perspective?
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