{"id":108979,"date":"2025-09-21T03:41:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T00:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/?p=108979"},"modified":"2025-09-20T23:04:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T20:04:01","slug":"in-jerusalem-protests-hostages-seen-near-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/in-jerusalem-protests-hostages-seen-near-the-end\/","title":{"rendered":"In Jerusalem protests, hostages seen near the end"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"405\" data-end=\"835\">In Jerusalem, a sense of inevitability is spreading through the streets: the hostages in Gaza may never return. The latest remarks by President Donald Trump, suggesting that only about ten remain alive while many others have perished, have shaken families and supporters to their core. Against the silence of the government and the growing normalization within Israeli society, Jerusalem has become a city of vigil and defiance.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"837\" data-end=\"880\">Gaza Street turns into a protest camp<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"881\" data-end=\"1323\">Over the past days, Gaza Street in Jerusalem \u2013 just steps from the official residence of the prime minister \u2013 has been transformed into a symbolic frontline. Families of the hostages, joined by supporters, erected tents on the main road, declaring they would no longer wait passively. For them, the government proceeds with business as usual while their loved ones languish in Gaza, a contrast that deepens the pain and fuels determination.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1325\" data-end=\"1373\">Jerusalem protest for the hostages expands<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1374\" data-end=\"1768\">This realization has been spreading among demonstrators: the current struggle has not produced tangible results. Large parts of the Israeli public have grown accustomed to the harsh reality, accepting the hostages\u2019 plight as a tragic backdrop rather than an urgent national mission. Within this normalization, the families are convinced that only drastic escalation can break the complacency.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1770\" data-end=\"1833\">March from Paris Square to the Prime Minister\u2019s residence<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1834\" data-end=\"2265\">On Saturday night, protesters once again gathered at Paris Square, in Jerusalem\u2019s Rehavia neighborhood \u2013 a weekly site of memory and prayer. But this time, the crowd refused to end with a vigil. A determined march advanced toward the prime minister\u2019s residence, its chants reverberating through the city streets. It was more than a protest march; it was an alarm bell, signaling that this may be the last moment for the hostages.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"2267\" data-end=\"2311\"><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"iw\">\u05d0\u05dc\u05e4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d9\u05e8\u05d3\u05d5 \u05de\u05db\u05d9\u05db\u05e8 \u05e4\u05e8\u05d9\u05d6 \u05dc\u05e8\u05d7 \u05e2\u05d6\u05d4, \u05e4\u05d9\u05e0\u05ea \u05de\u05d8\u05d5\u05d3\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e2\u05e7\u05d1\u05d5\u05ea \u05e7\u05e8\u05d9\u05d0\u05ea\u05d4 \u05e9\u05dc \u05e2\u05e0\u05ea \u05d0\u05e0\u05d2\u05e8\u05e1\u05d8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3cffK1xYBZ\">pic.twitter.com\/3cffK1xYBZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e8\u05d9 \u05d1\u05d5\u05e8\u05e7 \u05e9\u05d1\u05d9\u05d8 (@lirishavit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lirishavit\/status\/1969475499584794851?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"2267\" data-end=\"2311\">A chilling reminder: the name Ron Arad<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2312\" data-end=\"2746\">Adding to the distress, Hamas released over the weekend a propaganda image portraying all hostages under a single name: \u201cRon Arad.\u201d The choice of that name \u2013 belonging to the Israeli airman captured by Amal in Lebanon in 1986 and never returned \u2013 was widely seen as a cruel provocation. For the families, it was not only an insult but a historical warning, reopening a national wound that has haunted Israel for nearly four decades.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1265\" data-end=\"1894\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">(<a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/in-memory-of-charlie-kirk-moving-prayer-on-temple-mount\/\">In memory of Charlie Kirk \u2013 moving prayer on Temple Mount<\/a>)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From President Trump\u2019s words it emerges that only ten hostages remain alive; in Jerusalem\u2019s Gaza Street, supporters call it the final moment of truth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":108973,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"In Jerusalem protests, hostages seen near the end","_seopress_titles_desc":"From President Trump\u2019s words it emerges that only ten hostages remain alive; in Jerusalem\u2019s Gaza Street, supporters call it the final moment of truth","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"9320","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/jerusalem_hostages_protest_trump.jpeg","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":108970,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":1200,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":674,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"both","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":301,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10327,9319,9314],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-jerusalem-updates","category-main-item"],"acf":{"subtitle":"From President Trump\u2019s words it emerges that only ten hostages remain alive; in Jerusalem\u2019s Gaza Street, supporters call it the final moment of truth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}