Rep. Josh Gottheimer's battle to bring Idan Alexander Back
It’s been 584 days in torturous captivity. But who’s counting?
The announcement that Edan Alexander, an Israeli-American IDF soldier who grew up in Tenafly, New Jersey, would be released on Monday was cause for immeasurable gratitude to Hashem and celebration across the Jewish world, across Israel, and — perhaps in insufficient measure — across the United States.
Watching another Jewish soul cross the line from afeilah l’orah, the sole thought and feeling of the moment: “Edan’s finally coming home!”
But while most hostage release announcements have been tinged with the pain of the cost in blood, concessions, and terrorists, this one had something else, perhaps more sinister: uncertainty. Absent a clear quid pro quo, with no illusions of Hamas suddenly developing a human heart, the ultimate price of this joy is unknown.
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