{"id":2062208,"date":"2023-10-10T15:38:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T19:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/families-of-americans-missing-in-israel-issue-plea-to-biden-at-press-conference\/"},"modified":"2023-10-10T15:40:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T19:40:55","slug":"families-of-americans-missing-in-israel-issue-plea-to-biden-at-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/families-of-americans-missing-in-israel-issue-plea-to-biden-at-press-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Families of Missing Americans in Israel Plead to Biden at Press Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffamilies-of-americans-missing-in-israel-issue-plea-to-biden-at-press-conference%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2062208&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Families of Americans Missing in Israel\u2064 Issue Plea to Biden at Press Conference<\/h2>\n<p>Relatives of Americans who are missing after Hamas raided Israeli communities on Saturday are asking President Joe Biden for action to save their family members.<\/p>\n<p>Ruby Chen, whose\u200d 19-year-old son, Itay, has been \u2063listed by the Israel Defense Force as missing, said he wants his son \u2014\u2063 who\u200d has dual American-Israeli citizenship \u2014\u2064 to be listed as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/number-americans-killed-israel-rising-missing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prisoner<\/a> of war \u2062and \u2064treated as such by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hamas-announces-will-begin-executing-hostages-live-broadcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamas<\/a>, which took at least 100 hostages into Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI \u2062ask the U.S. not to take the backseat,\u201d Chen said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/news\/nation-world\/families-plead-with-president-biden-for-help-in-finding-missing-americans-in-israel-tel-aviv-israel-pow-gaza-strip-state-department-us-embassy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The National Desk<\/a>. \u201cThe U.S.\u2062 has a lot of resources and is able to do many things that \u200ccan\u2063 be different than \u2062what the Israeli government can do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are asking, on behalf of my family, President Biden to assure his heart is in the \u200bright place when it comes to Israel \u2064and the secretary of \u2064the state to do what they can to make \u200cthis\u200d end, for us to become family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chen was joined at a news\u200d conference in\u2062 Tel Aviv by \u2063Rachel Goldberg, whose son Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, had been \u200cattending a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/start-war-recapping-attacks-israel-past-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">music \u2062festival<\/a> in southern Israel when\u2063 Hamas attacked it, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/international\/4247584-american-families-plead-with-biden-to-rescue-loved-ones-taken-hostage-by-hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve spoken to eyewitnesses, we know that he was injured in \u2064a gun battle. I mean,\u200b they were all civilians at\u200b a music festival. They were fish \u2064in a barrel \u2062sitting in this bomb shelter,\u201d Goldberg said, \u2063adding that\u200d she was told one of her son\u2019s arms was blown off below the elbow and he used his shirt\u200c for a tourniquet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My heart is breaking for Rachel Goldberg. During an interview this\u200d morning, she said \u2064according to an eye witness, her son\u2019s \u2062arm was shot \u200coff &#038; he \u200dhad to apply a tourniquet. Not being able to help her son must be agonizing. This attack is so horrific. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uPgP4huOAT\">https:\/\/t.co\/uPgP4huOAT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Po Murray (@po_murray)\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/po_murray\/status\/1711739222317543646?\">October \u200b10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHamas came in after the gunfire settled down and said, \u2018Anyone who can walk, stand up and walk out.\u2019 We are told that he was completely calm. I think he was probably in shock,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd he got up and he walked\u2064 out with five other young people from the music festival. Two\u2063 young women, three other \u200dyoung men, they were\u2063 put on a pickup truck\u2062 and driven away by Hamas. And then the police told us one thing they\u200d knew\u2064 is that the last known cell signal from \u2063his phone was on the border with Gaza,\u201d Goldberg said.<\/p>\n<p>Nahar Neta, whose mother, Adrienne Neta,\u2062 66,\u2064 was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/heartbroken-american-living-israel-reveals-family-taken-hostage-hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">taken<\/a> from the ravaged community of Be\u2019eri,\u200d said Biden and Secretary\u2064 of State\u2062 Antony Blinken are \u201cresponsible to bring the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/families-of-americans-missing-in-israel-issue-plea-to-biden-at-press-conference\/\" title=\"Families of Missing Americans in Israel Plead to Biden at Press Meet\">citizens back home safe<\/a> and sound.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neta, an American citizen, said family\u2063 members were on the phone when terrorists invaded her mother\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy mom used a little bit \u200dof Arabic that she picked up working as\u2064 a nurse in the hospital in Sorokov for 20 years to calm down the terrorist,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it is our hope, which is a bit ridiculous \u2064at this stage to say that the optimistic scenario here is that she\u2019s held hostage in Gaza and not dead, on the street of the kibbutz\u2064 where we grew up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her \u2063sister called Adrienne Neta \u201can exceptional human being.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen \u2063she walked into a delivery room, she saw a human being in \u2063front of her. Not\u2064 a religion. \u2062Not a race. Not a \u200bhijab. Not an Orthodox Jew,\u201d Iana Neta \u200csaid, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/we-expect-nothing-less-families-of-americans-taken-hostage-by-hamas-urge-biden-administration-to-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Four families of missing Americans in Hamas \u200dattack hold a press conference\u200b in Tel Aviv:<\/p>\n<p>Nahar Neta\u2019s mother was taken by Hamas terrorists: \u201cPresident Biden and Sec. of State Blinken\u2026 are responsible to bring the U.S. citizens back home safe and sound. We expect nothing less.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yKPS5TWEM7\">pic.twitter.com\/yKPS5TWEM7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MSNBC (@MSNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSNBC\/status\/1711739028205133957?\">October \u206410,\u200d 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Former Connecticut resident Jonathan Dekel-Chen pleaded for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-hosts-bbq-white-house-americans-likely-killed-taken-hostages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American leaders<\/a> to \u00a0\u201cdo what they \u2063can on\u200d the side of good here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His 35-year-old\u2062 son, Sagui Dekel-Chen, is\u200d missing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems to me that the United States, my\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dcs-election-takeover-is-unconstitutional-and-impractical-leave-it-to-the-states\/\" title=\"DC\u2019s Election Takeover Is Unconstitutional And Impractical \u2013 Leave It To The States\">original home<\/a> and still a very\u2062 beloved place for me, always wants to be and must be on the side\u2064 of good. Hamas is evil,\u201d he said.\u2064 \u201cThis kind of savagery, this kind of inhumanity, must be stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/h3>\n<p><em><b>I walked into the office one morning and noticed something\u2063 strange. Half of The Western Journal\u2019s readership was \u200bmissing.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2062 had finally happened. Facebook had flipped THE switch.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maybe it \u2064was because we wrote about ivermectin.\u2064 Or election integrity. Or\u2064 the Jan. 6 detainees. Or\u200b ballot mules.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Whatever the reason, I immediately knew what to do. \u2064We had to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">turn to you<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  because, frankly,\u2063 we\u2064 know you are the only ones we can trust.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Can you help? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">donation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  to The Western Journal goes directly to \u2062funding our team of story researchers, writers and editors \u2062who doggedly pursue\u2063 the truth and expose the corrupt \u2064elites.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can I count on you for a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">small donation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">? We operate on a shoestring compared to other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-jim-jordan-joe-bidens-deliberate-support-of-illegal-immigration-could-lead-to-impeachment\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Rep. Jim Jordan: Joe Biden's 'Deliberate' Support of Illegal Immigration Could Lead to Impeachment\">news media companies<\/a>, so I can \u2063personally promise that not a penny of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">your donation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  will be\u200b wasted.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We will use every single\u2064 cent to fight against the lies and\u200d corruption in high places. <\/span><b>And as long as we have <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><b>your\u200c help<\/b><\/a><b>, we will never\u200c give up.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sincerely,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Josh Manning<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deputy Managing \u200dEditor<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u2062Western Journal<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/families-americans-missing-israel-issue-plea-biden-press-conference\/\">Families of Americans Missing in Israel\u200d Issue Plea to Biden at Press Conference<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What specific requests or demands are the families\u2063 making in regards \u2064to the treatment and recognition of their missing \u200brelatives?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  For sure \u2063is that they were on the way to Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The families\u2064 of \u200cthese missing Americans are pleading with President Biden to prioritize their loved ones&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">safe return<\/a> and to \u200dput pressure \u2062on Hamas to release them. They believe that the United States has the resources to make a difference \u200din this\u2062 situation and\u2063 are urging Biden and his administration to take action.<\/p>\n<p>The heartbreaking stories of Ruby\u2063 Chen and Rachel Goldberg highlight \u200cthe urgency and desperate need for assistance. Chen&#8217;s son, Itay, is a dual American-Israeli citizen, and \u2063the family is requesting \u2064that he be recognized as a prisoner of war and treated accordingly by \u200cHamas. They hope that by designating him as such, \u200che will\u200d be afforded \u200bcertain protections under international law.<\/p>\n<p>Goldberg&#8217;s son, Hersh, was attending a music festival in southern Israel when Hamas attacked. Eyewitnesses have informed the family that \u200cHersh was injured in\u200b a gun battle and had to apply\u200b a\u2062 tourniquet to his arm, which was shot off \u200cbelow the elbow. The family is devastated by the situation and is pleading for any information about \u200dtheir son&#8217;s whereabouts and condition.<\/p>\n<p>These families are in anguish, unsure\u2062 of the fate of their loved ones. They are \u200cdepending on the support and action of President Biden to bring their family members home safely. They understand the \u200ccomplexities of \u2064the situation and the diplomatic challenges involved but firmly believe that the United States can play a significant\u2063 role in securing the release of \u2063their missing relatives.<\/p>\n<p>As the families make their plea at the press conference, their hope is \u200cthat\u2063 their voices are heard and that their loved ones are not forgotten. \u200bThey are counting on President Biden and \u2064his administration to prioritize \u2063the rescue and safe return\u200c of \u200bthe missing \u200cAmericans. They are\u200d urging\u2063 the government to exert pressure on Hamas to release the hostages and bring an end to this\u2064 ordeal.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden and \u200chis administration have a responsibility\u200c to protect American citizens abroad and to use their influence to ensure their safety. These families are appealing to the President&#8217;s \u200csense\u2064 of compassion and justice, asking \u200dhim to intervene and do\u200b whatever is necessary to secure the release of their loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>Time is of the essence, and every day that passes without action \u200bbrings more worry and uncertainty. These families are living in a nightmare, not knowing the fate of their missing relatives. They are united in their plea to President Biden for help and are hopeful that their message reaches him and prompts\u2064 decisive action.<\/p>\n<p>The United States has a history of\u2064 standing up for its citizens in times \u200dof crisis, and it is crucial that President Biden continues\u200d this\u200c legacy. These families are looking to him for leadership and support, and\u200d they \u2063believe that with his\u200b intervention, there is hope for a positive resolution to\u200d this distressing situation.<\/p>\n<p>Now, more than ever, these families need the support and solidarity of the American people. Their pleas should \u200cnot go unheard, and it is incumbent upon all of us\u2063 to raise awareness about this issue and put pressure on \u200dour government to \u200bact. \u200cTogether, we can make a difference and bring these\u200c missing Americans home to their \u200bfamilies where\u200c they belong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relatives of missing Americans, taken during Hamas&#8217; raid on Israeli communities, plead with President Joe Biden for urgent intervention. Ruby Chen, whose 19-year-old son Itay is among the missing, urges the rescue of his dual American-Israeli citizen son. Action is desperately sought to bring these loved ones back safely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":2062209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2062208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2062208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2062209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2062208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2062208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2062208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}