{"id":2109442,"date":"2023-11-27T21:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T02:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-american-hostage-released-under-cease-fire-deal-is-relative-of-dem-donor-who-bought-hunter-bidens-art\/"},"modified":"2023-11-27T21:48:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T02:48:04","slug":"first-american-hostage-released-under-cease-fire-deal-is-relative-of-dem-donor-who-bought-hunter-bidens-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-american-hostage-released-under-cease-fire-deal-is-relative-of-dem-donor-who-bought-hunter-bidens-art\/","title":{"rendered":"First US hostage freed in cease-fire has ties to Dem donor who purchased Hunter Biden&#8217;s artwork"},"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\">32<\/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%2Ffirst-american-hostage-released-under-cease-fire-deal-is-relative-of-dem-donor-who-bought-hunter-bidens-art%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=2109442&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>First American Hostage Released Under Cease-Fire Deal Is Relative of Dem Donor Who Bought Hunter Biden&#8217;s Art<\/h2>\n<p>The\u2062 first American released under the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas is the relative\u2063 of Liz Hirsh Naftali, a major contributor to \u200bPresident Joe Biden\u2019s \u2062re-election campaign.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/buyer-hunter-bidens-artwork-gained-access-wh-13-times-landed-presidential-appointment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Naftali<\/a> \u200balso made\u200b headlines earlier this year\u200d after it was \u2063revealed\u200c she had paid a substantial amount\u200b of money to purchase first son\u2062 Hunter\u200b Biden\u2019s artwork, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/hunter-biden-joe-artwork-berges-gallery-elizabeth-hirsh-naftali-2023-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Further, President Biden appointed Naftali to \u2064the Commission for the\u2064 Preservation of\u200d America\u2019s Heritage Abroad in \u200bJuly\u200b 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Naftali is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/family-3-year-old-kidnapped-hamas-reveals-harrowing-details-rcna124883\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">great-aunt<\/a> \u200b of 4-year-old Abigail Mor Idan, who was \u200bamong the 17 hostages released by Hamas on Sunday,\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/israel-hamas-war-cease-fire-hostages-released-extension-hope\/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&#038;linkId=251235677\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS \u200dNews<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Idan\u200d is a dual U.S. \u2013 Israeli citizen.<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin \u200bWeingarten, editor-at-large of Real Clear Investigations, posted on X on Monday, \u201cSo you\u2019re \u200ctelling me \u200cthat the great-aunt \u2063of the youngest American hostage \u2014\u2062 and first American \u2014 to be released by Hamas is a \u200bbuyer of Hunter \u200cBiden\u2019s art, who was then appointed by Joe Biden to the \u2063U.S. Commission for the\u2064 Preservation of America\u2019s Heritage Abroad?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The swap of hostages for jihadists\u2064 is likely to prove disastrous \u200cfor Israel.<\/p>\n<p>What this little girl endured and \u2064will endure for the\u2064 rest of her\u2063 life is unthinkable \u2014 as is the case for all the hostages and their families.<\/p>\n<p>That the Bidens\u2019 corruption \u200cmakes this fact pattern \u200cat\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FxIOGViR9W\">pic.twitter.com\/FxIOGViR9W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benjamin Weingarten \u2064(@bhweingarten) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bhweingarten\/status\/1729201824945631617?\">November \u200c27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Weingarten later added it is not clear if \u2063Naftali bought\u200d Hunter\u2019s artwork\u2063 and then President Biden appointed her to the commission or he appointed her to the commission and she \u2062turned around and bought Hunter\u2019s art.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">*Addendum\u2064 to initial\u2063 post. The timeline is not\u200b clear as to when Ms. Naftali bought Hunter Biden\u2019s art vs. when she was \u2063appointed by Joe Biden to \u2064the relevant commission. Hunter\u2019s former biz associate Eric Schwerin was tabbed for that commission previously by \u2063President Obama<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200b Benjamin Weingarten (@bhweingarten) \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bhweingarten\/status\/1729203146906563037?\">November 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Naftali\u2064 is a Los Angeles \u200dreal-estate investor who has given $13,414 to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bad-news-biden-campaign-spotted-rolling-road-ohio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden campaign<\/a> and $29,700 \u2062to the Democratic Congressional Campaign\u2063 Committee this \u2063year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/hunter-biden-joe-artwork-berges-gallery-elizabeth-hirsh-naftali-2023-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business Insider<\/a> reported in\u200c July.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic \u200ddonor was featured\u200c on NBC Nightly \u200bNews talking about Idan\u2019s abduction earlier this month.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LesterHoltNBC?\">@lesterholtnbc<\/a> sat down with 12\u200c family members of hostages taken in Israel that are\u2062 being held in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Liz Hirsh Naftali\u2019s relative, a three-year-old girl, \u2064was taken after her parents were \u2062killed in Hamas\u2019 attack. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vzv8cQNCW5\">pic.twitter.com\/Vzv8cQNCW5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2064NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNightlyNews\/status\/1724516298594381939?\">November 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Saturday, former\u200d President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-trump-big-plans-military-within-us-next-time-not-waiting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> noted\u2062 the \u200clack of Americans who had been freed up to\u2062 that point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHas anybody noticed that Hamas has returned people\u200b from other Countries \u200dbut, so far,\u200d has not returned one American\u2064 Hostage?\u201d he \u2063posted on\u2063 Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is only\u2063 one reason \u2063for that, NO RESPECT FOR OUR \u200dCOUNTRY OR OUR \u2062LEADERSHIP. This is\u2062 a very sad and dark period of America!\u201d the 45th \u2063president \u2063added.<\/p>\n<p>National security\u200c adviser Jake Sullivan told ABC News earlier this month there were nine \u200bmissing American citizens believed to be either held \u2064hostage\u200d or killed\u2062 by Hamas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nine American citizens\u200c are still missing after \u200bHamas attack on Israel\u2062 last month, White House national security\u2062 adviser Jake Sullivan tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonkarl?\">@JonKarl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will\u2064 personally be seeing family\u200b members of the American hostages this coming week.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o0UxYIEO8k\">https:\/\/t.co\/o0UxYIEO8k<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HqYlmhOBp4\">pic.twitter.com\/HqYlmhOBp4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 This\u2063 Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisWeekABC\/status\/1723708184441806943?\">November 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Idan\u2019s release makes that number one less American \u200cunaccounted \u2063for.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/first-american-hostage-released-cease-fire-deal-relative-dem-donor-bought-hunter-bidens-art\/\">First American\u200c Hostage Released \u200dUnder Cease-Fire Deal Is Relative of \u2063Dem Donor Who Bought Hunter Biden&#8217;s Art<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The \u2063Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Has \u200dthe timeline of events\u2062 regarding Liz Hirsh Naftali&#8217;s purchase of Hunter Biden&#8217;s art and her appointment\u2064 to the commission \u2064been clarified, and if not, what implications does this lack of clarity have<\/h2>\n<p><span>  First American Hostage Released Under\u200d Cease-Fire Deal Is\u200b Relative \u200dof Dem\u2062 Donor Who Bought Hunter Biden&#8217;s Art<\/p>\n<p>The recent\u2064 hostage release under the \u2063ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas has \u200dsparked \u200bcontroversy due to the relationship between\u2064 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-blasts-biden-prisoner-swap-deal-with-iran-dumb-as-a-rock\/\" title=\"Trump criticizes Biden's Iran prisoner swap: 'Stupid move!'\">released\u2062 hostage<\/a> and Liz Hirsh Naftali, a\u200b major contributor\u200c to President Joe Biden&#8217;s re-election campaign. Naftali,\u200b who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bruce-springsteen-jeep-celebrity-spokesman-arrested-for-dwi\/\" title=\"Bruce Springsteen, Jeep Celebrity Spokesman, Arrested For DWI\">made headlines earlier<\/a> this year for purchasing Hunter Biden&#8217;s artwork, is the great-aunt of Abigail Mor Idan, a 4-year-old\u2063 dual U.S.-Israeli citizen and the youngest American hostage to be released by Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>The connection between Naftali and the hostage release\u2064 has raised\u2064 eyebrows and sparked speculation about a \u2064potential conflict of interest. Benjamin Weingarten, editor-at-large of Real\u200c Clear Investigations, tweeted\u2064 about the situation, questioning whether Naftali&#8217;s purchase of Hunter Biden&#8217;s art and her subsequent\u200c appointment by President Biden\u2062 to\u2062 the Commission for the Preservation of America&#8217;s Heritage Abroad are \u200bintertwined.<\/p>\n<p>While the timeline \u2063of \u2062events is not clear, it remains a subject of interest whether Naftali\u2063 bought the artwork and was then \u2064appointed to the commission,\u2064 or if President Biden appointed her to the commission and\u200b she \u200clater purchased Hunter Biden&#8217;s art. Weingarten highlighted the uncertainty surrounding this issue.<\/p>\n<p>Naftali, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/states-take-aim-at-house-wholesalers-who-flood-poor-areas\/\" title=\"States Take Aim at House Wholesalers Who Flood Poor Areas\">real estate investor<\/a> from Los Angeles, has been\u2064 a\u200d significant donor to the Biden campaign and the Democratic Congressional \u2062Campaign Committee this year. Her contributions \u2063amount to $13,414 and $29,700,\u2062 respectively. As a prominent \u200bDemocratic donor,\u200b Naftali has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-house-bill-proposes-vaccine-injury-protection-for-employees\/\" title=\"Alabama House Bill Proposes Vaccine Injury Protection for Employees\">garnered media attention<\/a>, including\u2062 appearances \u2064on\u2062 NBC Nightly News, where she discussed the abduction \u2063of Idan.<\/p>\n<p>The release of these hostages marks a significant event in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. However, the connection\u2062 between the hostage release and the actions \u200bof\u200d Naftali has raised concerns about potential corruption and conflicts of interest. The lack of \u200dclarity regarding the timeline of events\u2062 further fuels speculations. As the situation\u2064 unfolds, it remains to be seen how these connections will be addressed and if any further implications will arise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The initial American freed in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire is related to Liz Hirsh Naftali, a prominent donor to President Joe Biden&#8217;s re-election campaign. 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