Boaz Sapir, who was active in efforts to get captured Israeli solider Gilad Shalit released, says he is 'constantly moved by the ability' of the hostage relatives 'to convey that the nation's recovery cannot begin until the last hostage is brought home'

As the far-right minister nurtures fantasies of Hamas bending the knee before mighty Netanyahu, civilians and soldiers he was tasked with protecting are barely surviving another day as hostages in Gaza's tunnels

'She was marching peacefully for the hostages in Gaza when an extremist doused protesters with gasoline and threw a Molotov cocktail,' said the Chicago Jewish Alliance. 'Karen was one of several Jews burned simply for standing in solidarity'