'In my opinion, so long as this government serves, no hostage will be brought home alive'

Yaakov Godo has been camping outside the Knesset since December 2023, to protest against Netanyahu's government. Since learning that it wasn't Hamas who killed his son on October 7, but the Israeli army, his rage against the prime minister has only grown

Yaakov Godo swore on the grave of his son, Tom, who was killed at Kibbutz Kissufim on October 7, 2023, that he would fight the Israeli government. Exactly one month after the massacre, Godo established a protest encampment outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, where he has been living and protesting most days of the week ever since.

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'In my opinion, so long as this government serves, no hostage will be brought home alive'

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