Hagai, the father of hostage Matan Angrest, said something heartbreaking to me at a protest on Wednesday. It summarized the prevailing situation in Israel after 700 days of war. Angrest begged the president to offer Benjamin Netanyahu a pardon for releasing his son because he understood who was really keeping him in captivity.

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