Current sectionIsrael NewsAfter 963 Days, Jerusalem's Longest-running Protest Encampment Comes Down, But the Families of Hostages Are Not Done Fighting YetShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeYaakov Godo in Jerusalem on Friday, surrounded by supporters and family members of hostages, at the closing of the protest encampment outside of the Knesset. Credit: Itay Cohen12:50 PM • July 26 2026 IDTOn October 13, 2023, Yaakov Godo delivered an extraordinary eulogy at the grave of his son, Tom, who was killed on October 7 in Kibbutz Kissufim. The speech was, in its entirety, a devastating indictment of the government.In the NewsProtest Encampment in Jerusalem Comes Down, but Hostage Families Keep Fighting'Not a One-man Party': Likud Blocks Netanyahu Bid to Scrap PrimariesIsraeli Government Emboldening Violent Settlers, Senior IDF Officials WarnSettlers Push for Escalation in West Bank as Palestinian Restraint Wears ThinWhen Netanyahu's Defense Minister Openly Shows Contempt for the IDFRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Original Ozempic Society of Ancient RomeBetween Messi and Milei: How Argentina Became Israel's Team at the World Cup'Choose Hope': Natalie Portman Backs Arab-Jewish Party Ahead of Israeli ElectionAn Israeli Election Surprise Called the DemocratsEd Miliband, the U.K.'s New Foreign Secretary – and His History With IsraelIsrael's Far Right Is Repeating the Sin That Brought Down the Temple
After 963 days • Protest encampment in Jerusalem comes down, but hostage families keep fighting
On October 13, 2023, Yaakov Godo delivered an extraordinary eulogy at the grave of his son, Tom, who was killed on October 7 in Kibbutz Kissufim. The speech was
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