Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Elections 2026Analysis Well-known hostage mother Einav Zangauker was once a hero of Israel's hostage protest movement. Yair Golan's broken political promise shows how much has changedShare 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 formatSubscribe07:53 PM • August 11 2026 IDTPolitical history is littered with broken promises. But the one Democrats party chairman Yair Golan made – and then broke – to well-known hostage mother Einav Zangauker leaves an especially bitter taste.CommentsIn the NewsHave Israel's Hostage Families Reached Their Political Expiration Date?Locked in Dead Heat, Minnesota Dems Reach for AIPAC as a CudgelMamdani Meets Rabbis Urging Him to Stop 'Vilifying' IsraelIsrael Demolishes Home of Palestinian Killed in Fatal West Bank Settler ClashA Dutch, Gay, Jewish Poet Gets a Hebrew Revival, 100 Years After His KillingRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIsrael's Leading Philosopher on Manipulation, Morality and the Future of Zionism50 Years Ago, a Young Israeli Was Crowned the Most Beautiful Woman in the WorldIsrael Captured 230 Square Miles of Lebanon, Razed Villages and Built New BasesHow a Teen, Not a Journalist, Debunked Israel's Gaza 'Voluntary Emigration' PlanWho Is Rebeca Grynspan, the Jewish Frontrunner to Become the Next UN Chief?'I Saw Pictures of Dead Kids. In the Army They Told Us We Only Kill Terrorists'