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Hostage families to publish book about Netanyahu’s failure on October 7

Hostage families to publish book about Netanyahu’s failure on October 7

A new book entitled Dark legacy: Netanyahu’s renunciation of the October 7 hostages An information sheet prepared by the hostages’ families will be released for free distribution to the families ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming trip to Congress in Washington, the hostages’ families announced on Friday afternoon.

The families of the hostages held by Hamas collaborated in the production of the book and will travel to the United States to distribute the book free of charge during Netanyahu’s meeting with Congress, scheduled for July 24.

According to the hostages’ families, the book was written to put pressure on Netanyahu to find a solution to bring the Hamas prisoners home.

The book was written with the participation of the families of the hostages as well as leading figures of Israeli society, including statesmen, security forces, doctors, intellectuals and artists, academics and journalists.

Since the announcement of the book’s release, many authors have joined, including former Deputy Attorney General Dina Zilber, attorney Michael Sfard, journalist Nahum Barnea, Major General (retired) Nimrod Sheffer, Major General (retired) Guy Tzur, Major General (retired) Amos Malka, writer Shira Geffen, Professor Shlomo Ben-Ami, writer Shiri Artzi, actor Dror Keren, and Professor Ruhama Weiss. “Over 30 hostage families, all of whom have been fighting to bring their loved ones home for more than nine months,” said hostage family forum Forum for Life.

Book cover “Dark Legacy” (Source: Courtesy)

Call on Netanyahu to bring the hostages home

“As part of their ongoing struggle, (the families) have written this book to put pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu, who had the power to bring the hostages home since October 7 but has instead abandoned them. Netanyahu is an academic and a man of books, and this publication is clearly intended to challenge his legacy,” Forum for Life added.

In addition to the hostage families, thousands of Israelis supported the publication of the book in Hebrew and English and its free distribution in Israel and around the world.

Crowdfunding raised nearly $200,000 for the campaign.