Hostage Protestors Act as Hamas Footsoldiers

Avi Abelow

This morning, the most destructive protest movement in Israeli society reemerged on the streets.

What’s really going on?

Once again, a tiny group of people are causing harm to the whole country and the hostages. (See picture below)

These demonstrations, held under the banner of supporting the hostages, are in reality a left-wing political campaign aimed at toppling the government.

Far from helping the hostages, they make their situation even worse, as the whole “Bring them home” campaign has done since day one.

Not only do these protests not bring us any closer to rescuing our hostages, they do the opposite. They send a dangerous message to our enemies: that kidnapping Jews works. Kidnap Jews to encourage Jewish protests to attain political or diplomatic aims, like stopping a just and necessary war against an evil enemy. These protestors are endangering every Jew all over the world. We cannot, and will not, allow that precedent to take hold.

This morning, once again, this unhinged protest movement has returned to the streets attempting to paralyze Israel’s economy.

They will fail. Again. But the damage is real.

The organizers are calling it a “Day of Disruption”, a day of rage, they say, in the name of the hostages. But let’s stop pretending. This has nothing to do with the hostages. It’s a left-wing political operation masquerading as national concern, and it’s dangerous.

Yes, you read that right. Dangerous. During peacetime, this kind of traffic-blocking, economy-stalling chaos would already be borderline criminal. But in the middle of a war, a real war, with real soldiers on the front lines and real hostage lives hanging in the balance, this kind of behavior crosses a red line. It becomes treasonous.

And no, that’s not hyperbole.

Let’s ask a simple question: Who actually benefits from these protests? Certainly not the hostages. If the intent were really to pressure Hamas, we’d see some kind of change, a signal, a concession, even the beginning of a negotiation. Instead, what do we see? It emboldens Hamas. They see internal strife. They see a divided Israel. They see weakness. And worst of all, they see Israelis willing to turn on their own government and fellow citizens in the middle of war. That is exactly what they want, an internally divided Israel. This emboldens them to double down on their demands not soften them up.

These protests are not pressuring Hamas, they’re encouraging Hamas to hold on tighter. They’re signaling that the longer Hamas holds out, the more Israelis will turn against themselves. That is pure fuel for our enemies. These protestors are helping Hamas, not the hostages of Israel.

All Israelis want every hostage home. We all do. But pretending that turning the country’s intersections into a war zone of blocked highways and chaos will bring them home is a lie. It won’t. It hasn’t. And it never will.

And it only serves Hamas.

These protestors are literally acting as foot soldiers of Hamas in a war against all of us, including the protestors!

Thankfully, not all hostage families are being manipulated. In fact, many hostage families are against this protest. Half of the Nova massacre families, through the Din V’Tzedek Forum, issued a powerful statement rejecting these actions. They said, “Our pain must never be used for politics or division. Israel’s power is in unity, supporting our soldiers, the wounded, and survivors. A nation holding hands cannot be defeated.”

Those are the words of true strength. Not shouting in the streets, not blocking ambulances and intersections, not handing propaganda wins to Hamas.

This protest isn’t about justice. It’s not about the hostages. And it’s not about democracy. It’s about tearing Israel apart from the inside, in a time of war, to topple a government, at the exact moment our enemies are hoping we do.

I feel a deep sense of pity for these protesters—so consumed by anger toward their fellow Jews and blind to the proud, resilient Jewish spirit rising in Israel today. They don’t see how their actions, however well-intentioned they may seem, ultimately serve Hamas, prolong the suffering of our hostages, and weaken Israel from within.

What they fail to grasp is that their rage, their misplaced moral outrage, and their alliance with the failed establishment and deep state—those who appeased terror for decades—do nothing to help our people. In fact, they do the opposite.

And yet, the Israeli public is no longer buying into this manipulation. Despite the mainstream media’s relentless efforts, day and night, to amplify these protests and prop up the anti-Netanyahu campaign, people are waking up. The narrative control they once held is slipping away, thanks to bold, patriotic, and clear-headed voices in alternative media, such as Channel 14.

Yes, the deep state Left still has powerful tools at its disposal, the media, the courts, and university institutions, but the public is no longer falling for their distortions. Their moral confusion, their willingness to sacrifice national unity and security for political gain, is being exposed.

We are winning this war. And we will win, because protecting all 10 million citizens of Israel must remain our highest priority.

And to those still undecided, wake up. The stakes are too high to stay silent.

Am Yisrael Chai!!!