Anthony Furey: Release the Hostages—That’s the Refrain Everyone Should Be Focused On

Families of the hostages draw and write messages on a large banner in a special Kabalat Shabbat (welcoming the Shabbat) prayer service next to a Shabbat Dinner table set up in the Tel Aviv museum plaza, with 200 empty seats, representing the hostages and missing people, on Oct. 20, 2023, in Tel Aviv, Israel. Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images

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Where are the widespread calls across Canada to release the Israeli hostages? That’s the question that we should be asking whenever we see a livestream of a pro-Palestinian protest or watch as a politician calls for a ceasefire.