Wednesday, March 05, 2025
Elder of Ziyon |
| Edan Alexander |
It lists all the hostage names, and adds "One American hostage is still believed to be alive in Gaza, and the bodies of four others are still being held there. Washington is seeking an accounting of their deaths, according to the State Department. "
But it doesn't even identify him by name, Edan Alexander.
There is only one living American hostage - where are all the news articles profiling him and his family? I only see one such article, from Fox News two weeks ago.
In many ways, Alexander grew up like many American kids. He went to Tenafly High School, was a swimmer and loved the New York Knicks. All that separated him from most American teenagers was his frequent trips to Israel to visit family and the fact that he spoke Hebrew at home.After graduating from high school, Alexander decided he would enlist in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) rather than enroll in college.
Edan Alexander was forced to make a Hamas propaganda video in November. There were a couple of interviews with his family at the time, as well as a guest essay by his parents in the New York Times September 1, probably approved because they spend most of the essay trashing Netanyahu, making this the kind of angle the NYT loves to promote.
But now he is the last American. He should be the focus of all articles in US media about the hostages. Every one of them, when mentioning that Hamas still holds 24 living hostages, should be adding the phrase "including one American, Edan Alexander."
In normal circumstances, an American hostage being held by an Islamist group would be major news. Maybe not front page but one would expect profiles of Edan in mainstream media in the same way that Fox did.
But when the hostage is a Jew with Israeli citizenship, it seems the rules change.
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