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The BringThemHomeNow. com website and campaign was created to keep the hostages front and center on a daily basis. Its website states that the Hostage and Missing Families Forum “was established within 24 hours of the horrific terror attack by Hamas on Israel on Oct. 7” (in which about 1,200 innocent civilians were mur- dered and over 240 taken hostage). Laser-focused on the hostages, the volunteer-based forum “offers fami- lies holistic support and professional assistance and advances the ongoing efforts through all channels, locally, regionally and globally, to bring the hostages and the missing back home to their loved ones.” On the website, you’ll find pictures and stories about each hostage, along with ways you can help. As I witnessed during my recent trip to Israel, this campaign has succeeded in making a tremendous impact. When you enter or leave Ben Gurion Airport, you are greeted with pictures of the hostages. You see posters of the hostages and yellow ribbons everywhere in the country. They line the streets and are dis- played on the outside of commercial buildings and people’s homes. Yellow ribbons adorn the jackets of newscasters. Female performers on television sport yellow fingernails. The hostages and their family mem- bers have become familiar faces to everyone in Israel. Family members have encamp- ed and created Hostage Square, a public gathering place on Tel Aviv’s open plaza, located in front of the Tel Aviv Art Museum, between the Opera House, Cameri Theatre and the library. The space, always staffed with family members and volunteers, has become their meeting place, as well as the location to boost public awareness and protest. Every Saturday evening after Shabbat ends, hundreds of thou- sands of Israelis gather on Hostage Square for a peaceful protest rally. Beverly Kent Goldenberg PURELY COMMENTARY A symbolic heart wrapped in chains Hostage Square in Tel Aviv