Former Israeli Hostage on Her Release and Her Husband's Ongoing Captivity | Amanpour and Company

It has been one year since a hostage and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas led to the release of over 100 captives taken on October 7th. Some 100 hostages are still believed to be held inside Gaza today. Aviva Siegel was among those released as part of the deal last November, but her husband Keith, an American-Israeli citizen, remains in captivity. Aviva Siegel joins the show from Israel.

Originally aired on November 25, 2024

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[tombonn]

She looks in great shape compared to the tens of thousands of Palestinian men, women and children who are hauled
off, without charges, to IDF torture camps, and if they finally come out are emaciated, broken, and scarred.

[thewriteplaceforme]

What the commenters here don't seem to understand is that the murdered and kidnapped on October 7 were strong believers in co-existence and peace with their neighbors. They hired Gazans to work, to give them better conditions, to give them a sense of self-worth and agency in their future. They volunteered to drive sick Gazans to Israeli hospitals for treatment. They lived close to Gaza to show their belief in humanity and individual human connection to overcome obstacles to a future peace.
The hostage families are the ones protesting against the Israeli government to end the war immediately and bring their families home.
They know that Israel will defend them in ways most don't agree with, but they are hurt most by the betrayal of people who they thought were their friends in Gaza.

[ChannelOfTruth.]

The Palestinians have been held captive since 1917 by the Balfour Declaration.

[steviec]

Now she knows what the Palestinians endure all the time.

[JoeG]

Soooo.... They treated you and your husband better than Israel has ever treated the Palastinaians..are you people ever NOT victims?

[sarahberlot]

Yes it could have been much worse. You could be a Palestinian child. 17000 are also underground but they are dead.

[frankazi]

All of this madness is avoidable Palestinians deserve their land and their lives so everyone can go to a home.

[yaskahu]

She is not telling the truth what about Palestinian women and kids in Israel prisons why not feel sorry for them stop lying

[shakilao]

You are big layer what about poor people of Palestinian 😭 right now 😢

[Maxwell-mvrx]

Break my heart to see her. However Nathanyahu increase genocide make sure his husband is not possible still live . God bless her family. Nathanyahu war crimes is underway but keep her husband back is Nathanyahu in jail. He not wants peace .

[SecnarfWobneb]

Just because the other comments are dismal ( or maybe I think words matter): I am sorry for your experience and the way you were treated. Nobody should ever be treated with anything less than respect and dignity.
Including the Palestinians for the last over 20 years.

[lillianeyre]

Shame on Amanpoor and Co for such one-sided reporting. Your contribution to genocide Christiana? Far cry from your early ground- breaking reporting in Beirut.

[frazel]

Its all about your husband. Have you stop for a sec to think for the Palestinians