Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg urged a ceasefire deal that includes the release of the hostages, including their son Hersh Goldberg-Polin
August 22, 2024 13:41
On the third night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, the parents of American Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin spoke of the “anguish and misery” they have endured since their son was kidnapped from the Nova music festival on October 7.
Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg took the stage at the DNC to chants of “Bring them home,” before describing how Hersh, 23, hid in a small bomb shelter with 27 other festival goers when Hamas terrorists began the attack that killed 367 young people, including Hersh’s best friend.
“Hersh's left forearm, his dominant arm, was blown off before he was loaded onto a pickup truck and stolen from his life – and me and Jon – into Gaza,” Goldberg, Hersh’s mother, said. “And that was 320 days ago. Since then, we live on another planet. Anyone who is a parent or has had a parent can try to imagine the anguish and misery that Jon and I and all the hostage families are enduring.”
Jon Polin (L) and Rachel Goldberg, parents of Hersh Goldberg Polin (Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images
The two wore stickers with the number 320 written on them as they addressed the crowd on Wednesday evening. Many could be seen shedding tears throughout the eight-minute speech.
