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WASHINGTON — Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris—and the primary Jewish individual married to a nationally elected U.S. chief—stated Tuesday that he’s “gutted” after the execution of American Hersh Goldberg-Polin and 5 different Israeli hostages taken by Hamas.
Speaking at a vigil for the hostages at his synagogue in Washington, Emhoff stated, “I haven’t been capable of cease occupied with Hersh and his dad and mom, or in regards to the 5 others and their households.” He added: “This is tough. I really feel uncooked. I’m gutted.”
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Emhoff, who stands to develop into the nation’s “first gentleman” if Harris is elected president in November, has emerged as a outstanding administration liaison to the Jewish neighborhood and a voice in countering antisemitism, significantly within the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault on Israel. About 1,200 folks, together with not less than 40 Americans, have been killed within the assault, and about 250 extra have been taken hostage.
“How you are feeling proper now could be how I really feel,” Emhoff stated on the occasion on the Adas Israel Congregation organized by native and nationwide Jewish teams. “And how all of us really feel is one thing Kamala hears straight from me.”
He added: “Hersh’s loss feels private to the 2 of us. We’re each grieving.”
Emhoff recounted his and Harris’ dialog with Goldberg-Polin’s dad and mom on Sunday, a day after Israeli forces found their our bodies in a tunnel below Gaza. He stated that even whereas mourning the lack of their son, Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jonathan Polin have been urgent Harris in regards to the newest on the negotiations to achieve a cease-fire deal that will free different hostages.
“Part of Rachel and Jon’s world had simply ended, and so they someway are nonetheless trying ahead and searching for others,” Emhoff stated.
He continued: “Jon and Rachel’s hearts have room to carry everybody. They should not giving up, and neither can we. Not on this 333rd day. Not ever. Not till each hostage is reunited with their household.”
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Emhoff added that Harris and President Joe Biden are working “across the clock to get a hostage and cease-fire deal achieved.” He stated, “The time to carry them house is now.”
Goldberg-Polin and Polin spoke eventually month’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago as a part of their household’s international tour to lift consciousness in regards to the hostages and their plight. Emhoff stated they understood “that except we inform the story repeatedly, we have now no hope of ‘by no means once more,’” and stated the Jewish neighborhood should proceed to inform the tales of the hostages.
