PERSON: Rachel Goldberg-Polin

Activist

Rachel Goldberg-Pollin (born 1969 or 1970) is an American-Israeli activist, primarily focused on resolving the hostage crisis which began with the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023.

Goldberg-Pollin’s son, Hersh, was kidnapped and abducted to the Gaza Strip during the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023. Following her son’s abduction, she quit her job to focus full-time on working towards freeing the hostages, and has since spoken to both political authorities and media organziations, including the BBC, CBS, NBC, and The Wall Street Journal. Specifically, she has called for the Israeli government to negotiate a hostage deal, and has criticized leaders for “not doing enough” to bring the hostages home. In daily life, she has attempted to draw attention to the hostage crisis by putting tape on her clothing, on which she writes the number of days since October 7.

On November 14, 2023, she attended a rally and spoke at the National Monument in Washington, D.C. about the plight of all the 240 hostages from countries all around the World Rachel Goldberg-Polin speaking November 14, 2023.

In December 2023, she gave a seven-minute speech at the United Nations in Geneva.

In February 2024, Goldberg-Pollin and 11 other hostage families met with the Pope.

In early April 2024, Goldberg-Pollin, her husband, and other family members of hostages met with United States Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. national security advisor Jake Sullivan, to urge action on a hostage deal. She was named as one of the Time 100 in April 2024.

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