The World’s People Cannot ‘Close Their Eyes on Our Hostage Situation’

While ‘KIDNAPPED’ posters depicting Hamas’s hostages are defaced in cities across the world, two Israeli artists are ramping up their campaign to bring the captives home.

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A man holds an Israeli flag and a poster during a peace rally at Belgrade, Serbia, October 15, 2023. AP/Darko Vojinovic

From the moment the poster campaign featuring the more than 240 hostages taken by Hamas on October 7 was pioneered by two Israeli painters, Nitzan Mintz and Dede Bandaid, anti-Israel agitators have sought to erase those images from the streets of New York City and across the world. 

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