Even a former Mossad Chief attended the Israeli protest, taking aim at Netanyahu, and his political motives for failing to reach a deal with Hamas for the return of the hostages.

....Former Mossad Chief Danny Yatom said during the demonstration that Netanyahu was seeking to keep the war in Gaza going because "it seems to him that as long as the guns are roaring, it is easier for him to 'dissolve' his criminal trial," and that freeing the captives was not a priority for the prime minister...

....Israeli defense minister Gallant, who is seen as a political rival of Netanyahu alongside Gantz, at this time in April called for a Hostage deal to be made. Gantz was one of the officials identified by Haaretz having “increasingly believed that Netanyahu didn’t consider the return of the hostages the main mission in the war”...

A hostage deal did not pan out.

After all, Netanyahu has been sabotaging all Hostage negotiations.

....The same day the Hostage Families account made its debut on twitter, on June 4th, Mediate ran the headline: "Biden Implies Netanyahu Is Prolonging Israel-Hamas War For His Own Political Gain".

This implication by Biden echoed what many Israelis have been saying, including a former Mossad Chief as discussed earlier in the article: Netanyahu is prolonging the war for his own political agenda (implication is against the best interests of Israelis)

From my observations, the protests by the Israeli families have gotten very little attention in American media, and in discussion by Americans. I think this is by design.

If the Israeli protests were front and center... I think there would be much more hesitation to support Netanyahu & Co, even amongst those who fashion themselves pro-Israel. More may see that Netanyahu and Israel's far right are leading Israel off a cliff

I think that many of those in America blindly in support of Netanyahu and the ruling government would potentially see things differently if they understood the opposition to Israeli leadership is being led by Israel families, and why that is happening..

Again, it is easy for the people on the right, lost in cultural conditioning and partisan expectations, to dismiss college protestors calling for a ceasefire as “blue haired marxist Hamas supporters”, but it would not be so easy to dismiss the family members of the victims of Oct 7th as Hamas.. Not that Netanyahu’s allies in the Likud party haven’t tried.

6/18 — Hostage Families: “Netanyahu and his allies have been attacking the Hostages Families for months. Calling us terrorists, supporters of Hamas and attacking us on the streets. We need the World to help us.”

6/18 — Likud MK Says Anti-Government Protesters Are a ‘Branch of Hamas’ — Times of Israel [🌟Memes 🌟— [1][2] ]