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The attendees wore tape with the number \u201c145\u201d to express their solidarity for the plight of the hostages.\r\n\r\nRachel, known globally for her strength and commitment to her son\u2019s cause in her countless interviews, choked up as she told the delegation each day she has to \u201cPretend to be human. I have to put on a costume of a normal person\u201d in order to fight for her son. In a show of faith, she told the crowd that every day she continues to wake up and say the Modeh Ani prayer, a traditional sentence said by observant Jews upon rising in the morning. \u201cI say thanks every day for another day to be able to do something good for my son.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe dynamic couple said they continue to work 20 hours per day to bring their beloved son home. \u201cWe say saving one life is saving the universe. Well, we have 134 universes to save,\u201d Rachel proclaimed to the attentive and emotional crowd.\r\n\r\nJon closed with words of encouragement, saying \u201cWe do what any parents would do for their kid. So we need to continue for ourselves, and for the millions supporting us around the world.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe congregation is in Israel visiting the sites of Hamas\u2019s attack and is meeting with military and political leaders to discuss the common bond and mutual interest between Israel and Europe, \u201cwith the goal of promoting pro-Israel policies in their native countries,\u201d per David Siegel, president of Friends of ELNET.\r\n\r\nMP Dovile \u0160akalien\u0117, a member of Lithuania\u2019s National Defence Committee, told the delegation \u201cHow important tolerance is to our world. As an autistic person, I know what it is like to be prejudiced and treated poorly just for being different, so I can only imagine what it is like to live under a reality where every nation is some capacity wants to destroy and obliterate your country (Israel).\u201d\r\n\r\nShe called on the attendees and the nations of the world to \u201cStick together. It is our only way to survive.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe chairman of Latvia\u2019s Foreign Affairs Committee, MP Rihards Kols, gave an impassioned speech, lamenting the fall of democracies globally. \u201cFor 17 years in row the Freedom House Democracy Index is on a decline, and today only 20% of the world lives in free countries.\u201d\r\n\r\nHe called for firm action when it comes to combatting evil in the world, highlighting his country\u2019s support for Ukraine in its war against Russia, Taiwan in its slow encroachment from China, and now Israel in its war against Hamas. \u201cIf you hesitate, that is weakness,\u201d Kols exclaimed.\r\n\r\nThe delegation was given a tour of the museum at the conclusion of the event prior to the resumption of their meetings across the country.","short_description":"\u201cIf there is one positive over the past 145 days, it is that after seeing the worst in humanity, we have seen the best in humanity,\u201d said Jon Polin, the shattered yet determined father of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, to a gathering of ELNET.","good_to_know":"","additional_content_icon":"file","additional_content":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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