Rachel Goldberg, Mother of Israeli Hostage, Says Elon’s Visit Sincere

Rachel Goldberg, whose son is without doubt one of the unreleased Israeli hostages, thinks Elon Musk‘s go to to her nation was a honest effort to higher perceive what she and so many different households are going by.

Rachel Goldberg joined us Wednesday on “TMZ Live” to debate the continuing launch of girls and kids held by Hamas for greater than 7 weeks. Dozens have been returned to Israel in current days, throughout a brief ceasefire that is at present set to finish this week.

Her personal son, Hersch Goldberg-Polin, has but to see freedom — and but, Rachel has continued to be a front-facing unofficial spokesperson on behalf of all of the hostage households … a painstaking actuality she says she struggles with day by day.

Rachel says that whereas Hamas nonetheless has her personal flesh and blood captive, she acknowledges the worth of serving as a voice for everybody else — and thinks it is her obligation to proceed doing so.

As for Elon — who’s been criticized for utilizing Israel in a chilly PR move after he was accused of antisemitism — Rachel tells us she really believes his coronary heart’s in the best place, and, to her, he got here throughout as earnestly all in favour of studying/sympathizing.

Rachel was amongst just a few members of the family of hostages who confirmed them footage from Oct. 7 … together with the horrifying second Hersch was snatched up by Hamas after his left arm was blown aside through the assault.

She additionally talked concerning the ongoing protests within the U.S. and past … particularly, pro-Palestine ones, the place folks have decried Israel’s response in Gaza, and its therapy of harmless Palestinians caught in the midst of the struggle.

Rachel’s response would possibly shock some … she says she really feels for the harmless Palestinians — and even says Palestine does, the truth is, have a proper to function as its personal state with dignity and freedom.