Grieving Israeli father exposes media double standards, backs Israel’s hostage mission, rejects anti-Israel narratives forcefully.
Tzvika Mor, whose son Eitan returned from Hamas captivity after more than two harrowing years, issued a blistering response to a financial report criticizing the salary of Israel’s hostage coordinator, Gal Hirsch.
Reacting to the article, Mor accused the outlet of selective outrage, arguing that fiscal concern suddenly appears only when individuals associated with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are involved. He contrasted the scrutiny of Hirsch’s compensation with the silence surrounding generous state pensions paid to former defense officials whom he accused of professional failure and public hostility toward Israel.
Mor cited senior figures who, according to him, made inflammatory accusations against Israel during wartime or promoted policies that would punish communities with high enlistment and reserve-service rates. He further criticized officials he claims failed catastrophically on October 7 yet continue to benefit from lifelong public funding.
Calling the attack on Hirsch politically motivated, Mor described it as part of a wider campaign to weaken Netanyahu-aligned figures. He stressed that the hostage and missing-persons portfolio involves years of sensitive intelligence, diplomacy, and moral responsibility—work he says is cynically dismissed by critics.
Addressing the disputed pay directly, Mor wrote that 41,000 shekels for two additional months is insignificant compared to two years of nonstop effort that helped return every captive. “If the nation demanded ‘any price’ for our people,” he asked, “why pretend this amount suddenly matters?”
