Former slave-turned-pro-Israel activist calls for hostages to be freed at Passover: ‘We are in it together’

Former slave-turned-pro-Israel activist calls for hostages to be freed at Passover: ‘We are in it together’


Before the start of Passover, considered the festival of freedom that celebrates the themes of liberation and redemption, Deng stressed the urgency of releasing the innocent hostages. “It’s a fight against the same enemy, the same dangerous ideology,” said Deng, who’s often draped in the Israeli flag and wearing both his yellow pin symbolizing the freedom of the hostages and a Jewish star necklace. “I witnessed exactly like what happened to Israel on Oct. 7,” Deng told The Post hours before the start of Passover, comparing the massacre he experienced as a boy when scores were killed at the hands of “Arab Sudan’s genocidal government” and the Hamas attack on southern Israel.

Author: Doree Lewak


Published at: 2025-04-13 21:32:46

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