Families of American hostages were not invited to the White House Hanukkah reception

[Donkees]

Families of American hostages were not invited to the White House Hanukkah reception, hostage relative says
From CNN's MJ Lee

Several family members of the American citizen hostages missing in Gaza had asked to attend a Hanukkah reception at the White House Monday night but never received invitations, the father of a 19-year-old missing Israeli-American told CNN.

Ruby Chen — whose son, Itay, has been missing since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel — said a number of the families of American hostages were in Washington, DC, this week, and had reached out to the White House asking to attend Tuesday’s reception but were not invited.

A White House spokesperson declined to comment.

The reception, hosted by President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, celebrates the fifth night of Hanukkah. It will feature some 800 guests, according to the White House, including Holocaust survivors, lawmakers and various Jewish leaders.

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-12-11-23/index.html

[agingdem]

1. I"m certain Joe Biden reached out to the families...

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and I'm also certain the families are not in a celebratory state of mind ...

[Igel]

12. So they're engaging in deliberate falsehoods.

Ok.

[Hekate]

2. Did they have an expectation that they would be? How was the guest list of 800 arrived at?

Were some of them invited and then disinvited? How was the guest list arrived at?

Or was this expectation like Cornel West’s expectation of being invited to Barack Obama’s Inauguration, and then having to explain to his mother that he was not?

There’s a lot of pain to go around this season.

[elleng]

3. Right; how often does one ask for invitation to The White House?

[Hekate]

6. That's how I read it--that and trying to make Biden look bad

[elleng]

7. Yes, foolish,

tho I do understand the upset with Potus' current decision, maybe one of his most difficult ever.

[PufPuf23]

4. In Israel, many of the hostages are not happy with Netanyahu.

Not clear on how this might tie in to WH Hanukkah reception.

Perhaps the cited families are not happy with WH policy and UN votes against cease fire?

[elleng]

8. Right, likely some/many are not happy with WH policy and UN votes against cease fire.

[sarisataka]

5. I'm not sure of the meaning of this post

Is it to point out some character flaw of Biden?

[LiberalFighter]

9. Did they have a special right to be invited? Geesh!

Should I be invited because I have some distant relatives that are Jewish?

[Think. Again.]

11. I would think they'd have other things on their minds right now...