The plaza in front of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art will be officially named 'Hostages Square' (Kikar HaChatufim), according to a report. Bereaved families of those murdered on October 7, 2023, expressed outrage, saying the name ignores the murdered and makes them invisible.
The Tel Aviv-Yafo municipal naming committee had approved the name 'Hostages Square' for the plaza in front of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art on Wednesday, as The Zioneer reported. On Thursday, a report indicated the plaza will officially bear that name. However, bereaved families of those murdered on October 7, 2023, responded with anger, stating that the name exclusively highlights the hostages while ignoring the thousands murdered in the attack. 'They don't mention the murdered — we are invisible,' the families said. The controversy underscores ongoing tensions between the families of hostages and the families of the murdered over representation in public memory.
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