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Fox News
2 days ago
- Fox News
A Father's Day plea: My child has become a number in Hamas's hell
For 614 days — 614 endless days and nights — my son Segev has been held captive in the underground tunnels of Gaza, a prisoner of Hamas terrorists who stole him from the Nova music festival on that horrific October 7 morning. He was one of 251 hostages taken, and today, 55 remain in captivity in Gaza. I am asking you to imagine something no parent should ever have to contemplate: How would you feel if your child—whom you raised, protected, and loved every day of their life—was trapped in the hands of monsters? How would you cope knowing your son is suffering torture, both physical and psychological, starving in darkness while you helplessly count each passing hour? Segev is my middle son. He is funny, sharp, smart and compassionate. He worked alongside me in our family bakery. On October 7, he went to the Nova festival with his friend Asaf. We were in regular contact with Segev when the missile alerts began. We told him to come home immediately, and he reassured my wife and I that there was nothing to worry about. We didn't even think terrorists were involved—just alerts that would pass like they always do. Despite observing the Sabbath, we turned on the television to understand what was happening, and that's when I saw the horrors unfolding on the news. I called Segev to warn him about the terrorist infiltration, and I could hear him running while he said there was gunfire and that he would return to us later. That was the last time I heard his voice. I rushed to a hospital down south and found complete chaos, with wounded people arriving from the party. I was desperately asking everyone if they had seen Segev, praying I might find him among the injured rather than face what I was beginning to fear. Then they called me home because Asaf had returned with devastating news—he had witnessed Segev being kidnapped. They tried to escape together. They ran through the fields, and in a split-second decision that would change everything, Segev chose to cross the road while Asaf hid in nearby bushes. Asaf watched helplessly as terrorists captured my son and threw him into their vehicle. My son is still there. A couple of months ago, a hostage who spent time with Segev in captivity reached out to us. At first, he described the close bonds that formed between the hostages and how they managed to observe the Sabbath together on Fridays. But as we talked longer, the terrible reality of what they endured began to surface - systematic torture, deliberate starvation, relentless psychological abuse. Every morning I wake up in dread. Every night I lie awake imagining my son crying out in that underground hell, wondering if anyone can hear him. I want him to know that he must hold on, even though it's incredibly difficult. We are people of faith. I pray that he can look up, raise his head, and find strength for his soul. I need him to continue being strong. My family is on the edge of sanity. Since Segev was kidnapped, we haven't stopped fighting to bring him home. We participate in demonstrations, meet with decision-makers and work to raise public awareness about his situation and that of the other hostages. We cannot relax for even a moment. How can we? We marked Segev's 27th birthday this past January — his second birthday in captivity. How do you celebrate when your child is trapped in darkness? We rely on you. We need international – and specifically American involvement. Thanks to President Donald Trump, himself a father who understands the sacred bond between parent and child, we have seen many hostages return home. Because of Trump and his administration, I watched many families reunite. Many friends of mine, who over the past year and more have become like one big family, are embracing their loved ones again. President Trump accomplished something impossible. But tragically, months have passed since those hostages returned, fighting has intensified, and this puts the remaining hostages in even greater danger. We hear testimonies about the impossible conditions in which the hostages are held, about medical neglect, and the abuse they experience. The knowledge that Segev is alive gives me hope, but also deepens my despair. Just thinking about him and the others who remain trapped in that hell becomes its own form of torture. To every father reading this: imagine how you would feel, how you would cope — knowing your son, your child, is held captive by terrorists. Undergoing torture. How would you manage to survive tomorrow? I am Segev's father. I will never stop being his father. I will never stop fighting for him. I don't wish these feelings on any parent. I am begging you: don't turn away from our pain. Don't let these 55 hostages become forgotten numbers. Segev is not just a statistic—he is my son. This Father's Day, as you embrace your children, remember mine. Think of the 55 who have been trapped in terrorist tunnels for more than 600 days. Their time is running out. My son and 54 others are waiting for us to bring them home. They are waiting for the world to remember that they are not numbers—they are beloved children whose fathers will never, ever stop fighting for their return.
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
2 Harvard grad students to complete anger management after assault during campus protest, DA says
A judge ordered two Harvard University graduate students to complete an anger management program and complete 80 hours of community service in connection with the assault of a student during a protest in 2023, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden's office said. Elom Tettey-Tamaklo and Ibrahim Bharmal, both 28, must attend an eight-hour class on conflict resolution, Judge Stephen McClenon ordered during a pre-trial diversion decision, Hayden's office said in a statement on Tuesday. Tettey-Tamaklo and Bharmal were at a pro-Palestinian protest at the Harvard Business School campus on Oct. 18, 2023, the statement read, 11 days after Hamas attacked Israel and war broke out in Gaza. Yoav Segev, a first-year business school student at the time of the incident, tried to walk through the protest, Hayden's office said. In his impact statement, Segev said he was born in Qatar and is the son of Israeli diplomats. 'Mr. Tettey-Tamaklo and Mr. Bharmal physically assaulted me and restricted my ability to access a campus space that I had every right to... while I was attempting to walk through what is effectively my front lawn as I left my apartment to go take an exam,' Segev wrote. Bharmal wore a yellow security vest and called himself a 'marshal,' and '[behaved] as though he had the right to decide who could and could not access public campus spaces despite having not been given such authority by the University or law enforcement,' Segev described. The two graduate students covered Segev's head with keffiyehs and shouted at him to 'exit' before they surrounded and assaulted him, Hayden's office said. They chanted 'shame' and blocked Segev's path. The incident lasted over five minutes and was captured on video, Segev said. 'There were many people filming the protest that day but to my knowledge I was the only visible Jew and the only individual assaulted or who had their access restricted to a public space by a 'marshal,'' Segev said. '... After they assaulted and traumatized me, they refused to take any responsibility for their actions. They could have reached out to me to apologize. They did just the opposite.' Segev said that Tettey-Tamaklo and Bharmal mischaracterized him as the aggressor and turned their case to the media. But they 'believe they were acting in a private security capacity and are above the law, using force to determine who can and cannot be in public spaces — deciding to exclude the visibly Jewish student," Segev said. McClenon issued his order after hearing a victim impact statement read by Segev, a first-year business school student at the time of the incident. 'After they assaulted and traumatized me, they refused to take any responsibility for their actions. They could have reached out to me to apologize. They did just the opposite. They took their case to the media, slandering me in the process. They publicly declared that they were 'proud of their actions,' failed to cooperate with law enforcement by identifying their fellow assailants, and have failed to show an ounce of remorse or take any accountability whatsoever,' Segev said. 'Their assault was not a rash incident at a bar,' Segev continued. 'Their actions and public commentary afterwards demonstrate that the defendants believe they were acting in a private security capacity and are above the law, using force to determine who can and cannot be in public spaces — deciding to exclude the visibly Jewish student.' He was willing to forgive them, but Segev said that they 'traumatized me by making my life miserable through their media campaign.' Segev listed four points on what he wants written from them: to admit that they committed assault toward him, to admit he did nothing wrong before or during the incident, to stop talking about him to the press and to apologize for the assault and their statements to the media. Every Suffolk County resident 'has the right to move freely, the right of free expression, and the right to be free from physical harm,' Hayden said in the statement. A criminal complaint was issued for Tettey-Tamaklo and Bharmal by a Boston Municipal Court Brighton clerk on May 8, 2024. 'Mr. Segev is an entirely innocent victim,' Hayden said in his statement. 'He did nothing wrong leading up to this incident and nothing wrong during this incident. He had a Constitutional right to walk across the campus of his school without being accosted or assaulted. As such, we were prepared to go to trial to seek accountability from the two defendants and justice for Mr. Segev.' ACLU demands court order release of Tufts grad student in ICE custody 6 Mass. colleges targeted in federal probe into campus antisemitism 'Last-minute crisis' holding up cease-fire approval, Israel's Netanyahu says Biden says he and Trump speak as '1 team' on cease-fire deal in Gaza Cease-fire in Gaza still not reached, Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu says
Boston Globe
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Boston Globe
Pro-Palestinian Harvard grad students must attend anger management after protest clash
In February, the same judge The charges stem from Oct. 18, 2023 during a protest of the Israeli-Hamas conflict. Advertisement He said they surrounded him, covered his head with keffiyeh scarves, and shouted 'get out,' prosecutors said. Tettery-Tamaklo grabbed Segev by his backpack while the crowd chanted 'shame' and Bharmal blocked Segev's path, prosecutors wrote in court documents. Tettey-Tamaklo and Bharmal have maintained their innocence and stated that they believe the case has been influenced by politics. They said they did not know Segev was Jewish and any contact with him was unintentional. Then-Senator Mitt Romney of Utah and other Harvard alumni cited the assault in an open letter to Harvard leaders questioning the university's commitment to creating a safe environment for Jewish students. Advertisement Congressional Republicans made it a focal point of an investigation into the Ivy League school. Tonya Alanez can be reached at
Associated Press
22-04-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Cyera Launches Omni DLP: The AI Brain That Finally Makes DLP Work
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 22, 2025-- Cyera, the world's fastest-growing data security company, today announced the launch of Omni DLP, a breakthrough AI-native solution that finally delivers on the promise of enterprise data loss prevention. For years, data loss prevention (DLP) has been synonymous with pain: ineffective, noisy, reactive, and nearly impossible to operationalize. Omni DLP changes the game by layering intelligence across the data security stack, empowering security teams to focus on the real threats, not countless false positives. 'Omni DLP is the brain DLP has been missing,' said Yotam Segev, CEO and co-founder of Cyera. 'Everyone loves to hate DLP, and for good reason. Cyera reimagined DLP as an integrated AI-native system: one that understands your data, adapts in real-time, and infuses that intelligence across the data security stack, to finally make good on what DLP was supposed to be. This is not just an incremental lift—it's a reset for the entire category. Organizations will go from thousands of noisy false positives to just a handful of credible ones, allowing our customers to find the needle in the haystack.' Omni DLP combines the power of Cyera's AI-native Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) with a real-time DLP analysis engine from its Trail Security acquisition, creating a unified architecture that protects data at rest, in motion, and in use. Built for the Age of AI AI is the future of data. From LLMs, AI agents, and the copilots of the world, enterprise innovation depends on data flowing faster and farther than ever before. Legacy DLP tools weren't built for this. Omni DLP is! With Omni DLP, organizations gain: 'With the rapid pace of AI, enterprises are hyper-focused on their data and how to protect it,' said Segev. 'Enterprises have made considerable progress protecting themselves from external threats and exploitation, but legacy tools rely on static rules and incomplete information about the data landscape to fight dynamic risks. That's why we built Omni DLP: to think as fast as your data flows. Omni DLP enables us to protect sensitive data in motion - the crown jewels - automatically classified by our AI-native classification engine. This is data security the way it was meant to be: intelligent, adaptive, and built for the AI era.' 'This is the kind of product I've been hoping to see for years,' said Kyle Weckman, CISO, Antares Capital. 'Every CISO has faced the limitations of traditional DLP, and Omni DLP fills a major gap in the market. It takes a modern AI-driven approach that finally addresses long-standing challenges. If we'd had this a few years ago, it would've saved a lot of time, budget, and frustration.' Cyera's Omni DLP is now available. To learn more, take Omni DLP for a spin, and check out Cyera's on-demand webinar. About Cyera Cyera is the fastest-growing data security company in the $24 billion data security market. Its AI-powered platform gives organizations a complete view of where their data lives, how it's used, and how to keep it safe, so they can reduce risk and unlock the full value of their data, wherever it is. Backed by top-tier investors including Sequoia, Accel, and Coatue, Cyera's unified data security platform helps businesses discover, secure, and leverage their most valuable asset- data, and eliminate blind spots, cut alert noise, and protect sensitive information across the cloud, SaaS, databases, AI ecosystems, and on-premise environments. Recent innovations like Cyera's Omni DLP extend this platform with adaptive, AI-native data loss protection, bringing real-time intelligence and contextual understanding to how data moves and is used across the enterprise. View source version on CONTACT: Longjump [email protected] KEYWORD: IRELAND UNITED STATES UNITED KINGDOM CANADA NORTH AMERICA EUROPE NEW YORK INDUSTRY KEYWORD: DATA MANAGEMENT SECURITY TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE NETWORKS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SOURCE: Cyera Copyright Business Wire 2025. PUB: 04/22/2025 08:15 AM/DISC: 04/22/2025 08:16 AM
