Jonathan Schanzer

No, look, you know, some are doing better than others. I think all of them are having trauma. All of them are having survivor guilt for getting out while others, you know, stayed in, for having lived when others died. And, you know, by the way, all these people and their parents and their brothers and their sisters and their cousins, they've all become public figures in this country.

No, look, you know, some are doing better than others. I think all of them are having trauma. All of them are having survivor guilt for getting out while others, you know, stayed in, for having lived when others died. And, you know, by the way, all these people and their parents and their brothers and their sisters and their cousins, they've all become public figures in this country.

They've become political figures. almost overnight, where people want to hear their thoughts, it's become a very public thing. I mean, I cannot overstate the way in which the hostages have become front and center and have stayed there for the entire war, right? We've been watching all the ups and downs of this war. There's been a front in Lebanon. There's a front in Yemen.

They've become political figures. almost overnight, where people want to hear their thoughts, it's become a very public thing. I mean, I cannot overstate the way in which the hostages have become front and center and have stayed there for the entire war, right? We've been watching all the ups and downs of this war. There's been a front in Lebanon. There's a front in Yemen.

They've become political figures. almost overnight, where people want to hear their thoughts, it's become a very public thing. I mean, I cannot overstate the way in which the hostages have become front and center and have stayed there for the entire war, right? We've been watching all the ups and downs of this war. There's been a front in Lebanon. There's a front in Yemen.

If Syria collapses, as an analyst of the Middle East like me, I'm watching all of these things and it's jaw-dropping, the sheer amount of activity, military activity, geopolitical activity. Here, the focus has been on these people.

If Syria collapses, as an analyst of the Middle East like me, I'm watching all of these things and it's jaw-dropping, the sheer amount of activity, military activity, geopolitical activity. Here, the focus has been on these people.

If Syria collapses, as an analyst of the Middle East like me, I'm watching all of these things and it's jaw-dropping, the sheer amount of activity, military activity, geopolitical activity. Here, the focus has been on these people.

And so, there will be a huge focus on whoever gets let out, they will have interviews non-stop, they will be celebrated, but then there'll be what happens quietly behind closed doors, that kind of PTSD and the psychological trauma that they're going to have to contend with. This is not easy stuff. You know, I heard from somebody here recently

And so, there will be a huge focus on whoever gets let out, they will have interviews non-stop, they will be celebrated, but then there'll be what happens quietly behind closed doors, that kind of PTSD and the psychological trauma that they're going to have to contend with. This is not easy stuff. You know, I heard from somebody here recently

And so, there will be a huge focus on whoever gets let out, they will have interviews non-stop, they will be celebrated, but then there'll be what happens quietly behind closed doors, that kind of PTSD and the psychological trauma that they're going to have to contend with. This is not easy stuff. You know, I heard from somebody here recently

that for the people who fought on 10-7, the people who were captured on 10-7, the waiting list just to get psychological therapy has been astronomical here. It's just there's not enough social workers in this country to handle the workload, the trauma,

that for the people who fought on 10-7, the people who were captured on 10-7, the waiting list just to get psychological therapy has been astronomical here. It's just there's not enough social workers in this country to handle the workload, the trauma,

that for the people who fought on 10-7, the people who were captured on 10-7, the waiting list just to get psychological therapy has been astronomical here. It's just there's not enough social workers in this country to handle the workload, the trauma,

And by the way, that doesn't even include the, you know, the soldiers who were injured or were fighting in Gaza or in Lebanon, the families of the soldiers who were holding their breath, waiting for their loved ones to come home. This is a country that is enduring a trauma that, you know, I think, you know, we haven't seen in this region in decades.

And by the way, that doesn't even include the, you know, the soldiers who were injured or were fighting in Gaza or in Lebanon, the families of the soldiers who were holding their breath, waiting for their loved ones to come home. This is a country that is enduring a trauma that, you know, I think, you know, we haven't seen in this region in decades.

And by the way, that doesn't even include the, you know, the soldiers who were injured or were fighting in Gaza or in Lebanon, the families of the soldiers who were holding their breath, waiting for their loved ones to come home. This is a country that is enduring a trauma that, you know, I think, you know, we haven't seen in this region in decades.

And, you know, it's going to take some serious healing here. But I do think that getting those 33 back will go a long way to start to make this country whole again.

And, you know, it's going to take some serious healing here. But I do think that getting those 33 back will go a long way to start to make this country whole again.

And, you know, it's going to take some serious healing here. But I do think that getting those 33 back will go a long way to start to make this country whole again.