He was facilitated by and helped by my good friend Ambassador Jeff Bartos, who, as many of you know and is here for us and a real fighter for the US Israel relationship alone, Alon was taken from the same shelter as Aliyah. And for much of their captivity, they were held together underground. To go from that to a year later, standing on the deck of the USS Nimitz just as it returned on its last voyage from combat operations in the Middle … (05:20–05:47)
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Asserts that Alon and Aliyah were held together in captivity.
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