Biggest understatement of the year:

Many families have accused the Israeli government of abandoning their loved ones by failing to negotiate their release.

Not just families of hostages, it is a objective fact that the Israeli government has abandoned the hostages in favor of the project of eradication of Palestinians from Gaza.

Taxis in NYC have medallions, that are significantly more than $100k, and that makes the scarcity of taxis just enough that they are in demand but rarely unused.

Taxis in NYC have medallions, that are significantly more than $100k, and that makes the scarcity of taxis just enough that they are in demand but rarely unused.

NYC is a smaller geographic city (municipal boundaries - 5 boros) and has 2 million more residents. Try implementing this there for a tenth of the price and see if there's riots at worst, and every elected official losing their next election at best.