Prof. Leo Corry, president of the Open University, said at the Hostages Square in Tel Aviv that "elements inflaming the violent public discourse and deepening the rifts, including in the government and Knesset, cast malicious accusations on the families, turning them into targets for curses, defamation and sometimes physical attacks." According to him, "There will be no healing for Israeli society as long as the abandonment of the hostages, the fallen and the families continues."