SPEAKING OUT
Trump Criticizes Hostage Return, Calls Gaza Situation ‘Disgraceful’: Joshua Marks, JNS, Feb. 23, 2025 — … “It looked like [the Gazans] were celebrating as they were bringing the bodies back. You know, to see it is not even believable. … [W]hen you see what’s happening … It’s so barbaric. You wouldn’t think that would happen in the modern age, but it happened. ,,,”
Rubio: Palestinian Terrorists Must Free All Hostages or Be Destroyed: JNS, Feb. 25, 2025 — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanded on Saturday that Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups in the Gaza Strip immediately free all remaining hostages, or else be eradicated.
‘Not a Single Gazan Saved A Hostage’: World Leaders React To Slain Hostages’ Release: Raquel Guertzenstein Frohlich and Sarah Moskowitz, Jerusalem Post, Feb. 20, 2025 — The United Nations human rights chief said on Thursday that the parading of the bodies of hostages in Gaza is abhorrent and flies in the face of international law.
The Council of Muslims Against Antisemitism (CMAA): isranet,org, Feb. 23, 2025 — The Council of Muslims Against Antisemitism (CMAA is deeply concerned and saddened over the barbarity and inhuman treatment of remains of the hostages that were returned to Israel by Hamas terrorists as a part of the ceasefire deal. “This once again proves how low and evil Hamas terrorists can go” said Raheel Raza President of CMAA.
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The Unavoidable Necessity to Draw Conclusions About Palestinian Arab Society: Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS, Feb. 20, 2025
The Death of the Bibas Family Is a Stain on the Human Conscience: Brendan O’Neill, Spiked, Feb. 20, 2025.
The Muslim World Speaks: Hamas Must Meet Its End: Qanta A. Ahmed, Times of Israel, Feb. 23, 2025
Agam Berger, the Hostage Who Kept the Sabbath: Meir Soloveitchik, WSJ, Feb. 6, 2025
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FOR FURTHER REFERENCE:
Why Trump Must Insist on Removing Hamas from Power: Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute, Feb. 19, 2025 — The Iran-backed Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has reportedly expressed readiness to cede control of the Gaza Strip and hand it over to the Palestinian Authority (PA), headed by Mahmoud Abbas.
WATCH: Why the Israel-Hamas War Will Intensify: Full video report: Alex Traiman and Josh Hasten, JNS, Feb. 23, 2025 — Did Israel make a mistake by choosing to continue the ceasefire agreement with Hamas even after U.S. President Donald Trump’s green light to continue the war?
Ponder How the Bibas Boys Died: Bernard-Henri Lévy. WSJ. Feb. 20, 2025 — I have spent my life witnessing and reporting on the most atrocious crimes, from Bosnia to Somalia, Syria to Algeria and now Ukraine. After Oct. 7—after seeing the burned kibbutzim and gathering the testimonies of survivors—I was often asked if I had ever experienced anything similar.
The Media Was Hamas’ “Gift” in its Latest Grotesque Parade of Israeli Hostages: Rachel O’Donoghue, Honest Reporting, Feb. 16, 2025 — There was an air of inevitability to the coverage of this week’s Israeli-hostage-Palestinian prisoner exchanges, a key part of the first phase of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.