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19 January, 2025

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Dear Editor,

Hamas’s release of Israelis kidnapped during its ineffable barbarism against Israel on October 7, 2023 is truly a wonderful moment, but so very sadly not for the greater good of Israel nor the Free World, let alone for the Palestinians!

Reality: Israel has been bullied by both Biden and Trump into freeing hundreds of Palestinians, with so many having committed terrible crimes, to fight yet again with/alongside Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran, all of whom have vowed to destroy Israel and all Jewish peoples while detesting Western Civilization (which will yet, time and time again, have to come to the defence of democratic, Western-society Israel).

Neither Biden nor Trump should claim the hostage release as/will be an historical, “Golden Moment,” because it is most definitely gilded in fools’ gold!

Yours,


Howard Hutchins
Victoria, Australia

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DLSmith
Monday, January 20, 2025 6:09 AM

Sharon, I disagree some. The lockstep finding of a dark lining fails to acknowledge you could lose ALL the hostages if you did not concede something. Hamas had an evil bargaining chip. But that does not change that it is a chip.

  1. The ‘list’ of concessions does not include Israel foregoing the annihilation of Hamas. And Hamas and jihadis everywhere never forego hostage taking even when beaten to a pulp. Plus, Israel’s guard is up like never before, so large-scale takings are much less likely to be seen. The unspoken ‘it is going to happen again’ is Eeyore-like and unhelpful.
  2. Stay away from the border and be careful who you let into your home. The scheming by social infiltration went on for years.
  3. Israel has wised up. And it is playing the perception game. The ‘bad deal’ claims only make Netanyahu look better. And continuity for the current war footing is desirable. He is not Neville Chamberlain.
  4. That Trump pushed Netanyahu is an easy facial claim. Bibi does not get pushed around. He also is not going to tell you his options and what it takes to initiate them.

Expanded Abraham Accords membership is coming, and that may marginalize the outliers and legitimize future Israeli self-defense action.

Lastly, Biden and the dope named Blinken are gone. Support for the next four years, at least, will be prompt and sufficient. In other words, Hamas took advantage of Biden et al.