From the UN to the Red Cross, from biased media to governments rewarding Hamas, Israel’s loudest critics have abandoned the hostages and emboldened terrorists — making it a moral imperative for Israel to stand firm and refuse their poisonous counsel.
The haunting videos of Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski strip away any illusion about the nature of Hamas.
In one clip, Evyatar is forced to dig his own grave. Both men are skeletal — the product of deliberate, calculated starvation. Behind them, the arm of a well-fed Hamas terrorist is visible, proof that food exists in Gaza but is deliberately withheld from the hostages.
This is pure evil.
Yet, many of Israel’s fiercest critics — governments, international agencies, and media outlets — have enabled this evil by excusing Hamas and shifting the blame to Israel.
The Red Cross: Silent Accomplice
For 22 months, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has not visited a single hostage in Gaza. It has made no serious effort to pressure Hamas to allow such visits or to shame them for violating international law.
Instead, it has played chauffeur for Hamas during hostage releases, serving as a stagehand for the terrorists’ propaganda rituals. The ICRC abandoned these Jewish hostages just as it abandoned Jewish victims during the Holocaust.
Is Israel supposed to heed the moral lectures of an organization that won’t lift a finger to save the very lives it claims to protect?
The UN: Blind to Hamas Atrocities
The United Nations General Assembly has never condemned Hamas for the October 7 massacre or the ongoing hostage crisis. Instead, it endlessly condemns Israel.
Its Special Rapporteur for Palestine, Francesca Albanese, went so far as to call it “unacceptable” to demand Hamas release the hostages — including kidnapped babies.
Worse still, UNRWA employees are active members of Hamas and even took part in the October 7 atrocities.
Is Israel expected to take lectures from an organization that shields terrorists, excuses their crimes, and condemns those who dare to demand the release of kidnapped children?
The Media: Hamas’s Echo Chamber
The New York Times splashed a massive front-page image of a malnourished Gazan child in a bid to turn U.S. public opinion against Israel — but hid the fact that the photo didn’t prove what it claimed.
The paper quietly issued a correction on a little-read page, but it has never given equal coverage to the real photos of starving Israeli hostages.
Should Israel bow to the moral judgment of media outlets that uncritically parrot Hamas propaganda while refusing to show the world the suffering of its own kidnapped citizens?
The Governments Rewarding Terror
France and Canada have pledged to recognize “Palestine” next month. The UK threatens to do the same. These governments condemn the hostage videos but reward Hamas with the promise of statehood — sending the clearest message possible: Mass murder works.
Why would Hamas negotiate or release hostages when the world is offering them political victory without requiring a shred of humanity?
Criticism has value only when it is constructive. But criticism from those who:
- Excuse Hamas atrocities
- Abandon hostages to starvation and torture
- Reward terrorism with political gains
- Distort the truth in service of propaganda
…is worse than worthless. It is an active weapon in the hands of evil.
Israel’s Moral Duty
Standing up to such criticism is not arrogance. It is moral necessity.
The hostage videos are not just proof of Hamas’s depravity — they are proof of why Israel must shut out the voices of those who side, knowingly or not, with terror.
