I discussed the cease-fire in Gaza. 50 hostages were released. In exchange for 150 criminals in Israel. Israel does not take hostages so they were criminals. Most likely violent. They were in jail for a reason. They were women and children, but we know that Hamas often uses women and children in committing acts of terror. This exchange also came with a four day cease-fire and aid trucks being allowed in from Egypt. That is the bad side. We don’t want Hamas to be given fuel or food. And we don’t want a ceasefire. This allows them to regroup and fight on. It is a dilemma. We obviously want the hostages to be released but we also want Hamas destroyed. Israel, I believe recognizes this and knows that it must destroy Hamas. I hope they will not succumb to the inevitable pressure to end the conflict until they have achieved their military goal of destroying Hamas. But any hostage exchange is a dilemma. The best thing is to avoid it in the first place by having a strong defense and a secure border. Civilians we know mean nothing to Hamas. They are considered martyrs. It might be that the civilians themselves do not mind that role or mind it less than you would think. But in any event, there are fighters and warriors and there are martyrs. Hamas does not think of civilian casualties as we do. Something to be avoided. For them, it is something to be exploited. it is simply part of Jihad and compatible with Islam. The media is the Air Force of Hamas. Dead civilians are propaganda tools for Hamas against Israel. And Hamas uses dead civilians for exactly that purpose. They are a disgrace. Israel is often attacked as settler-colonizers. This, of course is a joke. The Jewish people are the indigenous people of the Middle East of the holy land of Israel. It is the Muslims who are the colonizers. The Jews were there 1600 years before Islam began in Saudi Arabia. Now Islam has spread to 50 nations including some 22 Arab nations. How did it do that. By conquering, settling, and colonizing. They also forced conversion. We noticed that the war in the Middle East is splitting the left and the Democrat party. Some liberals are supportive of Israel and so they have a dilemma. It shouldn’t be hard to solve that. You have to stop being liberal and leave the Democrat party, the pro Hamas party. We have had some good news with elections in the Netherlands and in Argentina. Geert Wilders and Javier Milei. Conservative, nationalist populists like Trump. The left and the media are going nuts. Good.