Waiting…Silent. Because I knew.

I have not posted since the news came that the hostages were to be released and we had reached a ceasefire. That is because I knew … I knew it wouldn’t last, I knew Hamas couldn’t be trusted, I knew Israel would be blamed for violations when Hamas wouldn’t. I knew.

I sit here and since my last post, the following is true:

• There is still a deceased hostage not returned.
• Hamas murdered many Gazans in the streets because they were “opposition” and the world was mostly silent
• Hamas clearly has refused to disarm and in fact has re-armed and tactically repositioned fighters.
• Bibi, Ben-Gvir, and Smotrich continue to allow for violent acts against West Bank Palestinians and have not done much of anything to hold any IDF soldier who violated their oath in Gaza to be held responsible (the ones who crossed lines, acted outside of their mission to cause extra harm, etc).
• UNWRA – which has repeatedly been proven to be a part of systemic JewHate, is somehow “back in business.”
• Videos of hostages have been released to the public: some showing resilience in the darkest times, some showing outright murder
• Hamas has been proven (repeatedly) to have been withholding aid, fuel and other supplies to Gazans and yet somehow Israel is still being blamed for a crisis (which may or may not be inflated/may or may not be mis-reported)
• Trump has demonstrated his love for Qatari money at the cost of Israel’s security.
• Hamas has fired rockets and sniper fire towards Israel on several occasions (my red alert app going off) and when Israel responds, it’s their fault for violating the agreement.
• Senior Hamas leaders still remain in cushy surroundings in Doha, Qatar at the same time Qatar tries to position itself as a neutral arbiter of peace.
• Israel has taken out a few more Hamas operatives under the claim there was intelligence of new planned attacks – which may or may not be true.
• Thousands of Israelis are still displaced from the North due to Hezbollah threats and from the South where there is still rebuilding to be done. (Note: ask yourself why all these displaced Israelis aren’t living in tents cities the last two years. If you can’t figure it out, I am happy to explain.)
• The media has learned nothing and continues to take everything from Hamas as pure fact (even when images show AI manipulation in plain sight).
• JewHate via antiZionism has only worsened, proving the war itself isn’t the motivation.

I knew nothing would actually change. My heart is happy for the released living hostages – despite the ongoing medical and emotional trauma they are dealing with.