Ele Ludemann: What’s not said

The first of the hostages held by Hamas are being released as I write this.

The news that President Trump’s negotiation for a ceasefire and the release of the hostages had a mixed reception.

There has been joy and relief from their family, friends, supporters and a lot of people with no connection to them but who were appalled by the barbarism on October 7th and the inhumane treatment of the hostages.

With the celebrations for and with the 22 who will be free, there is sadness for the 1,200 who were killed on October 7th; those on both sides who have been killed in the war; and all the others who were taken hostage and are now dead.

And from almost all of those who have been so loudly calling for the war to end while ignoring the plight of the hostages and the barbaric acts that precipitated the war, there has been silence.

What’s not been said by them says a lot about them. It confirms their motivation was political not humanitarian.

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For too many, deny it though they will, their motive was not just political in general and against Donald Trump in particular, it was, and continues to be, antisemitic.

The horrors of October 7th and the subsequent war are fresh, and the holocaust is still a living memory, but the bigotry and hatred towards people who happen to be Jewish continues.

Ele Ludemann is a North Otago farmer and journalist, who blogs HERE - where this article was sourced.