Hamas executes six Israeli hostages, and the world explodes. But not in the way that one of a righteous mindset would expect.

There were protests in Israel demanding the government end the hostilities with Hamas and appease them. There were world leaders, including those in Britain, the US, and the United Nations, challenging the Israeli government to give in to Hamas. There were protests in places like New York City where pro-terrorist demonstrators demanded an end to American aid to Israel, and even worse, the annihilation of Israel and all Jews.

So, what is going on? People are murdered by an organized bunch of inhuman thugs, and the world wants to encourage more of the same through appeasement?

Israelis want the hostages returned. The families of the hostages want them returned. This is totally understandable. However, returned at what cost? And what guarantee does anyone have that the hostages are still alive?

The truth is that Israel has agreed to a ceasefire. Hamas refuses to agree. At the crux of the matter is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s insistence that the Israeli army maintains a substantive presence on the Egypt-Gaza border in an area known as the Philadelphi corridor. Hamas has frustrated the deal with shifting demands and wants the Israeli troops removed. The corridor is the strategic area Hamas uses to smuggle weapons into Gaza. Netanyahu wants it cut off permanently.

Remember that Hamas wants Jews and Israel exterminated, and people think that giving in to Hamas will end its quest?

This is where politics, human emotion, and practicality collide. Politically speaking, Israelis just want peace. They want their loved ones returned. The human emotion side of things comes into play that Israelis are tired of the situation and angry. The anger is aimed at both Hamas and the Israeli government, primarily Netanyahu. They believe, as Joe Biden does, that Netanyahu should do more to end the conflict. Netanyahu is holding onto the idea that if he gives in to Hamas, the well-funded terrorist group will reestablish its strategic positions and relentlessly come after Israeli citizens again.

The practicality is that Hamas must be eliminated. Otherwise, the terror will continue in perpetuity. Netanyahu is looking at this from the perspective that he wants to do what is right for Israel and its citizens in the long term.

Appeasement never works. Netanyahu knows this. Deep down, the Israeli people know it, but they are tired of the fight. Every time in history, when Israel gives in to politics or emotion rather than the practicality of standing against its enemies, the outcome is bad.

Case in point: George Bush pressured Ariel Sharon into giving up Gaza in 2005. There was no peace then. There was never any peace as rocket fire on Israeli civilians continued most every day from Gaza.

While the families of the hostages deserve infinite respect, sympathy, and empathy—no one can fathom the depth of hurt they are experiencing—appeasing these “elected” Hamas barbarians is the worst thing to do.

As is written in Jeremiah 6:14, “They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.”

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The recent Democratic National Convention was a showcase for politics gone insane. To any and every American, irrespective of party affiliation, the spectacle in Chicago last week should raise alarm bells.

The Democratic Party has driven a stake in the ground with a most communistic concept of “democratic” government in the history of the United States. Price controls on food, blaming grocery stores for inflated prices after causing the inflation; transgendermania; abortion on demand; hateful rhetoric; demonizing of any and all American citizens who do not agree with their agenda—all part and parcel to one of the most dangerous, freedom-threatening political ticket in history.

Remember that on Sunday, July 14, Joe Biden addressed the nation with a blatantly political speech saying that the political rhetoric needed to cool down and that there was no place in America for political violence. Yet the entire Democratic convention was based on hateful political rhetoric aimed at President Trump and his supporters. These people accuse their opposition of flaming hatred, but it is their own hateful words that stir the hearts and minds of those who would take violent action. The Democrat speakers repeated slur after slur, even lie after lie, that would ignite hate and violence.

The show didn’t stop there. The over-the-top support for the LGBTQ+ community only codified the insanity. How is it even allowed that an entire political party would endorse grooming children for sexual mutilation? Transgender this. Queer that. It is woven into the fabric of the Democratic Party. Abortion unlimited. The conventioneers proudly touted Planned Parenthood’s mobile bus encouraging free abortions and vasectomies to all comers.

People are afraid to call this what it is—absolute insanity—because of the bullying and censorship they will face for being hateful. It’s not about hate. People who support this insanity need spiritual and mental help.

Outside the convention, terrorist supporters were protesting because the Democrats were not supporting them enough. Pro-Israel organizations couldn’t even get a parade permit in this Democrat-run city. Fences inside of fences were put up to protect the elite inside—largely from their own supporters who are violently angry about not getting enough support.

Anybody in their right mind—and I mean this sincerely—needs incredible self-examination if they are sticking with the Democratic Party after that show of insanity.

Ecclesiastes 9:3 says, “The heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.”

Sadly, there are many who will choose to follow this politics gone insane.

Say it with me…Stupidocrisy.

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