Memo to All Demanding Palestinian Statehood: Hamas Still Has Hostages | The American Spectator

“The fastest way to end the Humanitarian Crises in Gaza is for Hamas to SURRENDER AND RELEASE THE HOSTAGES!!!” President Donald Trump wrote Thursday morning on Truth Social.
Amen.
While in Scotland on Monday, Trump had voiced a very human concern about the children of Gaza, when he said, “I mean, some of those kids are — that’s real starvation stuff. I see it, and you can’t fake it. So we’re going to be even more involved.”
Leavitt responded, “That’s rewarding Hamas at a time where Hamas is the true impediment to a ceasefire and to the release of all of the hostages.”
His remarks come ahead of the U.N. General Assembly in New York in September. So begins another pressure campaign from the all-bow international community to weaken Israel’s self-defense in a war Hamas started on Oct. 7, 2023, by murdering some 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages.
First French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France would recognize the state of Palestine ahead of the General Assembly confab.
Then British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the U.K. would recognize Palestine as a state — unless Israel takes substantive steps to end the “appalling situation in Gaza.”
Then Canada climbed onto the bandwagon. “Wow! Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine. That will make it very hard for us to make a Trade Deal with them. Oh’ Canada!!!” Trump cheekily responded.
At Thursday’s White House briefing, of course, a reporter asked press secretary Karoline Leavitt if Trump would recognize a Palestinian state. Leavitt responded, “That’s rewarding Hamas at a time where Hamas is the true impediment to a ceasefire and to the release of all of the hostages.”
Exactly right. I can’t write about the issue without noting the failure of many news organizations to pin the onus on Hamas, when they know Hamas is to blame.
Cue the Wednesday New York Times editorial that opined, “Israel’s often reckless administration of its war and occupation has helped create th…