Trump Brings Hostages Home While the Left Cries Foul

After nearly two years of chaos, terrorist attacks, and gutless dithering from the so-called international community, President Donald J. Trump has done what the elites never could—he brought peace to the Middle East through sheer force of will. No empty speeches, no meaningless UN resolutions—just real results on the ground. On Monday, while Israel and Hamas exchanged hostages and prisoners, Trump landed in the region like a lion among sheep. And for once, world leaders had to admit: someone finally took control.

Speaking before the Israeli Knesset, Trump didn’t tiptoe around the truth. “This is the end of the age of terror and death,” he declared. The standing ovation he got? That wasn’t politeness—it was relief. Relief that someone, finally, had the spine to lead. “The war is over,” Trump said. Not a hope or a wish—an announcement, grounded in action and backed by results.

And results he got. Hamas freed 20 Israeli hostages—people kidnapped in a brutal October 7 attack that left the world stunned. Israel, under immense pressure, released 2,000 Palestinian prisoners—hundreds of them convicted terrorists. Let’s not pretend otherwise; they weren't "political detainees" or innocent youth, no matter how hard the left tries to spin it. The guns in Gaza went silent, the bombings stopped, and—for the first time in two years—not one Israeli hostage remained in captivity.

Families in Israel were reunited. Mothers hugged their sons. Fathers cried with joy. Ilan Gilboa-Dalal, whose son was kidnapped from the Nova music festival, finally held him again. That’s what peace looks like. Not some hollow statement about “understanding both sides” while ignoring the screams of the innocent. You can't moralize your way out of terror. Sometimes the only path to peace is through strength, and Trump knew it.

And how did the other side react? In Ramallah, mobs gathered to cheer convicted attackers like returning champions. One man—guilty of a car-ramming that nearly killed Israeli soldiers—served only three years of a 17-year sentence and came home to applause. That’s who the left wants us to empathize with? Knock it off. If you embrace those who spread death, you don’t get to lecture the rest of us on human rights.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Netanyahu, despite praising Trump as Israel’s greatest ally in the White House, played it safe. He skipped a summit in Egypt—citing a Jewish holiday—while Trump stood front and center with over 20 world leaders, including Mahmoud Abbas. The same Abbas who’s funneled millions to fund violent incitement for decades. While Netanyahu hesitated, Trump took the reins and drove results.

Not everything went perfectly. Hamas failed to return the bodies of dozens of hostages, violating the agreed exchange terms. Only four coffins came back. Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz condemned the insult, warning that “each delay or intentional avoidance” would be met with force. That’s how you deal with terrorists—not begging for scraps at the UN.

Of course, right on cue, the media centered its coverage on Gaza. “Humanitarian crisis,” they breathlessly declared, as if Hamas hadn’t brought this nightmare on its own people. Yes, civilians are hungry. Yes, infrastructure is wrecked. But let’s be honest—none of this would be happening if Hamas hadn’t chosen to launch a war from within civilian neighborhoods, turning schools into missile bases and hospitals into command centers. Don’t cry foul when the world fights back.

Israel is now sending in 600 aid trucks a day—twice as many as before—and what’s the reaction? Looting. Chaos. Hostile mobs attacking deliveries meant to help them survive. That’s not desperation. That’s the breakdown of a society poisoned by extremists who don’t want peace—they want perpetual victimhood.

People want to talk about “harsh conditions”? Let’s talk about the hostages rescued from Hamas captivity after two torturous years. Alon Ohel—abducted from a music festival. Avinatan Or—dragged off alongside his girlfriend, who was later freed in a bold IDF operation. Matan Angrest—ambushed inside his tank. These aren’t symbols. They’re sons, brothers, friends. And they’re home because Israel stood tall and Trump had its back.

Enough with the lectures. Enough with the fake moral outrage every time Israel defends itself. The left can keep shedding crocodile tears for a terrorist regime while ignoring the real victory here: the return of innocent lives stolen by thugs. Make a choice. Either you stand with families reuniting after years of waiting, or you stand with the cowards who ripped them apart in the first place.

History won’t remember the fence-sitters. It remembers who made things happen. And whether the pundits like it or not, President Trump just did.