Give Back the Hotages, President Trump warns

Trump Warns Hamas: 'Give Back All 20 Hostages'

As Israel continues to move its military assets toward a potential complete takeover of Gaza from the Hamas terrorist group, seeking to eradicate it in an effort to end the war, President Donald Trump is making yet another urgent plea for Hamas to release all hostages.

"Tell Hamas to IMMEDIATELY give back all 20 Hostages (Not 2 or 5 or 7!), and things will change rapidly," Trump wrote Wednesday morning on Truth Social.

"IT WILL END!"

Since the start of the Israel war on Hamas after Oct. 7, 2023 — which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls a seven-front war with Iran and its Middle East terrorist proxies — the stated goals to achieve victory in the war have long been:

Return all hostages
Eradicate Hamas
Demilitarize and deradicalize Gaza

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State Department halts all Visitor Visas for individuals from Gaza

US Halts All Visitor Visas for Gaza

The State Department announced on Saturday that it was halting all visitor visas to individuals from Gaza while it reviews the issuing process.

"All visitor visas for individuals from Gaza are being stopped while we conduct a full and thorough review of the process and procedures used to issue a small number of temporary medical-humanitarian visas in recent days," a post on X from the State Department read.

Neither the State Department nor Secretary of State Marco Rubio commented on what triggered the sudden review.

In June, the Trump administration began cracking down on vetting for visa applicants. This involved the introduction of a "comprehensive and thorough" review of all applicants' "online presence."

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Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to Israel's Security Struggle

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a forceful and wide-ranging speech

at Newsmax's fourth annual celebration in Jerusalem

He declared that "most Americans" reject Hamas' "lies" and stand with Israel in its ongoing battle against what he called "the barbarians at the gate."

The prime minister's appearance was at a critical moment as Israel appears to be on the brink of a major military action in Gaza.

Broadcast live across the Newsmax network, Netanyahu used the extended address to link Israel's current security struggle with the shared values and historical alliances between Israel and the United States.

Netanyahu was introduced by Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy, who delivered a strong introduction, framing the prime minister's leadership as historic.

"It is my profound honor to introduce a man whose life's work has been the defense of his people, the preservation of freedom, and the unflinching pursuit of truth."

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How the Left feeds Hunger in Gaza

Leftists always blame the wrong people

For something they're doing themselves

Take a moment to review what's happening here. Hamas is a U.S.-designated terror group. Hamas ran the Gaza Strip after voters gave it power in 2006. There hasn't been an election since, which is what an actual threat to democracy looks like. Hamas is open about its hatred of Israel:

"Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it," Hamas stated in the preamble of its 1988 charter.

That doesn't have quite the same ring as "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel and slaughtered around 1,200 people. Most of them were civilians. It also kidnapped around 250 people and continues to hold some 20 hostages.

In July, the UN reported that 1,123 UN-manifested trucks collected aid along the Gaza border. Of those, 1,055 trucks were intercepted before arriving at their destination. In other words, less than 10% of UN aid arrived at its destination. Hamas likely took much of it.

Controlling food means power and money for Hamas. Little wonder it has worked hard to stop other sources of aid. The U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is attempting to give aid directly to civilians. Hamas warned Gazans not to accept the aid. Hamas has placed bounties on those distributing the food. In June, it even murdered several GHF aid workers.

Hamas wants Gazans to go hungry. It knows Western leftists will then blame Israel and advance policies Hamas wants – like recognizing a Palestinian state. And that's exactly what's going on.

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Israel is a parliamentary democracy with free and fair elections. Western countries need to remember that.

“Cool kids club” of Western nations supporting a Palestine state

Michele Bachmann has warning for Australia: Muslims don't assimilate, mate

Australia, on Monday, joined the nations of France, Great Britain, and Canada by vowing to support a so-called Palestinian state during a United Nations gathering in September.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the situation in Gaza a "humanitarian catastrophe” and put the blame squarely on Israel, ignoring terrorist group Hamas and its mission to find and kill Jews.

Michele Bachmann, the former congresswoman and now a dean at Regent University, is a vocal defender of Israel. She tells AFN the Gaza War now nearing the two-year mark has been a military disaster for Hamas but a propaganda bonanza.

“When they've made every wrong move that there is, their last move is the PR campaign,” she says. “And so they put pressure on these Western nations to make a dumb decision, which is to ‘recognize’ a Palestinian state.”

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Fake News Interviews Ambassador Huckabee in Gaza

CBS Edits Huckabee Israel Interview — The Truth They Cut Out

On August 7, 2025, CBS News aired a four-minute interview between correspondent Debora Patta and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee. What viewers saw was a diplomat appearing defensive and dismissive on Gaza’s humanitarian crisis.

What they didn’t see were entire sections of the conversation that dismantled Hamas propaganda, exposed massive aid theft, and debunked false reports. Those parts were cut, and the edits all tilted in the same direction—away from Israel’s defense and toward Hamas’s narrative.

During the interview, Huckabee explained that Hamas made half a billion dollars in 2024 by stealing humanitarian food shipments, selling them on the black market, and inflating prices to starving civilians.

He relayed reports from aid recipients who, for the first time, didn’t have to pay Hamas for food. This section never made it to air, eliminating one of the most damaging accusations against Hamas’s leadership.

CBS also cut Huckabee’s account of a false report claiming 27 people were killed at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation site. He said video footage showed no one was injured, yet major outlets like The New York Times, The Washington Post, BBC, and CNN all ran the story before quietly issuing small corrections.

Without this example, CBS left viewers thinking his skepticism about casualty numbers was unfounded.

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Humanitarian Situation in Gaza

Trump breaks with Netanyahu over Gaza starvation crisis

President Donald Trump delivered a stunning rebuke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a press conference in Scotland on Monday, directly contradicting his ally’s claims about the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

When asked whether he believed Netanyahu’s assertion that "there is no starvation in Gaza," Trump didn’t mince words.

"I don’t know. I mean, based on television, I would say not particularly, because those children look very hungry," Trump told reporters as he met with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

But Trump went even further, making a statement that put him in direct opposition to Netanyahu’s public position.

"There is real starvation in Gaza — you can’t fake that," the President declared.

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The Israeli military, which manages the entry of all aid into the besieged enclave, says it has allowed in an average of 70 trucks a day since May, but that the United Nations and other aid agencies have failed to distribute it.

It' not Natanyahu--The debate among Israeli leaders has included Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said in May that Israel cannot let Gaza sink into a famine for “practical and diplomatic reasons,” while other officials like Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s national security minister, have called for aid distribution to be entirely suspended. [NBC]

Netanyahu's goal is to eradicate Hamas

Israel Launches Major New Offensive in Gaza

Israel launched an extensive new campaign aimed at seizing control of more of the Gaza Strip as it seeks a definitive end to the war there.

A post on the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) X page said that the campaign was named Operation Gideon’s Chariots, a reference to the ancient Jewish military leader whose exploits are documented in Jewish and Christian holy texts.

A post on the IDF’s English-language channel did not mention the operation’s name, but said that gaining further “operational control” over more of Gaza would contribute to its stated objectives in the war against Hamas, which Israel and the United States designate as a terrorist organization.

“This is part of preparations to expand operations and fulfill the objectives of the war—including the release of hostages and the dismantling of the Hamas terrorist organization,” the post read. “IDF troops will continue to operate in order to protect Israeli civilians and achieve the objectives of the war.”

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Pro-Gaza activist calls AOC a War Criminal

Rep. AOC Gets Heckled in Hometown, Called “War Criminal” by Pro-Gaza Activists

Well, well, well. If it isn’t Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the undisputed darling of the progressive left, finding herself smack dab in the middle of some rather awkward family drama.

It seems the very movement that propelled her to stardom is developing some… let’s call them intense opinions, particularly when it comes to Israel and Gaza.

For AOC, representing a diverse slice of New York City – a place with a significant Jewish population, mind you – this presents quite the pickle. How does one champion the radical chic cause du jour without completely alienating people back home, or, heaven forbid, appearing to nod along with the thinly veiled (and sometimes not-so-veiled) antisemitism bubbling up in those circles?

Imagine the scene: AOC holding court at a town hall, likely expecting the usual adoring questions or perhaps some gentle inquiries about green energy unicorns. Instead, she gets an earful from someone who sounds suspiciously like the base she courts.

A pro-Gaza heckler, identifying herself as a nurse, decided Q&A time was optional and let loose.

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Palestinian-American aided Hamas for October 7 attack

Well-Connected Billionaire Leveraged US Tax Dollars To Help Hamas Gear Up For Oct. 7, Lawsuit Alleges

A Palestinian-American billionaire helped lay the groundwork for the Hamas Oct. 7 attacks, families of American Oct. 7 massacre victims alleged in a new lawsuit released Monday.

The lawsuit targets Bashar Masri, a Palestinian-American billionaire who allegedly used his Gaza-based companies to quietly aid Hamas in building key infrastructure that would be used in the conflict, including tunnels, buildings for high-level meetings and even power generation.

Some of the construction was done using U.S. taxpayer funds, according to the lawsuit, which pointed to funds doled out by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

“By actively working with Hamas to build and maintain its attack tunnel infrastructure while simultaneously advancing Hamas’s campaign of deception, Defendants aided and abetted and conspired with Hamas, and the October 7 Attack and the deaths of soldiers and civilians thereafter were a foreseeable consequence of Defendants’ collaboration with Hamas,” the lawsuit reads.

“Plaintiffs—American victims of the October 7 Attack and its aftermath, and their family members and their estates—therefore bring this action under the Anti-Terrorism Act (“ATA”) as amended by the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (“JASTA”).”

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Israel to stop selling energy to Gaza

Israel Says It Is Cutting Off Its Electrical Supply to Gaza, Days After Freezing Aid

A new letter from Israel’s energy minister to the Israel Electric Corporation tells the company to cease selling energy to Gaza.

The cease-fire deal’s first phase ended on March 1, and Israel has offered to negotiate a lasting truce if Hamas releases half of the remaining hostages who were kidnapped during its terrorist attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, which also killed about 1,200 people and wounded thousands.

Instead, Hamas prefers to begin discussions on the cease-fire’s more ambitious second phase, which would result in the release of all remaining hostages in Gaza in exchange for Israel withdrawing all forces and agreeing to peace.

There are 24 living hostages and 35 bodies of others still believed to be held by Hamas.

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President Trump gives last warning to Hamas

Last warning to Hamas

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

“Shalom Hamas” means Hello and Goodbye - You can choose. Release all of the Hostages now, not later, and immediately return all of the dead bodies of the people you murdered, or it is OVER for you. Only sick and twisted people keep bodies, and you are sick and twisted!

I am sending Israel everything it needs to finish the job, not a single Hamas member will be safe if you don’t do as I say. I have just met with your former Hostages whose lives you have destroyed. This is your last warning! For the leadership, now is the time to leave Gaza, while you still have a chance.

Also, to the People of Gaza: A beautiful Future awaits, but not if you hold Hostages. If you do, you are DEAD! Make a SMART decision. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW, OR THERE WILL BE HELL TO PAY LATER!

DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Mar 05, 2025, 4:46 PM

Dem Who Failed To Make 3 Trump Impeachments Stick Gives It Another Shot

Democrat Lunatic files Articles of Impeachment aginst Trump

Democratic Texas Rep. Al Green announced Tuesday morning he will bring articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, citing the president’s shock announcement Monday night that the United States will take over the Gaza Strip in order to end the Israel-Hamas war.

Green’s announcement that he will seek to impeach Trump comes as the president has been in the Oval Office for less than three weeks. The Texas Democrat accused Trump of allegedly supporting the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians living in Gaza during his speech on the House floor.

“Ethnic cleansing has been a crime against humanity and I stand here today … to denounce what the President said, to denounce the complicity of the Prime Minister of Israel,” Green said in the speech on the House floor. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, and injustice in Gaza is a threat to justice in the United States of America. I rise to announce that the movement to impeach the president has begun.”

Green said the impeachment articles against Trump would be “for dastardly deeds proposed and dastardly deeds done.”

Hateful Democrats sure do love to twist the truth--amazing.

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Gaza is a "hellhole" right now and Trump has a plan

Trump: ‘US Will Take Over the Gaza Strip’ — After Relocating ‘All’ Palestinians

President Trump proposed a US takeover of the Gaza Strip Tuesday night — shortly after suggesting removing “all” Palestinians living there to neighboring countries.

“The US will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too,” Trump, 78, said at a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who praised the concept.

“We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site, level the site, and get rid of the destroyed buildings — level it out and create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area.”

Trump added that the roughly 2 million Gaza Strip residents would be relocated to neighboring countries in a transitional phase — and indicated they would not be granted the right of return afterward. [cf.org]

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Netanyahu at White House today

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington, D.C., on Sunday

He checked into Blair House, the official guest residence for visiting dignitaries. This marks his 14th stay there, the most by any foreign leader.

This will be Trump’s first meeting with a foreign leader since resuming office.

Their discussions are expected to focus on the current ceasefire with Hamas, strategies to counter Iran and efforts to expand diplomatic relations with Arab nations, including potential normalization with Saudi Arabia.

Negotiations are set to begin this week on a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza following a six-week pause in fighting and the release of at least 38 hostages. The current agreement began on Jan. 19; 18 hostages have been released so far in four exchanges for Palestinian prisoners. [The Forward]

Tentative schedule…

• Monday: Netanyahu is expected to meet with Steve Witkoff, Trump’s Mideast envoy, to discuss the forthcoming second phase of the hostage-for-ceasefire deal. The two also met last week in Israel. (Haaretz)
• Tuesday: Trump and Netanyahu are set to meet at 6 p.m., followed by a late dinner at 9 p.m. They might also hold a press conference with families of the hostages. (Times of Israel)
• Wednesday: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Congressional leaders are set to meet with Netanyahu. (Times of Israel)

More on the war…
• Trump invited Jord
an’s King Abdullah II to the White House later this month, their first meeting since Trump suggested Egypt and Jordan take in Palestinian refugees from Gaza. (Times of Israel)
• Jordan joined the other 21 members of the Arab League on Saturday in denouncing the idea. (AP, Times of Israel)

The UN refuses to condemn Hamas for hiding hostages in civilian spaces

Surprise! Released female hostages were being held captive in U.N. compounds

Interrogated terrorists admit use of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza as Hamas headquarters

JERUSALEM – News emerged on Wednesday of the three female former Israeli hostages being held for at least part of the time during their 471 days in Gaza captivity in United Nations shelters, as if the timing could not have more perfectly underscored U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order to defund UNRWA.

The accusation once again raises the specter of the United Nations being indivisible from the terrorist groups dominating the Gaza Strip, and is another nail in the coffin of legitimacy, which has consistently worn away at global bodies and humanitarian NGOs, which have parroted Hamas talking points and statistics.

Inside the hospital, terrorists distributed grenades and mortars, along with equipment for ambushing IDF troops and tanks, according to Fox News Digital.

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Israel-Hamas Ceasefire

Do You Believe the Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Will Lead to Lasting Peace in the Region?

No--97.13%
Yes--2.87%

Here’s The Scoop

In a significant development that underscores the potential for peace in the Middle East, Israel and Hamas have reportedly agreed to a ceasefire deal that includes the release of hostages. This breakthrough, confirmed by Fox News, comes after intense negotiations led by Qatari Prime Minister and supported by Egyptian intermediaries.

While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has yet to confirm the deal, sources indicate that the agreement is indeed in place.

The conflict, which erupted after Hamas’ vicious attacks on October 7, 2023, has resulted in over 1,200 Israeli deaths and more than 250 hostages taken. This ceasefire marks a crucial step in halting the violence that has claimed thousands of lives on both sides.

President-elect Donald Trump, who had previously warned of dire consequences if a deal wasn’t reached before his inauguration, was quick to praise the agreement.

On TRUTH Social, Trump attributed this “EPIC ceasefire agreement” to his electoral victory, emphasizing his administration’s commitment to peace and the safety of Americans and allies. He expressed joy over the anticipated return of American and Israeli hostages to their families.

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Release the Hostages Now!

Trump’s WARNING to Terrorists: Daughter of Americans Held Hostage Reacts

In one day, 117 of the people Iris Weinstein Haggai grew up with, including her parents, “vanished.” Among the 400 residents living in Kibbutz Nir Oz, one mile from the border of Gaza, one in every four were either killed or taken hostage during the terrorist attack on Oct. 7, 2023.

Like so many in Israel, Haggai has been waiting for world leaders to take action to see the hostages freed, which is why she says she is encouraged by President-elect Donald Trump’s recent statement on Truth Social.

“I cannot tell you how long I’ve been waiting for a statement like President-elect Trump’s,” Haggai, 39, told The Daily Signal.

What Donald Trump said:

“There will be ALL HELL TO PAY in the Middle East, and for those in charge who perpetrated these atrocities against Humanity” if the hostages are not released by Jan. 20, the day he is sworn into office.

“Those responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied History of the United States of America. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW.”

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Trump issues warning to Hamas

Trump Issued Explosive Warning to Middle East Leaders Over American Hostages!

President-elect Donald Trump issued a strong warning to Middle East leaders and terrorist groups on Monday, urging them to release the hostages taken during the Israel-Hamas war before Inauguration Day.

Despite the release of some hostages, there are still 101 people being held in Gaza, including seven Americans. In a social media post on Truth Social, Trump did not mince words, stating that if the hostages are not released before his assumption of office on January 20, 2025, there will be “hell to pay.”

In his post, Trump criticized the lack of action and urgency in securing the release of the hostages, stating that “it’s all talk, and no action.” He went on to warn that those responsible for the “atrocities against humanity” will face severe consequences. 

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

Everybody is talking about the hostages who are being held so violently, inhumanely, and against the will of the entire World, in the Middle East - But it’s all talk, and no action! Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that if the hostages are not released prior to January 20, 2025, the date that I proudly assume Office as President of the United States, there will be ALL HELL TO PAY in the Middle East, and for those in charge who perpetrated these atrocities against Humanity. Those responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied History of the United States of America. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW!

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Israeli War

Israel Wisely Did Not Listen To Biden Or Harris

The elimination of Yahya Sinwar improved the already-joyful Sukkot holiday for millions of Israelis and Jews and their supporters around the world. In all likelihood, it will also irritate President Joe Biden, as the Hamas leader was killed in Rafah, where he demanded Israel not enter under threat of an arms embargo and a warning by Vice President Kamala Harris that it was impossible.

Israel, wisely, didn’t listen.

It will also irritate Qatar, a regional partner of both Iran and the United States. Qatar has been hosting Hamas leadership in very swanky quarters in Doha while insisting that Sinwar, hiding under the ravaged streets of Gaza, held the key to a hostage release. If he ever did, he no longer does.

And Iran will be shaken by one more setback in its pursuit of victory in a broad religious war against Israel and the United States and their allies.

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and why the world is a little safer today.

Robert Gates, the former defense secretary said Biden as Vice President, had been "wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades."