If releasing violently kidnapped children could lead to a ceasefire why aren't protesters demanding it?

[Tom Rinaldo]

68. I largely agree with this

But the world wide surge in Antisemitism is evidence enough for the necessity to speak out loudly, forcefully, and continually against the ongoing evil that Hamas engages in also. The fact that Hamas does not listen doesn't justify screaming only at Israel. A very plausible case can be made that Hamas is intentionally sabotaging any chance to stop the killing in Gaza by continuing to hold onto the civilians they dragged across the border into Gaza from Israel. Hamas benefits from increasingly one sided world wide outrage directed at Israel. It furthers their ends and in their mind justifies their terror tactics. Meanwhile Antisemitism is a virus that has infected humanity for thousands of years. It led to the Nazi holocaust, it has flared up numerous times. It is flaring up again now.