Palestinians are hostages too. Indeed, there are far more Palestinian hostages than their

unjustly imprisoned Israeli counterparts, and the conditions they've suffered are overall much

worse. As both Israelis and Palestinians who've been held in protracted captivity are released

to their loved ones, this is important to discuss. It's been a time of profound trauma,

both for those held captive, and their families and their. It's been a time of profound trauma, both for those

held captive and their families and their friends, and seeing the footage of them being

reunited is profoundly moving. What's lacking is moral and political consistency. As ever,

the coverage in the Western media has been deeply racist, once again stripping away the human

worth of Palestinians, be they living

or slaughtered. Now, I've come into fire on this question from apologists for Israel's

genocide lonslaught who seem to harbour the illusion that they can both be cheerleaders for one

of the most obscene crimes of our age and retain some sort of moral high ground.

Guess what?

You can't.

That's because of language I've used to describe the exchange agreements

which have freed both Palestinians and Israelis

who've been held in captivity.

Put simply, it's difficult to settle on a pithy description.

Many Western media outlets settle on hostage and prisoner exchange agreements,

but this raises the fact that many Palestinians are themselves hostages. Now, as I've said from

the beginning, the taking of Israeli civilians as hostages by Hamas and other militants was an

indefensible war crime. They should never have been taken and they should all be free.

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