Rant #3,588: The Time Has Come Today

Omer Neutra.

That name might not ring a bell, but he is an important figure in world events today.

Neutra, a joint American-Israeli citizen, was memorialized on Tuesday in a synagogue in his native Long Island.

Thought to be one of the 100 or so hostages that still remain captive by Hamas, the Israeli military sadly confirmed a few days back that Neutra died in the terrorist group's initial attack on Israel in October 2023.

His body still remains in possession of Hamas.

When the family found out that Neutra had been dead for over a year--after hoping against hope that he was still alive for all of this time--a hastily called memorial service was put together for him.

And to show how barbaric Hamas actually is, they still hold his body--and probably hundreds of others--as the war that they started rages on, with no end in sight.

This is rubbing salt into the wound of the family, and every other family whose members were murdered during that fateful October day, as by Jewish law, the dead must be buried quickly.

Holding bodies for over a year is not only barbaric and inhuman, but don't you know Hamas knows about Jewish burials, and is just turning the knife a little tighter when refusing to return the remains to the affected families?

Hamas is a barbaric, terrorist organization, and those ignorant people who believe in their cause ... how do they explain--and more importantly, justify-- the holding of dead bodies?

Not only are the hostages nothing but pawns, but the remains of the dead are too.

You cannot deal with terrorists, and the United States and other countries who are trying to broker peace ...

While well.meaning, I am afraid they just don't get it.

And I wonder, as this war rages on, if they will ever get it.

And that is sad, very sad, as well as being disappointing.

Neutra and the others have had their lives snuffed out by a subhuman group who have no care about human life, using their own people as shields for their devil's work.

But the devil always gets his due, and in this case, that day shall come sooner than later.

You can bet on that.