Following news that Israel has successfully saved four of the hostages kidnapped on October 7th last year, much of the world, including the EU, condemned the move. There is no doubt that had they been their own hostages, they would have celebrated. The fact that there were Palestinian deaths was inevitable, with the hostages being kept in family apartments and homes amongst densely populated areas in Gaza. Hamas and the Palestinians should be blamed for any Palestinian deaths rather than blaming Israel. Instead of celebrating the world has ramped up its antisemitism with sharp comments from leaders of these countries and with eruption of protests in the streets of some cities. This is a reason for the continued existence of Israel and ignoring the dictates of the West, which have only one thing of interest, namely completing the work that Hitler started. [Photograph: The rescued hostages]