Around the world, Jews and decent people of all faiths and backgrounds greeted the liberation of the remaining living hostages held by the Hamas terrorists with joyous thanks, relief and tears. After two years of agony for those Israelis who were among the last of those kidnapped during the Hamas-led Palestinian Arab assault on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, they are finally going home.

But once the prayers of thanksgiving are uttered and the hostages are embraced by a grateful nation with an explosion of happiness, what then?

A seminal moment

The priority right now is to celebrate the freedom of this last group of the 251 who were taken on Oct. 7 and the end of a long ordeal in which they were abused, starved and tortured by their barbarous captors.

What is happening isn’t a mere homecoming.

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