Joyously, we have removed the ribbon of the Israeli flag with the headline “Bring the Hostages Home” from our front covers. We are happy to celebrate the return of all hostages, although the bodies of some of the deceased have yet to be returned.

Ever since the terrorist attack of Oct. 7, we have prayed for the safe return of all the innocent hostages and the cessation of violence in the Middle East. Over the past two years, we have received many positive and reassuring messages for having the ribbon on our covers. Only a couple of notes questioned why we would run the ribbon, while war was raging in Gaza and both combatants and civilians were dying.

We had two main reasons for running the ribbon: First, the attack and taking of hostages was barbaric, and their immediate return shoul

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