Ceasefire? It's the Hostages, Stupid!

Has everyone gone mad? How can people around the world, including President Biden, demand an immediate cessation of hostilities without first having the Israeli hostages returned? There are still more than 100 hostages being held by Hamas.  Are people really suggesting that there should be a ceasefire with hostages remaining in Hamas’ hands? This makes no sense at all.

Any ceasefire means that hostages would remain in place -- in violation of virtually every international law. No other country in the history of the world would actually consider a ceasefire with 100+ of their citizens being held as hostages. Why is Israel being asked to do so? That very suggestion is blatantly antisemitic.