Double-Crossed by the Red Cross

It was a shameful display: Israeli hostages—frail, traumatized, and blindfolded—handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza, while armed Hamas terrorists stood by smiling for the cameras. These same hostages had been denied Red Cross visits for months. Their families received no word, no updates. Meanwhile, the Red Cross maintained cozy coordination with Hamas, even agreeing to stage-manage the transfers. They stood shoulder to shoulder with masked jihadists, made no protest when hostages were forced to sign phony “release forms,” and said nothing about the abuse, the starvation, or the psychological torture these innocent civilians endured in Hamas captivity.

Not one visit. Not one condemnation. Not one demand for access. This wasn’t neutrality. It was betrayal.

How could the Red Cross fall to such depths—helping the very terrorists responsible for these atrocities, while abandoning the innocent victims who depended on them? To begin to understand, we need to go back to the Bible.

In Genesis 18, God reveals to Abraham that He is about to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, cities whose sins have become unbearable. Abraham, the embodiment of compassion, immediately begins to intercede.

Abraham negotiates with God, pleading for the cities’ salvation for the sake of even ten righteous people. His compassion is deep and genuine. But there’s a line—even God will not tolerate cities so fully steeped in cruelty.

Abraham’s mercy was genuine, but it nearly protected the wicked at the expense of the innocent. He was willing to argue for societies that had become violent, predatory, and utterly immoral. His intentions were noble, but his judgment was flawed. Mercy, when applied indiscriminately, becomes a shield for the wicked and a threat to the innocent.

That is why Abraham’s legacy could not stand alone. His son Isaac represents something essential—justice, discipline, law. In Jewish thought, Abraham symbolizes chesed (lovingkindness), while Isaac represents gevurah (restraint, justice, strength). Only together do they form a legacy that can build a moral civilization. Kindness alone leads to chaos. It must be balanced by a firm commitment to truth and judgment.

The failure of the Red Cross did not begin in Gaza. It began 80 years ago, after World War II.

In the aftermath of the Holocaust, the Red Cross offered aid not just to survivors—but also to Nazi war criminals. It issued travel documents to SS officers fleeing justice. It refused to condemn the death camps until the war was over. This was not neutrality. It was a disastrous misapplication of mercy. The Red Cross chose to treat all sides as morally equal, even when one side had committed genocide.

And that mistake has only deepened over time.

What began as excessive compassion for the wicked has now devolved into something far worse: a complete inversion of right and wrong. Today, victims and perpetrators are routinely confused. Hamas—the group responsible for mass murder, sexual violence, and hostage-taking—is given sympathy and legitimacy. Israel, the victim, is cast as the aggressor. And the Red Cross, instead of resisting this lie, has become a willing accomplice.

This is what happens when compassion is unmoored from justice. It becomes cruelty—cruelty to the innocent, cruelty to the oppressed, cruelty to truth itself.

The Bible does not reject mercy. It elevates it. But it insists that mercy must walk hand in hand with judgment. That’s why Abraham’s kindness was only part of the story. Without Isaac’s strength and clarity, it would have led to disaster.

At Israel365, we are committed to this biblical path. We care for the suffering. We speak out for the innocent. But at the same time, we do not shy away from calling evil by its name.

Love what is good. Hate what is evil. Never confuse the two.

Since October 7, we have cared for survivors of unspeakable evil, defended Israel’s moral right to exist, and told the truth—even when it’s unpopular. We believe this is what it means to walk in the light of God.

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