I dont like the Gilead Shalit swap. Israel will free more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier kidnapped by Hamas in 2006. Among them 280 convicted terrorists sentenced to life. What is the message of this political act? That Jewish blood is so precious that it is worth a thousand Arabs? That Jews are so attached to life that are ready to pay a suicidal price for it? because a thousand terrorists are being set free to take revenge on Jews. That Arabs are cheap, almost worthless? That Israel lacks the political will to carry out its sentences - an Arab terrorist who put a bomb in a crowded pizzeria in Jerusalem and killed dozens (pic) can safely expect to be freed in the next exchange? That killing Jews carries no punishment? I think we are sending out a message of weakness and in this neighborhood, that is fatal.
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I agree. I assume that it makes sense on some crazy emotional level or will boost Netanyahu's poll numbers because of the joyous homecoming. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
K
Agree also. Unfortunately your enemies hold life a lot more cheaply than you do, and that's an advantage for them.
Was Gilad Shalit "kidnapped" or is he a prisoner of war?
When Israel succumbs to the ransom - that creates a precedent that will reverberate across the globe.
I don't know, I think this is not as bad as the ransom we paid Hizballah for a drug dealer and two corpses.
oops. three corpses
yeah, everybody here is making the same comment. The Hizballah swap freed us from Lebanese prisioners, it was an international exchange. Are Palestinian terrorists legitimate soldiers? The current swap suggests so much. At the end of a war, the parties generally exchange prisioners. If it is that what is happening now, "mayle".
I wish the swap signaled the end of the 60+ year old war between the Jews and the Arabs, but I doubt it, I doubt it.
K
One can only conclude there are other aspects of the deal which have not been made public.
Anon.
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