1,027 Palestinian prisoners will be released in the framework of the prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas that would bring IDF soldier Gilad Shalit home.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday night, Shin Bet chief Yoram Cohen said that in the first phase of the swap, Israel will release 450 prisoners. Two months later, Israel will choose an additional 577 prisoners it wants to release.
Unfortunately, this also means that Israel is to turn loose over a thousand murderers in order to get back one innocent. That precedent is disturbing -- but since Israel holds only terrorists rather than innocents as prisoners, I guess it was all they had to offer.
But to the international community I offer this observation -- Hamas has set the ration, so there can be no complaints about Israel's military response to Palestinian attacks until and unless those attacks kill more than 1027 Palestinians for every dead Israeli. After all, that is the ratio that the Palestinians have set themselves.
Palestinians Decalre One Jew Is Worth A Thousand Arabs
After all, they are getting over a thousand terrorists in exchange for one Israeli soldier.
Unfortunately, this also means that Israel is to turn loose over a thousand murderers in order to get back one innocent. That precedent is disturbing -- but since Israel holds only terrorists rather than innocents as prisoners, I guess it was all they had to offer. But to the international community I offer this observation -- Hamas has set the ration, so there can be no complaints about Israel's military response to Palestinian attacks until and unless those attacks kill more than 1027 Palestinians for every dead Israeli. After all, that is the ratio that the Palestinians have set themselves.Posted by: Greg at 04:38 AM
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