Israel Will Swap Murderers for Shalit
Charles Johnson
Sun Apr 8, 2007 at 9:19 am PDT • Views: 257
Israel will apparently be making a deal with the Hamas kidnappers of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, releasing an undisclosed number of terrorists and murderers from prison in exchange for Shalit: Israel confirms receipt of list of prisoners for swap.
Hamas has recently presented a list with the names of prisoners it wishes to see released in exchange for freeing Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit. An Israeli source, who is involved with the negotiations, says the list has reached Israel. However, the problem is that Israel finds some of the names on the list unacceptable. Israel will agree to the release of some prisoners “with bloodied hands” (those who have participated in attacks in which Israelis were killed), but not necessarily to the senior figures Hamas is demanding.
It appears that an agreement has been reached on the number of Palestinian prisoners Israel will release in three stages, in exchange for Shalit’s freedom.
Israeli security sources confirmed last night that a “certain progress” was made in efforts to bring about the release of Shalit. The same sources noted that there are many complex obstacles in the way to completing the deal with Shalit’s kidnappers and warned that the process may take time.
No one seems to care that rewarding Hamas this way will guarantee more of the same.
Frank says: