Inviting the next kidnapping
As the government gives orders to its negotiators to move ahead on a deal that will release 1500-2000 terrorists in exchange for kidnapped IDF corporal Gilad Shalit, the 'Palestinians' conclude that kidnapping Israeli soldiers and civilians is a valid strategy that yields positive results. And so, the 'Palestinians' look at a mass release of terrorists not as the end of one kidnapping, but as the beginning of the next one. This PMW Special Report includes 50 Palestinian statements concerning the Palestinian kidnapping-for-hostage policy. The statements cover the period since the release of 1000 terrorists by Israel in exchange for a kidnapped Israeli in 2004, until the current negotiations for the release of Gilad Shalit in December 2009. These Palestinian statements document that the Palestinian motivation and justification today for continued kidnappings is the direct result of the earlier prisoner releases.Read the whole thing.
Israel's release of prisoners in exchange for hostages is not seen by Palestinian society as merely the last stage of one kidnapping, but as the first stage of the next kidnapping.
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Due to Israel's willingness to release Palestinian terrorists from jail in exchange for freeing kidnapped and imprisoned Israeli hostages, Palestinians have concluded that kidnapping-for-hostage is a valid strategy to achieve the release of additional Palestinian terrorists. This report documents that these opinions are found across the political spectrum and among the Palestinian leadership, both Fatah and Hamas.
Who will be the next kidnapping victim?
Who will be the first victims of a terror attack carried out by one of the freed terrorists?
Earlier on Tuesday, Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Barak disavowed a statement by a 'senior person in the Prime Minister's office' that accused IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi of behaving like the chairman of the soldiers' parents' committee. While I can understand parents pushing for their own child's release, the government ought to have a broader view and keep the general public's interest at heart. While Ashkenazi may deem his first loyalty to be to the IDF, he's wrong. His first loyalty ought to be to the people of Israel.
As I am typing this, Israel Radio is reporting that Hamas is already drafting its victory statement. Sickening.
Reuters and the BBC Arabic service are reporting that the German intermediary is now in Gaza meeting with Hamas. It looks like this 'deal' is going to happen. What could go wrong?
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:50 PM
4 Comments:
Its wrong and no one is impressed by Israel's leaders swearing this will be the last ransom. Israelis have seen it before. Unfortunately, the pressure from the Shalit family and Israel's leftist media overwhelms caution and reason. More Jews are going to be killed. If I was Shalit, I would send home the message: "Do not ransom me. I was drafted to die for my country and its safety is far important than my own life. My blood is not redder than that of my fellow Jews. Do not surrender to the enemy."
That's how it ought to be.
What got us to this point? Imio, it was an almost irrational desire on the part of Israeli politicians to fit in, to demonstrate a level of progressiveness exceeding anything in Europe. This has led to the mixing of two valuable attributes that the Jews have always championed - justice and compassion (mercy, if you will). These are distinct attributes, imo, and mixing them ensures the pollution of them both. What does this have to do with Shalit? Justice means that Shalit should be free. Justice means that criminals should pay for their crimes. Neither of these have happened. The criminals are coddled in Israeli jails and the original victims are denied justice. Shalit remains captive and the criminals who hold him escape justice. This condition can be reversed, imo. Do whatever is necessary to free Shalit, in the name of justice. Hold the criminals responsible for their crimes even after Shalit's release. Compassion to criminals denies justice to victims.
"Do whatever is necessary to free Shalit, in the name of justice."
This puts every Jew in a uniform at risk. For our enemy it's an infallible method of exacting concessions and freeing the murderers of our children. It is not justice. Justice would be utilizing the death penalty for the shedding of Jewish blood -- no cell phones, no conjugal visits, no multi-tiered "human rights" advocates making regular visits and taking complaints. Killing our enemy is justice.
Moriah - respectfully, I disagree with your first statement because if you do everything else you say in the rest of the comment, then I believe that kidnapping will be less likely than more. IOW - I agree with everything else you said.
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