Point Of No Return?- Or
Marwan Barghouti among 1,000 prisoners included in Shalit deal
Prisoner exchange for Hamas-held soldier to include release of notorious Palestinian terrorists, including ex-Tanzim chief Barghouti; two-phase deal to see 450 prisoners release parallel to Shalit; 550 more upon his return to Israel
Attila Somfalvi
Israel has agreed to release about 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in the framework of the agreement reached with Hamas to secure the release of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, news agencies reported on Tuesday citing Arab sources.
According to reports, the deal will include the release of the most notorious Palestinian terrorists, including former head of the Fatah Tanzim Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences for his role in the murder of Israelis during the al-Aksa intifada.
A source who has knowledge of the talks that led to the breakthrough told news agencies that the deal would be implemented in two phases. In the first phase, 450 Palestinian prisoners would be freed as Shalit would be released into Egytian custody while the remaining 550 would be freed upon Shalit's return home.
Israel had previously balked at Hamas' demands because some of the prisoners are serving lengthy sentences for deadly attacks on Israelis.
Other sticking points in the past have been whether prisoners would be allowed to return home to the West Bank and Gaza Strip, or be sent into exile instead. Exact details of the deal were not immediately available.
The exchange would include Amina Mona, a young woman who lured a lovestruck Israeli teenage boy to a Palestinian city over the Internet, only to have him killed by waiting militants, according to Mohammed al-Barem, a leader of the Popular Resistance Committees, one of the groups that captured Shalit. He gave no other names, but said it included 300 prisoners serving life sentences.
Israeli groups representing the families of people killed by Palestinian militants have objected to a prisoner swap, saying it would be too painful to allow their children's murderers to go free.
Meanwhile, the Land of Israel lobby in the Knesset urged the cabinet to reject the proposed prisoner exchange deal. The National Union Party said the deal represents "Israel's capitulation of terror groups."
I wonder at what point we are going to reach an understanding that we have lost and Israel has reached the point of no return?
At one point in time we would not have released terrorist with blood on their hands, not any more.
Israel needs the death sentence for terrorism, which would end future prisoner swaps and would result in a cost saving to Israel.
Today we have to pay to house these 1,000 terrorist in our jails, we should have killed every single one of them.
The same way we should have killed Abbas and other Palestinian leaders if Gillad was not returned with in hours.
How many Jews will be murdered by these 1,000 that will go free?
Or maybe this is a brilliant plan by Israel.
Make no mistake that the release of Marwan Barghouti who was serving five consecutive life sentences for the murder of Israeli's is a threat to the future of Abbas as they are not allies.
Barghouti is enough of a threat that he may over throw Abbas, thus bringing to a screeching stop the effort of Abbas to have the UN declare a terrorist state known as Palestine.
If Barghouti was not enough of a threat to Abbas this prisoner swap will elevate the popularity of Hamas in Judea and Samaria (west bank). The popularity of Hamas has been rising in recent months.
Hamas takes over from Abbas prior to the birth of a terror state, it would be still born.
Israel must then target for killing I so hate the game of words calling it elimination or what ever the current PC word is for killing terrorist thugs the following people slated for release as part of this deal.
" Marwan Barghouti who was sentenced to five life sentences for his role in the murders of Israelis during the al-Aksa intifada
Abdullah Barghouti who is serving out 67 consecutive life terms for building the bombs that murdered 66 people
Ahmed Saadat who headed the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and was responsible for the assassination of Israeli minister Rehavam Ze'evi
Hassan Salama, a Hamas leader who was convicted of murdering 67 Israeli citizens
Abbas a-Sayed, mastermind of the Park Hotel suicide bombing in which 30 Israelis were killed on the eve of Passover 2002
Ibrahim Hamed, who was found guilty of involvement in terrorist attacks that led to the death of 82 Israelis
So Israel may have created the eliminate the darling of the world Abbas and with him the threat of a state. Israel must then kill the above listed terrorist.
Israel will then have in a brilliant stroke achieved two things.
First the return of Gilad Shalit, which is a noble act.
Second if we by the release of these key individuals, start a internal fight among the Palestinians which stalls the threat of statehood.
Plus we no longer have to feed these terrorist every day.
Then I have to say Bibi, great job.
Only time will tell which scenario is true.
