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Reut R. Cohen
Sgt. Gilad Shalit has been held captive for 995 days by Hamas, the Iranian-backed terror organization. Hamas expects hundreds of Palestinian terrorists in Israeli prisoners in order to conduct the swap. 325 names out of 450 terrorist names have been approved by Israeli government for release. Here are some details:Among those Israel refused to release were Abdullah Barghouti, given 67 life sentences for his role in a string of terror attacks, including at the Sbarro restaurant and Moment Café in Jerusalem, that killed 66 Israelis and wounded 500 others; Mohand Sarim, one of the planners of the Park Hotel bombing in Netanya, which killed 29 Israelis and wounded 64 others on Pessah 2002; and Ra'ad Hutari, convicted of recruiting a number of suicide bombers, including the one who perpetrated the 2001 attack at the Dolphinarium in Tel Aviv, which killed 22 people and wounded 83 others.
At the same time, Israel agreed to release hundreds of terrorists "with blood on their hands," including Nassar Nazal, a senior Hamas operative in Kalkilya who dispatched the suicide bomber who carried out an attack in October 2002 on the Bar-Ilan Bridge, killing one person and wounding 20.
This is an interesting point of comparison, as these Islamist murderers of children are revered by a depraved, brainwashed culture of people living in the West Bank and Gaza.
The following are statements from the Jerusalem Post regarding the father of Gilad Shalit:Following a meeting on Tuesday evening with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Noam Schalit, father of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad, told reporters that he still held hope that the government would be able to secure the release of his son.
"The prime minister briefed us on everything which has taken place up until now," Schalit said after he exited the premier's Jerusalem residence. "We received a number of clarifications and explanations [for the current status of the talks]."
"The prime minister will continue [negotiations], and is not throwing up his hands," he said. "It will continue until the very last moment, and we hope that there will be a slight increase in effort - in the hopes that, despite the brief amount of time left in this current government, we'll be able to secure a [breakthrough] so that we'll be able to see Gilad back home."
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Israel needs to destroy Hamas. They can do it but the international community is spineless and stupid.
It is impossible to reason with Hamas anyway.
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