This petition asks that Ahlam Tamimi, the Sbarro restaurant bomber, including Australian Malki Roth, not be released as part of the Gilad Shalit exchange deal. Tamimi committed a heinous act, one of the worst during the Second Intifada, but why should she stay in jail, while others who have committed crimes just as bad, or indeed worse, go free? I don’t think I can sign a petition where there is an exception made for one prisoner from one bombing, because the snowball effect could end up derailing the entire swap deal and Shalit may never come home. Having said that, I don’t begrudge Mr Roth for making the petition or anyone who signs it. These are impossible questions with impossible answers.
Related reading: Permalink: http://liamgetreu.com/2011/10/16/petition-to-remove-a-name-from-the-gilad-shalit-prisoner-swap-deal/
Ha’aretz reports: Eli Yishai of Shas said Israel should consider releasing Jewish terrorists who carried out attacks against Palestinians. “It’s the right thing to do as part of the balances in Israel’s society,” Yishai said, adding that such a move would not “undo the releasing of hundreds of [Palestinian] prisoners, but it may sweeten the bitter pill.” Releasing Palestinian terrorists is wrong and an abomination and inexcusable, they say, but if we’re going to do it, why not also release some of our own to even the score, and let them run wild, ‘do their thing’ and wreak some havoc?
Related reading: Permalink: http://liamgetreu.com/2011/10/14/yishai-release-jewish-terrorists-to-balance-release-of-palestinians/
In Tablet Magazine, on why Gilad Shalit is a different kind of captured or missing Israeli soldier: “Shalit was very young and all alone, an ordinary boy who was nabbed by the enemy less than a year after putting on uniform. He was, in other words, an everyman.”
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Bibi has announced that Gilad Shalit will be “will be returning to Israel in the coming days,” in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. I think that more than 1,000 prisoners is quite a price to pay. The way I look at it, this is a win for Hamas — it’s what they always wanted, scores of prisoners released for just one.
Related reading: Permalink: http://liamgetreu.com/2011/10/12/gilad-shalit-to-be-released-in-the-coming-days/
It only took five years for them to notice, but Amnesty International is asking you to sign this petition to send to Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’s prime minister in Gaza: Prime Minister, I urge you to take all necessary measures to comply with Hamas’ obligations under international humanitarian law in order to ensure that Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit: is allowed to communicate with his family including through sending and receiving letters; [...]
Related reading: Permalink: http://liamgetreu.com/2011/07/01/sign-amnestys-gilad-shalit-petition-to-hamas/
I don’t think anyone expected this — Hamas political chief, based in Damascus, Khaled Mashal, has stated that Hamas might be willing to accept an agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinian Authority that is less than their charter demands. Mashal was interviewed by Newsweek, and Ynet reported on it by saying: “There is a position and program that all Palestinians share. To accept a Palestinian state on the 1967 [...]
Related reading: Permalink: http://liamgetreu.com/2010/10/21/mashal-hamas-could-be-willing-to-compromise/
A very long article appeared on the front page of the New York Times a week ago about the situation in Gaza. I thought it worth dissecting a number of choice quotes from it for those wanting just the spark notes. For one, a ‘lack’ of food doesn’t seem to be the primary issue: Goods are brought over the border or smuggled through the tunnels with Egypt. That is not [...]
Related reading: Permalink: http://liamgetreu.com/2010/07/21/the-plight-of-the-divided-palestinians/
Hamas split over exiling prisoners for Shalit The Hamas leadership in Damascus has rejected Israel’s demand that it exile certain prisoners released in exchange for abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, the London-based Arabic daily A-Sharq al-Awsat reported on Friday. The group’s leadership in the Gaza Strip, however, is willing to accept Israel’s proposal, according to the report. Because the Palestinians are factionalised enough as is… Interesting to see [...]
Related reading: Permalink: http://liamgetreu.com/2009/12/26/exactly-what-we-need-another-palestinian-split/
Prisoner-Swap Mediator Meets Hamas to Deliver Israeli Terms: A German mediator met with Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday to deliver Israel’s latest counter offer for a prisoner swap, but the Islamic militant group’s Syrian-based leadership is expected to have the final say. The German mediator is seeking to clinch a long-anticipated swap of some 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for a single Israeli soldier. [emphasis mine] After 1,278 days this [...]
Related reading: Permalink: http://liamgetreu.com/2009/12/24/could-gilad-shalit-actually-be-coming-home/
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