By Steven Emerson
Israel has undertaken an incredibly wrongheaded prisoner exchange with the terrorist group Hezbollah. It's just the latest move in a troubling trend of unequal deals between the Jewish state and its declared enemies.
The swap, approved overwhelmingly by the Israeli cabinet, has the Israelis handing over five Lebanese prisoners, including the notorious terrorist Samir Kuntar, plus the bodies of 199 Hezbollah and Palestinian terrorists. In exchange, it received the bodies of two soldiers captured by Hezbollah in the summer of 2006 plus an 80-page Hezbollah report on captured Israeli airman Ron Arad.
But at least Israel is received something in return. Consider another deal with terrorists - Israel's "truce" with the Hamas rulers of Gaza. Since the "truce" took effect on June 19, Israel has been hit by least 20 rocket and mortar attacks from Gaza. Read more ...
Israel has undertaken an incredibly wrongheaded prisoner exchange with the terrorist group Hezbollah. It's just the latest move in a troubling trend of unequal deals between the Jewish state and its declared enemies.
The swap, approved overwhelmingly by the Israeli cabinet, has the Israelis handing over five Lebanese prisoners, including the notorious terrorist Samir Kuntar, plus the bodies of 199 Hezbollah and Palestinian terrorists. In exchange, it received the bodies of two soldiers captured by Hezbollah in the summer of 2006 plus an 80-page Hezbollah report on captured Israeli airman Ron Arad.
But at least Israel is received something in return. Consider another deal with terrorists - Israel's "truce" with the Hamas rulers of Gaza. Since the "truce" took effect on June 19, Israel has been hit by least 20 rocket and mortar attacks from Gaza. Read more ...
Source: Jewish World Review
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