The rewards of rewarding terror

Hamas issued this statement today:

 

Hamas issued a statement to reporters Monday in support of capturing Israeli soldiers in order to use them as bargaining chips in negotiating the release of Palestinian prisoners.

 

"We believe that kidnapping soldiers and exchanging them for prisoners is the best solution for releasing our heroes, after the failure of all the diplomatic channels."

 

The statement speaks for itself. Anyone who had any doubts about the wisdom of exchanging hundreds of prisoners for three bodies and a degenerate drug dealer in the deal with Hezbollah can now understand the full nature of the disaster that Israel has brought on itself by agreeing to these exchanges. The need to save the life of one one loved one and return him to freedom must be weighed against the future consequences: kidnappings and murder that will claim many, many lives.

 

The Palestinian prisoners' issue should be addressed in three ways:

 

No more exchanges except on a one for one basis.

 

Death penalty for those whom we cannot affort to see freed.

 

No prisoners held under administrative detention.

 

Rapid release of people who committed minor offences, especially women and children.

 

Ami Isseroff