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Israel absolves 36 terrorists

admin — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:57:20 +0000

from Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades after they signed a promise to refrain from terrorism.
Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades recently renounced the cease-fire it concluded with Israel.

Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade rescinds truce with Israel

admin — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:56:05 +0000

Months ago, Israel pardoned hundreds members of Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades and released a thousand more from Israeli jails. All of them signed a laughable promise to never-ever again engage in terrorism against Israel.
After Israel invaded Gaza, Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade rejected its earlier commitment and vowed to resume suicide bombings in Israel.
Those who seek peace or truce with Palestinians need take a lesson, if they are able to learn.

Kidnapped Regev and Goldwasser are not alive,

admin — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:09:24 +0000

according to Der Spiegel. That was our conclusion long ago, after Hezbollah refused proof-of-life for them, and considering the low level of hysteria in government-controlled Israeli media over Regev and Goldwasser as compared to Shalit.

IDF arrests Tanzim leader

admin — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:01:34 +0000

Salaam Al Aviyat. That’s kind of odd in view of the expected release of the Tanzim leader Barghouti, so far jailed in Israel.

Jewish blood is PR for Olmert

admin — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:30:44 +0000

Olmert relaxed the criteria for prisoners release. Now the Palestinian terrorists who failed to murder Jews but only left them wounded are deemed to have no “blood on hands.” Olmert needs the prisoners swap to bring home kidnapped Cpl. Shalit and score great PR victory with Israeli mob at the cost of releasing more than a thousand Palestinian terrorists.

Israeli media mad about Hezbollah holding remains

admin — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:02:33 +0000

Israeli government, media grew hysterical in the recent days over Hezbollah’s claim of holding partial remains of a single Israeli soldier. A sensible person won’t understand what’s the big deal: okay, let Hezbollah enjoy the remains. Israeli government is desperate to conclude a prisoners swap with Hezbollah to get one to three Israeli MIA’s for at least 1,400 of Arab terrorists.

Defense Ministry mulls Barghouti release

admin — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:05:39 +0000

Vilnai announced Barghouti will be among the hundreds of Palestinian terrorist prisoners to be swapped for the Cpl Shalit. Mubarak called Barghouti, the leader of murderous Tanzim, the worst man in Arafat’s entourage.

Israeli government mulls mass release of terrorists

admin — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:49:30 +0000

Chiefs of IDF, Shabak object to the planned government decision to soften the criteria for prisoners “with blood on their hands.” Israeli government is ready to release all terrorists with not a lot of cheap Jewish blood on their hands.

Jews, stay home

admin — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:19:11 +0000

Israeli government releases another 429 Palestinian terrorists as a goodwill gesture. Majority of the released terrorists immediately return to the only occupation the know: terrorism. The retarded Israeli government requires the released Palestinian terrorists to sign a declaration promising to never-never engage in terrorism again.
Israeli public has previously opposed the unequal prisoner swaps. Israeli government gave in: no more swaps, just unilateral releases of Palestinian terrorists.

Israel releases 441 Arab terrorists

admin — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:36:30 +0000

The release is a goodwill gesture, nothing expected in return. IDF soldiers risk their lives daily arresting similar terrorists.

Israel pardons Al Aqsa Martyrs

admin — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:00:08 +0000

The list of the PLO-Fatah terrorists Israel pardoned in July includes the leader of Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade in Jenin, major terrorist cell that continues operating against Israel.

Israel giveth, Hamas taketh away

admin — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:39:29 +0000

Hamas arrested 400 of Fatah gangsters and loyalists in Gaza. Israeli government announced the plans for releasing 400 PLO-Fatah terrorists from Israeli jails.

Good news about Olmert come from Egypt

admin — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:09:05 +0000

Egyptian newspaper Al Hayat reports that Israeli government abandoned the exchange of more than a thousand jailed terrorists for a single Israeli corporal five months ago.

Shimon Peres surprises Israel

admin — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:27:33 +0000

Israel president Peres froze the release of 29 Palestinian terrorists, a goodwill gesture by Olmert’s government. Perhaps the Arabs didn’t pay Peres enough. Normally Shimon Peres pushes for concessions to Arab enemies.
Meanwhile, IDF chief of staff Ashkenazi protests release of Palestinian terrorists while Cpl.Shalit remains kidnapped. Would the release of hundreds of hardcore Palestinian terrorists be more ethical if Dughmush clan releases a single Israeli corporal?

Ben Eliezer calls for Barghouti release

admin — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:02:35 +0000

Ben Eliezer imagines that Barghouti’s release will prompt Palestinians to release kidnapped Cpl. Shalit. Even if it were true, the exchage is not worthwhile given Barghouti’s high stance. Barghouti retained high credibility among Palestinians because Israeli jail prevents him from corruption. Abbas will confront Barghouti who can challenge his leadership. Strategically, Barghouti will strengthen Fatah while Israel needs stronger Hamas which will end the defeatist peace process.

Israel releases 87 terrorists

admin — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:41:06 +0000

Formally “without blood on their hands,” all of them attempted murder or were accomplices to murder of Jews.

Abbas slams Israel after release of Palestinian terrorists

admin — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:12:11 +0000

Israeli government congratulated Jewish victims of terrorist attacks with Yom Kippur by releasing 90 Palestinian terrorists. Abbas subsequently declared that no peace is possible with Israel while she holds thousands more of his terrorists in jails.
Abbas has to adopt right-wing stance in order to compete with popular Hamas.
Israel refused Palestinian demands of exchanging more than a thousand terrorists for kidnapped Cpl.Shalit, but released and pardoned almost 500 terrorists by now without exchange.

IDF on failure of amnesty deal

admin — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:48:40 +0000

IDF ceased pursuit of hundreds of Palestinian terrorist fugitives in return for their promise to stop attacking Israel. Abbas paid them with Israeli money to surrender weapons. Even though the bonus far exceeded the market price of automatic rifles, most did not surrender their weapons. According to IDF, “many” of the pardoned fugitives ceased terrorist activity. In Israeli parlance, that means that most pardoned terrorists remain active.
Israel supplied Fatah gang with thousands of rifles, but Fatah doesn’t confront Hamas even in the West Bank.

Jews eager to prove themselves good

admin — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:54:23 +0000

Israeli government will release another one hundred Palestinian gangsters in a goodwill gesture. Only heinous criminals serving long sentences will be let loose. No Palestinian group stopped terrorist attacks against Jews.

Kidnappers ask Shalit family to press Israeli government harder for exchange

admin — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:46:47 +0000

The kidnapping group, PRC recently sprout political wing and will take part in the next Palestinian elections, adding to Abbas’ rack of moderates.

Kidnapped Israeli soldiers might not be alive

admin — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:47:10 +0000

Hezbollah rejected Israeli idiotic offer of swapping hundreds of convicted Arab terrorists for the two kidnapped IDF soldiers. Hezbollah refused to offer sign of life proof – an unreasonable move if both soldiers are alive.

Israel releases 255 Palestinian terrorists

admin — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:34:06 +0000

One terrorist scheduled for release will stay in Israeli jail because he has switched from Tanzim to Hamas. Tanzim is way more militant than Hamas and its leader Barghouti stays in Israeli jail. Israel released Tanzim terrorists and refused to release Hamas’s.
Government plans to release more terrorists.

Terror Victims Association challenges Arab prisoners release

admin — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:32:33 +0000

Almagor filed a petition with Israeli High Court asserting that government overstepped its limits of power by pardoning the terrorists duly sentenced by Israeli courts.
Other released terrorists murdered or abetted the murder of 177 Israelis in the last seven years.
Parole Board refused parole to Yona Avrushmi, sentenced in 1983 for merely killing a Peace Now activist.

Justice Ministry squeaks against Olmert’s treason

admin — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:13:51 +0000

Pardons department announced that at least 17% of earlier released terrorists return to terrorism. Shin-Bet security service routinely provides much higher estimates.
Israeli government releases 250 Fatah terrorists to help Abbas.

Olmert confirms releasing 250 terrorists to aid Fatah

admin — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:45:52 +0000

About 10,000 other Palestinian terrorists remain in Israeli jails. Israeli move is meant to thank Abbas for disarming Palestinian militias. PFLP denies Abu Mazen’s claim that its fighters turned in their weapons.

Killing Hamas is more important than killing Jews

admin — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:30:32 +0000

Israeli government confirmed Palestinian report about Israeli ceasing hunting 178 wanted Fatah terrorists to free their hands to fight Hamas. Since fighting Hamas is dangerous, Palestinian terrorists will actually continue murdering Jews to liberate Arab homeland.

Peace process is not Olmert’s top priority

admin — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:33:27 +0000

Olmert reschedules the meeting with Egyptian, Jordanian foreign ministers. Olmert, an acute politician, realizes the discussion is worthless, but conducts it for the world’s media and his American sponsors. Israeli government released 250 terrorost prisoners as a welcome for the Arab League delegation which did not arrive.

Hamas demands rewards for all of Shalit’s kidnappers

admin — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:29:52 +0000

Hamas rejected the Israeli list of Arab prisoners to be released in exchange for Shalit because the list includes no members of Popular Resistance Committees which also participated in the kidnapping and are entitled to its fruits.
Prisoners’ exchange is a result of mass media hysteria about a single kidnapped soldier.

Olmert hopes to build goodwill with terrorists

admin — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:28:43 +0000

Israeli PM claims the release of 250 convicted Arab terrorists will expedite the release of captured Israeli soldiers. Historically, Arabs never reciprocated Israeli gestures.

Prisoners release won’t hurt. Maybe.

admin — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:20:02 +0000

Kadima and Labor voted to release 250 of would-be Arab terrorists held in Israeli jails. The terrorists “lack blood on their hands” – a condition of the release – mostly because Shin-Bet and the IDF cuaght them before they managed to kill Jews. Olmert asserted that prisoners’ release wouldn’t diminish the chances of rendering the kidnapped IDF’s soldiers. Shin-Bet’s Avi Dichter muttered that no prisoners’ release ever helped Israel. Traditionally, the released terrorists are welcomed back to Palestine as heroes and return to the ranks of acting terrorists.
Abbas decried the prisoners’ release as insufficient and unimportant. Hamas decried the release as Fatah’s collaboration with Israel.
Olmert rejected a list of prisoners prepared by Shin-Bet, IDF, and the Justice Ministry because Abbas complained that sentences of many on the list are soon to expire, anyway. Israeli government will approve a list of more dangerous terrorists to release, to be compiled shortly.
Shin-Bet works with Hamas and Hizbullah on the two prisoners swaps for Shalit and Regev/Goldwasser.

Government claims the release of Jordanian terrorists an extradition

admin — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:28:34 +0000

Israeli government opposes the petition by mother of one of the Jews killed by the Jordanian terrorists soon to be released from Israeli jail to Jordan. Terrorism, however, is not crime but an act of war, and no country extradites terrorists to their welcoming homeland.

Olmert found 250 reformed Arab prisoners

admin — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:28:13 +0000

Olmert announced the unilateral release of Palestinian prisoners as a gesture of goodwill toward Fatah. Fatah criticizes the list as containing the Arab prisoners whose sentences are soon to expire, anyway.
Dozens of Jewish political prisoners in Israeli jails won’t be released. They have no Fatah to lobby for them.

Israel lacks innocent Palestinian prisoners

admin — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:04:50 +0000

Olmert’s government didn’t yet approve a unilateral release of 250 jailed Palestinian terrorists “without blood on their hands,” as Olmert promised to Egypt’s Mubarak, because it cannot find enough of them. Olmert intends to release Palestinians who are not murderers and served long jail time – an unlikely match.

High Court tests prisoners’ exchange

admin — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 18:15:11 +0000

Mother of Pinhas Levy, murdered in Jordan Valley, appeals the Israeli government’s decision to transfer his murderers to Jordan.

Israel rejects Hamas’ demands for prisoners’ swap, will release terrorists unilaterally

admin — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:08:28 +0000

Facing the Palestinian refusal to accept a prisoners’ swap which doesn’t include high-value terrorists, Olmert announced unilateral pardon of 250 convicted Palestinian terrorists.
Olmert will ensure that the released terrorists won’t revert to attacking Israel, as most Arabs do upon release, by asking them to sign a statement promising good behavior. Is he brain-damaged like Sharon?

Back to jail: IDF arrests Izzadin Kassam founder in Ramallah

admin — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:58:29 +0000

Saleh Aruri left Israeli jail just months ago after serving 15-year sentence.
More than a thousand convicted terrorists await release in prisoners’ swap.

Israel is set to release Barghouti

admin — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:00:53 +0000

With the recent poll indicating that Fatah will score 59% with Marwan Barghouti while 49% with Abu Mazen in early elections, Israel is hard pressed to release the convicted terrorist. Shimon Peres will press to pardon Barghouti and include him, among hundreds of other terrorists, in prisoners swap for a single Jew, Gilad Shalit.

A thousand terrorists is too little for moderate Fatah

admin — Sun, 27 May 2007 07:31:04 +0000

Egyptian mediators will push the Palestinian government to swap Cpl. Gilad Shalit for a thousand of Arab terrorists.

Israel is close to prisoners swap with Hezbollah

admin — Sun, 20 May 2007 06:40:41 +0000

According to al-Itahad newspaper, Israel will release Hezbollah’s security prisoners, including convicted terrorists.
Why not round up a dozen of Hezbollah’s parliament members instead and exchange them for Israeli POWs Regev and Goldwasser?

Olmert announces, he will repeat prisoners’ swaps, not the earlier swaps’ errors

admin — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:19:36 +0000

How so?

Members of Terror Victims Association boycott national ceremony to protest prisoners’ release

admin — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:13:51 +0000

Study by the Almagdor association shows that earlier released Arab prisoners killed 177 Jews in the last five years.

IDF attempts arresting two Al Aqsa operatives, kills them “in gunfight”

admin — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 08:14:06 +0000

In the wake of prisoners’ exchange, arresting two more was not feasible

Hamas demands return of Fatah leader Barghouti in exchange for Shalit

admin — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:02:42 +0000

Two factions appear not so rival. Moderate Fatah profits from Shalit’s kidnapping. Stalin famously rejected German offer to exchange his POW son for Friedrich Paulus, saying he won’t exchange lieutenant for a general.

Israel to Hamas: kidnap our soldiers

admin — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:57:50 +0000

Swapping hundreds of terrorist prisoners for corporal Shalit sends clear message to Hamas which stated today, “kidnapping soldiers and exchanging them for prisoners is the best solution for releasing our heroes”.

Palestinians ask Red Cross to help release terrorists

admin — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:53:35 +0000

Thousands gather before Red Cross office in Gaza