NYTimes reported The deal has stirred an especially painful debate in Israel, where the captured reservists, Mr. Goldwasser and Mr. Regev, both university students, have been declared dead. Though Israel has a history of trading large numbers of prisoners to receive captured soldiers, the prospect of exchanging the country’s most despised prisoner for corpses has raised hackles. There is also considerable mistrust of Hezbollah and fears that its seeming success in obtaining Mr. Kuntar’s release will only encourage it to attack again.
They [rpmised they would release Kuntar, but they should have sent him back in a box, just like their two soldiers. And they should have included explosives in the box, rigged to explode if the box was opened, and they should have urged the Palestinians to bury him without opening the box. And then when they opened it, tell them I told you not to open it.Hezbollah has said it carried out the 2006 raid in a bid to win the release of Mr. Kuntar, whom Hezbollah celebrates as a hero. Past attempts to secure his release include the hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruise ship in 1985.
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What can I say, just another ridiculous ploy....ANON
Damn skippy! How can they expect us to defend them if they won't even defend themselves?
That prisoner exchange was more than a little painful. Terrible, just terrible.
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