Israel repatriates 4 Jordanians serving life sentences for killing IDF soldiers

the subject of Jewish terrorism up to 1947 is brought up, You can securely bet a year's income that immediately the contradiction goes: No, they only attacked the British military, that was not terrorism. (Leaving aside that this is not true) I am wondering here again what makes the difference between an Arab who attacks the occupying military and and an Irgun member who attacked the occupying military? I mean a difference apart from the fact that the Arab gets a life sentence and the Irgun member gets a medal and a street named after him.

Thanks for your fair comments. May the LORD bless you. Israelis don't like to have somebody fighting back and inflicting losses to them, if you were an Israeli solider, it would not be a big deal to kill some civilians or kids playing at their schoolyard, you have to go back to your commander to say sorry, I will try to be careful next time!!

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I appreciate your commentary about Israeli Law. Now let me ask you this, when school children, Palestinian, are killed by Israeli fire, how do you propose Israeli law deal with them? Do you remember the case of when the Israeli Sergeant shot and killed a Palestinian girl? Then came all the way down from his tower, and emptied a full round of ten bullets into her? All he got was "Conduct unbecoming an Israeli Soldier". Shouldn't he have gotten life? http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2004/Imam-al-Hamas24nov04.htm See for yourself and here http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/697464.html There were witnesses that saw the whole tragedy, and turned him in, and yet het gets off AND gets compensation? What kind of Israeli law is that?

Where do you go off trying to dictate history? If anything Israel was a complete myth until 1948, is that not so? It doesn't matter how long or how loud the drums beat, people remember and people will continue to relay that information to newer generations. Jews and Palestinians lived side by side in Palestine before it became Israel in 1948. Now the claim becomes, historically, religiously, Jews have a right to Palestine, etc, etc. What that does not justify however is the slaughter of the innocent for the gain of anything. When other Occupiers slaughtered the occupied, it was called genocide, murder, etc. It's no different when Israel does it. Or when Hamas or Jihad do it. You can't hide the facts and you can't dictate the truth. Iraq was "Liberated", yet it's enslaved. Darfur is genocide, Deir Yasin was a massacre, nothing can change that. What you can do though, is wake up from your ignorant arrogance, and realize that you are not free from any wrongdoing just because.

...but it probably will not solve anything... negotiations (non-stop) regardless of what is happening is the only path to peace.

that folks would be upset by the release of these men, given that their sentences look like they're going to be lighter in Jordan. My question to you is, would you be just as upset if an IDF soldier was prematurely released after killing Palestinian civilians? It's interesting, label someone a Jew, and you mourn, label someone as an Arab, and you cry injustice. If you treat your own in a way that provides extreme leniency, do you not understand that others will do the same for their own? Nobody is a victim here, and nobody is to blame here but everyone is responsible for outcomes like this. Try to remember that everyone takes care of their own first, many IDF soldiers shot and killed Palestinian children of all ages, women, young men, and they got off with a slap on the hand and "please don't do it again", they laugh all the way back to their Military headquarters, where they jump back into a jeep, tank, jet, and do it all over again.

I'm all for giving Abdullah a chance to do something productive. Like establish a Human Rights constitution in Jordan, and eliminate the obscene, discriminatory Jordanian law making it a death penalty crime to sell land to a Jew. But I was responding to a poster who claimed Abdullah has "given and given" Israel [so much]. I just want to know what he thinks that might be.

This proves that Israel need to restore death penalty for terrorist crimes, otherwise terrorists will always be center of tractations and kidnappings for their release. Generosity is sometimes a crime as was saying a French XIII century writer !

The young King is at the very least maintaining his father's legacy of cooperation. Indeed give him the break he needs. We all need to stop the rancor and put learning about each other on a very fast track.

iF THE CAR PACKED WITH NAILS EXPLODED IN ENGLAND WOULD ONLY JRWS HAVE BEEN KILLED OR MAINED. sORRY TO HAVE TO REMIND YOU BUT THE CULTURE OF DEATH DOESNT CARE WHO IT KILLS AS LONG AS IT KILLS REGARDLESS OF THEIR RELIGION

I dont think you read newspapers or watch TV. Israeli parents do not strap bombs on their children. Israeli parents dont dance in the street when their child killed by bomb . Israel parents dontwave check in the air while they are runningto the bank, Daddies in Lebenan ran so fast they forgot to take their wives , children, elderly with them. Hezbella used thema s humam shields. Now who killed the children????????

Olmert should be congratulated for releasing murderers with blood on their hands for only a promise that they would serve 18 months more under Jordanian law. My suggestion is that Olmert serve out the rest of their sentence under Israeli Law.

Israel's philosophy from within at present, arm and release killers who murdered your own. Plea bargain 90% of serious crimes from within e.g. let convicted murderers out after 3 years instead of serving life terms.

Your king or shming is a fiction anyway. The older fax(Husein) outfaxed himself, however you can't do it for much longer. Jordan always was and is an artofficial creation and nothing absolutely nothing will change that fact, no whorish/saudy money, no American/EU misplaced belief in its important role for peace in the region. The end of the fiction is comming no matter what. The problem unfortunatelly might percist even if all will declare that from now on Jordan is Palestine. And the reason is simple there is no such a thing "Palestine" never was and never will be regardless of all the efforts of well and not so well intentioned morons. One artofficial creation on top of the other one will never make it natural. The so called pal's are in graet need to be decimated and desperced around the world for the next 5,000 years and if they survive that will be their redemption.

It appears again that jail sentences in Israel do not mean anything, even life sentences for killing Israelis.

The Olmert govt. MUST be the most corrupt, incompetent government in Israel's history. Time to go!!!!

Please educate me: What has Abdullah "given and given" to deserve anything in return? According to you, what has he given? And don't tell me he has "given" Israel peace. His father did that.

I regretfully must agree with you. People who covet death will use these basic right to destroy us. In the past I have donated to civil libertarian causes. I am still conflicted, but.. survival depends of stopping radical islam

Jews covet life your mislead people covet death. Get rid of your insane radical imans, and join the 21st century. So yes life is precious to those of us who understand this gift. So I would say that Jewish blood, Christian blood, Hindu blood, Buddhist blood, etc. is more precious than homicide brainwashed robot blood. You covet the next world, while we defend our right to live here, and now.

What do you expect from a country where plea bargaining is order of day in close to 90% of serious crimes. Man was murdered at the beach over a beach chair quarrel and killer was given just 3 years imprisonment on a plea bargain recently.

Everyone knows these SOB's will get out in no time flat to work their deeds yet once more. Where is the worth of an Israeli life?

but, what is it..?

good to see Israel is taking the first step in peace with jordan - now if only the other middle eastern countries also worked out their difference with israel thru the dialogue and not bombs

Jewish murderer's of Palestinian civilians always get a light sentence and quickly get out of Jail. So why shouldn't the Jordanians? Olmert did it to save himself and the king the embarrasment of having to release these Jordanian prisoners to HAMAS and HIZBULLA, when Jordan (a country at peace with Israel) has been requesting their transfer for a while.

especailly if their killers are being released

This is not just a problem for Israel. The problem lies within all democratic countries. the legal system has lost the pesrpective that its main purpose is to protect lives. Law Lecturers now teach their students that the prime purpose of law is to protect human rights. It is an aberation of philosophy which desperately needs correction at its core. Terrorists will thrive until the realisation dawns that human life superceeds human rights.

Blood is blood and no different IDF, Pal. Jordanian.

Olmert had to give king Abdulla something for his trouble in attending another useless meeting at Sharm-El-Sheikh. Abdulla has given and given and got nothing in return! Even McDonald's gives you a free BigMac if you visit them often!

Heck they would have released Eichmann if they had the chance.

Kahane tried to warn you. Olmert was one of the people who got the Kahane's barred from the Knesset in 88. Olmert, Likud and Labor weren't stupid. They knew the Kahane's would never give up Jewish land and let free Arab murderers. This is the real reason the Kahane's were barred in 88.

Get rid of the Olmerst government. He is destroying Israel. How dare him free the murderers of Jewish blood. For what? They go free in 18 months.

The relesed murderers will be welcomed as heroes at home,rekindling the fundamentalist flame,which like in S.Arabia is seeking overthrown of the "corrupt Western sovereign"

He did not murder or for that matter hurt anyone

They served enough time in Israeli jails, by that time, there was no peace treaty with Jordan so that was a legitimate act of resistance against occupiers. Be honest, how many years a settler will serve for killing Arab kids!!! May be 3 weeks in a 5 stars Psychiatry Department of a luxurious hospital!!! Oh I forgot Jewish blood is more precious than Arab blood

I think that that Israel would be better off if the court would have ruled that Olmert himself should be required to serve the remainder of these murders prison term in an Israeli prison.

When they interfere with political policies of Right Wing Gov.t's they don't seem to remember this policy of not interfering with political policies.

they killed IDF soliders and are being in effect set free. what is olmert going to do if jordan sets them free?

Terrorists must be shaking in their boots now. The Supreme Court needs to take a serious look in the mirror and ask itself whose rights it has defended over the past decade.