Last woman Palestinian prisoner freed in Shalit video swap

I guess it?s politically incorrect to say that yes, a rescue attempt should be launched, even if this could lead to injury or death for him or his rescuers. The abortive attempt at evacuating Nachshon Wachsman was the correct approach, even though the attempt failed and led to his death.

take no prisoners!

I was in the IDF and I'm speaking from what I would want. I would not want anybody with blood on their hands and fanatic views to be released into circulation on my behalf. If their is guarantee for peace it is one thing, but the idea of releasing some of the people on the list only justifies the act of kidnapping. Shalit is not a POW. He is not being treated humanly,and has no visitation rights (even by a third party). I see how Hamas treats their own, what do you think they are doing to Shalit. Don't even try to compare him to the prisoners in Israel, who had trials, sentences, and many have blood on their hands...Shalit has committed no crime and was abducted from Israel. Hope you don't mistake me for a fanatic...peace is all I want too but kidnapping is not the way to obtain it and peace is not what Hamas (and a few other groups) are aiming for.

"If he is killed then it is honourable and there is closure." Yeah, you can be the one to explain that to Shalit's Mom and Dad. If he were your son, would you say that? Maybe you would. There will only be peace when Israeli's love their children more than they love the occupation.

I agree with you in theory, all prisoners should be released when peace is achieved,but I am curious to know,what is your thoughts on Jewish terrorists who kill Palestinians and rarely face or spend long amounts of time in Israelis jail. Isn't there a double standard here, and what about all the innocent Palestinians who wee killed by the IDF or IAF bombs?

If they know where he is held, they should risk it. If Shalit is killed, it is honorable and there is closure. Negotiating and releasing prisoners sets precedent and Hamas will kidnap again. So long as he is held captive, the entire country is held captive. Send a message to Hamas!

I call on all, to pray for just but awful curses, sickness and torment on Gilad's captors and their families. May Gilad become a great and burdensome liability 24/7 to these barbaric captors, that they let him go free...just as the Egyptians in Moses's days were cursed by G_d, and let the Israelites go free, may the same happen with Gilad's captors.

Mike, first you told us a couple of days ago that the Hamas government was only elected for Gaza or something to that extent. Apparently you were not aware of it that the Hamas movement won national parliamentary elections (for the Palestinian Legislative Council) in 2006 and thus had the right to form the national government, which it duly did. Now you tell us and I quote: "Which European state would be stupid enough to give refuge to released Hamas terrorists? Oh Sweden perhaps? I know my country has let themse animals in before, only to have them turn on us." Please, tell us which Hamas members, given asylum in the UK, turned against the UK? Where and when? I know your allegations are lies. There was a group of Hamas mebers exiled in the early 1990s to South Lebanon for one year, but the UK never gave asylum to Hamas members, let alone that these people turned against the UK. Don't embarass yourself, Mike B., by being both economical with the truth and ignorant.

I always believed that the Israelis knew where Shalit was being held. If that was the case than there was no excuse for not trying to free him and having having him imprisoned all this time. I understand that until now they did not even know if he was alive. I remember earlier Israeli action like the Entebe raid. The new Israelis do not measure up to the founders of the state.

If Israel really knows the location of Shalit, it would have attempted his rescue during it war on Gaza. If he was killed during such a rescue operation then, no one would blame the army. Israel's claim to know about the Syrian or Iranian nuclear reactors does not necessarily imply that it knows the location of Shalit. Furtheremore, had Israel known about the second reactor it would have screamed and shouted about it long time ago.

We have may exemples, Jewish terrorist who killed their Arab zitizens. so the law is not the same for everyone.

1- If israel knows everything...where is ron arad? 2- If israel's policy is to prevent hostages by all means (aka...kill the kidnappers and the soldiers together on the scene) then why not storm the place...if something happens to shalit it is in par with the army's new policy.

I do tot see the point of exchanging Shalit for even a single terrorist, if that terrorist goes on to kill Israelis.

Which European state would be stupid enough to give refuge to released Hamas terrorists? Oh, Sweden perhaps? I know my own country has let these animals in before, only to have them turn on us.

Very few Israelis would be complaining if we released and deported them and strip them of their Israeli citizenship. I hear Hamastan is very nice this time of year.

Yes, it would be nice (and just) if the same law applied to all citizens. But I have heard that for one body of citizens the law says that anyone claiming to be related to them can immigrate, and for another that they are not allowed to, even if they were living there till 1948. Not to mention other aspects like education funding etc etc

Israeli Arabs should be subject to Israeli law unless they do not wish to be Israeli and prefer Palestinian I.D.s. Which if is the case Israel will gladly give such opportunity. If Israeli Arabs are not subject to the same laws then they are no longer Israeli.

In mideast bargaining, the actual purchase is less important than seeming to prevail in the process. The Yiddishe Ashkenazi kopf doesn't understand this, and so the deal was fixed from the beginning, and the Israels listened to their heart only and not their mind or their future. Every life is priceless, but equating one Israeli for hundreds of terrorists who will kill Israelis again is immoral, bad business, and plain dumb. The reputation for Jews as sharp business men evaoprates in this case. Turn off the water and electric permanently until Gilad is freed unharmed. Even the Hamasheads will get the message when they can't watch the anti semitic cartoons on the telly.

If the unnamed official spoke with the Prime Minister's authority, you think it is a form of spin. If he spoke on his own authority, he should be sacked. If they know, that we know, that they know, that we know, etc. we are in the usual hall of mirrors. I like the suggestion we lower the power and water pressure to Gaza intermintently but every couple of minutes: flick the lights of the Gazans to know that harassment is a two way street. Give em half power, so the t.v. goes grey, the fridges struggle, the propaganda on the radio turns into static, and the water dribbles out of the faucet like with grandpa. That's nothing compared to the pain they have inflicted on the Shallit family and Israel in general.. maybe that will work. Don't exchange masses of prisoners tho. That will only end in more Israeli suffering.