Posted on 07/16/2008 8:49:53 AM PDT by APRPEH
Israel National News - With the prisoner exchange with Hizbullah approaching its tragic climax, dozens of news crews at Rosh HaNikra and throughout the country are broadcasting the reactions of observers to the latest developments. The bitterly contested prisoner exchange is developing into one of Israel's most riveting and painful episodes, while Hizbullah and the PA celebrate victory and renew their threat to kidnap more IDF soldiers.
The conclusion of the prisoner exchange began Tuesday night with the release of child-murderer Samir Kuntar and four of his co-terrorists, and continued through Wednesday morning with the release of the coffins of Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser, all caught on camera for the nation and the world to see.
The framework of all the analysis needed has already been printed. The truth is that any action which puts into harm's way other Jews as a result can never result in good. To the families, such calculations cannot be considered for their main mitzvah is to bury their dead. I will let people with more learning than I discuss the mitzvah of redeeming captives vs. redeeming corpses and the national/Jewish/halachik ramifications.
All I will add to this talk is this observation. There will be celebrating in the Arab world while the Jewish world mourns her sons and weighs in on the future of these exchanges. Two Jewish sons have been returned home. Hundreds of dead arabians will be cleansed from the land. Arabs will cheer, Jews will cry. Two Jews who died for no good purpose are home, while murderous barbarians who killed for no good purpose will be free to kill and plot again. more
Swapping dead bodies of Israeli soldiers for live terrorists will only result in the deaths of more Israelis whose bodies will serve as grisly bargaining chips.
If you must regain your dead, swap body for body. Of course most of the Palesinians will be in bomb splattered pieces, but that’s their choice.
The news media HAS to report the COMPLETE, FULL details of the crime that one of those released was convicted of. I know that is a fractured sentence but I’m truly upset.
It’s simply unbelievable what has happened in this release. The crime Kuntar committed was horrendous, deplorable. Why doesn’t Israel have the death penalty to avoid any further disastrous decisions like this? With decisions like this coming from Israel, I’m having to rethink our support of this country. Do they deserve our support? The people of Israel must be heartsick over this.
God will bless those who bless Israel but accepting decisions like this will take a lot of discipline. Pray for the people of Israel but I think their government is much like ours - hopeless!
With any luck the Israelis slipped a microchip-sized transponder up Samir Kuntar’s a$$ before they released him and can now locate and bomb him and his buddies into Islamic hell.
I’m hoping Kuntar was given a slow but lethal poison just before his release.
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