In that case he's now with his friends, the so-called Palestinians.
My thinking is, if this is how they treat the people who at least believe they are giving the Palestinians a chance to air their side of the story, why should anyone stick their neck out - literally?
The whole Palestinian issue reminds me of a pyramid marketing scheme gone horribly wrong: The only ones who benefit are the ones at the top, and the people who have been sucked into it are conditioned to see everyone around them as "resources", in this case, read "hostages".
The families of such victims quite often make these statements in the faint hope of saving their loved ones.
They'll say something like...release him or her, he or she is a journalist and they are more valuable alive and free so they can tell the story, than they are dead or kidnapped. I saw the family's statement. That's what they were trying to get at, in my opinion.
These people are making these statements under severe duress. Who knows what they would say if Steve wasn't at risked of being beheaded or whatever? Their true feelings are not being spoken...just words they think MIGHT have a chance to get Steve back alive.
I don't know what I would say in their shoes.
I do know how I feel about the Palestinians, though, when I'm not under duress, and it ain't pretty...
Steve Centanni is not a "friend" of the Palestinians. He has always been an intelligent and fair reporter.
This remark is by his family trying to give a reason to these animals to let him go without killing him.
Steve is a decent man, not a jihadi sympathizer. His life hangs in the balance.
What is that supposed to mean???
He was given a job and did it....please don't go there.