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...
You have a good point, rangerette. That was why I did not place any judgement on the family's statement.
These animals created their hell decades ago by literally betting the farm on driving Israel into the sea. They are free to integrate any time they want, and they would be welcomed into a cooperative relationship with Israel as an equal partner.
Their hate blinds them, and they would rather live in squalor and despair than have anything to do with Jews.