Seems to me this amounts to crappy negotiating. How about releasing one. Or better yet, just bomb the crap out of them till they release the hostage.
This can only guarantee that another prisoner will be taken...
Report Gilad Shalit MAY Be Home by Friday
Ynet News/Fox News/The Lid | 11/22/09 | The Lid
Posted on 11/22/2009 1:09:58 PM PST by Shellybenoit
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