Is it me, or does it just not make any sense to (1) release murderers into society and then (2) give them money? Well, it seems that Israel is doing just that: Israel Agrees to Release 250 Palestinian Prisoners.Â
JERUSALEM, July 8 — The Israeli government said today that it had approved the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners to bolster the administration of the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas.
Israeli and Palestinian officials also said that discussions were under way for a meeting between Mr. Abbas and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel, possibly early next week, although the exact date and location have yet to be set.
Mr. Olmert pledged to release prisoners belonging to Mr. Abbas’s Fatah faction at a meeting in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheik on June 25. David Baker, an Israeli government spokesman, said the gesture was intended to “shore up†the Palestinian leader and his new emergency government, which rules from the West Bank, after the violent takeover of Gaza by Fatah’s rival, the Islamic militant group Hamas.
I’m not sure it’s a great idea to be supporting a supposedly lesser evil to protect oneself against a greater evil (but I guess that is what some nations must do).
LGF writes that Israel is on the fast track to appeasement: “At this point in history, after Oslo, after countless suicide bombings and murders perpetrated by the very people Olmert is lauding as ‘moderates,’ there’s absolutely no excuse for this kind of delusional thinking.” I’m fairly certain I would have to be delusional to do what Olmert has done.
like chemotherapy the best option is often one of many shitty options. Israeli operatives have been protecting Fatah from Hamas in the West Bank for over a Year, with almost daily incursions and operations.