Netanyahu to Halt Perks to Terrorist Prisoners; Hamas Calls Foul
The many-layered ludicrousness of this exchange sounds like something that might have appeared in a Waugh satire, if Waugh had been able to stomach writing about Jews.
Last week, Hamas flatly rejected a demand by the Red Cross that they provide evidence that Gilad Shalit, the IDF staff sergeant whom they have kept chained in assorted cellars in Gaza for five years, is alive. Not a single person has been permitted to visit Shalit since he was snatched; nor has he been permitted so much as a letter from his mother throughout his captivity.
Speaking a few days ago at the Israeli Presidential Conference, PM Bibi Netanyahu announced that in response to Hamas's refusal to provide proof of life, he has "decided to change Israel's policy concerning terrorists in Israeli prisons. We are obliged to respect Israeli law and international law, but we are not bound to anything beyond that, and therefore the over-generous conditions in Israeli prisons will stop...I have for example stopped the absurd procedure whereby terrorists register for academic studies. There will be no more masters in murder and doctorates in terror. This party is over."
Hamas has responded by calling Netanyahu's tightening of conditions a violation of international law.
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Feb '11
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But if you take away all these perqs, what is left to hold over their heads next time they act badly?
/sarcasm
Nov '10
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I support all of PM Netanyahu's decisions; wish only that our president had such courage and conviction.
May '10
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Bibi for president.
Aug '10
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What took them so long? Patience like that almost beggars belief.
Apr '11
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"Hamas has responded by calling Netanyahu's tightening of conditions a violation of international law."
What beggars belief is that there are people who will take Hamas's response seriously.
Sep '10
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Think of the PhD dissertations in Jihad Studies that will never be finished now. I expect the AAUP and the NEA to issue a statement of condemnation....
Feb '11
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"Hamas has responded by calling Netanyahu's tightening of conditions a violation of international law."
Hamas is a violation of international decency. Good for Israel.
Jun '10
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Once more proving what tyrants those blood sucking Israelis are. What next...will Netanyahu cancel all visits to the Day spa?
If there were no other reasons ever, the world's hypocracy over the Shalit kidnapping is enough for Israel turn it's back and drop it's pants to any and all of these sanctimonious institutions.
May '10
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Do you think Sgt Shalit is still alive Judith? I hope so for him and his family. I can imagine Hamas torturing him to death, and then trying to hide the body as they realise what a public relations disaster they have created.
How about restricting Red Cross access to Jihadists until Shalit is seen by Red Cross? Quid pro quo treatment, would bring in to distinction the cruelty of Hamas and its duplicitous supporters.
Edited on Jun 26, 2011 at 10:40amJul '10
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The perks help shut down Western criticism of Israel, but in the current environment they are getting precious little credit I've seen excepting from Germany's Merkel government.
After 9/11 I was looking around for a primer for the little Sisyphuses on Islamist terrorism and settled on Netanyahu's Fighting Terrorism, I knew his reputation, and his command of the topic and matter of fact approach to strategy and tactics won my full respect and admiration. I like to think some of that rubbed off on my kids as well.
An odd effect of the asymmetry in Israeli/Arab dealings is that it paints Israel as the stronger, more mature party. Like when an adult spots a student a queen in a chess game. I am missing how Shalit's treatment has ever been in compliance with international law, or how such savagery qualifies a people for statehood in the Arab mind.
Jun '10
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Sisyphus, "I am missing how Shalit's treatment has ever been in compliance with international law, or how such savagery qualifies a people for statehood in the Arab mind."
If the Arabs wanted the "Palestinians" to have a State, they would have seen to that decades ago. They just want to get rid of the Jews in their neighborhood...and after that, anywhere else.
Jul '10
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cdor: Sisyphus, "I am missing how Shalit's treatment has ever been in compliance with international law, or how such savagery qualifies a people for statehood in the Arab mind."
If the Arabs wanted the "Palestinians" to have a State, they would have seen to that decades ago. They just want to get rid of the Jews in their neighborhood...and after that, anywhere else. · Jun 26 at 6:38pm
They did see to it years ago, providing a home in Jordan. Within two years Arafat & friends were caught trying to assassinate the king and expelled. If you are willing to amend your last sentence to say infidels instead of jews, we will be in complete agreement.
Edited on Jun 26, 2011 at 8:36pmJun '10
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"If you are willing to amend your last sentence to say infidels instead of jews, we will be in complete agreement." Sisyphus
It's a deal...but don't forget about the "Paleys" move from Trans Jordan to Lebanon. That was the beginning of the end for that country. They were givin Gaza with billion dollar greenhouses which were immediately destroyed because the Israelis built them.
P.S.
See this blurb in Commentary about the Human Rights groups current statement regarding Shalit:
http://tinyurl.com/5t4deww