Regev and Goldwasser are dead, and Israel has set Hamas an example to murder Gilad Shalit, because it won’t matter if he’s dead or alive—Israel will deal for his body just as much as she would deal for his living person. And the terrorists are celebrating. The democratically-elected “moderate” Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas congratulated convicted child killer Samir Kuntar’s family.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday welcomed the execution of the prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hizbullah. Abbas congratulated the family of released Lebanese murderer Samir Kuntar and sent his condolences to the Lebanese families receiving their loved ones’ bodies as part of the deal.
Hamas’ prime minister in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyeh, congratulated Kuntar and Hizbullah for “the great victory of the resistance, which proved the rightness of our way.”
He said Hamas would not abandon the Palestinian prisoners jailed in Israel.
[…] “Today we stress again that we won’t give up our prisoners. We won’t be able to waive these heroes without an honorable deal for our prisoners in Israel. The Israelis must pay a price. They must know that they will pay a price in return for an exchange deal. We cannot accept having these prisoners remain in jail.”
How many terrorists will be set free for Gilad Shalit? Thousands? How many will murder again?
Israel will pay a very high price for this exchange. As I said before, I’m not an Israeli. I can’t understand the pain they feel about not knowing if their sons are dead or alive. But I can predict the outcome of these actions. There will be more dead Israeli sons and daughters, and the terrorists will try, again and again, to kidnap (or kill and kidnap) more Israelis to exchange for their murderers in prison.
Ehud Olmert is presiding over one of the worst deals in Israel’s history. But Ariel Sharon did the same several years ago.
And here you see the difference between Israel, a civilized nation, and the nations of savages that surround her. Civilized human beings do not celebrate the acts of murderers.
The sorrow that swept across Israel with the images of the coffins contrasted sharply with the hero’s welcome that awaited convicted killer Samir Kantar upon his return to a homeland he left 29 years ago to set out on his deadly mission.
Hezbollah supporters set up a makeshift stage in the coastal town of Naqoura and a drum corps awaited the prisoners’ return. A giant red carpet was rolled out along a road next to the seashore.
On the platform stood a large photograph of a weeping Israeli woman. A nearby sign read, “Israel is shedding tears of pain.” Another read: “Lebanon is shedding tears of joy.”
Hundreds of Lebanese wearing yellow caps crowded in a narrow corridor between rows of banana trees and metal railings set up to along the road. An overhang shielded Shiite Muslim sheiks and other dignitaries from the midday sun.
An official ceremony was to follow at Beirut Airport with Lebanon’s president, prime minister and parliament speaker in attendance. Nasrallah was to address what is expected to be a huge celebration at the group’s stronghold south of Beirut.
Then again, in civilized nations, some assholes try to equivocate a murderer’s past and make him look like something of a “freedom fighter” instead of the brute that murdered a child and her father.
I am running out of any words that don’t include terms that I would probably be pilloried for at a later date.
But I can tell you quite plainly that right now my rage is Hulk-level. I wish nothing but ill for Kuntar and the bastards that sent him to Israel to hurt innocents. I leave you with this quote from the murderer’s mother, who will be able to hold her son again—something that the Regevs and Goldwassers will never do:
Mrs. Kuntar turns defensive when asked about the child. “Certainly, it bothers me,†she said in the 2006 interview. “She wasn’t guilty of anything.â€
Neither were the rest of his victims. Neither were Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev. You cannot say the same for Kuntar.
Has anyone determined how long Goldwasser and Regev have been dead? Were they killed immediately? Or only upon Israel accepting the principle that dead bodies were good enough?
The Arabs murder Jewish prisoners.
Russ, Israel has traded live terrorists for dead bodies before, so Hezbullah could expect from the start that Israel would eventually settle for corpses. I believe that under Jewish law there must be physical evidence of death, or the families are in limbo for seven years. Recovery of the bodies provides that evidence. The question of when they were killed is of less importance than the fact that they were taken alive and subsequently murdered.
This war crime must be proclaimed to the world, so that no one can miss it, or fail to understand its import.
When the Arabs or Iranians say “Peace in the Middle East” they mean the destruction of Israel and the genocide of its Jewish inhabitants. Anyone who fails to realize this does not understand the issue.