Freeing Jewish Prisoners
Peace Now has called on the Prime Minister to immediately remove from the Knesset’s agenda any discussion about the initiative to free Arab prisoners within the framework the the Shalit Deal. “The deal is difficult enough for Israel, and there is no reason to add additional risk to Israel’s citizen’s by releasing Arab terrorists to the streets,” said Peace Now’s Director, Yariv Oppenheimer. The left’s proposal is immoral and represents a warped worldview that allows attacking and killing Jews. NRG-Maariv.
Interesting to see a moral position from Peace Now about the legitimacy of releasing terrorists.
It’s a shame that Peace Now didn’t actually say the above, rather they said the release of “Jewish Terrorists” was immoral and represents a warped worldview. Interesting how they have no problem at all release Arab murderers, but not Jewish ones…
I would think that the only way to add any morality to the release of Arab murderers, would be to release Jewish ones as well.
Hagai Segal writes an interesting Op-Ed piece in YNET on the subject:
When a murderer is sentenced to 36 life sentences but is being released after barely eight years, it becomes clear that verdicts around here are not binding. The judges wrote something, so what?
For lack of other choice, what is left to do now is to at least adhere to the principle of equality before the law, or more accurately, equality before the absence of law. A mass release of Arab terrorists requires us to embark on a parallel release of Jewish security prisoners. It isn’
