Friday, November 27, 2009

Israel's paying too high a price for Shalit: encourages more kidnappings.

Eitam: Shalit Deal Endangers the State of Israel by Avi Yellin
(IsraelNN.com) Former Member of Knesset Effie Eitam told Israel National News that the deal currently being formulated to release terrorists in exchange for kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit is a serious threat to every citizen of Israel and will hamper the state’s ability to continue fighting terrorism. This, according to Eitam, is exactly what Hamas wants. “Hamas does not want the prisoner. They want the State of Israel’s defense and legal systems on their knees.” The reserves general added that the Shalit family is expressing the most natural and understandable position on the exchange but that the state cannot be managed by emotional parents. “The government has an obligation to factor in considerations of deterrence and sovereignty. If this deal will be carried out, it would seriously weaken the country’s foundations and will endanger every citizen by encouraging future abductions. We need the courage to place all options on the table.”//
Gaza charity offers bounty on kidnapping Israeli soldiers=
The Waad charity from Gaza is headed by Hamas’ Interior Minister. Waad offers $1.4 million to any Arab citizen of Israel who kidnaps an Israeli soldier. This is the first time that money was offered for that (Wall St. J., 11/19, A16). The constant Radical Muslim abuse of charities for warfare and criminality is just one of several underhanded ways of Radical Muslims. The world’s media and the Left has not caught on to that. It still makes Israel and the U.S. scapegoats for false allegations by Radical Muslims.****CAIR keeps protesting limitations on contributions to any Muslim charity even though some purely fund terrorism and others fund both legitimate activities AND terrorism.****
Lt-Col (res) Eckstein Offers 9 Rules for Abductions by Gil Ronen
...Lt-Col (res.) Gershon Eckstein offered nine rules for handling abductions – like that of Sgt. Gilad Shalit and preceding ordeals – and for reducing the effectiveness of subsequent blackmail and psychological warfare by terrorists:
1. As a rule, live terrorists will not be freed in return for soldiers' bodies. Otherwise there is a risk that the lives of abducted soldiers will be deemed expendable.**One would have thought this simple common sense but it has happened.**
2. The price tag will be one or two prisoners in exchange for an IDF soldier. It is possible to let the terrorists choose whom they want freed. No more than that.****And when the most heinous terrorists are chosen, that should be denied.****
3. No negotiations will begin before the Red Cross or another authorized body visits the abducted Israeli and provides reliable information of his well being and health.
4. Terrorists with blood on their hands who pose a security risk upon their release will not be freed.
5. The expression “free him at any cost” will be deleted from the national lexicon so as not to sacrifice Israel's strategic and national interests.
6. Despite the fashion regarding “the public's right to know,” a law shall be passed or an ordinance written that will forbid media reports on prisoner swaps, especially during negotiations, and maintain silence on the subject until the deal is finalized. All this is in order to achieve optimal results.
7. Decision makers including the prime minister, ministers and officials dealing directly in the negotiations will be forbidden from meeting the abducted men's families and their representatives until the end of the affair, so as not to place any pressure on the decision makers. Only a person who is not a direct part of the negotiations, who will be appointed by the government, will maintain contact with the families.
8. If a vote is held in the government on approving a swap, the vote should be a secret ballot so that ministers can vote according to their consciences without being influenced by external pressure.
9. The families of abducted individuals should not be a party to the negotiations, and they should not involve the media or engage in lobbying decision makers to persuade them to approve the deal. There should be an agreed code that makes it possible to maintain a distance between the decision makers and the families. With all due empathy for their plight, there should be ground rules regarding contact with them.****It's hard to see how the families' right to a public forum can be denied.****
...Legislation in this spirit will rein in the public discourse around abductions and reduce the pressure on the government. It may even gradually reduce the enemy's motivation to make use of the weapon of abductions.

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