[saruxanset]

I'm glad Hamas finally released him. I had given him up for dead.

[expabsPapsgag]

part of me is happy that Hamas has done this and they indeed want to turn their bad reputation around and work for peace...

the other part says that this is all some grand scheme and Hamas is still a terrorist organization in every sense of the word...

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[cigsstorenick]

Hamas is democratically elected, course we always ignore that when Islamics are democratically elected.

[Sertvfdnhgjk]

Meanwhile, Israeli FM Lipni, has met with President Sarkozy of France, who strongly supported Israeli gestures in support of the Abbas-Fayed govt. Lipni also met with the FM of Morocco.

[Ikrleprl]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
2. When will Hamas release Gilad Shalit, if they are opposed to kidnapping? Why should they? Shalit is an enemy soldier. There are many Hamas soldiers the IDF is holding indefinitely.

[thierabess]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


Why should they? Shalit is an enemy soldier. There are many Hamas soldiers the IDF is holding indefinitely.
1. Hamas militants held are held for crimes, they are not POWs. They were never the uniformed soldiers of a state, nor were they even the official security forces of the PA

2. Hamas does not extend Shalit the rights of a POW. He is treated like a kidnappee, despite having commited no other "Crime" than patrolling the "border" between Israel and Gaza.

3. Despite all of the above, Israel is prepared to release Hamas prisoners to get Shalit back. Not on a one for one basis, but a couple of hundred Hamas militants to get Shalit. Hamas has been quibbling over exactly whom they get back.

4. Shalit has likely been held under conditions as bad as Johnston was, and for far longer, and should not be forgotten amidst the justified joy at Johnstons release.

5. IF Hamas is in a state of war with Israel, than Israel is certainly under no obligation to open crossings to Gaza.