Olmert to Release Terrorists as Terror War Proceeds

Since the last mass pardon of Fatah terrorists, Fatah has been quite active in all aspects of terrorism. Olmert is therefore planning another large release of jailed Fatah terrorists.

It is possible to create some good out of this travesty. The long-term counterreaction to Jimmy Carter's "misery index" was an adoption of Ronald Reagan's radical conservative policies. This essentially resulted in the banishment of inflation from all developed nations since.

Perhaps voters would now be willing to endorse a healthy counterreaction to Israel's revolving door system, in the form of a death penalty for terrorists:

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will ask the cabinet to approve the release of some 500 Palestinian Authority terrorists in the Sunday cabinet meeting. The move comes in advance of the Middle East summit to be hosted by the U.S. in Annapolis later in November.

The number of terrorists to be freed is higher by 100 prisoners than figures quoted last week, but falls short of the 2,000 names handed to Israel by the "Palestinian Authority." However, Israeli diplomatic correspondents are hinting that this release is only a "first installment," and that another group of terrorist convicts will be released during the Annapolis summit.

Meanwhile, the terror war against Israel from Gaza is proceeding apace, and the rate of attacks on Jews in Judea and Samaria os intensifying.