The Daily Alert, prepared by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, posts that according to Minister Haim Ramon,
Hamas prisoner demands constitute an ultimatum for Israeli surrender in a translation of a Voice of Israel Radio-Hebrew report:
Israeli Minister Haim Ramon, a member of the Ministerial Committee on Security Prisoners, told Israel Radio Thursday that Hamas did not negotiate over the release of prisoners but rather presented an ultimatum for Israeli capitulation.
Ramon emphasized that two-thirds of Hamas prisoners released in the past had returned to terror and murdered many Israelis.
That the Israeli government gave such a capitulation ultimatum the dignity of both public exposure and deliberation at both the governmental and cabinet levels expresses weakness to an enemy bent on our annihilation, thereby emboldening them even more.
And who knows -- Israel still might agree to the deal.
Note: Ramon emphasized that most terrorists released return to their terrorist ways and to murdering Israelis. Unfortunately, the exchange of one Gilad Schalit for many murderers and attempted murderers will almost certainly lead to many more bereft Israeli families.
