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Israel Needs a New Approach to Kidnappings

[Ha'aretz ] Yoel Marcus - In the Ahmed Jibril deal of May 20, 1985, then-Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin freed 1,150 Arab prisoners, among them some of the most vicious killers, their hands literally dripping with blood, in exchange for three Israeli captives. In this ongoing war against the dark forces of fundamentalist Islam in our region, we must be prepared for the possibility of more kidnappings, more POWs and more cynical abuse of families by withholding news of their loved ones. The question is whether the time hasn't come to establish a new set of principles - principles that are better suited to dealing with the kind of brutal enemy we confront. The other side banks on the assumption that Israel is softhearted and will give in, sooner or later, to all its demands. From now on, Israel needs to take a new tack in its approach to kidnappings and those responsible for them.
2008-07-01 01:00:00
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