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Source: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-bitter-lesson-of-the-hostage-release/
No, It's Not a "Prisoner Exchange"
(Times of Israel) Catherine Perez-Shakdam - "Prisoner exchange," they say. How conveniently these terms flatten the moral landscape into a level playing field. For what, pray, is being swapped here? On one side, innocent civilians - children, mothers, grandparents - dragged from their homes and held in appalling conditions On the other, convicted criminals, many of whom have committed atrocities that chill the blood. Equating the two is not merely lazy; it is profoundly immoral. Yet, some persist in reshaping Hamas - a proscribed terrorist organization - into something resembling a state actor. The implication is that this "exchange" is part of some twisted game of political chess. No. Hamas does not play chess. It burns the board, murders the players, and then claims victimhood when it is called out for its crimes.