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The Costs of the Gaza Deal
(Israel Hayom) Shirit Avitan Cohen - If Hamas accepts the Gaza deal, Israel will regain its hostages quickly, but at the heavy price of releasing hundreds of convicted murderers serving life sentences, along with hundreds of other terrorists who would return to the field. Hamas would gain a major boost, both from its fighters and from those indebted to it for their freedom. As Israeli security officials have warned, releasing them into the West Bank and Jerusalem could ignite violence. The new formula recalls the late Shimon Peres' visions of a "Singapore of the Middle East." Will Palestinians truly change course for a better future? Optimism cannot be a policy plan.