(Israel Hayom) Shlomo Cesana and Gideon Allon - A special committee appointed to establish guidelines for how the government should respond to terrorist abductions of Israelis, headed by former Supreme Court President Meir Shamgar, submitted its final recommendations Thursday, calling for a tougher stance against terrorist groups in the event of future abductions. "We didn't only discuss the question of how to conduct negotiations over prisoner swaps, but also the question of whether to hold negotiations at all," Shamgar was quoted by Army Radio as saying. A majority of top ministers maintain that if a terrorist group abducts another Israeli, this will lead to war. This view is also supported by the prime minister himself, who said during closed discussions that "a change in the rules of the game is inevitable."
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