Families campaign for cabinet approval of prisoner swap

[drdon326]

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1068006537079

Three days before the confidential details of the impending prisoner exchange deal between Israel and the Hizbullah are presented for cabinet approval, the families of businessman Elhanan Tannenbaum and St.-Sgts. Benny Avraham, Adi Avitan, and Omar Sawayid, are campaigning vigorously for the deal's approval in a series of meetings with opposing ministers.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is also scheduled to meet the families of Tannenbaum and the three IDF soldiers, as well as the family of missing IAF navigator Ron Arad, information about whom is excluded from the impending deal.

Sharon's Wednesday announcement of his intentions to win cabinet approval of the prisoner exchange deal heralds the conclusion of the initial stages of the controversial swap, which reportedly includes the release of Mustapha Dirani, Sheikh Abdel Karim Obeid, and approximately 400 Palestinian, Lebanese, and other Arab prisoners, in exchange for the ailing Tannenbaum and the remains of St.-Sgts. Avraham, Avitan, and Sawayid.

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seems pretty equitable...

1 ailing and 3 dead israelis for 400 live prisoners.

[Muddleoftheroad]

1. Don't do it

Because Israel is a civilized nation, it would never send the prisoners back in the same condition as the ones they would get in return.

More will die if they make this deal. They shouldn't do it.

[drdon326]

2. Tough call....

I'm not sure what the right answer is.


Never Again

[ForestsBeatBushes]

3. Excerpt: This looks really fair!

According to the proposal, Hezbollah would hand over Tannenbaum and the bodies of the three soldiers, in return for the release of some 400 Palestinian prisoners and 20 Lebanese prisoners. Israel is also expected to release Jordanian prisoners in a separate deal with
Jordan.

The list of prisoners will be determined according to guidelines set during the release of prisoners as a good-will gesture toward the
previous Palestinian government headed by former prime minister Mahmoud Abbas, and will include prisoners who have not committed
serious crimes (prisoners "without bloodied hands"), who are serving their first prison term and who are slated to be released in the
next three years.

http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasen/spages/357576.html