http://fresnozionism.org/archives/968 A pro-Israel voice from California's Central Valley Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:48:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://fresnozionism.org/archives/968#comment-6211 Shalom Freedman Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:37:34 +0000 http://fresnozionism.org/archives/968#comment-6211 As I said in a previous post I do not much trust my own judgment in this matter. However one consideration against the 'deal' was overlooked by me, and I believe it of utmost importance. It is the question, " If you are willing to trade live terrorists for body parts, what incentive do you give the Terrorists to keep prisoners alive? " This question disturbs as does the whole business of the future implication of giving in to terrorists' demands in this way. As I said in a previous post I do not much trust my own judgment in this matter.
However one consideration against the ‘deal’ was overlooked by me, and I believe it of utmost importance. It is the question, ” If you are willing to trade live terrorists for body parts, what incentive do you give the Terrorists to keep prisoners alive? ” This question disturbs as does the whole business of the future implication of giving in to terrorists’ demands in this way.

]]> http://fresnozionism.org/archives/968#comment-6202 Shalom Freedman Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:10:29 +0000 http://fresnozionism.org/archives/968#comment-6202 Perhaps we for all these years have fundamentally erred in not having instituted the death penalty for terror acts of extreme cruelty. But we do have not done that and so we are going to release an especially brutal murderer. What will be gained? For the Goldwasser and Regev families there will be an end to the kind of indefinite unending torment that has been that of the Arad , Baumel, Katz families. However what applies in this case does not apply in relation to 'Hamas'. There we would be releasing hundreds if not thousands of those who will immediately return to Terrorism. I don't believe that is wise. On all of this however I do not trust my own opinion very much. These are hard, complicated decisions and I suspect that those who make them have far more information and understanding of the situation than I do. Perhaps we for all these years have fundamentally erred in not having instituted the death penalty for terror acts of extreme cruelty.
But we do have not done that and so we are going to release an especially brutal murderer. What will be gained? For the Goldwasser and Regev families there will be an end to the kind of indefinite unending torment that has been that of the Arad , Baumel, Katz families.
However what applies in this case does not apply in relation to ‘Hamas’. There we would be releasing hundreds if not thousands of those who will immediately return to Terrorism. I don’t believe that is wise.
On all of this however I do not trust my own opinion very much. These are hard, complicated decisions and I suspect that those who make them have far more information and understanding of the situation than I do.

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