Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has phoned Noam and Aviva Shalit, the parents of captive IDF soldier Gilad, explaining “since taking office I have waited to make this call. A deal has been reached to bring Gilad home. I have a majority in the cabinet. Gilad is coming home!”
It must be stated however that despite the optimism, the deal still requires cabinet approval, which appears imminent, but it has yet to occur. The cabinet is convening to approve a major prisoner release deal for Shalit’s return. The deal will compel Israel to release some 1,000 terrorists, including many that the government indicated would never see the light of day.
If the cabinet approves the deal, there is nothing in the way of moving ahead to bring Shalit home, a reality that will most likely take an additional number of weeks.
Hamas officials and Arab media sources, including el-Jazeera are confirming a German mediator has reached an agreement between Israel and Hamas. Al-Jazeera reports the deal will be carried out in two phases; moving Shalit to Egypt in exchange for 400-500 senior terrorists at that time, completing phase one of the deal.
Once this is completed, phase two will include the German negotiator moving Shalit to Germany, at which time the remainder of the terrorists will be released, totaling about 1000 prisoners in all.
YWN-Israel will continue bringing information on this developing story.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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11 Responses
I’ll beleive it when i see it…
as for the ratio of terrorist for shalit, u call that a negotiation!?!?!
They are worthless pieces of garbage, 1000? he is worth infinitely more then that! I think we are getting a great deal. What israel should really do is execute each and every terrorist as they are being captured and that way they can return bodies.
The question remains how many murders will happen in the future because these horrible people are released?
Ein podin es hashevuyim yeser al kedai demaeihen.
I’d love to hear daas Torah in this……… It is not so simple to release so many who will try to murder others…….. Did any Gadol BaTorah comment?
RABBAIM
Since when did the Israeli govt consult Daas Torah on anything let alone major decisions?!
WIY: They consulted Rav Ovadiah Yosef. I think he counts as da’as Torah.
Just shows how much the Palestinians value their terrorists… 1,000 of theirs for one soldier. Although any Jew knows that Shalit is worth more than 100 times that amount…
and as a side note, Israel is taking one major step forward while at the same time taking 1,000 steps back – putting so much at risk, now that Hamas knows how much Israel is willing to compromise and cave in to their demands. They’ll realize that if one soldier is worth so much, kidnapping more Israelis will seem much more popular.
To understand the real ramifications of his release, please watch this video: http://www.aish.com/j/mm/104408699.html
if you cannot see the link it is an aish.com video called “Gilad Shalit- Waiting for a deal.” While I am very happy he will come home we all know the condition in which most soldiers “return home.” I pray that I see happy smiling faces than hear that his parents had to make a levaya.
I’ll believe it when I see it.
ovktd: They did not consult Rav Ovadia. And if Rav Ovadia said not to do it, they would still have done it.