Despite objections of bereaved families and others, Israel today, Thursday, handed over 79 bodies of terrorists to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen). Israel calls the move another “good-will gesture” which Jerusalem hopes will increase the popularity of Abu Mazen, who Israel views as “a moderate and viable peace partner”.
Abu Mazen will be capitalizing on the good-will, and he is holding an afternoon of ceremonies and events at his Mukata office in Ramallah.
In an even more bizarre move, Israel on Thursday afternoon is giving the remains of 12 terrorists to Hamas in Gaza.
One elected official commenting on the move was opposition leader MK (Labor) Shelly Yacimovich, who stated the move was a good one since it builds trust and improves relations.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Why don’t they just save time already and just hand them over Eretz Yisrael completely? Together of course with control over the army so that they really understand how much we genuinely want peace, and that any hard feelings from the past they might chas veshalom still have will be soothed over… with such a good will gesture as that, they for sure are going to agree to sign a peace accord with us! If chalila however they still have reservations, no worries we can just jump into the sea – then even the international community might say that they really should think again about coming to the table…
DISGUSTING!!
I totally agree with #1. What in the world are we trying to prove by executing another “good-will gesture”? Abu Mazen is NOT a moderate and is not a “viable peace partner”.
I would suggest that we threaten to burn the bodies if there is just one more attempt at hijacking Israelis.