SHAHAR AZANI: Hostage deal shows Israel values life, Hamas only death

In 2011, Israel made a woody with Hamas for the merchandise of 1,027 terrorists successful speech for the instrumentality of abducted IDF worker Gilad Shalit. Among those acceptable escaped was one, Yahya Sinwar, who would spell connected to program the October 7, 2023 massacre, which outgo the lives of much than a 1000 guiltless people, raining decease and demolition connected the full region.

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While waiting astatine a San Francisco airdrome to committee my flight, I could perceive the subtle outcry of a pistillate nearby. Her telephone was tuned to Israel's TV, and astatine the archetypal show of the hostages' return, tears started to flow. On Sunday, Romi Gonen, 24, Emily Damari, 28, and Doron Steinbrecher, 31, were making their mode home, released from evil Hamas' captivity successful Gaza. Many hearts and tearing eyes were enveloping them successful Israel and worldwide. This is the archetypal signifier of an excruciating deal, implicit the people of six weeks successful which 33 Israeli hostages are expected to beryllium freed aft much than 470 days successful Hamas' tunnels successful Gaza. Even arsenic this archetypal signifier of the woody is over, determination volition inactive beryllium 64 Israeli and American hostages successful Gaza, immoderate dead, immoderate alive.

Photo depicts erstwhile Hamas person Yahya Sinwar connected near and younger member Mohammed Sinwar connected right. (Photos provided by TPS/ IDF)

The terms paid by Israel for this woody is steep. Thousands of terrorists and convicted murderers volition beryllium released from Israeli prisons contempt having been convicted of the astir horrible deeds imaginable. In 2002, during lunchtime, a weaponry exploded successful the Frank Sinatra cafeteria astatine the Hebrew University Mt. Scopus successful Jerusalem. Nine radical were killed and 85 were injured. Hamas claimed work for the attack. One of those victims was David (Diego) Ladowski, of blessed memory, who was my workfellow astatine Israel's Foreign Ministry. David joined the ministry's prestigious diplomatic cadet programme portion pursuing a postgraduate grade successful nationalist administration. On the time of the bombing, helium had gone to the assemblage to taxable his past paper. His murderer, Waa’l Qassam, the Hamas violent mastermind of this heinous attack, is among those acceptable to spell free.

In 1 of his notorious speeches, Hezbollah's erstwhile leader, Hassan Nasrallah, shed airy connected a cardinal quality betwixt Israel and her enemies: "They (Israel) emotion life," helium said of Israel, "whereas we adore death." That connection rang existent for the satellite to spot arsenic the woody betwixt Hamas and Israel entered into force, and the divided screens presented a solemnisation of beingness successful Israel contrasted with a glorification of decease successful Gaza.

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Yet, the terrorists' merchandise is not conscionable an contented of morality and symptom for crimes perpetrated successful the past. This wide outpouring of decease agents into the escaped aerial whitethorn precise good outgo much guiltless lives down the road, arsenic evidenced by the October 7 massacre, 1 which shall everlastingly beryllium etched successful Israeli corporate memory. Hamas' warfare crimes and crimes against humanity that time included murder, torture, rape, and kidnapping of children, men, women, and babies. Baby Kfir Bibas, the youngest of the hostages, taken astatine lone 9 months old, marked his 2nd day connected Saturday. A 2nd day successful Hamas captivity. He and his household are expected to beryllium among those released.

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Israel's Ministry of Health's study astir the hostages who returned successful the archetypal deal, aft 52 days successful captivity, included details of horrible intersexual battle against children, charring of the soma with blistery irons, and torture of the elderly. What volition Romi, Emily, and Doron stock astir their overmuch longer clip astatine the hands of sheer evil? We situation not imagine, but we cognize we shall overcome. Israel's powerfulness is life, and beingness shall flooded all.

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