Ha'aretz: Free the Murderers!
Is anyone surprised that Ha'aretz has a near-hysterical article in favor of a massive and over-reaching prisoner release?
There is something about the release of prisoners that benefits those who release them as well. Guarding the walls of crowded prisons creates a feeling that we have some kind of neutralized bomb in our hands, that we have the keys to future quiet in our hands, even though this quiet is not attained. Opening the gates can make it clear to Israelis, once and for all, that there is a connection between Palestinian happiness and Israeli peace and quiet.
I don't even know what that means. But trust Ha'aretz to take a difficult diplomatic problem, reach beyond what any reasonable person can accept, and then preach sanctimoniously about how Israelis need to see things from the Palestinian point of view. Which apparently involves something about killing Jews because you're "frustrated and disallusioned."
There is something about the release of prisoners that benefits those who release them as well. Guarding the walls of crowded prisons creates a feeling that we have some kind of neutralized bomb in our hands, that we have the keys to future quiet in our hands, even though this quiet is not attained. Opening the gates can make it clear to Israelis, once and for all, that there is a connection between Palestinian happiness and Israeli peace and quiet.
I don't even know what that means. But trust Ha'aretz to take a difficult diplomatic problem, reach beyond what any reasonable person can accept, and then preach sanctimoniously about how Israelis need to see things from the Palestinian point of view. Which apparently involves something about killing Jews because you're "frustrated and disallusioned."
