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Reader comment on item: Gilad Shalit and Doing Business with Terrorists
in response to reader comment: Gilad's release had to be, despite the awful implications
Submitted by Nora A (United States), Oct 18, 2011 at 22:34
Yeah, I understand what you're saying, but this question keeps hounding me: what have the Palestinians really won by kidnapping Shalit? Did it improve their lives? Did they make any effort towards peace with Israel? Does it show them as being a kind and compassionate people who respect life? No to all. What do they win when they kidnap or kill Israelis? I mean, other than some kind of demented, sick thrill?
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| tracking devices [35 words] | steve omara | Nov 25, 2011 13:31 | 191176 | ||
| update relations with Egypt [65 words] | Gary Josephson | Oct 29, 2011 20:50 | 190503 | ||
| 7 | How about the Irish option? [69 words] | Malcolm | Oct 25, 2011 05:15 | 190353 | |
 The Irish method is only good in Ireland [91 words] | Nadia | Apr 16, 2017 14:41 | 190353 | ||
| 8 | WHAT LOOKS LIKE A TACTICAL MISTAKE IS A GOOD STRATEGIC MOVE [567 words] | SGAN LEVI | Oct 24, 2011 01:08 | 190327 | |
| Protecting Shame [120 words] | Jay1 | Oct 23, 2011 20:47 | 190321 | ||
| 1 | Cook the Frog slowly [430 words] | ASh | Oct 23, 2011 07:44 | 190303 | |
| 1 | At least the Quartet remained silent. Progress! [41 words] | Robert W. | Oct 23, 2011 03:34 | 190299 | |
| 1 | Doing Business with terrorists [22 words] | Daniel Wang | Oct 22, 2011 21:21 | 190296 | |
| As One dimensional, as concrete, and as slogan-istic " revengeless" as possible! Who needs More? [241 words] | Ash | Oct 23, 2011 08:14 | 190296 | ||
| 1 | Death penalty for some murderers [71 words] | SM ISAC | Oct 22, 2011 13:40 | 190281 | |
| They have us by our !@#$% [128 words] | car313 | Oct 22, 2011 10:09 | 190279 | ||
| 1 | Horrible Deal [2164 words] | Dave Gerber | Oct 21, 2011 13:54 | 190249 | |
| Shame and Deal [34 words] | Jay1 | Oct 26, 2011 18:15 | 190249 | ||
| 1 | The Return of Gilad Schalit [106 words] | Nathan Rosenblatt | Oct 20, 2011 21:09 | 190214 | |
| The Media [202 words] | Mike Kurtzig | Oct 21, 2011 20:16 | 190214 | ||
| We are an amoral society [77 words] | Bev Rosoff | Oct 22, 2011 14:52 | 190214 | ||
| 1 | no next time [109 words] | Glenda Urmacher | Oct 23, 2011 00:36 | 190214 | |
| 1 | pride, not shame! [117 words] | ahuva kapon, Israel | Oct 20, 2011 17:03 | 190204 | |
| Doing Business With Terrorists [404 words] | Renee Bouvier | Oct 20, 2011 17:28 | 190204 | ||
| A Different Spin [97 words] | Barry Black | Oct 20, 2011 16:52 | 190203 | ||
| Of Course you are right; of course you are wrong [76 words] | john w mcginley | Oct 20, 2011 16:45 | 190201 | ||
| 1 | a question: why did the govft. of Israel (GOI) accept this deal NOW? [423 words] | aryeh berkovich | Oct 20, 2011 12:59 | 190193 | |
| 1 | Hapiness borders insanity [203 words] | NuritG | Oct 19, 2011 19:13 | 190177 | |
| Making Maximalist Demands [402 words] | Renee Bouvier | Oct 20, 2011 17:21 | 190177 | ||
| Up to Israel to do what is good for her [416 words] | NuritG | Oct 20, 2011 21:23 | 190177 | ||
| Shalit Release [82 words] | sam | Oct 19, 2011 16:51 | 190175 | ||
| 12 | Doing Selective Business with Terrorists [157 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | Oct 19, 2011 09:51 | 190171 | |
| 2 | Another approach to freeing Shalit [8 words] | Kafirman | Oct 19, 2011 08:45 | 190170 | |
| 1 | Killing NO. Settlement and annexation? a different view [110 words] | Ash | Oct 23, 2011 08:31 | 190170 | |
| 1 | Forsaking principle and common sense [127 words] | Albert Edelson | Oct 19, 2011 08:02 | 190169 | |
| IDF is not measured against the number of its enemies [127 words] | myth | Oct 21, 2011 03:59 | 190169 | ||
| 4 | Symbolism of Shalit's swap [18 words] | Ben Haggai | Oct 19, 2011 06:36 | 190168 | |
| Lawfare Questions: WIll the US Seek Extradition? [97 words] | PezDispenser | Oct 19, 2011 04:52 | 190163 | ||
| 2 | the gilad schalit exchange [144 words] | michael tal | Oct 19, 2011 04:47 | 190162 | |
| 1 | Whose Shame/. [74 words] | Harry | Oct 19, 2011 03:56 | 190161 | |
| 2 | Did you impply that Israel should not have made the 1 to 1000 exchange? [262 words] | Prashant | Oct 19, 2011 02:35 | 190160 | |
| 3 | Shame on them? [375 words] | Ron Gerskup | Oct 19, 2011 01:50 | 190159 | |
| Shame on them? [55 words] | Ron Gerskup | Oct 20, 2011 01:56 | 190159 | ||
| Prisoner swap [52 words] | niyaz | Oct 19, 2011 01:23 | 190158 | ||
| 1 | Questions for Niyaz [103 words] | Prashant | Oct 20, 2011 22:09 | 190158 | |
| 2 | Asking the hyenas to go vegetarian [172 words] | car313 | Oct 26, 2011 14:16 | 190158 | |
| 1 | tracking terror [20 words] | jerome Henen | Oct 19, 2011 00:21 | 190155 | |
| 4 | double bind [205 words] | Nora A | Oct 18, 2011 22:28 | 190152 | |
| What about Jimmy [69 words] | Michael Kurtzig | Oct 20, 2011 15:24 | 190152 | ||
| yech Jimmy Carter [30 words] | Nora A | Oct 20, 2011 22:01 | 190152 | ||
| Jimmy [66 words] | Mike the K | Oct 21, 2011 20:06 | 190152 | ||
| 4 | Shalit Exchange Benefits Israel [200 words] | Dan Rusen | Oct 18, 2011 21:43 | 190150 | |
| I agree Dan, it only benefits Israel and saves lots of money [284 words] | Nadia | Apr 15, 2017 19:59 | 190150 | ||
| 1 | Wonderland [36 words] | D. Krabbenhoft | Oct 18, 2011 21:32 | 190149 | |
| 2 | Right on! [83 words] | Ralph C Whaley MD | Oct 18, 2011 20:15 | 190146 | |
| 1 | My Letter in the Jerusalem Post on this [109 words] | jd | Oct 18, 2011 20:03 | 190144 | |
| No Trade. [27 words] | Dennis Wojciak | Oct 18, 2011 19:54 | 190143 | ||
| 5 | 1 Shalit = 1000 Palestinians? HA HA [202 words] | Pied Piper | Oct 18, 2011 19:45 | 190142 | |
| 3 | וְשָׁבוּ בָנִים, לִגְבוּלָם [11 words] | SHOSH | Oct 18, 2011 19:21 | 190139 | |
| shalit [35 words] | louis françois abba shalom | Oct 18, 2011 19:11 | 190137 | ||
| The prisoner swap is a disaster [45 words] | MEContrarian | Oct 18, 2011 19:02 | 190136 | ||
| 1 | Idiocy [15 words] | Kerry | Oct 18, 2011 18:55 | 190135 | |
| 3 | Real Mathematics [80 words] | Sudad Jawad | Oct 18, 2011 18:19 | 190133 | |
| Glad to see him free... BUT [55 words] | Abu Nudnik | Oct 18, 2011 18:07 | 190131 | ||
| 2 | Microchip The 477 [47 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | jrpeacher | Oct 18, 2011 17:56 | 190130 | |
| 2 | fiction or fact [81 words] | Jules Posten | Oct 24, 2011 14:22 | 190130 | |
| 2 | You can't bring the dead back. [20 words] | Abe | Oct 18, 2011 17:48 | 190129 | |
| 7 | Nobody wins [118 words] | Rebecca Moulds | Oct 18, 2011 17:30 | 190126 | |
| 8 | Rebecca, I have to contest your comments [277 words] | sara | Oct 18, 2011 17:40 | 190126 | |
| 1 | A difference of opinion [74 words] | Rebecca Moulds | Oct 18, 2011 18:55 | 190126 | |
| 1 | A very sad day for Israel [50 words] | patricia | Oct 18, 2011 19:21 | 190126 | |
| 1 | Negotiating a Peaceful Solution in the Face of Hostility [181 words] | M. Tovey | Oct 18, 2011 19:29 | 190126 | |
| 2 | How Much is one Jewish life worth? [30 words] | Mark Harding | Oct 18, 2011 21:10 | 190126 | |
| The US Marines, Talmud, History & the future [195 words] | Gary Josephson | Oct 19, 2011 12:57 | 190126 | ||
| politicial stupidity [95 words] | rodney allsworth | Oct 18, 2011 17:21 | 190125 | ||
| the koran as I understand it [463 words] | Gary Josephson | Oct 20, 2011 17:33 | 190125 | ||
| 6 | Sanctity of life vs. Sharia and life [81 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | Oct 18, 2011 17:13 | 190124 | |
| 1 | Re: Gilad Shalit's Release [90 words] | Linda Ann Long | Oct 18, 2011 17:11 | 190123 | |
| 1 | A Great day but a sad day [34 words] | peter | Oct 18, 2011 17:09 | 190121 | |
| 6 | Disagreeing with you [206 words] | Philippe Lavie | Oct 18, 2011 17:09 | 190120 | |
| 1 | Right thing to do [82 words] | Mark | Oct 19, 2011 18:32 | 190120 | |
| 3 | Gilad had a right to be saved [64 words] | joshua | Oct 18, 2011 17:05 | 190119 | |
| Comfort to soldiers [137 words] | Josh G | Oct 19, 2011 05:29 | 190119 | ||
| 1 | How will they justify [42 words] | Steve | Oct 18, 2011 17:04 | 190118 | |
| 2 | Thousands of terrorists freed [31 words] | zac | Oct 18, 2011 17:03 | 190117 | |
| 1 | Had to be done [16 words] | iggy | Oct 18, 2011 17:01 | 190116 | |
| Michael Kurtzig [105 words] | Mike the K | Oct 18, 2011 19:30 | 190116 | ||
| 3 | Gilad's release had to be, despite the awful implications [172 words] | sara | Oct 18, 2011 16:57 | 190115 | |
 yes, but.... [72 words] | Nora A | Oct 18, 2011 22:34 | 190115 | ||
| 5 | NO Shame, yes Pride! [161 words] | reuven Ofir | Oct 18, 2011 16:52 | 190114 | |
| The real danger [55 words] | Josh G | Oct 19, 2011 05:23 | 190114 | ||
| 3 | You don't understand the Basic Jewish and Israel Values [270 words] | Joe Ziv | Oct 19, 2011 06:20 | 190114 | |
| Arabs Play Hardball & Jews Play Softball [4 words] | Dan Friedman | Oct 18, 2011 16:51 | 190113 | ||
| Perhaps [3 words] | Abu Nudnik | Oct 18, 2011 18:08 | 190113 | ||
| 3 | Shait bless you & and may there not be any more Shalits (although I'm afraid it's inevitable) [78 words] | Lee | Oct 18, 2011 16:38 | 190112 | |
| Shalit, bless you...may there be no more Shalits [86 words] | elated&sad | Oct 18, 2011 16:31 | 190111 | ||
| 2 | "deal" [more accurately termed capitulation] a great argument for capital punishment; questions [113 words] | Rob | Oct 18, 2011 16:29 | 190110 | |
| 1 | Make Sure there's no Next Time [81 words] | Benj Pollock | Oct 18, 2011 17:43 | 190110 |
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