Beware the Dangers of a “Prisoner Swap” with Hamas
Releasing terrorists risks Israeli lives.
May 12, 2020
Beware the Dangers of a “Prisoner Swap” with Hamas
Releasing terrorists risks Israeli lives.
Last week, the German press reported that Israel was close to making a deal with Hamas in which the terrorist group would release two civilians it is holding captive, as well as the bodies of two Israeli soldiers killed in the 2014 Gaza war. In return, Jerusalem would free hundreds of Palestinian terrorists from its prisons. Ruthie Blum notes that calling such an exchange a “prisoner swap” suggests that there is some “moral parity” between arrestees and hostages. But, she contends, there isn’t:
May 12, 2020
By Acting against Hizballah, the West Has a Chance to Prevent Lebanon from Becoming Another Gaza
A country on the verge of economic collapse.
The Many Failures of the International Body That Monitors Terror Financing
A blind eye to Palestinian terrorism.
The Anglo-Jewish Pilots Who Helped Save Their Country, and Their People, from the Nazis
The Jews of the Royal Air Force.
A Rare Coin Commemorates a Brief Moment of Jewish Freedom from Roman Rule
A remnant of the Bar Kokhba rebellion.