Victims’ reps seek to block Palestinian prisoner release
A group representing Israeli victims of terrorism filed a petition to block the release of Palestinian prisoners.
A group representing Israeli victims of terrorism filed a petition to block the release of Palestinian prisoners.
A planned release of 26 Palestinian prisoners has provoked feuding within Israel\’s governing coalition, already under strain from U.S.-brokered peace talks.
Two views on Palestinian prisoner release
Releasing Palestinian prisoners as a political gesture erodes Israel’s democratic fabric and challenges the country’s core sense of justice. Ironically, it is the dissemination of justice and the people of Israel’s faith in that justice that has kept their society together.
Just after midnight yesterday, 26 Palestinian prisoners were released by Israel as part of a confidence-building measure aimed at bolstering renewed Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations.
The headline jumped out at me as I opened the paper last Sunday to read the news: “Netanyahu releases 104 Palestinian prisoners to re-launch peace talks.”
Two Cuban Jewish leaders met with jailed American Jewish contractor Alan Gross.