(Jerusalem Post) Gil Hoffman - Vice Premier Moshe Ya'alon released the speech he made to the cabinet Tuesday in which he explained his vote against the prisoner exchange with Hamas. "On the one hand, we have a responsibility for Gilad - the need to save his life and redeem a captive. But to bring about his release, we would have to free 1,000 terrorists. From experience, we know that the terrorists we release will lead to the murder of dozens and maybe hundreds of Israelis." He noted that the terrorists released in the 1985 prisoner exchange led the First Intifada and were directly responsible for the deaths of 178 Israelis and indirectly for many more.
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