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Israel Grapples with the Price of Hostage Deals
(Israel Hayom) Nadav Shragai - The late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin once confessed that as defense minister, he executed the 1985 Jibril deal, releasing 1,151 terrorists for three Israeli soldiers, though he knew "the deal should never have been made. He later confronted the First Intifada and the casualties that this deal brought upon Israel. The 1,027 terrorists released by Benjamin Netanyahu in 2011 in exchange for Gilad Shalit ultimately led to the Oct. 7 massacre. The position of the hostage deal opponents represents an ethical and moral decision no less valid than that of deal supporters. Israel is freeing murderers who, based on past experience, will return to kill many times over. Hamas has no dreams of change. The Hamas Prisoners' Bureau has already announced that the hostage deal proves that hostage-taking is the way forward, and that Israel only understands the language of kidnapping.