(Jerusalem Post) Gerald M. Steinberg - During the Oslo era, each stage of negotiations was accompanied by an amnesty for terrorists, who even signed statements forswearing terrorism. And each time, the cease-fire declarations proved to be merely facades for rearming terrorist groups, allowing them to prepare for the next (more deadly) wave of attacks. The Palestinians claim that the general practice of peace negotiations after bitter wars includes the mutual exchange of prisoners. But, as Israel points out, these terrorists were not part of a defeated army that fought according to the rules of the Geneva Conventions. Instead, they violated all rules of civilized behavior. And each time the war against Israel kept going, with the participation of the newly released prisoners. Rather than a mass release of these terrorists, after more than 1,000 murders by suicide bombers and other attackers, Israelis argue that they should be tried for crimes against humanity.
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