Israel Willing to Swap Prisoners for Soldier
Israeli Prime Minister Olmert said that Israel is prepared to return many Palestinian prisoners in exchange for captured soldier Gilad Shalit (pictured). I really do not feel this is a good idea for Israel to swap a bunch of prisoners for one soldier, and apparently Olmert felt it was a "major mistake" a few months ago. I am not sure what changed, maybe political pressure? Either way, it just seems like a dangerous precedent. Well, I take that back, Israel and Hezbollah made a similar swap just two years ago. Palestinians apparently took note of that and decided to try it themselves. So I guess I am left to wonder what is to stop any of Israel's enemies (and they have many) from kidnapping soldiers to achieve their goals?