The Egyptians have admitted he's not a spy he should be released without any questions. If they want, put him on trial and then let him go. This is all insanity. They are holding him hostage just like Hamas did with Shalit. There is no need for an exchange.

one hopes Bibi is not weaking Israel?

This guy is a C I A agent & a bad one. Obama wanted to get rid of Mubarak. Israel should arrest him and trade him for Pollard.

Why does United States Believe Arabs Are Stupid ?!!!!

very important to Israel and the USA. Regardless, the lesson of the day is extortion and terror wins, get used to it.

like all arab countries...extortion is the game

The US has been selling military hardware to Egypt for decades. Jordan too. And Iraq is getting several wings of F-16s, too. Already has some. It's business.

with every step in the normalization process, the Us will find excuse to supply Egypt with arms.

This is even less of a big deal. Egypt already has 220 F-16s according to Jane's. The US even sells them to Canada.

but does not negotiate for soldiers they have lost to capture in iraq and afghanistan??

I'm sure they can't reach NY so what does USA care

this is way over all your heads, israel is smart, they know he is CIA agent, israel will take him off egypt hand and bargen with the usa to free israel spys. trust in the israel government .

Gilad cost 1027 terrorists Grapel cost 25 terrorists + F16s If he has American citizenship all Obama had to do was say I demand you release him free of charge today. Egypt's transitional government is a military one not the Muslim Brotherhood so they know the rules that if America wants America gets or military & economic aid will be cut not extra rewards granted. Egypt is more unstable than it has been in decades and may soon be run by a radical islamic regime so the US should be suspending military aid until they see how things turn out after the election

There is something strange in the whole thing. the whole thing looks like it is arranged before hand.

If this is the "Arab spring" , the West should not wait wait till the "Arab winter" and shoul paralyze the Arab extortionists as soon as possible.

Egypt Israel relation is already out of sight. Such deal with Egypt will tense relations between Israel and USA.

In the early 1950s the United States initiated support for Egyptian nationalism. The Lavon afair (1954), rotten business, aimed at creating an atmosphere in which the British and American opponents of British withdrawal from Egypt would be able to gain the upper hand and block the British withdrawal from Egypt. The op was to undermine Western confidence in the existing Egyptian regime. The cell bombed the libraries of the U.S. Information Agency in Alexandria and Cairo and a British-owned theater. Strict Israeli military censorship of the press, at the time, meant that the Israeli public was kept in the dark about the operation facts. The returned Avri Elad allegedly informed the Egyptians and was eventually sentenced to a jail term of 10 years in Israel. Isn't that similarity to Grapel affair except that Ynet has published this comment, the Americand has actively interferred, and Egypt got,then, the warplans from Czechoslovakia not from the US. Grapel was in Cairo inciting against the US with a clear sign about the "dumb Obama". When will Grapel be put to jail? Meir Meyuhas and Meir Za'afran, were released in 1962, after having served seven year jail sentences. Shrouded in secrecy, they reached Israel where their arrival was not made public, and journalists were not allowed to interview them, similar to Grapel.

He should have been left where he was as Tannenbaum should have been left where he was, too. Wouldn't be at all surprised were we to learn that Grapel was also dealing.

In any case, no Jew should visit a Muslim country. Like before 1990, any American visited Eastern contries, like Russia, was automatically spy. In those countries 99,9% of people wanted to leave, and they saw you as a spy. Why else would you go there???

of the golden age 1000 years go when they threw out the court scientists, litterature giants, artists. Then The Imams decided to excercise absolute power, and denied education especially to women. A dark age followed and is with us today.

selling weapons in return for a hostage is really raising the bar. The West thought the Arab Spring was the advent of democracy in the region. Actually, it was a new level of Arab extortion and criminality on a global scale. Pray for the end of oil so we can deal with the desert scum once and for all.

And how is Canada and it's relation to the US in any way, shape or form comparable to it's relation to Egypt? Your statement boggles the mind.

get off the pills..

egyptian prison as an example. The travel to egypt should be banned by those that hold Israeli or dual citizenship. How about the government buying more F-15s, F-16s, F-34 VTOL and more Apache Logbows?And if daffy the draft dodger opens her mouth about giving money to the defense, then throw her raggedy draft dodging butt in prison!