The government could care less about the prisoners. Prisoner exchange is the way to go. "Pidyon shvuyim" is both a mitzvah, and a practical necessity. But the Israeli militarists and politicians are concerned only for their tarnished reputations. They are interested in killing Arabs, not saving Jews. Goldwasser and Regev and Shalit, and their families, are victims of Israeli miltarism and racism.

I cannot imagine the pain that Ehud and Eldad's family is going through, but I would suggest that they sit down with the Haran family and explain to them how there have been hundreds of Kuntars. Here is the unique gruesome story of Kuntar, may his name be blotted out: Terrorists landed in a rubber boat on a beach on April 22, 1979... The terrorists took twenty-eight-year old Danny Haran hostage along with his four-year-old daughter, Einat. The mother, Smadar Haran, was able to hide in a crawl space above the bedroom with her two-year-old daughter Yael, and a neighbour. After taking the hostages, Kuntar's group took Danny and Einat down to the beach, where a shootout with Israeli policemen and soldiers erupted. Samir Kuntar shot the father, Danny, in the back at close range in front of his daughter and then drowned him in the sea to ensure he was dead. Next, he smashed the four-year-old girl's head on beach rocks and crushed her skull with the butt of his rifle. Back in the crawl space, 2-year-old Yael Haran was accidentally suffocated to death by her mother's attempts to quiet her whimpering from revealing their hideout, so that they would not be found by Kuntar's group. ............ May G-d avenge their blood and bring all our captives home already.

He knows that Goldwasser and Regev are most likely dead, and that Israel will be exchanging a convicted serial murderer for a pile of bones. This is a mitzvah? In what religion? In what cult?

Fine....let him go,but as soon as the 2 Israeli soldiers are safe at home,send this pig to his so called paradise.

No monster like him should be allowed to live.

for whom murdering a 4-year old is heroic.

To release this animal and negotiate in this manner only will ensure the kidnapping of more Israeli citizens. Everything Kadima does is exactly wrong. They are killing Israel. They are worse enemies of the Jewish Homeland than the terrorists for they corrupt from within. Yes that includes Barak too. Olmert is the worst, but they should all be thrown out in shame. We need a leader. We need Bibi now.

IF ANY REPRESENTATIVES OF YOUR ORGANISATION HAS BEEN GIVEN THE JOB OF LOOKING AT Y-NET,YOU WILL REALISE THAT YOUR PROFILE IS A TERRIBBLE ONE WITH THE NON-MOSLEM WORLD AT LARGE.YOU ARE NOT EVEN CUNNING,AND TRY TO LOWER YOUR EXTREMIST PROFILE .LET ME GIVE YOU A FIRST LESSON. IN TRYING TO PORTRAY YOURSELVES AS PEOPLE THAT WE CAN DO BUSINESS WITH..PRETEND TO BE MORE MODERARE FOR A CHANGE AND,SCORE POINTS BY ALLOWING ALL JEWISH PRISONERS HELD TO CONTACT THEIR FAMILIES BY PHONE.......i'LL PAY FOR THE PHONE CALLS IF THAT'S ALRIGHT WITH YOU?

If Regev and Goldwasser come home alive and unharmed, send Cuntar back alive and unharmed; if Regev and Goldwasser come back in body bags, send Cuntar back in a body bag. Let's make this trade fair...