I guess the only other word to describe the "swap" is by adding the word "absurd". Let's the party begin in Beirut and the burials in Israel.

Hizbollah are rejoicing in their added victory. Please G-d have mercy on Shalit. If this hasn't already given him the death penaltyt. G-d also have mercy on any othes who fall into the hands of these murderers.

Perhaps you should also give Samir Kuntar a going-away present, in the form of a Deluxe Limited Edition Uzi submachine gun, with a signed farewell card that reads: "Thank you for your visit to Israel. We hope you had a pleasant stay in our facilities. We would like to congratulate you on your early release and achieving your Degree from the Open University of Israel. Your behavior here has been exemplary, and you have proved a worthy role model for future generations of Arabs. Please tell your friends at Hizbullah that we are prepared to offer many many more sacrifices and painful concessions for the sake of Peace. Please, feel free to come again. Signed, in the State of Israel's absence, Shimon Peres."

not forgiving and not forgetting has no meaning when you essentially put your stamp of approval on it. It's double talk.

PERHAPS THEY SHOULD RECEIVE A ROPE AROUND THEIR NECK (AFTER TRIAL OF COURSE) TO JUSTIFY THEIR "PAIN" !

Who would think that even Peres would stoop so low. I pray that Shimon Peres live a long life where his first thought every morning and his last thought every night is that he personally has forgiven Kuntar for smashing the head of the four year girl with a rifle butt.

You pardon a terrorist, that makes you an accessory to murder, Peres.

finally pass in an orderly and peaceful way. My thoughts are with the two families.

Peres, you have disgraced and ridiculed our country with this outrageous pardon. You don't speak for the Israeli public, most of whom vehemently rejects this deal. I will never forget this for you, for Olmert, and for all the ministers who signed in favor of this. A loser you've been, and a loser you remain.

This is truly despicable. Why pardon a monster if you will not forgive and forget? You are allowing this subhuman to forget. Is that what prisons are for? My thoughts are with the Goldwasser and Regev families at present. G-d willing there will be a breath of life.

I understand that this man deserves to be incarcerated or more...how ever the government has chosen to Pardon him in a unfair loopsided prisoner exchange... on the other hand we need to put this man and those like him in the hands of Hashem for Judgement (Which sometimes can be harsh) but We and the victims need to be able to forgive ... Unforgivenes only builds bitterness which affects the bearer adversly and seldom hurts the pertitraitor Hashem says Justice is mines

If Regev and Wasserman come back in coffins then Kuntar and the other pigs should go back in coffins too. Shoot them in the back at the border...

...is wicked to the merciful. But we knew that all along aye? Shame on Peres, shame on Israel.

WE SHOULD STAND OUTSIDE THE PRISON AND TRY TO ELIMINATE THIS PIG OURSELFS!!!! SHAME ON THE GOVERMENT!!! WHO KNOWS WHO THE NEXT GOLWASSER OR REGEV IS G_D FORBID BUT THE GOVERMENT IS GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AGIAN G-D FORBID! I HOPE I EAT MY WORDS BUT I DIDNT AFTER GUSH KATIF. OLMERT SHOULD BE PUT IN PRISON FOR TRESON!

Freeing savage, serial child killer Kuntar and other cruel murderers is evil. Pro-Islam TERROR Enabler Israeli Leaders endanger ALL innocents. How dare evil men give live terrorists in exchange for dead bodies? And totally devoid of ALL conscience, provide the terrorists with a huge army of freed prisoners to rejoin global jihad against Israel's innocents. No one trusts the word of terrorists who claim they don't know where the victims are, or that the victims are already dead. Ron Arad, Shalit, other POW/MIAs, Dana Bennet, Pollard, and the 12 Iranian Jews imprisoned in Iran arrested in the 1990s trying to escape from Iran MUST BE RETURNED! Stop their suffering! If you are kidnapped, the government does not care if the terrorists kill you-they will eagerly give many live terrorists in exchange for your murdered body. PREVENT future kidnappings and murders of innocents! Only ONE prisoner without BLOOD on his hands for ONE LIVE Israeli captive.

Protest in the streets! Surround the Knesset! Stop the release of terrorists. Prevent providing terrorists with a huge army of freed prisoners to rejoin global jihad against Israel's innocents! Stop the coming terror! The evil who free barbaric terrorists (and those who demand their freedom) are as cruel and as dangerous as the terrorists - who will protect innocents from those who free terrorists? Murderous Hezbollah Leader, Nasarallah: If they (Jews) all gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide. (Daily Star, Oct. 23, 2002) Hamas Charter: 'Israel, by virtue of its being Jewish and of having a Jewish population, defies Islam and the Muslims. Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it.' The Palestinian Authority call for the MURDER of ALL Jews and the MURDER of Americans: Broadcast from Gaza mosque, Oct 13 2000, Dr. Ahmad Abu Halabiya, on Palestinian Authority TV (transcribed by Memri): "Have no mercy on the Jews, no matter where they are, in any country. Fight them, wherever you are. Wherever you meet them, kill them. Wherever you are, kill those Jews and those Americans who are like them..." Alija Izetbegovic stated in the ISLAMIC DECLARATION that: "there can be neither peace nor coexistence between the Islamic faith and non-Islamic social and political institutions"

Only three ministers voted against the agreement

Disgusting. Kuntar should be sent back in the same condition Israel is receiving her soldiers.

Israel should exchange 1 per 1...but I guess Lebanon does not care about their citizens life. They are like goats (sorry for the goats to compare u to Lebanese). Israel will end up winning always!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did the murderer ever ask or care for the pardon ? Will this pardon triger any remorsful emotions in this animal ? Was the pardon part of this cowardly negotiation ? NO,NO and NO ! But Peres has a long history of betraying Israel with his politics, time and again-giving up the safety of his country for cheap apeasements of the terror groups on account of lives of Israeli people. Nothing is too difficult for Peres if he gets exposure and popularity....

How did Hizbullah have time for one squad to fire mortars, another squad to fire cover fire, another squad to fire at IDF border posts, and another squad to penetrate inside Israel and load the soldiers onto stretchers and take them to Lebanon, and then a Hizbullah clean-up squad to arrive on the seen to burn the jeep and destroy the evidence...all before Israel fired a single shot ?!?! What happened to all those high-tech early warning gadgets?! Some investment!

of a child against a rock and shot her father? HOW, in the name of the Almighty, can you Peres pardon such an act?

Kuntar didn't just shoot someone at an impersonal distance. He murdered a father in front of his little daughter, then smashed that little girl's head on a rock. My God! Peres, Olmert, Barak, the High Court and the whole damn cabinet have no conscience whatsoever. We must reject this government with all of our strength.

This guy should of been shot to death 29 years ago on that beach, how many people would be alive now.

A former US soldier who fought in Germany told me once, "After the 1st it's easy to kill your enemy". What is wrong with Israeli leaders..and those that in Israel favor this exchange? Remember when Israel forewarned the Palis prior to firing into a building, so they could escape? Then, all that was hit was an empty building? Remember when Israeli police fired rubber bullets at the legs of so-called children (peppered with adult sharpshooters). They were condemned by Doctors Without Borders for intentionally targeting above the waste! Instead of completing the destruction of Hez (50,000 reservists in Lebanon had surrounded them), Israel obeys a cease fire (not a surrender). Hez now has 40,000 rockets armed with chemical/biological agents. The cease fire is a sham. Sharon gave away the Strip..leading to Hamas takeover. Peres is senile..an old, tired man. Livni is a moron and Olmert is a lawyer who just doesn't get it. Bottom Line: Kuntar should have been hung using a 12.00 rope, or beheaded (like in Arabia). Barghouti's release is next. Israelis are tired, and have lost their will and nerve, and perspective. It needs a Gurion, Shamir, Begin, Bibi, Rabin and Golda..NOT Barak, Olmert, Livni, Peres and Beilin, for it's survival. I am pessimistic. But that 12.00 rope is still availabe at any department store.