Don't trust him.

This is an officer of the PLO - Palestine Liberation Organization - whose aim is to destroy our nation. And he is smart enough to know what suckers we are and exploits our humanity for which he obviously has contempt.

palestinians never had it so good.

Why do these people always"demand" things? They never heard of asking,especially when he wants a favour? Send him back to his Gaza hell hole.

You want to send him back to certain death. You're the same people who get weepy-eyed at the movie Exodus, and expect the world to do the same. Did you learn anything?

He might be asking for an asylum now but if it came down to it he would far sooner shoot an Israeli giving him asylum than a member of Hamas who wants to kill him. It cost taxpayers money to grand asylum to these people and personly I would rather my tax money spent helping Israelis in need instead of being used to give assylum to palestininians. If the PLO want him in Judea & Samaria then send him there but if they dont want him then send him back to Gaza just don't keep him in Israel.

AhmiJihad is in dire need of experienced torturers

starvation and siege. It is the minimum you can do to comply with the international law.

The officer is asking asylum because his life is in danger if he goes home. If he stays with the enemy - he gets to live, and pretty decently at that. So it begs the question... Which side is the "brutal occupying force"? This is the point. Why turn it into a hate fest? And all of you hate mongers... Stop and think before you share your poison. If his claims are legitimate he should be allowed asylum. This is a matter of law, not emotion. FYI - I consider myself fairly right wing. And surprisingly, as with most , that doesn't mean I've lost my humanity.

is irking. If he's sent into the Westbank, as he requested (remaining in Israel was an alternative), he would be doing no harm to us should he, in fact, be a doubleagent. And from a humanistic point of view, most of us know how brutal Hamas in Gaza was with its Fatah opposition, i.e., kneecapping, flung from the roofs of high buidings, so there is a rational reason for many Gazans to be fearful for their lives and well-being. So the man appears to be taking a logical course, opting for life as opposed to damage, torture or death. I wonder how many other Gazans would prefer life in the Westbank or Israel over life in the Strip.

Has he ever helped us? Did he do anything for us? Intelligence? anything? If not, I'm sorry, but it's not our problem. Send him packing to the West Bank.

And you're, obviously, the same person who, if Israel took in every single Arab who asked for asylum, would probably look for some ulterior motive rather than give Israel any credit for a humanitarian gesture, as evidenced by your snarky comment about "getting weepy-eyed at the movie Exodus."

the delegation is leaving to Rafah as part of the tri-phasic deal: phase1 : Shalit in Cairo = 150 Pals, prisoners. Phase 2: Shalit in Israel = 450 Pals. prisoners Phase 3 : 400+ Pals Prisoners; granted by Egypt. a trusted source said. No more breach of International Law or jus cogens. No more war without declaration or ultimatum; the guise under operation nomenclature is history.

I wish more Israelis like you would come forward. Your attitude is clearly lacking in the public voice. My respect for your empathy - which by the way in my book is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of wisdom. It is still possible to defend Israel without turning barbaric.

No, I wouldn't look for an ulterior motive. Israel has taken in many refugees for selfless reasons. I could comment about the "snarkiness" of your tone. To me, it says that you do advocate sending this man back to his death. Am I right? Yes or no?

Actually, I'm not in favor of sending him back. What bothers me is that every such incident that takes place in Israel (even though it often pales in comparison to all the atrocities and injustices happening in the world), results in attacks against the country that are out of proportion to the offense in question. I just wish that, occasionally, people would get equally exorcised over all the inhumane things that take place in countries other than Israel.

I certainly agree with you there. There is an extremely disproportionate focus on what Israel does wrong. I think at least some of that focus has to do with anti-Semitism. I am in complete agreement with you on this topic. Still, it's disappointing to see how many of the talkbacks above advocate sending this man back go Gaza. I'm glad that at least you're not one of those voices.

Honestly, I've never been in favor of Israel NOT giving asylum to those who request it unless, of course, there's a reason to believe that person is a security risk. Obviously, from a humanitarian point of view it's the proper thing to do, but I also feel that each one of those people is proof that Israel is a much more humane country than the one (usually Arab or Muslim) the asylum-seeker is fleeing. I do agree with you about anti-Semitism being part of the problem, but I think it goes further. I think as far as some on the extreme left are concerned, the vitriol aimed at Israel is also a function of the fact that Israel is a very close ally of the U.S. and the enmity of the far left toward America is well-known. But, obviously, the most troubling of all is that both anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism are on the increase the world over.