May our Heroes be blessed, protected and guided by good people from bad people. Amen!

So Salma, tell us why the Awads - convicted of murdering the Fogel family - are your heroes. Please explain to us why you think that a Palestinian who sticks a knife into a 4-month old baby is a hero.

From another hand thеse 1027 prisoners coast to the country 15-20 000$ per day...

A female prisoner says "finally we can breathe some fresh air " Maybe so but it's Jewish fresh air and always will be . Take some deep breaths because you will soon be taking in the stench of evil So you really will feel right at home .

like gasoline for car transfer etc? gilad shalit family? i doubt it. simple israeli citizen.

According to my information , Amjad and Hakim Awad are NOT part of Shalit prisoner exchange deal .

She is the Palestinian who planned the Sbarro bombing where 15 innocent civilians were murdered by a Palestinian suicide bomber. Tamimi reportedly smiled when she was told that 8 children were murdered in the bombing. Salma - are you going to dance and sing and celebrate when Tamimi is released? Is she your hero? Are you proud of her? Do you want more Palestinian children to grow up and be like her? ps- what is your opinion on the Awads? Are they your heroes too?

Wait.

Everyone mouths "breaking the cycle of violence", so I'd like to offer a suggestion. Institute the death penalty in Israel. I see on the prisoners-to-be freed list many terrorists convicted of multiple life sentences who have served less than 20 years. And they are going home to Gaza. They are "heroes" in the Arab world and their families cared for. So where exactly is the downside to being a mass murderer of Israelis when a verdict of multiple "life sentence" becomes utterly meaningless? Why is "5 life sentences" or "8 life sentences" or even more an oxymoron only in Israel? They know that while they are still relatively young, they will be released in a prisoner exchange for a future "Gilad Shalit", no matter how many lives they have taken. And until just a few months ago, Israeli tax shekels went to providing these murderers with college degrees! Absolutely right that Israel has to change! Bring in the death penalty and execute first the Fogal family murderers. Next, anyone who has murdered a child or pregnant woman. Next, any mass murder, and "mass" is more than one. See what this little experiment does to the rate of terrorism and then get back to me, OK?

I recommended your short talkback. # 11: I agree with your comments with all my heart. Countries that don't live under the threat of terror can remove the death penalty all they want, including awesome Canada. However when a great, beautiful country like Israel is living under constant terrorism attacks from all sides, then by all means, bring back capital punishment which is even too mild for terrorists murdering innocent civilians, from babies to pensioners! As for Salma of nowhere, you're not only blind but hopeless as well. Come on, go on to Gaza and help them celebrate but mostly, stay there!

That is why we need to bring back the death penalty for convicted murderers, especially those who have killed more than one and those who do not regret their actions.