Israel, who has been the constant victim of aggression & has won all the wars cannot be expected to make all the concessions. The Arabs will have to give up on their demands for east Jerusalem and flooding Israel with "refugees". The calls for unity with Hamas, who reject Israel altogether & the constant incitement against Israel will have to stop. No country has conducted negotiations while the other side is calling for its destruction.

Well, will Israel be as tough as to free Marwan Barghouti from prison? That would be a signal...

At this rate I think NOT unless the Knesset members remember :you don't placate the enemy by giving in to their demands. Surprised at Steinitz agreeing the release of the scumbags who murdered our people. BB folded,and all are following suite. Not to mention Livni who's has been accepted into BB's cabinet (the worse thing to have done). If they continue in this vein it is tantamount surrendering to the Arabs . I am furious reading it.

Israel is going places no other state has gone before. Scary lunatic places. No other state frees mass murderers. Israel's current leaders are scarier than her enemies.

As long as the prisoners are released to Gaza & only Gaza. Let Hamas take care of them. No to giving up 1 inch of J & S. Chaim, what do you say?

on having elections and all the exterior illusion of "free, democratic choice" of the path we, the People desire for our children & ourselves?! Something obviously gets past my level of understanding....Again & again our soldiers risk their lives capturing killers and again we let them loose. What an act of self-contempt that is! I spit on our Dear Leaders and don't BS me with explanations of how "cheap" a price this is, in order to pretend we're negotiating with the Arab usurpers of our Land.

this is wonderful. Let the Palestinians have their own state, but not until Hamas is on board or separate them in a third state "Haamsstan" We shall not take in hundred of thousands Palestinians now. They will have their own state, and let it prosper...

Who was it, Begin or Rabin, who said: One can reach peace agreements with ENEMIES only? Think on that...

O nly 40 or 50 or 60 billion in debt?

cowards. We have lost the ability to have strong leadership who put the country before themselves and do the right thing and to say: "No"

Israeli stupidity never ceases to amaze me. Releasing mass killers just to appease Obama and his sickofants. Do you see them releasing suspects from Guantanamo Bay?? No you don't, because they're still a threat. Spineless Netanyahu is releasing men who WILL kill again. But neither he or Obama cares about that. Israel is on the fast track to destruction, and Iran won't have to even lift a finger because Israel is slitting its own throat.

He nevertheless admitted that Israel has agreed to release a limited number of prisoners at a later stage and as the talks progress, as a gesture to the Palestinians.

"We are one people living in two states and we've already ruled out the possibility of an alternative homeland, we shall not go back. There will be no Palestinian immigration to Jordan under any circumstance." So Abbas admits that Jordan is the point of origin of the Arabs that call themselves Palestinians. Very interesting....

.. has been put on BIBI from the US!! No leaders with an intact live brain would release murderers while the IDF has fought for life to put them there!! Also, Israel has won all wars which have been put on them from the arabic neighbors. And then, the loosing country should NEVER dictate anything in the aftermath. The whole scenario around these negotiations is a mystery... Obama has, maybe, told BIBI he is an islamic follower, a sunny, and he would release all the american forces onto Israel, unless he gives in!!

#6. You pose a good question. Why do Israeli politicians constantly do stupid self destructive things? Such as showering our enemies with support. Such as freeing mass murderers. No other nation, in human history, has ever done such incredibly idiotic things. Tom, you know the answer and so do I. Though it is not pleasant to think about. There is a death wish among these politicians. Israel's survival and welfare depend on replacing these death wish politicians fast.

#5 Birdi. There is no excuse for keeping "Palestinian" terrorists alive. Upon capture, they should be thoroughly interrogated (to obtain information to catch other terrorists and prevent atrocities) and executed within 48 hours of capture. Freeing murderous terrorists is spitting on the graves of their victims and endangering Israel. This is yet another lunatic Israeli policy that has no historic precedence.

Well said, Tom. Kudos. Do I now need to arm myself?

Why do Israeli lives have to be put on the line to get the enfant terrible Abbas back to the "Israeli concessions" table? One condition of these murderers' release should be that they must be relocated to Washington, D.C.

Everyone who has lost family members to these creatures should sue. The government has no right to do this. Disappointed in Kerry and Obama for allowing this, and Bibi going along with it. Nothing good will come out of it, more lives will be lost and more children hurt.

more political "cowardice in the face of the enemy" this is it. We have no leadership. With Netanyahu wobbling so much expect him to fall over anytime soon

Freed terrorists = moving targets. These won't be getting a third chance, and they know it: the moment they return to terror, they are as good as dead.

Amazing.

An eye for an eye. Yes, I do agree. No Israeli politician/government has the guts to re-instate the death penalty. Our voices need to be heard on this! I hate it.

I doubt it will. As far as I can ascertain Barghouti is the trump card. However,considering the release of the scumbag terrorists is tantamount surrendering to the jigadists That happen to be the worse. Am baffled the Govt is going down that road TO PERDITION. looks like BB with his side kick Livni unbelievable state of affairs. When will our leaders wake up to reality You cannot win the game by giving in to the likes of arch terrorist abbas who is following in the footsteps of his chum Arafat

Will Israel be tough enough to free Barghouti? I guess not because for some unknown reason they think it is their trump card. Thus Barghouti will remain incarcerated being a number one terrorist. Having said this much I am disgusted to read BB & clique are preparing to release the scumbags prisoners as a good gesture , This is tantamount committing suicide .

I agree with you because BB seems to give in each and every time. It also applies to the rest of Israeli politicians. Why I know not. In this instance I feel the same as you.

The judenrat that rules us has neither courage or common sense. Bibi has turned left because he wants the left to support him when he runs for Israel President after Peres. Seven years of cushy employment and a budget 60 times greater than Prime Minister. Cigars and ice cream, boy oh boy. More dead Jews? Small potatoes.