Good article.

How is opposing the release of unrepentant brutal murderers standing in the way of peace? Seems to me just the exact opposite is the truth.

Too bad the majority here will not understand one word of what you have written ...

This article hints at the " occupation " as a natural couse of being a murderer. This is a generalized lie and simply untrue. East Europe was occupied by the Soviet Union after WW2 for 40 years. During this period there were not murderers born out of the "trauma" of the occupation. There was not encitement at all against the Russian people as a whole and the East Europeans did not want the blood of any innocent victims. Whether they were soldiers or just their relatives. That is human beings were occupied and not cold blooded murderers...

Its absurd to release them before a peace deal. If the arabs actually wanted peace it would have happened, prisoners would have been released and we'd have moved on. They DONT want it. They want to act like little kids, not be responsible for their own actions and blame others for the problems they caused themselves. Grow up, make peace, then everything else will follow.

Israel deserves great credit for allowing the free flow of expressions no matter how idiotic, hurtful and backwards. The article's insane conclusions and evil propositions speak volumes about the importance of freedom of speech in israel.

So obvius,if Israel leaves the Litani River in Lebanon there will be peace with Hezbolla. If leaves Gaza there will be peace with Hamas. If Israel liberates all the terrorist in jail, Iran will not drop their atomic bomb in Tel aviv. Is so simple..........

Murderers should be put to death and be of no hindrence for Peace. Arn.Sweden.

occupation produces murderers , who must be released ? I thank G-d he gave me a lucid mind in contrast to others !

Great article. The enemies of peace on both sides must be debated and won over. More gestures and acts of goodwill are needed by both sides. May we all earn peace, and live to see it in our days.

The occupation is bad but most of the alternatives are worse .The only real way is an autonomous Arab state I seventy five percent of Judae and Samaria and an Israeli Led Defensive line on the Jordan Valley with parts of area C totally unoccupied by civilians but full of deep nuclear shelters anti ballistic missile defence and Deterrant weaponry in case of an attack between the sea and the river .This will ensure Demilitirization of the Arab state and protect against a strike from psychfanaticalsuidemass murder Regimes or anarchic gangs.

Englis speaking perss is not exactly... fisrt day around.

Don't quit your day job..

Leftist defeatist childish rubbish....One of the worst articles that I have ever read on ynet...There is NO PEACE,there,will be NO PEACE,there will never be PEACE.....It will never happen.....Just keep releasing these born killers to make the Loony Left Peace mob happy....With twits like these deluded Loony Left,who needs enemies........

This is the kind of nonsense that you would expect from that nasty racist anti-Semitic rag the Guardian.....Or from Haaretz...Still after all free speech is for all....Even for writing this kind of nonsense.....

BTW what in Heavens name is "so-called ethical mantra" and start acting normally????????...So we can only act normally only if we take notice of this authors confused "so called ethical mantra.....Whatever that is....Good Luck with it..You will need it.....

has nothing to do with the so-called "occupation."

A mere 7 months ago, leading Israeli leftist "intellectuals" urged Israel to cede the Golan!! You can still watch idiotic leftist leaders on video telling Israel how wonderful things will be once Israel leaves Gaza. Dumb leftists also though Oslo was a great idea. Leftists are infallibly wrong about every major issue and always have been. The only value of leftist opinion is as a reverse barometer.

B"H - Peace comes because G-d gives it to you for Torah compliance! No Torah compliance? No peace! This is the situation we are in right now.

Merav, I know this is hard for you to understand, but the occupiers are the Arabs. This is the Land of Israel. They are killing us so that people like you will want to give them half your homeland to make them stop, and then they'll fight us for the other half to get rid of us. It is obvious that no one in your family has ever been kidnapped, tortured, axed or stabbed or strangled to death by our peace partners. But tell me, when the Arabs of Hevron slaughtered 69 Jews in 1929, in the most brutal manner, what was bothering them then? The occupation?

Before writing such a collection of fantasies, the author should read the PLO and HAMAS Charters. There is no a single word about peace with Israel in those "documents" - only death and destruction.

There hasn't been one Israeli in Gaza since we pulled out in 2005! Israel also pulled out of Lebanon - so what are you talking about??

Israel is not occupying Libya, Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Iraq. These are "unoccupied" Arab countries, governed by Arabs.. And there are perhaps more Arab murderers there then in Israel and the in "territories". Maybe these terrorists are one result of contemporary Arab/Moslem culture. Seems to me clear that if Israel simply left the territories, there would be MORE murderers; and I think Israel's presence is squelching the population of murders . Maybe the safest place to be an Arab is in Israel. Of course, just about anywhere would be safer without Arabs.

It ignores the terrorism that existed before there was any Israeli occupation, and it ignores all the other occupations in the world which does not breed terrorists. Scratch that - ridiculous piece.

Why were Jews in Israel murdered in numbers in 1921? Why were the Arabs for the Final Solution? Why was a family of 5 attacked by Muslims in Australia YESTERDAY? THIS IS NOT ABOUT LAND. IT IS ABOUT THE MUSLIM HATRED OF JEWS, EVERYWHERE. I WISH THESE LEFTISTS WOULD READ THE NEWSPAPERS ONCE A MONTH, AT LEAST.

lead to stupid ideological conclusions... so will being deaf to what your enemy really says. Is it the fact that Israel is in judea and samaria which triggers terror ... oh yes ms. benito would say... bu then again thern it also triggered the arab oprgromms of 1921, 1929, 1936 and those throughout history... in other words, please do not bend the fact to justify hatred and cowardice appeasment and leftwing nonesense. If we really listen to the 'moderate' abbas, what he really says is that as long as jews 'occupy' any piece of the earth there will not be peace. Please ms. benito stop with your nonesens!

Sorry Merav but Israel is not occupying the WB. In order for there to be an occupation there had to be another country there prior!!! The WB is Israeli territory by virtue of the San Remo convention ratified by the entire league of nations. Israel has been trying to negotiate peace with The Arab/PA leadership but they won't compromise. Every time Israel gave up land it was taken over by radical islamists. Gaza fell to Hamas in 1 week. peace will only happen if the other side is willing to compromise and only if we can sign an agreement with a stable government.

Another dingbat speaks. Israel has always been the first to take the first step. The Arabs have yet to live up to anything they have ever agreed to or have signed. And still Merav sees it as the fault of the Israelis. If Israel had the guts she would cut off ALL ties with Aza and at the first provocation blast them into oblivion.