The "everyone for everyone" equation sounds at demonstrations and in the news studios as if it is a new equation in mathematics that needs to be understood, internalized and accepted. There is no choice but to empty Israel's prisons of Palestinian terrorists, and now.
There is not a single person in Israel whose heart does not go out at the pictures of the abductees, stories of lives that were cruelly cut short. Our brothers and sisters, soldiers, children, men, women and the elderly, who are being tortured at this moment under the bloody hands of accursed Hamasniks. The heart hurts and the stomach turns when you think about what they're going through, day after day and hour after hour. But above the heart there is a head.
"All for Everyone" means that the damned Arafat Rafaya, who assaulted, raped and murdered 20-year-old Uri Ansbacher in 2019 in a forest in Jerusalem, will be set free to hunt for new victims.
"All for everyone" means that Hakim Awad and his cousin Amjad, the deaths who infiltrated the Fogel home in 2011, will once again roam the streets. They strangled and stabbed Yoav, 10, and Elad, 4, to death with multiple knifes, and then went to the parents' room, fought Father Ehud and stabbed him to death in the neck and neck. Ruth also tried to struggle, but she was stabbed and murdered as well. After the murderers left, Amjad returned to the house to look for weapons, and when he heard Hadas, three months old, crying, he stabbed her hard in the head.
We will stop here, even though the cruelty of the Palestinian prisoners could have been spread out over many pages.
Releasing terrorists is a ticking clock. Those who murder and rape will continue to do so in the future. Yusuf al-Khatib, a terrorist who was released in the hostage deal about three weeks ago, has already managed to return to his old ways and was caught throwing stones at IDF soldiers. The soldiers apprehended the newly released man, but were forced to release him due to an agreement between Israel and Hamas, according to which they would not immediately catch the terrorists (!) if they returned to try to kill our soldiers and civilians.
There are clever ways to exert pressure and threats to make terrorists afraid of us, but it seems that we have not tried any of them. But from the outset, the government had and still has a difficult task: to find sophisticated ways to exert pressure and threats to return the abductees, with the general public in mind
Terrorists are terrorists, they are terrorists. And if this is not clear, one can recall the tragic results of the Shalit deal, in which murderer Yahya Sinwar was set free. It is hard to count how many people were murdered as a result of that unfortunate agreement. Gilad Shalit is a dear soldier, but all those murdered as a result of his release are also dear citizens. Releasing the murderers will save the abductees in the short term, and abandon the blood of civilians who will still pay the price of liberation in the long run. The terrorists internalize the equation - it's worth kidnapping, it's worthwhile. Who will be the next kidnapped?
There are clever ways to exert pressure and threats to make terrorists afraid of us, but it seems that we have not tried any of them. But from the outset, the government had and still has a difficult task: to find sophisticated ways to exert pressure and threats to return the hostages, with the rule in mind.
It will be a difficult decision. A decision made wisely, a decision that also includes the fatalities that such a deal entails. A decision that thinks about the next kidnapping of women and children - which have proven to be a passing currency for the merchant. A decision that is not managed by demonstrations in the square, a decision that does not think only about "now," but also about the future.
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