Last Minute Hamas Demands Could Imperil Deal

Arutz Sheva ^ | 15/10/11 | Gil Ronen

[Eleutheria5]

Hamas has made additional last minute demands of Israel in return for freeing abducted IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. Analysts say the demands could imperil the deal or postpone its implementation.

While Hamas kingpin Khaled Mashaal has boasted that all Palestinian Authority (PA) female terrorist prisoners will be freed, his organization appears to have discovered at week's end that there are more such prisoners that it thought. The number of female PA terrorists in Israel's jails is 35, not 27 as Hamas apparently believed until now.

Jacqueline Alfaraja, a lawyer for the PA's Prisoners' Club, told the PA based Ma'an news agency that there are 35 female prisoners in Israel's jails. While 27 have been sentenced, five are in remand awaiting sentencing and three are under administrative detention. Hamas now says that the "mistake" must be "rectified" and claims that Israel agreed to release all female prisoners without determining their exact number.

In addition, Hamas demands that Israel hand over the bodies of terrorists including those who participated in the abduction of Shalit. The demands have been delivered to Egyptian authorities, which have reportedly promised to "take care of them."

[Eleutheria5]

Demand that Egypt simply release Shalit to Israeli custody now. If they refuse, do an Entebbe-style rescue of Gilad from Egypt, set up in advance of making the demand. If any Egyptians get killed in the process, evacuate the embassy immediately. Tell Hamas to go screw itself. Mass troops on Sinai border.

[La Enchiladita]

Damn it. Damn the Hamas to Hell.

[C210N]

Circumstantial evidence that Shalit is no longer alive, and the HAMees are just playing with Israel...

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Eleutheria5.

While Hamas kingpin Khaled Mashaal has boasted that all Palestinian Authority (PA) female terrorist prisoners will be freed... The number of female PA terrorists in Israel's jails is 35, not 27 as Hamas apparently believed... 27 have been sentenced, five are in remand awaiting sentencing and three are under administrative detention. Hamas now says that the "mistake" must be "rectified" and claims that Israel agreed to release all female prisoners without determining their exact number. In addition, Hamas demands that Israel hand over the bodies of terrorists including those who participated in the abduction of Shalit. The demands have been delivered to Egyptian authorities, which have reportedly promised to "take care of them."

[ken5050]

Don't know if I can agree with that, though I can well understand why you mught think so. Israel isn't stupid..one would think that they would have demanded hard proof that he is indeed still alive before allowing these negotiations to go public..

Or, more likely they already know that he's dead..this is there way of tricking the Palis into admitting it..

[montag813]

Good...scuttle the raw deal. Do not release a single terrorist for Shalit. What if one child is murdered by them. ONE. Will it be worth it? How would Shalit feel?

[Joe Boucher]

You know about a minute after Shalit is freed and 1000 or so bad guys, Hamas is gonna grab another poor fool soldier they can use as a pawn and bargaining chip.
Israel is getting punked.

[La Enchiladita]

I fear you are right.

[ClearCase_guy]

Napalming of the West Bank should begin in 5 minutes. It can stop when Shalit arrives in Tel Aviv.

[Eleutheria5]

Would you mind not napalming my house?

[Redleg Duke]

What a surprise!

Who would have ever imagined that the Islamists would back out at the last minute!

[Eleutheria5]

You could knock me over with a feather./s

[noprogs]

Nah.

Go ahead and agree to their demands. Just return the 1,000 Islamic terrorists in the same condition Shalit arrives in.

[Eleutheria5]

I like your thinking.

[Jack Hammer]

Dog bites man.

If Hamas had NOT made extra, last minute demands, THAT would be news.

[MarkL]

Am I mistaken? Wasn't the part of Israel commonly called "the West Bank" actually part of the original partition plan, but after Jordan attacked, they captured the land?

Mark

[noprogs]

Thanks.

But as for my thinking, I believe Shalit is deceased.

I hope I’m wrong about that.

[TXnMA]

And IF Shalit is returned alive, have him identify every place he was held during the last five years. Then erase those sites -- using a sufficiently large CEP to allow for indistinct memory on his part -- even if it includes an entire city.