Israel-Hamas deal collapses

Following up on my “Dealing with terrorists” post I wrote earlier.

 A prisoner swap deal between Israel and Hamas appears to have collapsed, dashing hopes among both Israelis and Palestinians.

The goal of the negotiations, moderated by Egypt, were to clinch an agreement for the release of Cpl Gilad Shalit – an Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian militants and smuggled into Gaza almost three years ago – in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

The talks, stepped up in recent weeks, were seen as a last-ditch effort by the outgoing Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert to secure a deal while he was still in power.
(Source)

Dealing with terrorists

The Left’s latest fantasy is its enthusiasm for a deal with Hamas that would free Gilad Schalit. By Tuesday night, Israelis should know whether or not our outgoing leftist government will agree to release between 450 and 1,000 Palestinian terrorists – including mass murderers serving multiple life sentences – in exchange for Schalit whom Hamas and it sister terror groups have held hostage since June 2006.

I didn’t now about this until I read about it here today. I can’t for my life understand why anyone thinks this is a good idea.