Deputy Prime Minister Eli Yishai (Shas) said that he does not understand why the government of Israel continues to release Arab terrorists and does not release the nationalist Jewish prisoners despite the fact that the Prime Minister, the President and the Minister of Justice support their release.

Yishai said this at a meeting with Shmuel Meidad ("Zangi"), who heads the Honenu organization. Accompanying the minister was MK Nissim Ze'ev.