Yona Baumel, whose son Zachary has been an MIA since the Sultan Yacoub battle in Lebanon's Beka'a Valley on June 11, 1982, has called on Israel to cease allowing the Red Cross to visit Arab terrorists in its prisons. 

"There is considerable evidence that my son Zack is still alive," Baumel wrote in an op-ed published in the Jerusalem Post Tuesday. "I mention this because of what I am about to propose: It breaks my heart to hear Karnit and Micky Goldwasser plead for information about their husband and son. I know firsthand what the Regev and Schalit families are going through. Unfortunately this just hardens the resolve of the heartless, lawless captors.

"It is very difficult trying to negotiate under these circumstances. It is more than difficult - it is impossible...Israel has always prided itself on living up to international law concerning prisoners. There comes a time when in dealing with terror organizations this is counterproductive, especially to the prisoners...I favor humanitarian treatment of prisoners, but not at the expense of our own. If Hizbullah and Hamas do not let the ICRC visit Israeli prisoners we should stop ICRC visits to members of these groups. If no proof is forthcoming whether a prisoner is dead or alive we should act accordingly. Visits by family members should be suspended, let them pressure their own leaders to provide access to our soldiers."