Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman referred to soldiers and civilians being held captive by Hamas in Gaza.
"We cannot repeat the mistake of the Shalit deal, in which 1,027 terrorists were released including murderers and their activators such as Mahmoud Kawassmeh, who was released to the Gaza strip and funded the kidnapping and murder of three youths, and Yahya Sanwar, who leads Hamas in Gaza. Sanwar has now made stringent demands which cannnot enable any kind of deal.
"Its important to draw up definitive guidelines for the state and its representatives and to stand fast before our enemies and emphasize to them that we have no intention of compromising Israel's security," Liberman said.