At the polls: waiting for Tuesday
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The Almagor Terror Victims Association warned Sunday morning that it will stand outside polling stations on Election Day with pictures of murdered terror victims if the government announces a last-minute deal to free abducted soldier Gilad Shalit by agreeing to release terrorists who have murdered Israelis.

A mosaic of murdered terror victims

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"We will remind the voters who promised us, by the graves and in the homes of mourners, of the long hand that would reach the murderers and that that same hand is now surrendering to release them and cause more murders and kidnappings in the future," said Dr. Aryeh Bachrach. Dr. Bachrach, head of the Bereaved Parents' Forum at Almagor, lost his own son in a terrorist attack at Wadi Kelt.

Almagor blames Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amos Gilad, head of the Defense Ministry's Diplomacy-Security Division, for leading a diplomatic process instead of enabling the continuation of military pressure, and for recommending opening the passages, claiming that keeping them closed was not effective.

"The deal being developed for opening the passages without tying it to the release of Shalit and without any conditions is evidence that Hamas' determination has won," Dr. Bachrach said.

Almagor director and reserve Lt. Col. Meir Indor added, "The fiasco of the war [in Gaza] will be that hundreds of murderers will return to Gaza, something that will turn the military achievements earned, thanks to our soldiers and the blood of the dead and wounded, to a historic victory for Hamas."