Miki Goldwasser said Monday in an interview on Voice of Israel state radio that she feels her son has not been returned to Israel because politicians are more concerned with their careers than with the fate of the kidnapped soldiers.
The grieving mother said she could not understand how six months after the abduction, an agreement has still not been reached on releasing the hostages.
Each side knows the terms of the other side, she said. “I just think that six months is much longer than it should be… They want their people, we want our people. I don’t understand why it has dragged on for so long,” she said.
Goldwasser also appealed on Sunday to the mothers of Lebanese prisoners being held by the Jewish State to pressure their government and Hizbullah, as she herself is doing, into cutting a deal with Israel.
“I believe that Lebanese mothers and other relatives are hurting as we are and are waiting for the moment when they will see their loved ones at home,” she insisted.
Goldwasser is putting her message across via satellite channels and has stated that she is prepared to meet with the Lebanese mothers to issue a joint statement urging politicians to complete a prisoner swap deal.
Ehud Goldwasser was kidnapped July 12th on the northern border, together with fellow reservist Eldad Regev, in a cross-border attack by Hizbullah terrorists. The attack, during which Katyusha rockets were fired at Israel simultaneously with the capture of the two reservists, touched off a 34-day war between Israel and Hizbullah.
The families of both captives have traveled the world in their quest to convince international leaders to convince the terrorists to release the two men.
They have also met a number of times with top Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Amir Peretz and IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz.
Unlike Israel, which has allowed the captured Lebanese terrorists to receive regular visits from the Red Cross, Hizbullah has not allowed access to the Israeli captives, nor has it provided any sign they are alive.
During an appearance more than a month ago at a high school in Nahariya, Olmert said he hoped they were alive. Many interpreted the remark as a hint that they were dead. Goldwasser’s father Shlomo told Olmert soon afterward, “Israel should not pay for receiving bodies. If the sons aren’t alive, there shouldn’t be any deal at all.”
In January 2004, then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon released 401 terrorists and returned 60 bodies in a prisoner swap deal for the bodies of three Israeli soldiers who had been kidnapped and murdered by Hizbullah terrorists near the site of the July kidnapping. Israeli businessman Elchanan Tanenbaum, who was kidnapped while conducting a dubious business transaction was returned alive as part of the deal.
The grieving mother said she could not understand how six months after the abduction, an agreement has still not been reached on releasing the hostages.
Each side knows the terms of the other side, she said. “I just think that six months is much longer than it should be… They want their people, we want our people. I don’t understand why it has dragged on for so long,” she said.
Goldwasser also appealed on Sunday to the mothers of Lebanese prisoners being held by the Jewish State to pressure their government and Hizbullah, as she herself is doing, into cutting a deal with Israel.
“I believe that Lebanese mothers and other relatives are hurting as we are and are waiting for the moment when they will see their loved ones at home,” she insisted.
Goldwasser is putting her message across via satellite channels and has stated that she is prepared to meet with the Lebanese mothers to issue a joint statement urging politicians to complete a prisoner swap deal.
Ehud Goldwasser was kidnapped July 12th on the northern border, together with fellow reservist Eldad Regev, in a cross-border attack by Hizbullah terrorists. The attack, during which Katyusha rockets were fired at Israel simultaneously with the capture of the two reservists, touched off a 34-day war between Israel and Hizbullah.
The families of both captives have traveled the world in their quest to convince international leaders to convince the terrorists to release the two men.
They have also met a number of times with top Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Amir Peretz and IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz.
Unlike Israel, which has allowed the captured Lebanese terrorists to receive regular visits from the Red Cross, Hizbullah has not allowed access to the Israeli captives, nor has it provided any sign they are alive.
During an appearance more than a month ago at a high school in Nahariya, Olmert said he hoped they were alive. Many interpreted the remark as a hint that they were dead. Goldwasser’s father Shlomo told Olmert soon afterward, “Israel should not pay for receiving bodies. If the sons aren’t alive, there shouldn’t be any deal at all.”
In January 2004, then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon released 401 terrorists and returned 60 bodies in a prisoner swap deal for the bodies of three Israeli soldiers who had been kidnapped and murdered by Hizbullah terrorists near the site of the July kidnapping. Israeli businessman Elchanan Tanenbaum, who was kidnapped while conducting a dubious business transaction was returned alive as part of the deal.