MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union) said that he is sure that in the end, Samir Kuntar and other terrorist murderers will be released, "because it has been shown that Prime Minister Sharon and the ministers simply cannot withstand the pressure from the families. The terrorist organizations know that this is our weak point, and they will continue to take advantage of this by trying to collect more bodies." In Eldad's opinion, "Hizbullah is holding us by the throat. Otherwise, there is no explanation for the fact that last week, after the murder of our soldier who was dismantling mines placed by Hizbullah to kill Israelis, we retaliated so weakly. It was because this deal was in the works, and we were afraid to rock the boat. We are dancing to Hizbullah's tune."
Yehudit Dasberg, who is raising her two grandchildren following the terrorist murder of her daughter and son-in-law Efrat and Yaron Ungar in June 1996, is also strongly against the Tenenbaum deal. Although terrorists with "blood on their hands" are not to be released, she acknowledged in a talk with Arutz-7 today, "the government is already saying that Samir Kuntar, who participated in the murder of four Jews, will be released if information on Ron Arad is received. So why are they acting as if they will never release murderers?" In addition, she feels that "the hundreds of prisoners released in the 1985 Jibril deal [in which 1,150 Arab prisoners were freed in exchange for three captive Israeli soldiers] brought about the first intifada, which in turn led to the second one [and many Israeli deaths]. The government then did not know what would happen and had good intentions, but we must not repeat the same mistakes again." She explained that she has a list of terrorists freed in previous exchanges that later took part in murderous terrorist attacks. "How are the murderers of our three soldiers being punished? Exchanges of this type merely encourage more kidnappings and more murders, and we thus lose another level of deterrence. Ariel Sharon, who is supposed to be Mr. Security, has made every possible mistake and thus destabilized our security in every corner."
"It's been said that the politicians simply cannot face the families, and that's why they gave in," Arutz-7's Emanuel Shilo said. Mrs. Dasberg acknowledged, "So that three mothers can bring their child to burial, all of Israel must face the prospect of even more terrorist murders and deaths on the streets? I simply do not understand. How will they be able to show their faces in public? True, if it were my child who was involved, I would very very much want this exchange to go through. But I expect from our Prime Minister, who is responsible for the security of the entire state, to ignore my private tears, and deal with the needs of the collective. This is a problematic area today, when the public awareness is that the individual is in the center, and the rest is not important... What happened to our national proportions?"
Yehudit Dasberg, who is raising her two grandchildren following the terrorist murder of her daughter and son-in-law Efrat and Yaron Ungar in June 1996, is also strongly against the Tenenbaum deal. Although terrorists with "blood on their hands" are not to be released, she acknowledged in a talk with Arutz-7 today, "the government is already saying that Samir Kuntar, who participated in the murder of four Jews, will be released if information on Ron Arad is received. So why are they acting as if they will never release murderers?" In addition, she feels that "the hundreds of prisoners released in the 1985 Jibril deal [in which 1,150 Arab prisoners were freed in exchange for three captive Israeli soldiers] brought about the first intifada, which in turn led to the second one [and many Israeli deaths]. The government then did not know what would happen and had good intentions, but we must not repeat the same mistakes again." She explained that she has a list of terrorists freed in previous exchanges that later took part in murderous terrorist attacks. "How are the murderers of our three soldiers being punished? Exchanges of this type merely encourage more kidnappings and more murders, and we thus lose another level of deterrence. Ariel Sharon, who is supposed to be Mr. Security, has made every possible mistake and thus destabilized our security in every corner."
"It's been said that the politicians simply cannot face the families, and that's why they gave in," Arutz-7's Emanuel Shilo said. Mrs. Dasberg acknowledged, "So that three mothers can bring their child to burial, all of Israel must face the prospect of even more terrorist murders and deaths on the streets? I simply do not understand. How will they be able to show their faces in public? True, if it were my child who was involved, I would very very much want this exchange to go through. But I expect from our Prime Minister, who is responsible for the security of the entire state, to ignore my private tears, and deal with the needs of the collective. This is a problematic area today, when the public awareness is that the individual is in the center, and the rest is not important... What happened to our national proportions?"