This Ongoing War..
08 September '13..
What has come so far of the latest US-sponsored Israel/PA negotiations since they got underway in late July? Only one concrete thing until this point: the release of unrepentant killers of Israeli Arabs and Jews. In the four-stage process, 4 times 26 equals 104 long-term convicts will walk to freedom, fame, adulation and emulation in the villages and towns of Gaza and the PA territories. The first 26 were set loose in mid August to an official heroes' reception sponsored by the Palestinian Authority.
Is the prisoner release an integral aspect of the "peace" discussions? Depends whom you want to believe. The head of the PA's negotiating team Saeeb Erekat said the freeing of the murderers was part of "a clear understanding" with the Israeli side as the Kerry-driven process got underway [see "14-Aug-13: Making 'peace' by celebrating the murders of children and of Holocaust survivors"]. Some days later, his boss, Mahmoud Abbas who was elected to a four year term as PA chairman eight years ago said the opposite "25-Aug-13: Wake up call for those who thought the terrorists are walking free for peace"]: that the unwarranted gift of freedom to the exultant life-term prisoners "was unrelated to the launching of the peace talks".
Both Erekat and Abbas have long track records of (picking our words with care) characterizing facts in whatever way serves their perceived interests at that moment. So to gain a sense of what happens next with the remaining three tranches of imprisoned Palestinian Arab terrorists, consider what the Bethlehem-based Palestinian Arab news agency Maan reported yesterday
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