webfusion
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The Israelis offered HAMAS a trade for hostage Gilad Shalit.
The Palestinians refused to accept the deal.
Now, news is coming out of the West Bank that HAMAS leaders are being rounded up by the IDF, apparently to "up the ante" for the rapid conclusion of a prisoner-swap.
Among those 10 detained were four HAMAS lawmakers, a university professor and a former HAMAS deputy prime minister.
True to form, HAMAS uses "turnspeak" to describe the arrests of their members:
They denounced the arrests as "immoral blackmail by the Zionist occupation."
So, they accuse Israel of 'blackmail' while at the same time, their holding a single hostage for years, and demanding the highest possible blackmail redemption price, is a legitimate moral act? Sorry, that seems outrageous in my book.
The Palestinians refused to accept the deal.
Now, news is coming out of the West Bank that HAMAS leaders are being rounded up by the IDF, apparently to "up the ante" for the rapid conclusion of a prisoner-swap.
Among those 10 detained were four HAMAS lawmakers, a university professor and a former HAMAS deputy prime minister.
True to form, HAMAS uses "turnspeak" to describe the arrests of their members:
They denounced the arrests as "immoral blackmail by the Zionist occupation."
So, they accuse Israel of 'blackmail' while at the same time, their holding a single hostage for years, and demanding the highest possible blackmail redemption price, is a legitimate moral act? Sorry, that seems outrageous in my book.