A Response to The Haaretz Israeli newspaper op-ed commenting on the controversy of prisoner release by Israel.

by tikun | January 3, 2008 at 12:57 pm

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for the sake of all Creation

Last Friday (Dec 28th) Haaretz Israeli newspaper published an op-ed commenting on the controversy of prisoner release by Israel

I appreciate the subject of the release of
prisoners being brought to the awareness of your readers.
(Reconciliation begins in prison Akivar Eldar Weeks End Dec28)

From the perspective of this side of the Green
Line I think it important that in all the concerns and discussions of a
final status agreement ; the issue of criminal actions by Palestinian
citizens against Israelis be directly and clearly dealt with.

It is intolerable that after an agreement on the
cessation of hostilities is enacted by Israel and the Palestinian
authorities, after the release of some prisoners; that the murder of
Israelis by Palestinian citizens not be prosecuted by the Palestinian
judicial system.

To take the case presented of the Irish/British
agreement, surely at some point after the prisoner release the
commission of murder and other crimes by Irish nationalists no longer
warranted automatic release by the authorities.

So my question is; at what point will any
Palestinian authority that may arise begin seeing the murder of
Israelis by Palestinians as murder and not as a legitimate expression
of grievances, which may well continue to be seen as legitimate on the
part of certain individuals and groups. When will murder no longer be
seen as legitimate expressions of “the armed struggle”.

NOTE: on the poster celebrating the university of the founding of
Fatah, considered the moderate Palestinian party which we should and
can conclude an agreement on living as neighbors appear; the form of
Israel + the west bank, all covered by a Palestinian colored kefeah.
Along side that is the classical Kalashnikov rifle, symbol preeminent
of “armed struggle”.