February 03, 2005
Israel to Release 900 Palestinian Prisoners, Withdraw from West Bank Towns
As part of a cease-fire deal in preparation for the upcomig summit between Prime Minister Arial Sharon and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Israel promised to Release 900 Palestinian Prisoners and withdraw from Jericho and five other West Bank towns.
Exactly how releasing 900 suspected terrorists and their sympathizers could possibly help a cease-fire was not explained by either the PA or the Israeli cabinet which approved the deal.
AP:
The ministers approved the release of 500 Palestinian prisoners immediately after next Tuesday's summit, an official in the meeting said on condition of anonymity. An additional 400 prisoners will be freed within three months.
In addition, the ministers decided the army would pull out of the West Bank town of Jericho in the coming days, the first of five cities to be vacated by the army in the coming weeks.
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I think this is a critical step towards peace in that region and throughout the middle east. I also think that Bush's proposal of funds to help this process is amazing. The majority of those "suspected terrorists" are probably teenagers who threw rocks at tanks and were lucky to survive shots from supposedly non-lethal rubber bullets if not worse. Of course there is no way to know for sure but I only make this speculation because you do as well.
I ask you all this question: how long can muslim rulers turn a blind eye to terrorists when they see the US making strides to help the palestenians? Would terrorist sympathizers continue their support when they see the US helping muslims?
Lets get to the point...the SMALL groups of muslims that the MSM loved to show dancing in the streets after 9/11...would they be as happy if the people that were killed were helping them build a house on the soil that was finally returned to them? I think not. Suddenly the few muslims that see terrorists as "freedom fighters" would realize what they truly are: monsters.
This is a huge step in the right direction to heal muslim-US relations.
Posted by: Jim at February 03, 2005 02:44 PM (p6jU/)
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I HOPE you're right. I FEAR you're wrong. We'll see.
Posted by: Rusty at February 03, 2005 04:15 PM (JQjhA)
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Now, Now Jim. Too late to get on the band wagon.
Posted by: greyrooster at February 03, 2005 05:53 PM (n5v9Q)
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It's 2005 and about damn time parts of the world began to make a turn for the better. The Middle East is one such part of the world. I'm glad we have a president who has a consistent, on-going commitment to helping the Israeli/Palestinian conflict become history. The signs are good. I believe the Muslim world is reluctant to admit that the U.S has good intentions, but our priority should continue to be encouragement and support for changes; our image to the world will better accordingly.
Posted by: Igor Kazakov at February 04, 2005 04:04 AM (xM3Dg)
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Rooster, as usual you don't make sense. What bandwagon are you talking about? Admit that you think it was a mistake on Bush's part before you read that comment. You probably still do. Like Rusty said, we shall see. Its about time Bush finally DID something about that issue (and backed it up financially) instead of simply talking about "what an unfortunate situation" it is. If he had did it in the first 4 years there might have been no 9/11.
Posted by: Jim at February 04, 2005 04:00 PM (aL36c)
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