Report: Israel, Hezbollah to hold prisoners exchange in 3 weeks
It is being reported in the Egyptian state-run daily Al-Ahram that Israel and Lebanon are preparing to exchange prisoners in three weeks time.The sources said that under the agreement, abducted Israel Defense Forces soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev would be released first, and a day or two later Israel would release Lebanese prisoners according to a list provided by Hezbollah.
So we now witness Israel accepting the very deal that was on the table before the invasion of Gaza and Lebanon.
Al-Ahram also reports that a deal for the release of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, abducted by Palestinian militants on the Gaza border, is to be finalized soon.
We have the right to now ask why Israel indulged herself in such an orgy of violence, killed hundreds of people, maimed thousands and destroyed billions of dollars worth of Lebanese property if she is now simply to accept the deal that was always available to her.
Surely such a deal is an admission that Olmert got it horribly wrong and should now be seen as a matter demanding his immediate resignation?
Indeed, in an ideal world both Bush and Blair should now be reconsidering their positions as the people who backed Olmert's disgraceful actions.
But, since their illegal war in Iraq based on false pretences, we have discovered that no-one resigns anymore on matters of principle. If only because the people who now lead us do not have any principles.
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