Israeli experts laud U.K. over handling of Iran prisoner crisis
Israeli experts who have been involved in prisoner swaps have lauded the British handling of the Iranian prisoner crisis saying that the British handled the situation, "in an exemplary manner."
They have also said that the release of the Brits might have a positive effect on Israel's attempts to secure the release of Gilad Shalit and two other Israeli soldiers held by Hizbullah.
"Much depends on how the Israeli leadership acts in the next few days," said the sources.I happen to find myself in agreement with Mr Goldwasser. The notion that one can't talk to certain groups because one considers them terrorists is ludicrous. This is a stance straight out of Margaret Thatcher's black book, which resulted in her ludicrously claiming that she wouldn't have anything to do with attempts to release Nelson Mandela as she considered Nelson Mandela a terrorist. It is beyond a shadow of a doubt that history will accord a much larger place to Mr Mandela than it will to Mrs Thatcher.
Following the release of 15 British sailors seized two weeks ago by Iranian forces in the Persian Gulf, the father of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Ehud Goldwasser said Thursday that Israel should learn from the British government and hold direct talks with the captors of its seized soldiers.
"I know that they want to make deals through direct one-on-one talks, without mediations in the middle," Shlomo Goldwasser told the 150 demonstrators who had gathered in Tel Aviv as part of a cross-Israel journey in support of releasing the captive IDF soldiers.
"It doesn't interest me that according to the law Hezbollah is defined as a terror organization," Goldwasser said. "We can talk to Hezbollah in order to return our sons home."
Indeed, the neurotic notion that one is somehow being honourable by refusing to negotiate with terrorists is completely overshadowed by the historic agreements arrived at recently in Northern Ireland where both sides have agreed to form a power sharing government. Such a breakthrough could never have been achieved were ministers not prepared to negotiate with the very people who had been killing our citizens.
I have long argued that the Israeli government made a horrendous mistake by launching their attacks on both Gaza and Lebanon in an attempt to free their captured soldiers. And indeed, as the American right wing attack the UK for not being tough enough towards Iran throughout the prisoner crisis, I wonder whose tactics have achieved the best results? The British have their fifteen soldiers back while poor Gilad Shalit and the others disgracefully remain captured.
The facts speak for themselves. The warmongers wrap themselves up in false concern for the captured soldiers, whilst pushing another agenda completely.
Those interested in having their soldiers released realise that violence is probably the last way to achieve that aim.
So, good on the Israeli experts for their honesty. If only their leadership shared their wisdom.
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