Security concerns grows in Israel over prisoner swap - eTaiwan News

A prisoner swap that will exchange one hostage Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who held captive in the Gaza Strip for more than five years, for 1,027 jailed Palestinians was being hailed Wednesday seemingly as a victory for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the leadership of Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

But the price to be paid -- freedom for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners, including, Hamas said, more than 300 serving life terms for violent attacks; in other words, 300 Palestinians convicted of killing Israelis would be among the 1,027 released in exchange.

One of just three who voted against the swap, the Israeli Cabinet minister Uzi Landau said, "If many terrorists are released in this deal, it will be an immense incentive to kill Israelis and to carry out further abductions," "This deal will be a huge victory for terror. It will be a blow to Israel's security and deterrent capability," he added.

Deputy chairman of Hamas's political bureau, Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzouk, pointed out that this deal has forced Israel to succumb to certain issues that had previously always been off-limits in negotiations.

Outsiders are wondering, if this long-term planned prisoner swap between Hamas and Israel could result in a more confrontation Palestinian movement or the internal social problems.

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