The Israeli government has gone through yet another pointless exercise in confidence building for Fatah. They've released still more Palestinian terrorists from Israeli jails in exchange for what? Nothing.
Well, nothing except Fatah demands that they wont stop until Israeli jails are completely emptied of Palestinian prisoners. That includes convicted terrorists like Marwan Barghouti.
And it's done nothing to stop the kassam rockets either.
It's supposed to help bolster Fatah in their internecine struggle with Hamas, but all it does is provide more fodder for the terrorists to hold out hope that they can beat Israel for control over all territory West of the Jordan River. Hamas can be counted on to claim that Fatah is collaborating with Israel, and they'd be right. That's a winning argument in places like Gaza, which despite the crushing poverty and lack of infrastructure due to Hamas goons taking their cut of every business activity there, will favor terrorism and jihad over peaceful coexistence.
Binyamin Netanyahu noted that the prisoner releases are a national shame. I'd add that they continue to undermine Israeli national security and do nothing to improve relations between Israel and the Palestinians, who have done nothing to actually warrant any kind of confidence building or unilateral concessions such as the prisoner releases.
With that as a background, Sec. State Rice has landed in Israel once again to push a peace process that has nothing to do with the facts on the ground. She, like the rest of the diplomats will ignore the kassam attacks, the incessant plots, and the steadfast refusal to accept a two-state solution.
UPDATE:
Soccer Dad emails with a report by Nadav Shragai about how prisoner releases lead to nothing but more terrorism.
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