Olmert Talking Prisoner Releases As Kassams Keep Coming

Outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert continues to cling to the belief that if Israel makes enough concessions to its security with Palestinian terrorists who have no interest in a two-state solution peace will be achievable.

The problem is that the terrorists see every concession as a sign of weakness to be exploited.

Case in fact:

Olmert is pressing forward with another inane prisoner release along with allowing humanitarian aid to go into Gaza from Israel.

An aide said Abbas called on Olmert to ease the restrictions, and on Monday Israel allowed 30 truckloads of food and medicine and a limited amount of diesel fuel into Gaza. UN officials said that would allow them to resume distribution to 750,000 needy Palestinians.

The planned prisoner release would be the latest in a series of Israeli gestures meant to bolster Abbas in his standoff with Hamas. The release is meant to coincide with an upcoming Muslim holiday, and all of the prisoners will come from Abbas' Fatah movement, Israeli officials said.

At the same time, the terrorists are busy raining down mortars and kassams on Israeli territories within range of Gaza.

There's no incentive for the terrorists to stop their actions since Israel will make the concessions even as the violence against Israel continues. Israel gets nothing in return, and hoping that these gestures will somehow bolster Fatah's position is misplaced. As much as Fatah hates Hamas, they both employ the triangle offense against Israel so that they can squeeze Israel for still more concessions along with the all important foreign aid and support (material and media).

UPDATE:
Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit notes that Abbas has been demanding that Israel fully withdraw behind the 1949 borders or else face war. That's right, not only is he demanding a return to the untenable pre-1967 borders, but he's threatening war unless he gets his way. It doesn't help that there are Israeli leaders like Olmert or Israeli President Shimon Peres pushing appeasement in the face of violence.