Almagor Rebutts Security Men on Shalit Deal

Almagor Rebutts Security Men on Shalit Deal

Israel National News

2011-04-12

The Almagor umbrella group of terror-victim groups called on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Tuesday, to reject, out of hand, the demand made Monday by six senior members of the security establishment to accept the Hamas terror organization’s demand to free a thousand security prisoners in exchange for the release of abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Almagor said, in a statement, “These men failed in the past through the release of terrorists and other mistaken security conceptions which sprouted terror and its victims to monstrous proportions, and they must not explain to us what to do now. The price in blood of releases is known, and it would be pure anarchy to respond positively to Hamas.”

The Prime Minister’s Office responded Monday night to the demands of the security man by blaming Hamas for not responding to Israel’s last offer on Shalit. The statement noted the murders of dozens of Israelis by terrorists who were released and said Netanyahu will not approve a deal that endangers Israel.