Israel Won't Demand Hand Over of IDF Killers From PA

This is just wrong. And the families of the dead IDF soldiers who were killed by palestinian jihadists with links to Fatah are damn pissed off about it. Apparently, Olmert has decided to let the Palestinian Authority handle the case and watch it closely.
What that means is the killers will get a slap on the wrist when they finaly DO get around to hearing the case and by that time, nobody will care what happens to these killers.
The signal this sends is outrageous...go ahead and kill Jews or IDF soldiers and fear no time in an Israeli prison, just some mild punishment by your own thugs.

Here's the full story.

Report: Israel won't demand PA hand over killers of IDF soldiers
By Haaretz Service

Israel does not intend to demand that the Palestinian Authority hand over the murderers of the two Israel Defense Forces soldiers, David Rubin and Ahikam Amihai, who were killed while hiking near Hebron three weeks ago, Channel Two reported Wednesday. According to the report, Israel decided to keep the murderers at the hands of the PA and to follow the legal process there. The victims' families were outraged with the decision, but the Prime Minister's Office maintained that the decision was made in cooperation with the Shin Bet security service, and Israel will closely follow the Palestinians' handling of the case.

The PA general intelligence did not immediately inform Israel that they had caught the terrorists who had committed the murder, and said they were in its custody, and only did so once the Shin Bet security service approached Palestinian officials. Following the Shin Bet request, Palestinian intelligence confirmed that the terrorists had turned themselves in, and even handed over to Israel the victims' weapons, which the assailants had taken following the attack, as well as the weapons used in the shooting.