If Olmert wasn't at the helm in Israel right now, I'd be more inclined to buy this from the Egyptians - if a hard liner was in power in Israel I would agree that the Israelis could use Gilad Shalit's continued hostage status as a damn good excuse to go into Gaza and really clean house on Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Here's a bit of the article over at Haaretz:
The Israelis have been trying to get Egypt to broker a deal to return Shalit and as usual, the piglets over at Hamas don't think Israeli offers are good enough. Let's put a spin on this. Let's just say that Iranian troops crossed into Iraq and abducted a U.S. Marine and held him inside Iran and the Iranians were asking for the release of Quds agents being held in Baghdad. Now, I ask you...how long do you think it would be before a special ops force went into Iran to get that Marine? A day? A week? I doubt it would be any longer than a couple of days.
And when the U.S. forces went in, the world wouldn't say a word about it. But now, if Israel decides that Hamas just won't ante up on a deal for Shalit and they go full force into Gaza, wanna be the world will be up in arms over the "Zionist oppression and aggression" ? Hamas has not paid nearly the price they should have for grabbing Shalit and Hezbollah has not paid a sufficient price for the abduction of the two Israeli soldiers on the northern border. It's time that a rain of pain comes down on both of these terrorist groups.
Head of Egyptian Intelligence General Omar Suleiman has warned Hamas that the failure to include kidnapped Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit in a prisoner exchange with Israel will lead to a wide-spread IDF operation in the Gaza Strip, according to a report in the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar. "Israel will use a heavy hand against Hamas in the Gaza Strip if an agreement is not reached that secures the release of the kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit" Suleiman told the second-in-command of the militant group's political bureau Moussa Abu Marzook, according to Al-Akhbar.
The Israelis have been trying to get Egypt to broker a deal to return Shalit and as usual, the piglets over at Hamas don't think Israeli offers are good enough. Let's put a spin on this. Let's just say that Iranian troops crossed into Iraq and abducted a U.S. Marine and held him inside Iran and the Iranians were asking for the release of Quds agents being held in Baghdad. Now, I ask you...how long do you think it would be before a special ops force went into Iran to get that Marine? A day? A week? I doubt it would be any longer than a couple of days.
And when the U.S. forces went in, the world wouldn't say a word about it. But now, if Israel decides that Hamas just won't ante up on a deal for Shalit and they go full force into Gaza, wanna be the world will be up in arms over the "Zionist oppression and aggression" ? Hamas has not paid nearly the price they should have for grabbing Shalit and Hezbollah has not paid a sufficient price for the abduction of the two Israeli soldiers on the northern border. It's time that a rain of pain comes down on both of these terrorist groups.
Report: Egypt warns Hamas of major IDF Gaza raid if Shalit not freed
Senior Palestinian officials reportedly told Al-Akhbar that even though Hamas is ready to include Shalit in a future deal, they are not willing to accept the list of prisoners Israel has offered to release in exchange for the soldier, held by the militant group since he was kidnapped and wounded by Gaza militants in a cross border raid in June 2006
Israel has asked Egypt to incorporate a deal to free Shalit into Hamas truce talks being mediated by Cairo. The cease-fire talks will resume next week, Haaretz has learned. A Hamas official said that the group does not oppose including Shalit in the truce deal but would agree to such a move on its own terms, Israel Radio reported on Friday. If Egypt agrees, it would mark its return to trying to negotiate Shalit's release, after a year's hiatus. General Suleiman is slated to meet a delegation of Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, while the deputy head of Hamas' Damascus-based political bureau, Moussa Abu Marzook, will travel to Cairo. Defense Minister Ehud Barak will be in Egypt on Sunday, for an international economic conference in Sharm al-Sheikh. Though Barak has no meeting scheduled with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, he may take the opportunity to discuss the truce with senior Egyptian officials.
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