1027 Jihadists for One Jew: Gilad Coming Home!

1027 Jihadists for One Jew: Gilad to be Released

Imagine the hell that will be unleashed on the world when Israel releases 1,027 jihadists and murderers, including (though unconfirmed) Marwan Barghouti, who was convicted of three terror attacks in which five Israelis were murdered, and also of attempted murder, membership in a terror organization, and conspiring to commit a crime. He was also charged with 33 other murders.

Netanyahu Announces Deal to Free Shalit by ETHAN BRONNER, NY Times The Israeli government was to meet to discuss a proposal to exchange Palestinian prisoners for Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier who has been held for more than five years
Israel and Hamas, two of the Middle East’s most implacable foes, announced Tuesday they had reached a tentative agreement brokered by Egypt to exchange more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for an Israeli soldier held captive for more than five years.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, who summoned all 29 Cabinet ministers to vote on the agreement concerning the fate of the captive soldier, Staff. Sgt. Gilad Shalit, went on Israeli television beforehand to announce it, a sign that he was confident of Cabinet approval.
“If all goes according to plan, Gilad will be returning to Israel in the coming days,” Mr. Netanyahu said.
Khaled Meshal, the Hamas leader based in Syria, confirmed in a broadcast from Damascus that an agreement had been reached, setting off wild celebrations and cheering in Gaza and Palestinian communities elsewhere as word spread that hundreds of Palestinian prisoners languishing in Israeli jails would soon be coming home. Mr. Meshal said the Israelis had agreed to turn over 1,027 Palestinians, among them 315 sentenced to life in prison and 27 women. He called the agreement "a national accomplishment."
There were unconfirmed reports that the freed Palestinians would include Marwan Barghouti, who is considered a popular leader in both Gaza and the West Bank and a possible successor to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, who intends to retire.
It was unclear Tuesday night when the exchange would take place. Al Arabiya, the satellite network, which first reported that Egyptian mediators had made a breakthrough in the prisoner-swap negotiations, said it could happen next month.
Sergeant Shalit was seized in a cross-border raid by Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups in June 2006, and was taken into Gaza. He was 19 at the time, and his prolonged incarceration in Gaza became an emotional cause in Israel and a major issue in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Mr. Netanyahu said he had telephoned the Shalit family in the morning and told them he was fulfilling his promise to bring home their son and grandson.
 Mr. Netanyahu also said that the upheavals in the Arab world had made it important to move forward now since in the future it might be impossible to conclude such a deal.
 “With everything that is happening in Egypt and the region, I don’t know if the future would have allowed us to get a better deal — or any deal at all for that matter,” he said. “This is a window of opportunity that might have been missed.”