Israel will, surprise, negotiate for the release of the two soldiers captured by Hizballah. So what was all the bombing for? Why did all those innocent Lebanese civilians have to die, more than a third of them children? Why did up to a million people have to be displaced?
I guess that is all standard operating procedure for the “most moral army” in the world.
Israel to negotiate captured soldiers’ release
JERUSALEM, Aug 13, 2006 (AFP) – Israel will negotiate for the release of two soldiers whose capture by Hezbollah militants on July 12 sparked the offensive in Lebanon, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Sunday.
It marked the first time that an Israeli official publicly said that the Jewish state would negotiate for the release of the pair. Previously it had demanded an unconditional release for the servicemen.
“The Israeli government does not intend to let go of the issue,” Livni told reporters at a press conference in Jerusalem after the cabinet voted to approve a UN resolution on a cessation of hostilities in Lebanon.
“The prime minister will personally appoint a person who would take care of the issue,” she said. “We will have to enter a process which means negotiations.” The mother of one of the missing soldiers later told Israeli television that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told her in a meeting early Sunday that Israel would conduct a prisoner exchange to get back the captured troops.
