I know it sounds cruel, but Israel will pay a terrible price for the return of one person.
Israel "swapped" more than 1000 Arabs, most of them terrorists, several of whom murdered multiple people, for one person, Gilad Shalit.
Of the murders set free in exchange for Shalit, a number have sworn to return to Israel to kill again.
Not simply not to renounce terror and murder of innocent men, women, and children, but to come back into Israel and kill again.
I'm certain the parents of Shalit are happy he is home, but I also know that the parents of the people slaughtered by the Arabs must be in agony as the murderers are welcomed as heroes in the streets of Occupied Israel (Gaza).
I also know that there will be more children, parents, and grandparents murdered by the same people who crossed into Gaza today.
Being sentenced to several life terms in Israel is a joke . . . if you happen to be a terrorist. (If you happen to be a Jew DEFENDING your life, your family, or your land, you can expect a stiff sentence without any hope of reprieve; such is life in Israel today.)
I believe in the "rule of law," but when politics make it a mockery then I also believe the "rule of law" needs revision. Instead of capturing, trying, and incarcerating until the next "swap," let the people be armed and allowed to defend themselves, let them kill the people who come to murder them.
Judaism tells us to kill a person who threatens to kill us.
The Israeli governments - plural - prevent Jews from defending themselves; when they do, they are arrested, often by the army that is supposed to - but often fails to - protect them.
I'm glad Shalit is back, but I think the price was, and will be, too high.
