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Islamist Palestinian organisation Hamas on Tuesday liberated the Israeli
soldier Gilad Shalit, who was abducted five years ago. In return Israel is
releasing 1,027 Palestinian prisoners. Despite whatever Islamic sentiment I
have it is hard to ignore Israel emergence as the moral victor from the
exchange. Yesterday in the media all you could see is the story of a man who is
much like everyone of us, with dreams, family and loved ones who was locked up
by a group. The other side of the story is the release of prisoners grants the
terrorist organization Hamas too prominent a role. The media story was
preoccupied with what the release means for the people of Palestine. I did not
see a single story that was similar to Gilad Shalit, the story of an individual
suffering in the hands of brutes and kept away from the loved ones. Palestinians were being carried awy on
shoulders, chanting Allahuakbar. I could not connect with them, they were
impersonal and full of anger. i thought why is no one telling the story of Palestinian
prisoners. Are they really a bunch of whackos who needed to be locked up, which
again gives Israil another moral triumph. The validity of the claim that the
Islamists are not people that seek reasonable methods to resolve their
grievances but a fanatic group that belongs to a cult of death and terror.
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