Manhigut Yehudit Press Release

Moshe Feiglin Co-Founder & President Contact: Tova Abady, Media Spokesperson (917) 301-0997 (cell phone) tova@jewishisrael.org Shmuel Sackett Co-Founder & International Director

Releasing Terrorists is an Immoral and Deadly Policy

June 29, 2008... The Israeli government has no Jewish compass to guide it as it drifts aimlessly in treacherous waters. Without this necessary navigational instrument, the Israeli ship of state is hopelessly off course and headed for further disaster. Samir Kuntar is a cold-blooded Jew-murdering terrorist whom the Olmert government is on the verge of releasing. In 1979, Kuntar shot Danny Haran in the back and then drowned him. He then smashed Danny’s four-year-old daughter Einat’s head against beach rocks and crushed her skull with the butt end of his rifle until she was dead. He also murdered an Israeli policeman. Additionally, Danny’s two-year-old daughter Yael was accidentally suffocated to death by her mother as they were hiding in the attic of their home trying to avoid detection by Kuntar and his group. In publicly arguing in favor of releasing Kuntar in exchange for Jewish hostages, Kadima Minister Ruhama Avraham-Balila states that “The price [of the deal] is painful and intolerable, but it shouldn't be an obstacle." The Olmert government does not even know if they are scheduled to receive live hostages or remains. Manhigut Yehudit officials note that since the Olmert government has no moral compass, of course it does not see releasing a man who has stated that he enjoyed murdering a four-year-old Jewish child as an obstacle. Nor does MK Avraham-Balila consider her government’s culpability in the event that the murderer Kuntar makes good on his claim to kill Jews again, even though it has been conclusively demonstrated that almost all released terrorists revert to their deadly ways immediately. Manhigut Yehudit's intolerable pain is the very thought of what our captive soldiers are living through – or perhaps, G-d forbid, dying for - needlessly in the name of this false peace. It is clear that what Israel eventually receives when it negotiates with terrorists is only remains of soldiers. The proper way to negotiate with terrorists is to wipe them off the face of the earth. With this technique, other would-be terrorists will understand – sooner rather than later - that it will be too painful for them to attack Jews. The weak and immoral Israeli leadership that has no fear of heaven will also probably soon send Jewish boys into battle risking their lives to hand over Gaza from one terrorist group – Hamas - to another terrorist group led by the allegedly moderate Mahmoud Abbas. If, G-d forbid, some of our precious Jewish boys lose their lives in Gaza (as is being predicted by most military observers), these so-called Israeli "leaders" will use Orwellian doublespeak to grotesquely pronounce their deaths as “sacrifices for peace.” The current Israeli leadership of “New Middle East visionaries" will continue to offer our G-d- given Land on a silver platter to its implacable enemies in a vain effort to rid themselves of the yoke of "being Jewish." These “leaders” want no part of the Jewish mission of being a Light Unto the Nations – they only wish to be a Nation Like the Other Nations. Israel desperately needs leadership that will take appropriate action to protect the lives of our Jewish children and embrace our unique and beautiful heritage – not leadership that continues to run away from its heritage and throw these precious lives away to please the United States or to slice up our divinely-given Land of Israel. . ### Rob Muchnick, US Director (516) 779-7420 (cell phone) rmuchnick@manhigut.org The Manhigut Yehudit website is www.jewishisrael.org Manhigut Yehudit is the largest faction inside the Likud party, and strives to Restore Jewish Values, Pride and Integrity to the State of Israel. Am Yisrael Chai.

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