British Gas: A Deadly Deal

By Moshe Feiglin

Translated from Moshe Feiglin's article on Ma'ariv's NRG website.

Sivan, 5768
June, '08

It looks like the Israeli government is preparing to release approximately 1,000 terrorists in exchange for Gilad Shalit.

Question: How many Israelis will die as a result of this deal?

Answer: Anything over zero is likely to be right. A conservative estimate is about 100.

Question: How many soldiers will be abducted as a result of this deal? And how many parents will find themselves in the shoes of the Shalit family?

Answer: Anything over zero is likely to be right. A conservative estimate is about ten.

Question: If the implications of this deal are so clear, why is Israel's government proceeding with the plan?

Answer: The murdered and abducted of the future have no political significance at this point. It is the current captives that are shaking government seats. Due to the fact that Israel suffers from a complete loss of values and destiny, the politicians have nothing more to do than to ensure their personal political survival. Gilad Shalit is a threat to this survival. Future captives are not.

Question: So what should we do? Abandon Gilad Shalit?

Answer: Israel should eliminate the Hamas political leaders one by one until Gilad Shalit is freed. We will make it clear that if any harm befalls him, the entire political elite will be eliminated - with no exceptions. If the head of the Hamas is directing the negotiations for Shalit's release, that means that he is responsible for the fact that he is still in captivity. This fact means that he deserves to die.

Question: So why doesn't Israel carry out this plan?

Answer: This is where I have to explain things from my personal experience.

Most of us remember that Ariel Sharon released 436 terrorists in exchange for Israeli drug dealer Elchanan Tannenbaum. Sharon applied heavy pressure tactics to convince the ministers in his government to approve the deal. At the beginning, most of the ministers opposed the deal. I personally called some of them and discussed the issue with them at length. It was clear that the ministers had no answers for the objections that I brought up. In most cases, the ministers ended the conversation in embarrassed silence.

Ultimately, Sharon bulldozed the deal through the cabinet. Later, Tannenbaum was also released from an Israeli prison before he finished serving his sentence, and started a new career. At that point, I already felt that the only explanation for Sharon's strange behavior was that Tannenbaum had something on him. I could not explain to myself how the government could approve such an insane deal in any other way. Just to remind you, Tannenbaum was not a soldier captured in the line of duty. He was a drug dealer who put his own life in danger so that he could make some criminal money. According to reports from the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Knesset, 29 Israeli citizens have been murdered by terrorists released in exchange for this lowlife. The Tannenbaum deal also created motivation to abduct additional soldiers. Clearly, the motivation to kidnap Gilad Shalit was triggered in part by the inordinately high price paid in the Tannenbaum deal and previous prisoner exchanges.

At this point, I must ask another question - only seemingly unrelated to the abduction of soldiers. Why did Sharon insist on making Ehud Olmert the number 2 man in his government? Olmert was in 33rd place on the Likud list at the time - a most unlikely candidate for the number 2 spot. Why did Sharon make him Deputy Prime Minister - the position that eventually afforded him the premiership of the State of Israel?

I have recently read a 60 page report titled 'The British Gas Government.' The document is based almost completely on public sources. It ties Tannenbaum, Sharon and many other currently serving Israeli leaders to the British Gas Company and its owner, billionaire Martin Schlaf. It seems that Schlaf buys politicians like houses in a Monopoly game and then uses them for his business needs. Arafat was one of Schlaf's first 'acquisitions.' Schlaf received a hefty portion of the Jericho casino profits in exchange for his favors. Arafat's private jet was owned by Martin Schlaf.

This document explains the source of the surprising wealth of some very prominent politicians in Israel who have never worked a day in their lives. It explains why Israel did not develop the natural gas field off the Haifa coast, and preferred to sign a dubious contract with the British Gas company, which is drilling - you guessed it - off the coast of Gaza.

Yes, it seems that Tannenbaum has some very unpleasant information about a number of Israeli politicians who are snugly in the pocket of Martin Schlaf. Lucky for us, Schlaf is not interested in an Israeli military strike on Gaza that could endanger his business interests off the coast.

I often explain that Israel is in limbo because it has lost its Jewish vision. On the tactical plane, that essential loss of vision finds its expression in nearly incomprehensible levels of personal corruption.

If you have been asking yourself why Israel does not eliminate the terror leaders responsible for Shalit's abduction or other questions such as: Why are we stuck with this despicable character for a prime minister? Why can't Israel beat the Kassams? What is the tactical reason that always stops Israel's leadership from taking action? Just remember the name Martin Schlaf.