By now, we’ve all seen the gruesome exchange: the black coffins of kidnapped (and now deceased) Israeli soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev swapped for the release of high profile Hezbollah prisoners/terrorists from Lebanon. The Times of London today features an excellent piece about hostage for prisoner exchanges, arguing that it is “churlish to complain that these swaps weaken the fight against terrorism without recognising that the real crime is the brutal kidnapping of soldiers and civilians in the first place”.
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