Shortly after the Israeli military confirmed the plans, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak announced he is ordering a halt of the transfers of some 84 Palestinian corpses to the Palestinian Authority.
The military’s statement said the move to hand over the bodies, collected by the military over the past decades, was a “confidence” building measure with the Palestinians. Barak insisted he was unwilling to hand over potential “bargaining chips.”
At particular issue were a pair of brothers whose corpses were held since their killing at the hands of Israeli soldiers in 1998. Barak insisted that the bodies were vital in securing the release of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier currently being held by Hamas.
Barak did not indicate if his halt on the transfer of the bodies was permanent or not, saying it would require him to weigh the repercussions of the transfer on the oft-stalled Shalit talks.
How ghoulish can you get?!
With an attitude like that, you don't deserve to get Shalit back!
So, if A (Israel) does something wrong, let's punish B (Gilad Shalit). Ridiculous logic.
Wow, just when you thought israel couldn't go any lower…
Mabye they eat from the corpses ….or they have sold the organs and they do not wont it to be known.
Frankesteins…..
What does one expect from a murdering thief like Israel. If they really wanted peace they could have had it thirty years ago. The Palestinians must do everything in their power to undermine, and delegitimize Israel at the UN period.
Pretty peaceful of you. NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What's the betting the organs were removed immediately after death and sold to some wealthy Israeli…
Withholding corpses for years?? Bargaining chips?? Every time one thinks it couldn't possibly get any worse.. it does.
Just when one begin to believe that PR for Israel could not get worse some Ghoul comes along and shock the very foundation of humanity. Were these people just people who complained that they were mistreated? Do they not claim to be superior to others as to be chosen by God as an example of what God would desire in mankind? What kind of God would use a dead body as a “bargaining chips.” ?
Israel has received comments on sell organ parts of those they capture but one would have to wonder if they might not be snacking on them also? I can understand why the Israel are rubbing noses with the Chinese because the know that eventually they always over do and lose their special friends. The Russians were happy to break the relationship and made an effort to get rid of a large numbers in the 1990's. This Ghoul of a man probably hurt the image of israel more than anyone could have imagined. I thought they were the smart ones. How doumb can you be to break the most basic element of conflict which is not to abuse the dead.
"At particular issue were a pair of brothers whose corpses were held since their killing at the hands of Israeli soldiers in 1998."
And Shalit only bacame a POW in 2006! How could they have been "bargaining chips" for Shalit?
Ehud Barak is insane. A shade ghoulish too. But, Israel are Amerika's bestest buddy in a whole wide world and you just ask anybody on 'team Obama'. Or the US Congress…
The scares from the body parts being removed and sold are still apparent. They will have to wait for further decay.
My 'Patience Meter' for the Israelis is running pretty low right now. E..l………………F
Just when I think they can't get any meaner or more spiteful – they do.
disgusting and filthy and shame on any country's leadership condoning this needs to hang their heads in total shame.
How soon before Israel builds ovens in the Gaza concentration c amp?
What a stupid, stupid comment.
You are correct. Everyone knows they want to steal the natural gas off shore. Gaza the hell hole of the world was according to the diary of Moshe Sharett, second prime minister of Israel, the first target of the terminally aggressive zionist.
I agree 1000 persent with NVWV and they are lucky we don't act like them or they would get what thet truly desesrve torcher untill they slowly die but we are humain unlike all of them and many more.They are far from religious even people that aint respect the dead.Evil sick immoral discusting perveted minded criminals.Could not for the life of me sat nothing good about these scum bags.And if you can see good in them and what they do you must be evil yourself.Justice will come to these people one day that I'm almost sure of.
I see from this thread that neo-nazism is alive and well with all the libels against the Jews. How nice and peaceful. I don't get it. Why the hate against Jewish people? They are no different than the rest of us. Peace is the way to prosperity. Hate only serves to trigger war.
Please refrain from jumping to illogical conclusions. The Zionists are doing their best to marginalize, brutalize and discredit Palestinians. Their plot has worked for over 60 years but just like any other scam, it is being discovered for what it is by most of humanity. You can attempt to confuse the issue by playing the victim card but no one here is Nazi nor are the Jewish people being blamed.
Peace is the way to prosperity.'
You are very correct. The problem is war is very profitable to the few. Richard Perl has made millions off of starting the Iraq fiasco. he now has his hands into the oil fields of Iraq. Thousands have died to give Richard Perl a few million in the bank. Richard Perl is a disgusting individual and that is not because he is jewish but he is a war monger. Many try to act like people are picking on the jews when they are actually attacking people like Richard Perl. do you not think monster like Perl are disgusting? Why would it matter what religion the war monger claims to be. He really is no religion. He is a war hawk and clearly does not believe in after life and any concept of humanity.
Ian, I'm not trying to play the "victim card." I'm just trying to bring some objectivity to this subject. I don't have any agenda politically. Israel is treated like it is the worst regime in the entire world, which of course is pure absurdity. Ironically, it is the only country that is expected to be absolutely "perfect." And the use of libels by some on this thread is a classic tool of neo-nazi propoganda. I say that the Jewish people are being blamed because Israel is a Jewish country, and anti-Semites vent and direct their hatred of Jews, at Israel. Of course Israel has made mistakes in its control of the "West Bank" and Gaza. But that does not automatically discredit the entire State of Israel or their just claims to historic Palestine, just like Germany's once Nazi regime does not discredit it from exercising sovereignty and control over all of Germany.
If you can play those kind of games and still declare yourself as the "chosen people" of some deity, all I can say is that if that is true, then that deity must be a celestial ass—e