I'm a little, I guess, shocked that Netanyahu seems to be seriously considering the releasing of many more Palestinian prisoners and a promise to continue on with the dubiously named 'peace process' in exchange for the release of Pollard - why would they be considering this? How does it makes sense? I suppose one could imagine it making marginal sense if there were reasonable grounds to believe a peace agreement was possible - but it's clear, no, that that ain't the case? The Palestinians have in their own inimitable way let it be known that they're only interested in two things here: freeing as many prisoners as possible and then turning the inevitable collapse of the negotiations into bad press for Israel - aided and abetted of course by either the naive idiocy or loathsome complicity of Kerry/Obama. I just don't see why Netanyahu would seriously be considering this deal - I thought at first it was a trick, that they knew Pollard would never agree to being released under such dishonorable conditions and therefore Israel could score a win/win - ie, by agreeing look like they were willing to go to desperate ends in search of a peace deal and then when Pollard refused that would draw attention to the awful hand Obama is trying to force Israel to play - this deal makes so little sense that I felt for sure such was the case - but it's really sounding like Netanyahu is seriously considering it - and that I don't get. We'll see.
