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What’s the Exchange Rate?

By International Association of Penal Law

What’s the Exchange Rate? Amos Guiora, Professor of Law, S.J.Quinney College of Law, The University of Utah And Martha Minow, Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor, Harvard Law School We are trying to understand why Israel traded dead Sgt. Ehud Goldvasser and First Sergeant Eldad Regev for live Samir Kuntar, and what it means for Israel and other nations. Trades in the past reflected the desire to avoid military action.  In 1985, Israel released 1,150 prisoners in exchange for three Israeli soldiers captured in Lebanon. Then-Defense Minister Yitzhak explained: ?When no military option exists, there is no choice but to enter negotiations and pay a price.? This time, Israel exchanged five imprisoned known terrorists for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers–although much was made about the possibility that the soldiers were alive...continue to full post

Full post as published by AIDP Blog on July 24, 2008 (boomark / email).