#HOSTAGES: Held in an UNWRA Shelter. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 24 January 2025
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| 0:00.0 | This is CBSI in the world. I'm John Batchel with Malcolm Holine Conference of President's |
| 0:08.6 | Major American Jewish Organizations. There is a ceasefire in the Gaza, and yet, Malcolm, a very good |
| 0:15.5 | evening to you about the hostages, exchanged for release of prisoners from the Israeli incarceration. The prisoners are |
| 0:25.5 | identified as Hamas. That also means terror, mass murder. Who are these guys? There are lots of |
| 0:32.7 | them, Malcolm. Good evening to you. Good evening, John. Yes, there are many. |
| 0:40.5 | And as you know, this is a very controversial deal. |
| 0:43.3 | And it was sort of imposed on Israel. |
| 0:49.6 | I think the prime minister's hesitancy is well known for the deal. |
| 0:56.5 | And certainly on the part of most Israelis, because they have seen this movie before. And Israel has released prisoners on various occasions. |
| 1:03.1 | And here, over the years, approximately 17,000 terrorists have been released early from Israeli prisons. |
| 1:12.1 | Between 50 and 80% have returned to terrorism. |
| 1:17.7 | Generally, it's closer to the 80%. |
| 1:20.0 | We saw that one guy who was released in the Tanembaum deal, |
| 1:25.3 | which we talked about on the air, |
| 1:26.9 | then orchestrated the |
| 1:28.0 | murderer of 16 shoes. |
| 1:29.5 | We've seen many others. |
| 1:31.6 | And of the people who are now in this deal, many of them are people with long rap sheets |
| 1:37.4 | of terrorist activities, including blood on their hands, which was always a pledge that those |
| 1:42.8 | kind of people would not be released. |
| 1:45.1 | And yet they are included in the deal like Wissam Abasi and Wail Qasim, who were part of the |
| 1:55.1 | Hamas Sel in Jerusalem that carried out a string of bombings that killed 30 Israelis in civilian areas, including |
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