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“Israeli” Military Accuses Barak, Netanyahu, Intelligence of Hamas Swap Victory
Local Editor
Ten days after "Israel" surrendered to a swap with Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas, the argument over the Zionist entity continues.
Officials in the political leadership and military establishment say "Israel" could have made a better deal.
A senior "Israeli" military source accused War Minister Ehud Barak, in a conversation with "Haaretz" reluctance to authorize military action that could have given "Israel" an edge in negotiating the prisoner-swap deal.
"Barak's conduct stemmed from fear of escalation in relations with Hamas and rocket fire from Gaza," the military official stated.
The "Israeli" War Forces and "Shin Bet" security service are to hold internal inquiries to pinpoint the so-called "mistakes and hitches" that ended up with releasing 1,027 prisoners in exchange for Gilad Shalit.
Senior officials agree that a combination of intelligence failures on the "Shin Bet's" part and inaction on the "IDF's" part left the ministers no alternative but to agree to the prisoner-swap deal.
"They could have done more. More pressure could have been exerted on Hamas and more intelligence could have been gathered about Shalit's location," a senior "Israeli" military official said
"This is true for the period of "Operation Cast Lead" in January 2009, but also for other periods in the negotiations. Barak became enamored of the deal idea too early in the process and sabotaged operative ideas that could have brought us nearer to another solution. The "IDF" also gave up and stopped bringing up new ideas," he added.
""Israel" had opportunities to exercise pressure on Hamas' military branch to agree to a deal at an earlier stage and with better conditions for "Israel"," the official said.
"They could also have initiated more and obtained more intelligence about where Shalit was being held, but things were not done in time," he said.
Accusing "PM Benjamin Netanyahu of not intervening and refraining from making any decision contrary to the "defense" minister's opinion," the Zionist military official said that "they mainly feared escalation in the Gaza Strip."
Ten days after "Israel" surrendered to a swap with Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas, the argument over the Zionist entity continues.
Officials in the political leadership and military establishment say "Israel" could have made a better deal.
A senior "Israeli" military source accused War Minister Ehud Barak, in a conversation with "Haaretz" reluctance to authorize military action that could have given "Israel" an edge in negotiating the prisoner-swap deal.
"Barak's conduct stemmed from fear of escalation in relations with Hamas and rocket fire from Gaza," the military official stated.
The "Israeli" War Forces and "Shin Bet" security service are to hold internal inquiries to pinpoint the so-called "mistakes and hitches" that ended up with releasing 1,027 prisoners in exchange for Gilad Shalit.
Senior officials agree that a combination of intelligence failures on the "Shin Bet's" part and inaction on the "IDF's" part left the ministers no alternative but to agree to the prisoner-swap deal.
"They could have done more. More pressure could have been exerted on Hamas and more intelligence could have been gathered about Shalit's location," a senior "Israeli" military official said
"This is true for the period of "Operation Cast Lead" in January 2009, but also for other periods in the negotiations. Barak became enamored of the deal idea too early in the process and sabotaged operative ideas that could have brought us nearer to another solution. The "IDF" also gave up and stopped bringing up new ideas," he added.
""Israel" had opportunities to exercise pressure on Hamas' military branch to agree to a deal at an earlier stage and with better conditions for "Israel"," the official said.
"They could also have initiated more and obtained more intelligence about where Shalit was being held, but things were not done in time," he said.
Accusing "PM Benjamin Netanyahu of not intervening and refraining from making any decision contrary to the "defense" minister's opinion," the Zionist military official said that "they mainly feared escalation in the Gaza Strip."
Source: "Haartez" "Israeli" newspaper, Edited by moqawama.org
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